Nivenus at the Desk X: Doctor Who (Season 1), Gears of War 2, and Watchmen

[nivenus]

All right, well, again I am here to review. Initially, I was only going do two reviews as usual, but after seeing Watchmen last night I feel obliged to write a review for it as well. So for the tenth installment of my At the Desk reviews I’ll be looking at Gears of War 2, (new) Doctor Who Season 1, and Watchmen for a total of three

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[prisoner__24601]

As I've said before, I really, really hate The Watchmen and I also happen to think that Alan Moore is the most overrated comic book writer of all time. From what I've read, the movie is slavishly faithful to the comic book, so I'm guessing that watching the film wouldn't change my opinion. I do however know a lot of people who really love this comic book, so I realize that I'm in the minority on this one. I will admit that it's influence on comic books was undeniable (and incidentally, I enjoy a lot of the stuff that followed), but every time I sit down to read anything by Alan Moore, I'm left cold

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[nivenus]

I don't disagree with you as much as you might think. I find, for instance, that the movie can be a little bit too preachy at time, but I think they must have toned it down for its cinematic release since it doesn't seem any more pretentious or self-righteous than is somewhat normal for films these days. However, it certainly isn't as open to interpretation as, say, The Dark Knight, which was neither wholly toward condemning humanity as a race of monsters nor towards depicting them as flawed angels. Watchmen certainly leans towards the former, which is definitely not how I view humanity