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[BigDMcGee]

http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2008/07/watchme...iler_is_slo.php


Okay, I'm excited.



If you're a comicbook fan, and you've never read the Watchmen, shame on you.


If you're kind of a comic book fan or were as a kid but got tired of them as you grew up because they were juvinille, go out and buy the Watchman graphic novel.. you can get them even at Borders and Barnes and Noble, and at any comic shop.

If you think comics are dumb, go out at read this graphic novel. It is absolutely the greatest deconstruction of the whole concept of "superheros" it was the first ( and in many ways, the greatest) attempt to show what it would really, really be like to have superheros and masked vigilante's, what it would mean geo-politically, socially, psychologically, inter-personally. IT also has one of the greatest endings of any story, book, movie or comic. It is a staggeringly good comic. I'll be shocked if the movie comes close to the comic. but this trailer got me excited.

[Jadaki]

I've been following a thread on the making of this on another forum for a while. I didn't realize the trailer was out already.

[Jadaki]

Saw the trailer before Batman, holy shit it looks like it will be great.

The very end of the trailer when Rorschach says "The world will look up and shout save us... and I'll whisper no" instantly sold me on this movie.

[Vinnie_Terranova]

The very end of the trailer when Rorschach says "The world will look up and shout save us... and I'll whisper no" instantly sold me on this movie.

That wasnt in the trailer I saw.

The one I saw didnt sell me, at all.

[Jadaki]

That wasnt in the trailer I saw.

The one I saw didnt sell me, at all.

Try this one then.

[Don Giovanni]

cant ****ing wait for this. did you see the trailor where dr manhatten blows up that Vietnamese guy? that was sick.

[qyayqi]

i'll admit that i am tempted to pick up a copy of this grpahic novel. i collected a few comics many, many moons ago.

[Dirtydutch]

i'll admit that i am tempted to pick up a copy of this grpahic novel. i collected a few comics many, many moons ago.

It's probably the greatest of all time, at least based on what I've read.

[Jadaki]

i'll admit that i am tempted to pick up a copy of this grpahic novel. i collected a few comics many, many moons ago.

There is a torrent of the comics out there, it's easy enough to find.

[bigkg]

I had no idea this movie was even being made until I saw the trailer for it. I was giddy right after seeing it.

I doubt the movie will be able to capture what the comic did, but it will still be awesome to see.

[Swift_Psycho]

I doubt the movie will be able to capture what the comic did, but it will still be awesome to see.

Agreed, and I probably fall into the category of people who are skeptical of the ability to translate the book to the big screen. There's just way too much stuff going on for them to cram into a few hours. I'm actually pretty interested in seeing the movie just to see just how much had to be left out.

And because it will probably be entertaining as hell either way.

[BigDMcGee]

Of course the movie won't be able to capture everything... the comic has sublty and nuance that a movie couldn't hope ( and wouldn't hope) to cover. What I hope it does do, is have an entertaining, well thought out mystery, with an amazing ending, like the comic. Anything else is bonus.

[brvheart]

So I saw this preview before the Dark Knight tonight and it didn't look exciting or even remotely good. Of course, I have no idea what the comic is about and I've never even heard of it. It was hilarious how the trailer was showing all these characters and then it would pause on them like I was supposed to get excited to see them... and all I could think was, "Man this looks gay. If I was 37 and lived in my parents basement, I'll bet I would have a HUGE hard-on right now."

[BigDMcGee]

So I saw this preview before the Dark Knight tonight and it didn't look exciting or even remotely good. Of course, I have no idea what the comic is about and I've never even heard of it. It was hilarious how the trailer was showing all these characters and then it was pause on them like I was supposed to get excited to see them... and all I could think was, "Man this looks gay. If I was 37 and lived in my parents basement, I'll bet I would have a HUGE hard-on right now."

LOL well.. the preview did little to capture why the story is good.. and you're right, only comic fans would get excited seeing that preview.

[pokerinc]

so pumped for the movie, I haven't seen the preview, hope Rorshak's (s/p) voice fits what it sounded like in my head while reading.

if anyone doesn't know it's the same author as V for Vendetta so take that as a point of referance.



also, while you're out shopping get Frank Miller's "Dark Knight Returns".

[qyayqi]

There is a torrent of the comics out there, it's easy enough to find.

it is odd how things change. a year ago i would have been all over this suggestion. today? i'll probably wait to get to a bookstore & give them their money for something that is supposed to be quality.

[Jadaki]

it is odd how things change. a year ago i would have been all over this suggestion. today? i'll probably wait to get to a bookstore & give them their money for something that is supposed to be quality.

I have both. I own the GN and I have it on my laptop just in case I feel like having easy access to it.

[FARGOpokerND]

So the preview interested me, so I went to Barnes and Noble today to look for the Watchmen series, but couldn't find them. What should I be looking for titles that have Watchmen in them? Or should I be looking for something completely different?

[Don Giovanni]

So the preview interested me, so I went to Barnes and Noble today to look for the Watchmen series, but couldn't find them. What should I be looking for titles that have Watchmen in them? Or should I be looking for something completely different?

its just one big comic, or graphic novel some would say.

[showstopper24]

So the preview interested me

Speaking of the preview, in the original trailer, one of the characters had a gun pointing at the camera, but they were forced to change it to a walkie-talkie because trailers aren't allowed to show guns pointing at the audience.