Comments | rev_hp_meyers: Watchmen

rev_hp_meyers

Watchmen

Feb 26, 2009 21:55

I just reread the "Watchmen", and it's good. It was good and is still good. Of course I love everything Alan Moore has done and I love the "Watchmen" most of all (I do own a lot of Moore books/comics including first runs of the few "Spawn" comics he wrote ( Read more... )

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lifepart3 February 27 2009, 15:12:30 UTC

Did you see Wil Wheaton's review the other day? Sounded pretty promising.

rev_hp_meyers February 27 2009, 15:52:55 UTC

That does sound pretty promising.

lifepart3 February 27 2009, 15:57:36 UTC

I barely remember the graphic novel, other than it being cool, so I doubt I'll be plagued by huge expectations. Any interest in seeing it on IMAX?

rev_hp_meyers February 27 2009, 17:37:05 UTC

yes i want to see it on IMAX. we're you thinking of trying to see it at Navy Pier? that would be good, i was thinking we needed to get together sometime anyway.

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luminousx February 27 2009, 16:35:04 UTC

I just read Watchmen for the first time yesterday. I wanted to read it before the movie and as I was reading it, I realized that the movie couldn't even begin to compare. The depth of story is too great for a two hour movie, and wouldn't translate well to movie screen in the first place.

A good portion of the story is about comics themselves which would become pointless to attempt to translate into a movie form. At the very best, in twenty years, we can have a reimagining of this tale utilizing movies instead of comics as the back drop.

rev_hp_meyers February 27 2009, 17:36:06 UTC

I'm assuming what we'll see it the "main" story without the "comic" or the side stories and novels/papers/etc that end each book. Although Wil seems to be a pretty big fanboy and was impressed by it, so we'll have to see how they pull it off.