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OK gang--I believe I can break it down for you as to why Alan lives in a state of high piss-off. Alan Moore is a genius. I know, I know; it's a term bandied about to describe any half-assed purveyor of anything; from Adultery to Zoology (forgive me, Mr. Mencken). But by any measure of quality, Moore is certainly one of, if not the greatest, creators of comic literature in the history of the art. He's responsible, along with his illustrators, for the high-water marks of the form. Genius, as a rule, does not suffer fools gladly. He's living on a slightly different dimensional plane than the rest of us.
He cares deeply for the quality of his art, and when he sees the crapfest which have been every single one of his film adaptations, he becomes understandably incensed. He's also been screwed over by the big companies, little companies, colleagues, mouth-breather fanboys, high sheriffs, and the ever-present censorship christitard asswipe brigade. I'd be a little miffed myself.
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@knyne: I agree with most of what you said but VfV was a good adaptation for this age and time despite the few artistic liberties they took. It wasn't really that much of a crapfest as much as The League and Constantine was. He's my favourite comic book writer but that doesn't mean that I'll bow down to every single BS line that comes out of his ass. Because a lot of the time he seems to talk exactly from there.
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@Illyria: I understand your point. I tend to be very (sometimes overly) forgiving of the gifted. Moore has said unkind and outrageous things, but I believe it's part and parcel of the sublimely talented; however, I don't think you should toady. Your view is well taken.
My problem with V for Vendetta is manifold: Transforming Evey's character from a waifish semi-urchin to an far more self-satisfied career woman dilutes the character and removes some of the motivation required to drive her decisions; the loss of the Helen Meyer, Derek & Rosemary Almond subplot; the lack of the grand epic sweep needed to see the UK fall into anarchy; and the chopped up exposition of the Larkhill visit by Eric Finch. That said, Hugo Weaving was brilliant and I enjoyed the updated mass media manipulation presented in the film.
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@knyne: That's exactly it. The only thing that bothered me was the change to Evey's character (and some mispronounciations on Natalie Portman's part when it came to the British accent) but I didn't see her a career woman. She was giving mail out. She was an assistant. That's hardly a career. But I do see your point. I guess because I've read the novel years ago and has extremely low expectations of the movie, I was a bit more surprised than I expected. Mainly due to Weaving's portrayal of V.
That said, I also loved some of the changes they've made because it applied to our current political situation (somewhat anyway) and I could relate to it more. I still prefer the graphic novel and I'll still buy everything Alan Moore has to offer but I still loved the movie as well.
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@knyne: Also, I thought Moore hadn't seen VfV, or any of the other adaptations. He took his name off of that one because Joel Silver had misrepresented his enthusiasm about it at a press conference, or something.
Alan Moore may be a genius, but he's also kind of a madman.
Which, I guess, lends credence to the proposition.
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@braak: I thought I read somewhere that he had seen it. Like at a private screening or something.
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@knyne: This. While I think they're actually going to do Watchmen justice this time, it's true that all of the other film adaptions of his work have been horrible at worst and simply watered-down at best (V for Vendetta, I'm looking at you.) That, and the troubles with the aforementioned companies and asswipe brigades would be enough to put anyone off Hollywood.
That said, I'm anticipating Watchmen more than any other film this year. Pleeeeeease don't screw this one up, My. Synder.
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