Who Watches The Watchmen?

[MrScorpio]

[Dr Fate]

1. I cant wait either. n/t

n/t

[MrScorpio]

2. A Movie For Comic Geeks Like us

[Forkboy]

3. Cool new poster, too.

[TK421]

11. More than anything, I can't wait for this movie any longer....the book was amazing

and I have to get a hold of one of those posters!

[Swede]

4. You know,it might just be a good movie.

I hope so.

[IndianaJones]

5. you just went up a notch in my book...

that puts you at notch one.

[PittPoliSci]

6. Rorschach is my costume this year.

I'll put up a photo whenever I get one.

[Broken_Hero]

7. Just read the graphic this past monday/tuesday...

for the FIRST time, I can't believe I've gone this long without reading it...very good comic.

I really, REALLY enjoyed Rorschach, and The Comedian....

[Orsino]

10. Crude artwork...

...but it works in context, resembling that in vintage comics. Creepy characters and general ugliness, well-written.

Even a half-assed movie ought to be pretty good, and the pictures I'm seeing look about perfect.

[Dr Fate]

15. Crude compared to what? I think Gibbon's pencils are top notch.

Not to argue, but just because Gibbon's art doesnt look like a CGI video game or animie doesnt mean it's crude...

The anatomy is spot on, the architecture, backgrounds & perspective is as well...There is so much detail in each panel- and you get several panels per page- Gibbons really packs in the story...We also have to keep in mind that Gibbons had to create an entire alternate world- complete with alternate fashion, accessories, cars, buildings, etc. He totally pulls it off...

I will grant you that most of the new comic art is good from a technical POV- but they make everyone look like circus freaks with muscles on muscles on top of muscles, and the panels are so big you only get half the story per issue that you used to get...

Then again, I think Jack Kirby is the greatest comic book artist of all time, so what do I know?

;)

[Orsino]

17. Crude compared to modern comic art, yes. n/t

[Dr Fate]

18. Kind of like The Rolling Stones being crude compared to say, Coldplay or Maroon 5.

I'm not seeing crudeness as such a bad thing in that case!

[Orsino]

19. Right!

And even if it was a bad thing, it was The Way Things Were Done, and it works in a tale of whatever-happened-to.

Watchmen was so good, I forgave it its slightly primitive art--as with V For Vendetta.

[kedrys]

8. And this guy, of course

Whoa. :)

[Starry Messenger]

9. I finally just read this.

Now...I can't can't can't wait for the movie. I really hope it doesn't go the way of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Crossing fingers. The trailer is so cool looking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4blSrZvPhU

[Blue_Tires]

12. i saw it was from the same director that did "300"

so my expectations have been reduced by about 80 percent

[Dr Fate]

14. The problem with 300 wasnt the director, but the source material.

He followed Frank Miller's comic to a "T"

I'm not a "300" fan either- but I never liked the original comic or much that Miller did after the 80's in general...

So long as he sticks to Moore's source material (and the word is he did)- you should enjoy the movie...

[LanternWaste]

13. Please don't let them screw this one up...

Please don't let them screw this one up...

After watching the film version of V, I came to the conclusion that any graphic novel adapted for the screen is going to get dumbed down to the point of despair. I haven't seen a decent film adaptation yet.

But Watchmen... I have hope. It's a bleak, watered-down hope. But it's there.

[Dr Fate]

16. Everything I've read says that the story is 100% intact.

Down to the time period (1985-complete with Nixon's 4th term) and even the Minutemen subplot.

[ghostsofgiants]

20. There's a dude dressed as Rorshach here at work tonight. Badass.

[sasquatch]

21. No fucking way

Tell that guy I said :yourock:

[ghostsofgiants]

22. Haha, will do.

:P

[cemaphonic]

23. Most of the costumes are pretty spot-on

Especially the Comedian and Night Owl. Adrian just looks all wrong though. I really can't see him in black, and the actor's face just seems kinda pale, sallow and unhealthy, and a bit too young.

Nice job on a non-silly-looking Manhattan too, which I wouldn't have thought possible.

I still am not convinced that Watchmen can really be satisfactorily adapted as a movie, but they sure seem to have done a great job on the art direction.