We're Watching! - The Official Watchmen Thread

[misterd]

Originally Posted by Twin Twist

Really? I found it more insulting than LXG by a wide margin.



Bje bje, my point stands regardless. And don't call me sir, sarcasm or no, it's creepy!

V suffered from some dated politics and trouble it had updating them, but the story was still recognizable as the original.

LXG discarded just about everything that made the original story interesting. Quartermain was a standard hero, rather than a fallen one looking for redemption. Mina wasn't just a socially inappropriate divorcee, but a vampire. The Invisible Man wasn't the original, wasn't a killer and pervert. It was poorly written, poorly acted, and poorly realized. It is one of the few films which I can say I find nothing of merit.

[smkspy]

Originally Posted by misterd

V suffered from some dated politics and trouble it had updating them, but the story was still recognizable as the original.

LXG discarded just about everything that made the original story interesting. Quartermain was a standard hero, rather than a fallen one looking for redemption. Mina wasn't just a socially inappropriate divorcee, but a vampire. The Invisible Man wasn't the original, wasn't a killer and pervert. It was poorly written, poorly acted, and poorly realized. It is one of the few films which I can say I find nothing of merit.

I dunno... Jason Flemyng's Jekyll and Hyde is perhaps the only redeeming aspect of that film. Though its ruined since his Hyde isn't in love with Mina.

[Spider Striker]

Originally Posted by misterd

We know some things have been excised already (Under the Hood, Tales of the Black Freighter) that will be given to us on DVD. If you take the base running time of 165 minutes, knock off 10 minutes for pre and post credits, that leaves 155 minutes. Divide that among 12 issues, and you're at 13 minutes per issue. That's not nearly as bad a pace as you might imagine, when you consider some pages constitute a few seconds of action.

I like your math.

[Poho]

Originally Posted by misterd

Sort of changing the ending. Don't want to enter spoiler territory, but the final scene is the same. The only thing that seems to change is.. the... THING.. that was made. That's a relatively small detail in the villain's scheme - there's other ways to do the same basic plan without including the... thing... that's not in the movie, just so long as it manages to provoke the same response.

As for the nipples, it should be pretty damn obvious what that's about. The movie is borrowing its visuals from superhero movies, just as the comic borrowed from superhero comics.

A lot of very skeptical people have seen 20 minutes or so of the film, and I've not heard a single naysayer.

We know some things have been excised already (Under the Hood, Tales of the Black Freighter) that will be given to us on DVD. If you take the base running time of 165 minutes, knock off 10 minutes for pre and post credits, that leaves 155 minutes. Divide that among 12 issues, and you're at 13 minutes per issue. That's not nearly as bad a pace as you might imagine, when you consider some pages constitute a few seconds of action.

valid points regarding the time. but if i remember correctly there are a lot of hints dropped throughout the book that lead up to that creature. such as Ozy's cat thing. which is still in the film...i wonder how they plan to explain that

[seeker311]

First time I saw the trailer, I couldve sworn they played Smashing pumpkins, but the second time it had another song along with it.

[Gears]

Looks awesome. I have faith in David Hayter's screenplay.

[misterd]

Originally Posted by Poho

valid points regarding the time. but if i remember correctly there are a lot of hints dropped throughout the book that lead up to that creature. such as Ozy's cat thing. which is still in the film...i wonder how they plan to explain that

Even in the most faithful film adaptation, things will need to be dropped. It'll be easy enough to drop the snippets that forshadow "the thing", or replace them with hints of the new plot.

As for Bubastis, it merely serves to show the level of technology nipple boy has at his disposal.

[misterd]

Originally Posted by seeker311

First time I saw the trailer, I couldve sworn they played Smashing pumpkins, but the second time it had another song along with it.

I don't think the Pumpkins are in the film.

We do know the opening credits are done to "The Times They Are A'Changin" by Dylan, and every single review so far says it works brilliantly (set against a montage to establish the world).

[Razerwire]

Originally Posted by misterd

I've always felt Watchmen would be better off as a miniseries

Agreed in full. Just like I feel 100 Bullets would be impossible to make into a movie with many sequels. It just wouldn't do story any justice at all.

But I have hopes for The Watchmen. I know that it's not going to follow everything exactly as it did on paper but if can manage to pull it off with as minimal changes as possible, I'd be happy.

[girafeswordsman]

Originally Posted by seeker311

First time I saw the trailer, I couldve sworn they played Smashing pumpkins, but the second time it had another song along with it.

You probably saw two different trailers. There are like 3 of them now, two with the song by the Pumpkins, and this one with Take a Bow by Muse. If anything by Muse is in the movie, my head WILL explode.