Watchmen

[Grim]

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I'm so excited to watch this movie, I'm already in 2009.

Granted, it will probably not equal the books (those have reached "unrepeatable" status), but damn, I'm so there.

[NiX]

Holy shit I so got goosebumps watching that trailer. I'm totally in.

Hey Grim, would you know where the book is still available?

[J.E_Magog]

Looks promising. I wasn't able to finish the book unfortunately. I'll try reading it again.

[Grim]

Hey Grim, would you know where the book is still available?

Everywhere dude. Powerbooks, Fully Booked, even some small bookstores that cater to graphic novels specifically. Get it now while it's still cheap (before they execute movie tie-in shenanigans). Also, I highly recommend that you finish the book before seeing this, as a LOT of stuff will probably be cut out to make it a feature-length film.

While searching for this on YouTube, I came across a contest the filmmakers did for this. Basically, they wanted people to submit short commercials that would actually be used in the movie. And I'm glad to say the vids people did captured what Watchmen (or at least Veidt Enterprises) was all about. Relive the tackiness of the 80's here: http://www.youtube.com/user/watchmenmovie?ob=4

[J.E_Magog]

David H8TEr is everywhere.....

In October 2001, Gordon and Universal Studios signed screenwriter David Hayter to write and direct Watchmen in a "seven-figure deal".

On June 23, 2006, Warner Bros. announced that Zack Snyder would direct Watchmen with Alex Tse attached to write the script.[50] For the new script, Tse drew "the best elements" from two of the project's previous drafts written by screenwriter David Hayter.[51] The script did not keep the contemporary atmosphere that Hayter created, but instead returned to the original Cold War setting of the Watchmen comic.

According to Moore, David Hayter's script "was as close as [he] could imagine anyone getting to Watchmen." However, Moore added, "I shan't be going to see it. My book is a comic book. Not a movie, not a novel. A comic book. It's been made in a certain way, and designed to be read a certain way: in an armchair, nice and cozy next to a fire, with a steaming cup of coffee."[24]

[Grim]

According to Moore, David Hayter's script "was as close as [he] could imagine anyone getting to Watchmen." However, Moore added, "I shan't be going to see it. My book is a comic book. Not a movie, not a novel. A comic book. It's been made in a certain way, and designed to be read a certain way: in an armchair, nice and cozy next to a fire, with a steaming cup of coffee."[24]

That's quite a compliment to David Hayter's abilities, as Alan Moore is really known to not like anything about his works being turned into movies (he's never watched, nor took part in any way in V for Vendetta, or Constantine or anything).

That said, Mr. Moore is right. Watchmen was in a way a commentary on the medium of comic books, so porting it over to film will lose some of that meaning.

[maitreya]

Nix: we have a copy of Absolute Watchmen.

[Grim]

This movie might get cancelled.

Google it and decide for yourself.

[NiX]

Fox really is a bastard. They knew the movie was in production for so long already... and then they wait until so much work has already been done before suing.

[maitreya]

Mark your calendars: 03-06-09

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[Grim]

Yup, it's confirmed: the movie will push through. Fox gets paid a percentage of the earnings, of course.

But it was either that, or no Watchmen at all.

[maitreya]

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[Twin-Skies]

Yup, it's confirmed: the movie will push through. Fox gets paid a percentage of the earnings, of course.

But it was either that, or no Watchmen at all.

This is Fox we're talking about - the same group of fucktards who axed Joss Whedon's Firefly just to give more airtime for craptastic reality TV since the latter was cheaper to run, and made more money.

[Serene]

Yup, it's confirmed: the movie will push through. Fox gets paid a percentage of the earnings, of course.

But it was either that, or no Watchmen at all.

Yayaman na si Anthony Palafox.

[NiX]

Hahahah that really made me lol.