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Purple Dave
01/15/09

In reply to What's Going To Be The Biggest Letdown This Spring?
Well, let's see...I thought Watchmen was a pretty good read, but I'm not so enthralled by it that the movie must needs disappoint me. It looks like it could be a fun watch, so that's out. I haven't heard any credible praise for Dollhouse yet, so about the only way it could possibly disappoint me is if it becomes the longest-running series in the history of primetime TV, so that's out as well. I don't watch nBSG, so there's zero disappointment potential there. MvA looks like it could be amusing, so I can't vote for that. I have no emotional investment in Fanboy at present, so even if I decide to watch it there's not any real potential for disappointment (and that _is_ the basis for this poll, as I understand it). I continue to enjoy Lost, probably because I'm genuinely interested in finding out how it will end instead of projecting my desires for how _I_ think it should end, so I wouldn't dream of voting for that. So that pretty much pares it down to the last two. Now, since I know there will be at least one thing on this list that will suck balls with cream-of-balls sauce on top, I can't honestly vote for the "all going to be great" choice (remember, just because something isn't great doesn't mean it must be a letdown, if you had no illusions of potential quality to start with), and I'm pretty sure that there will be at least one unmentioned spring release that won't be as fun to watch as it was to anticipate.
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Sean Beanland
01/14/09

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You're so negative and pessimistic, io9. Why can't you hope for the best without expecting the worst?
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Charlie Jane Anders
01/14/09

@Sean Beanland: What? It's just a poll, dude. And there's an option for "they'll all be awesome."
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bonniegrrl
01/14/09

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What about the upcoming kid-friendly, sexless Torchwood season?
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twophrasebark
01/14/09

In reply to What's Going To Be The Biggest Letdown This Spring?
The actor's strike fer sure.
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Itsatrap
01/14/09

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There's nothing like negatively to brighten the day.
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Charlie Jane Anders
01/14/09

@NenyaVilyaNenya: Thanks! I think.
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AngryEddy
01/14/09

In reply to What's Going To Be The Biggest Letdown This Spring?
I was going to choose Dollhouse, but since that show is actually an internet hoax, I felt my vote was better spent on Watchmen...
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Purple Dave
01/14/09

@AngryEddy:
No, no, I actually saw an ad for it the other day. On TV, even. So there's a very real chance that it exists (either that or io9 has a huge practical joke budget...).
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tetracycloide
01/14/09

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does it count as a let down if no one of sound mind thought it was going to be great to begin with?
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Plague
01/14/09

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I'm going to be let down if nothing lets me down.
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Spiral
01/14/09

@Plague: You're cynical about being cynical?
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Plague
01/14/09

@Spiral:

It's the only way to be.
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marlowespade
01/14/09

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OK, I'm still confused as to the point of filming Watchmen.

Is it going to bring hidden levels of meaning to the text? Er, no.

Is it going to improve upon the story? Again, no.

Is it going to come anywhere close to being as deep as the original? Sadly, no. Unless you want to buy the DVD for the pirate comic.

I know I sound like a hater, but it just seems a rather pointless adaptation --- it's not like there's any great sequences in the book that cry out for moving picture versions.
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Belabras ate my dingo!
01/14/09

@marlowespade:

Movie adaptations almost never add to or improve on their source material.

I'm not coming down on either side of the argument, I'm just saying that's not really a valid rubric for determining why stories get movie adaptations.
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KhaiJB
01/14/09

@marlowespade: "OK, I'm still confused as to the point of filming Watchmen."

Money.
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MrTambourineMan
01/14/09

Watchmen. No amount of detailed sets matter if you miss the point of the thing. Zack Snyder fills me with no confidence whatsoever, the people who think that adapting 300 somehow equates to being able to adapt Watchmen make me wonder if even the greatest comics remain ghettoised.

Of course nothing could replicate the book anyway, but you could still say something with a film. However I will be pleasantly surprised if Watchmen doesn't suck.
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Pope John Peeps II
01/14/09

@MrTambourineMan: Wow. Saying that about Snyder is pretty pompous, and a little bit ignorant. Making a film so visually sophisticated and interesting out of material so simple is a really difficult thing. All you have are two sides fighting in a bunch of rocks, and somehow Snyder made parts of it absolutely captivating to watch.

I think he'll do a fine job with Watchmen. And as for why it's being made into a movie? Well a better question is WHY NOT make it into a movie? What's stopping you?
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marlowespade
01/14/09

@Belabras: You're right, but the good ones do exactly that --- which is why I think this is going to be a letdown.
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
01/14/09

@marlowespade:

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Smeagol92055
01/14/09

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The biggest let-down of the year for me so far? Now I can never visit Fantasy Island. *tear*
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Spiral
01/14/09

@Smeagol92055: That definitely is a shame.

But Malcolm Macdowell is still alive, so you could go to THAT Fantasy Island.
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Smeagol92055
01/14/09

@Spiral: No. If the host isn't pronouncing it "Fannnnnnnn-thass-eee Eye-lanth," I'm not interested.
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92BuickLeSabre
01/14/09

@Smeagol92055: There's always Fanta Tea Island!
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Belabras ate my dingo!
01/14/09

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Like anything will be able to compete with the suck that is Land of the Lost.
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92BuickLeSabre
01/14/09

@Belabras: But can it possibly be a spring letdown when it already let us as far down as one can get.

Remember, back when we first heard "Will Far..."

(By the time I got to "...rel" I was already all the way down.)
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PrairieGirl
01/14/09

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Wow, which one is gonna be a let-down? What happened to the breath of fresh air otherwise know as Hope or Change that's going around these days? This is the beginning of a new era of positivity, is it not? No downers now, Hope, Hope, Hope all the way!

That said, I thinks it's gonna be Lost.
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Purple Dave
01/14/09

@PrairieGirl:
"What happened to the breath of fresh air otherwise know as Hope or Change that's going around these days?"

Elections over. It's time to lay off the campaign talk so people will have forgotten it in another three years.
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KhaiJB
01/14/09

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the realisation there really is no Doctor Who season this year.
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RAHfanboy
01/14/09

@KhaiJB: We just learned that "Dr. Who" this season is actually part of LAST season. I'm still confused.
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PVIII
01/14/09

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I really have this sinking feeling that Dollhouse is going to be a stinker.
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shaunmcilroy
01/14/09

@PVIII: agreed
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NaomiEspiahi
12/30/08

In reply to Is There Any Reason Not To Boycott Fox Next Year?
I don't understand this article. it says it's going to talk about why the watchmen movie may be delayed or derailed and then does nothing to prove its point or even talk about the watchmen movie or why or how fox plans on delaying or derailing it.

If you're going to tell the reader you're gonig to talk about something in an article, how about you actually discuss the thing you say you're going to talk about and not 14 other things that have nothing to do with the article or watchmen.

HOW is fox planning on delaying or derailing the watchmen movie? You say it seems "obvious" HOW does it seem obvious. A link to why you say this would be helpful.
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Charlie Jane Anders
12/30/08

@NaomiEspiahi: Sorry, I should have linked back to our previous coverage. We've written so much, in the past few days, about how Fox is seeking to stop Watchmen from coming out, I sort of assumed all our readers would know. That was a dumb assumption on my part, especially since we aim to be a reader-friendly site that's not just for the faithful few. My bad. I'll add those links now.
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