In LA see Watchmen Free

[Mwynn]

http://www.latimesinteractive.com/advertising/watchmen/index.html

[Gonzogoose]

Cool! Now only if they would pay for my flight and hotel room I'd be there! :(

Lucky Californians. :man:

[Critters Daddy]

Am I the only one on the planet who just can't seem to care about this movie?

[Gonzogoose]

Am I the only one on the planet who just can't seem to care about this movie?

There's always Alan Moore.

[Paul Sanderson]

Am I the only one on the planet who just can't seem to care about this movie?

You're not the only one, believe me.

[Wayne Drake]

Didn't wanan start another thread; but has anyone seen the Watchmen Motion Comic on dvd??? If so, how is it? Is it the entire book? Or select segments?

[Critters Daddy]

Thing is I've never read Watchmen...tried a few times...but I just don't get the reason it's so hyped up...and the movie just looks...I don't know...not interesting for some reason.

[CHUCKO]

I saw it tonight and I thought it was pretty dang cool. I DO NOT recommend you bring your kids.

[zcotty]

Am I the only one on the planet who just can't seem to care about this movie?

It's been a year since I started reading the comic. Still fighting through it. So I'm hoping the movie will be more catching.

[rummblestrips]

It's been a year since I started reading the comic. Still fighting through it. So I'm hoping the movie will be more catching.


:eek:

[zcotty]

Yup! I confess to being not so impressed by Watchmen. It's not an anti-Alan Moore thing. I like a lot of his stuff. I think the idea behind Watchmen was great. I LOVE the background stories at the end of each issue.

But on a whole I think it's kind of stretched out and bit over rated.


Okay you can stone me now. :whistlin:

[Critters Daddy]

wow...somehow I don't feel so alone in the universe anymore...

[Toyandgadgetguy]

I read it. I enjoyed it... but I never saw it as the "epic" thing that it's become. I'm too square to be hip.

[Paul Sanderson]

I read it. I enjoyed it... but I never saw it as the "epic" thing that it's become. I'm too square to be hip.

Me too, I have to admit.

[zcotty]

You mean... you guys aren't going to stone me for blasphemy? :blink:

[Biofungus]

I've been reading it for a couple of months now. But it's something I usually read while waiting at the doctors office. The pacing is constantly broken up by the pirate story and the 'book excerpts', which I find terribly distracting and so far, largely unnecessary. If it was an addendum at the end of the story, offering more insight into the characters, I might enjoy it more. But it's unneeded to 'immerse' yourself in the story, and what's worse, it often pulls you OUT of the story. Also, there's just too darn much about sex going on. While I sort of understand the de-humanizing factor it's being used for, at the same time I think it detracts from the story. (For a guy with no real interest in humanity, Dr. Manhattan sure is a horny guy). That being said, I do still want to see the movie, because it does have some redeeming entertainment value, I just agree with Craig in that I feel much more has been made out of it than really should have been.

[eDuke]

I think the series was more effective when read as they were coming out at the time since it was nothing like what was out on the racks. Reading them NOW in a compiled format can never have the same effect. Plus, what's being done nowadays in current comics is influenced by that mini-series so you're already familiar with the 'wow' factor if you're reading current comics, if that makes any sense.

[Biofungus]

I agree about the reading them once a month part. Makes sense since the pace would already be 'halted' by the 30 day hiatus :p

As for the wow factor. I dunno. To some people, sure. But this, like much of Moore's work (IMO) may be impressive in a 'self contained' way, but I think his style is well, just that, very stylized, to really be seen outside his own work. I don't doubt he inspired a lot of creators, but I don't really see his influence outside his own works.

[zcotty]

Well... it was the 80's. :yuk:

[Buckyrig]

Plus, what's being done nowadays in current comics is influenced by that mini-series so you're already familiar with the 'wow' factor if you're reading current comics, if that makes any sense.

And beyond what was done in that whole "what comics are capable of" arena, Watchmen was probably the first thing I read that treated superheroes as psychologically complex characters. That alone was a big deal to me.

[Paul Sanderson]

It wasn't the first story to do that, though.

[Buckyrig]

in bed.

[Wayne Drake]

fuckin comics, why do they have to be all deep and meta and up their own ass?

;)

[eDuke]

Well... it was the 80's. :yuk:
Exactly. That's what I was saying. Reading Watchmen when it came out and reading it now are two different experiences. Nowadays comics are different, much different than they were back then. Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns helped change comics to what you're used to now.

[Nitecrawlah2]

Too cool for school be damned, I still love the book. Just recently re-read it in anticipation for the movie, for me at least it still holds that significance and resonance.