Watchmen

[AppleHead]

Reading the Watchmen was like watching paint dry. I found it overly brooding and philosophical. There wasn't really a need to use superhero-type characters to present the story.

Watching the Watchmen is going to be like literally watching paint dry.

[Shintetsu]

Yeah, I think so too, after watching the trailer.

I still want to see the movie though. I find the character's concepts fascinating. lol

[NiX]

It'll be like watching the paint dry ON A MASTERPIECE

[Sforza]

I really wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but the Watchmen was a trend setting work much like what Kurosawa's Seven Samurai did for action movies. Current ongoing series' such as Infinite Crisis (DC) and Civil War (Marvel) present the superhero moral dilemma in a much more contemporary manner that's easier to read.

Personally having read the comics of today before the Watchmen, I found the Watchmen to be boring as well. I've never stopped reading comics, and it's themes have been repeated many many times since. If I were to sympathize with readers today, I'd say the art looks drab and the pacing too slow. It boils down to personal taste I guess.

[NiX]

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/watchmen/

92% so far on rottentomatoes. But I think the current consensus is that it's good but not in the way that we're expecting. >_<

EDIT: Just overnight, it dropped to 80% haha

[Grim]

Reading the Watchmen was like watching paint dry. I found it overly brooding and philosophical. There wasn't really a need to use superhero-type characters to present the story.

Watching the Watchmen is going to be like literally watching paint dry.

Haha I think it's pretty clear - if you didn't find the graphic novel thoroughly enjoyable, I don't think you'll thoroughly enjoy the film.

[NiX]

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/holly...f_moore_qa

Awesome Alan Moore interview.

He spills his guts on his view of the various media he works in and how he crafts his stuff so that they work best in that particular medium. And you really get to see why he's never happy getting his books turned into movies.

[Grim]

This has been out in the (internet) news recently.

http://cokeandcomics.blogspot.com/2009/0...mtrcb.html

Grrreat job, MTRCB.

[Twin-Skies]

This has been out in the (internet) news recently.

http://cokeandcomics.blogspot.com/2009/0...mtrcb.html

Grrreat job, MTRCB.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. FUCK the MTRCB. Looks like it's torrents for us, folks

[Goat]

Stupid scene-cuts and whatnot. Seems like MTRCB messed it up again.

"Arrrr!"

[NiX]

HUH.

Sheeeeeeeeesh.

Is this a move to allow a wider audience to view Watchmen... to make more money?

They want to make this movie available to kids? What the hell. I don't think kids will even be able to fully appreciate this story anyway. This won't be like Iron Man or Batman or Spider-Man or whatever. Sheeesh.

I wonder if this is about Silk Spectre's nude scene or Dr. Manhattan's penis.

edit: oh but is this confirmed? baka blog rumors lang ito.

[Grim]

I wonder if this is about Silk Spectre's nude scene or Dr. Manhattan's penis.

edit: oh but is this confirmed? baka blog rumors lang ito.

Both, I think. Yes, confirmed.

Yup, younger viewers won't understand this "superhero" movie.

[maitreya]

"Who watches the watchmen?"



MTRCB does.

[Twin-Skies]

Stupid scene-cuts and whatnot. Seems like MTRCB messed it up again.

"Arrrr!"

Since when did those retards in the board ever get anything right in the first place?

If it's any good news, the MTRCB just might be on its way out...

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-191568522.html

[Shintetsu]

Woot yay. Payag ako masibak ang MTRCB. For lots of reasons. Good reasons.

For starters, lesser censors=more thinking=brighter imagination for kids(LOL @ my reasoning). Besides, kung gusto talaga makita ng tao yung film, uncut, they'd probably lurk somewhere in the intarnets, no matter what the age.