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- conradpaul, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19Apparently, there is a single frame in the 300 trailer of what Rorschack will look like. I really hope they don't ***** this up, Watchmen is the best comic book ever made. Then again, I would LOVE to see Dr. Manhattan blowing ***** up in Viet Nam, or his huge crystal thing on Mars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Rorshach_300.jpg - Jesse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14I think what doctechnical meant is that the 1985 in The Watchmen is a very different 1985 that we all experienced. "Electric Cars" are the least of the differences.. If I remember correctly, Nixon is president for life or something.
- devindotcom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13If Watchmen is anything like 300, it will be TERRIBLE. the two stories and styles are COMPLETELY different.
- CCB0x45, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Well all the differences in the "alternate" 1985 had come about mostly due to the blue dude being around in the 60s and changing the world so much with the crazy ***** he could do. This will be so sick if they do it right, but it will be really hard since the book was really long and detailed. The reason I think 300 was so great is because it was based on such a short comic(5 issues), so they could really include almost everything and it made sense... when a movie like A Scanner Darkly tried to compact a longer graphic novel, it didnt make as much sense because they had to leave out a lot of key parts. Almost all the parts of Watchmen were what made the story so tight.
But im still excited cause it was so great, and btw even as a comic reader, calling it "the citizen kane" of comics is a little nerdy for even me. - jsd8cc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Unfortunately, he won't. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen_%28film%29#Moore_and_Gibbons.27_response
- doctechnical, on 10/12/2007, -8/+17Well, an *alternate* 1985, where everyone drives electric cars. There were a few differences.
- Liam76, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8If they are cramming this into one hour and a half, or two hour movie I don't see it turning out so good...
But hopefully I am wrong. - micro506, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8@ccb0x
Uh...A Scanner Darkly wasn't a graphic novel... - Schrammie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8In a perfect world, this would be a HBO miniseries, a la From the Earth to the Moon or Band of Brothers. That way, they could show violence and nudity without giving a damn, and it would be long enough to honor every subplot in the book.
- eturd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Watchmen is totally the Citizen Kane of comics. Nothing else in the medium quite touches it. Thats why it's on Time's list of top 100 English language novels since... 1923, I think it is.
Also on the list: Catcher In The Rye, Neuromancer, 1984 & Animal Farm, To Kill A Mockingbird, Gone With The Wind, etc.
Watchmen: comic book medium :: Citizen Kane: film - APHughes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I think he will do a good job and people will enjoy it and we, the comic book gurus, can tell the masses, the book is better.
- Duositex, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8The only thing that could've made 300 better would be removing the dialog. It was absolutely atrocious.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Ok I personally think that this is a terrible idea. Alan Moore has said publicly that he will not back a movie adaptation of Watchmen. Having read the book, I can see why. People, the novel was not meant to be filmed. The way the story presents itself and the framing of whats there would be extremely difficult to adapt correctly without re-writes.
I never read 300, but I have a friend who told me which scenes were not from the book and which were. The ones that werent, I have to say, were not all that great. I know that Zach Snyder what one of a few writers working on the project, but unless he gets an acclaimed writer to adapt the story to a watchable format it wont work and we will be stuck watching a 3 hour slide show, or worse he will add scenes and tamper with the story. If he messes with the story, that wont be ***** cool. The story was the main attraction of Watchmen, and if it becomes a huge violent superhero battle epic with the plot coming in second (a la 300) it will ruin possibly the best graphic novel ever written.
In short, unless this man is a movie god and somehow manages to pull a decent translation of the novel to the screen, this story should not be touched.
Paz - bleutuna, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Doubtful. Snyder loves the source material - that's what you want in a comic movie. Look at the first Blade film or Batman Begins. Goyer LOVED the source, and so the final product shows that. With 300, Snyder showed he could be trusted with a comic movie
- empath, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Please oh please oh please let this not suck.
- JonnyTrombone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Keeping with an 'R' rating... I was hoping for NC-17.
- Jagdhund, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Oh no... oh no! Not Watchmen! Of all the grahpic novels to fall victim to this new hollywood craze, I would hope that the masterpiece that is the Watchmen would go untarnished.
V for Vendetta was one thing, the movie actually added a cohesive plot, but you can't change the Watchmen... Oh my god this is going to be terrible. Remember The League? Oh no... - JOjimBO, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Who Watches the Watchmen? I will if it comes out...and extremely glad he is talking "R" rating.
- HappyScrappy, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11Are you kidding me? Putting a director who just made a 100 minute shouting/wrestling movie in charge of Watchmen is a recipe for disaster.
This movie would be tough to film by someone who had a track record with this kind of material. This will likely be even tougher. - Asianwaste, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I hope they don't cut Rorschach's time in jail and his psychiatric interview.
"You guys don't understand! I'm not stuck in here with you, YOU'RE stuck in here with ME!" - Schrammie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Keep an open mind. It might be good. Might suck.
- asaturpentine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Amen. To quote Terry Gilliam, Watchmen is unfilmable. And he would know.
