I really hope they don't fuck this movie up. Jon is wearing underwear in the trailers. I hope they haven't suger coated the movie to lower the movie rating. I really hope this movie isn't shit.
I hear there might be a movie based on this graphic "novel" coming out some times soon. Too bad there has been so little advertising and hype around it.
@Dillenger69: Is this "graphic novel" that you refer to another term for an unabridged edition, with all the naughty bits included? Because if so, really, you should just come out and say so.
Someone might tell me why I shouldn't consider this an X-Men clone. I know it is darker and written by the guy who did V for Vendetta (this is a positive to me), but after watching the commercials I thought "this looks a little familiar to me."
@pschroeter: -They aren't mutants, none of them except one have superheroes, and the exception gained his in an accident.
-The only plot point they share is a Superhero Registration Act. The Keene Act in Watchmen is technically a ban on vigilante activity rather than a registration act, though.
-The present-day (1985) heroes never formed a team.
@Cornelius James Donovan II: Why do I get the feeling that when pschroeter compares The X-men & Watchmen, he's only remotely aware the films are based on previous works?
@pschroeter: Watchmen did rip off previous comic book properties, but it was okay because they had all recently been bought out by DC. I can't remember them all, but here are some of the more notable parallels:
Dr. Manhattan (the only super-powered character) is based on Captain Atom
Rorschach is based on The Question
NiteOwl is based on Blue Beetle (who is, in turn, something of a ripoff of Batman, but that's another story)
It's a superhero story without any true superheroes. Most of them are just masked/costumed semi-pro vigilantes (heroes, perhaps, but not superheroes). And the one character who does posess bonafide superpowers isn't exactly what I'd call a hero.
It was originally supposed to use existing characters, but DC didn't really want to hand over their top characters for a story where some of them would have to die, and the end result was that they created an entirely new batch of characters, but based them on an obscure group of pre-existing characters. Also, the story is almost more a political commentary than a superhero story, but since it was written at the height of the Cold War it has lost some of its relevence in recent years (not all, by any means, but the basic premise no longer feels like it'd even be possible, all the superhero stuff aside).
@Purple Dave: Well, it's not really a rip-off, since Moore was originally tasked with writing up a ret-con on the Charleston characters that DC owned and let lay fallow.
Later, DC had a change of heart and decided that Alan couldn't deconstruct them after all, so by mutual consent, Moore wrote new characters based on the Charleston ones.
I actually really don't want to read your review, even though I know I will. It's like slowing down to look at an accident on the highway.
See the thing is, I'm seeing the movie on Friday, and other people's reviews that have already come in I'll be far less likely to put stock in than yours. So if you guys write a negative review, I think I will be genuinely prejudiced.
@Mount_Prion: Wow, that's nice to hear. I haven't seen the movie yet... I'm seeing it tomorrow night and I'll be reviewing it soon afterwards I think. I'm still keeping an open mind for now.
@Lou Rivellini: @Lou Rivellini: But that song written for the Batman and Robin soundtrack! I guess since they're both DC it's no big deal, but I couldn't help but feel that the song, having being associated with Batman & Robin, tainted the video unfairly...
The scroll bar is your friend. Go ahead and post articles longer than one screen: if we need more page, we'll whistle extra-loud and the internet djinnis will build it for us!
Carla Gugino is fantastic...really fine actor, seems good in lots of different things, and hot, not abstract model hot - but real-people-super-hot...oh boy!
Carla Gugino = Wonder Woman maybe??? She certainly has the figure to pull it off. And I for one could sit in a theater for 2 hours staring at those eyes.
@PVIII: Depends on whether they're going for Wonder Woman or Wonder Girl. She's only 37. Of course, by the time they get the Wonder Woman movie going, she'll be 50. I have to say though, Megan Fox looked really good in that fan poster.
Actually, I just had a thought - Personally, I think Angelina Jolie would be perfect as Catwoman in the next Batman, but how about Carla Gugino? I think she would do a good job.
@ultra76: To get someone over 25 as the lead in Wonder Woman, you will need some major directorial power or star power in a co-star. Though, tbh, Wonder Woman might be best as the antithesis of an origin story. We all know that's all we see anymore.
03/02/09
Q: "Who watches the Watchmen hype?"
A: "EVERYONE."
(I guess)
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Got to...replace...battery!!"
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- underwear, + ball gag
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You perv.
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-The only plot point they share is a Superhero Registration Act. The Keene Act in Watchmen is technically a ban on vigilante activity rather than a registration act, though.
-The present-day (1985) heroes never formed a team.
hth <3
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Watchmen did rip off previous comic book properties, but it was okay because they had all recently been bought out by DC. I can't remember them all, but here are some of the more notable parallels:
Dr. Manhattan (the only super-powered character) is based on Captain Atom
Rorschach is based on The Question
NiteOwl is based on Blue Beetle (who is, in turn, something of a ripoff of Batman, but that's another story)
It's a superhero story without any true superheroes. Most of them are just masked/costumed semi-pro vigilantes (heroes, perhaps, but not superheroes). And the one character who does posess bonafide superpowers isn't exactly what I'd call a hero.
It was originally supposed to use existing characters, but DC didn't really want to hand over their top characters for a story where some of them would have to die, and the end result was that they created an entirely new batch of characters, but based them on an obscure group of pre-existing characters. Also, the story is almost more a political commentary than a superhero story, but since it was written at the height of the Cold War it has lost some of its relevence in recent years (not all, by any means, but the basic premise no longer feels like it'd even be possible, all the superhero stuff aside).
03/02/09
Later, DC had a change of heart and decided that Alan couldn't deconstruct them after all, so by mutual consent, Moore wrote new characters based on the Charleston ones.
Funny how convoluted it is though, huh?
03/01/09
See the thing is, I'm seeing the movie on Friday, and other people's reviews that have already come in I'll be far less likely to put stock in than yours. So if you guys write a negative review, I think I will be genuinely prejudiced.
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I think the smashing pumpkins really set the mood for what this movie should be.
"The beginning is the end is the beginning" was the name of the song i think......
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*shudder*
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if i see any more clips, I'm going to have an orgasm...
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Carla Gugino = Wonder Woman maybe??? She certainly has the figure to pull it off. And I for one could sit in a theater for 2 hours staring at those eyes.
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Actually, I just had a thought - Personally, I think Angelina Jolie would be perfect as Catwoman in the next Batman, but how about Carla Gugino? I think she would do a good job.
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