You can see Snyder wrinkle up a bit when the interviewer asks him if he's spoken with Alan Moore; get ready to see that little shimmy a lot. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4He said the current script is 150 pages.
He said running time looks like 3 hours right now.
I laughed.
I laughed hard.
Watchmen at the very least should be a HBO maxi-series. - Holyfool19, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Watchmen is probably the best use of the comic book medium ever. Yes we will be losing a lot of what was in the comic book, but Watchmen is also a good story, and with the right people involved, could be a good film too.
- dosterm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@liam76
If you watch the interview, he says it's going to be around 3 hours. - coltrane68, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Please - someone must adapt Watchmen. I love this book. I read it every two years. I love the characters. I want to see them on screen (even if the adaptation isn't perfect). I want to see the Comedian!
- Darkspyder86, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Funny I'm reading The Watchmen now.
- matriculated, on 10/12/2007, -0/+33 hours? Thats 15 minutes per chapter...
- urbanknight, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yeah it would be lovely to see a visual adaptation of watchmen, i just wonder how much of the dark political overtones will translate. Although I was impressed with how spot on 300 was from a adaptation standpoint, I just hope Watchmen doesn't get butchered.
After all it is magnificent just in print. - devindotcom, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6well, I dugg him back up, because I agree with him. Who's with me? Come on, 300 haters! Tonight we dine ... you know!
- TheKingInYellow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4@holyfool19
you sir, are an ass hole. watchmen deserves to be experienced on ones own time and not spoiled by some troll on a digg thread. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This has been trailed since at least 1992, when I first read it and Arnie was being tipped to play Doctor Manhattan.
I believe it when I see it. And hopefully when I do see it, I'll enjoy it.... - jingwei, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2cant wait cant wait cant wait.
- vampiregirl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Here are some more great graphic novels if anyone is interested. Watchmen is tied for #1: http://www.list3n.com/list.php?list=94
- docsimmons, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3*closes eyes*
- noclothes1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3WTF? douche
- matriculated, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Unfortunately, Goyer also wrote and directed Blade 3.
- cprincipe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Watchmen will never work as a feature film.
Watchmen will never work as a feature film.
Watchmen will never work as a feature film.
Yet, in spite of so many people saying it, people keep trying to throw money at this. - ogami1972, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1please don't! must everything of any quality from my childhood be raped and sold for pennies? STOP!! cut it out! leave me something for god's sakes!
besides, everyone knows that the next comic movie should be "omaha the cat dancer"
or maybe cerberus... - setledownslappy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Alan won't sadly. That sucks even though Zach is a good man.
- RobertPatrick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If the guy has the guts, he will do like tarantino and release several MOVIES. One per chapter would be awesome. I mean, they do it with the Harry Potter license, right ?
- ogami1972, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1feh...tom cruise....'nuff said.
- theokandroid, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6If anyone could pull it off, after watching 300, it's Zack Snyder. Lets just hope they get Alan Moore in on this to give his opinion.
- Mojin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Being a huge fan of the graphic novel, I think that this is a bad idea.
I think that it will be extremely hard to make into a movie, a good movie. Zach could make the movie a masterpiece and I might have nothing to worry about, but I just don't want him to ruin it. The graphic novel is a masterpiece, if the script and cast is nothing less than perfect; he should just drop the entire project. - brenzen, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1A story line and some character development wouldn't have gone astray either. Great fight scenes do not a film make.
Probably another one of those movies where if you've read the book / comic, you'll love it, but it doesn't stand up in it's own right. Like that other terrible film.. what was it.. oh yeh, Lord of the Rings. - MagnetoWasRight, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3This movie will be an abortion of epic proportions.
- PATSCRU, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3hopefully he will, i totally forgot about the watchmen and as soon as i get home, i'm going to dust off my old books and read it again...i really hope this happens, snyder's 300, was beautiful
- mds76, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Great. Smiley face buttons are gonna be back in vogue again. Well, smiley face buttons with bloody bulletholes in the center of the forehead.
I wonder how much they decide to cut OUT. Guaranteed they focus on Rorschach and cut a ton of the supporting cast's development. Oh well.
Bring on Transformers. Or TMNT. Or Spider-man. Or...
Wait, when does He-Man come back to the big screen? - bleutuna, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4You're full of crap. Dawn of the Dead was fantastic! 300 was badass, and ridiculously loyal to the comic. Snyder WILL own Watchmen. The movie will be magnificent.
- anagai, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2overall 300 was a really bad movie. The battle scenes were nice, especially the scene when spartans were fighting back to back in unison like a machine. The ending battle was very very very unsatisfying. They just stood there and gave up without a fight and there was some lame un-inspirational speech to the remaining spartan army. Who really gives a damn if it looks like a comic book if the story is lame, lame dialogue, not enough fighting and is mostly boring. I didnt get the whole oracle thing, was she some kind of witch or what? Was she slowing down time so she could do that dance? Yeah looked pretty, so what. If this zach dude is going to make the next one, i will pass. Get a director that can make a good entertaining worth your $9 movie.
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