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And how does the movie or its ending change that? Monkey Send a noteboard - 31/08/2009 06:16:47 PM
And I prefer the ending to GIANT SQUID FROM NOWHERE!!!!


You completely missed the point. The whole genius of Watchmen is that it subverts the cleanness of comic books. It makes the costumed hero a bodily being, including fetishes and kinks as part of it. And the ending is SUPPOSED to be bodily and messy and unpleasant! And IT DIDN'T COME OUT OF NOWHERE, DAMMIT!!! (Yes. I did. That was me using multiple exclamation marks. AND caps. Doesn't happen often, but I felt he occasion called for it.)


From a pure storyteller viewpoint, it is a horrible idea to make your entire plot hinge on a completely unseen, unmentioned and undeveloped feature only revealed in the last 1/6th of the story (see also: Lost!). Unless that's the whole point, but that wasn't the whole point in Watchmen. Using the threat of Dr. Manhattan tied it into everything that came before without changing what comes after one little bit.
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Watchmen movie thoughts..... trzaska2000 - 30/08/2009 05:49:58 PM 1004 Views
I liked it. Craig - 30/08/2009 06:01:42 PM 818 Views
I bought it a few weeks ago. PhotoJim - 30/08/2009 07:06:21 PM 791 Views
I have never read the comic, but I liked the movie Animosity - 30/08/2009 07:15:16 PM 873 Views
I'm a huge fan of Alan Moore CamusCanDo - 30/08/2009 09:44:23 PM 844 Views
What didn't you like about the adaption? *NM* trzaska2000 - 30/08/2009 10:22:57 PM 374 Views
I don't even know if you inteded that or not *NM* CamusCanDo - 30/08/2009 10:39:51 PM 392 Views
Loved it Monkey - 30/08/2009 10:11:55 PM 776 Views
It was GIANT SQUID FROM SECRET ISLAND CamusCanDo - 30/08/2009 10:41:04 PM 881 Views
Exactly! ironclad - 31/08/2009 09:15:56 AM 769 Views
NO! Camilla - 31/08/2009 10:33:06 AM 773 Views
And how does the movie or its ending change that? Monkey - 31/08/2009 06:16:47 PM 800 Views
Re: And how does the movie or its ending change that? Camilla - 31/08/2009 07:37:19 PM 779 Views
But! Craig - 31/08/2009 07:51:57 PM 821 Views
Pfff Camilla - 31/08/2009 09:06:10 PM 783 Views
That is terrible Monkey - 31/08/2009 09:12:18 PM 756 Views
Re: That is terrible Camilla - 31/08/2009 09:14:23 PM 758 Views
Craig makes a fantastically good point Monkey - 31/08/2009 08:24:12 PM 772 Views
I always do. Get used to it. *NM* Craig - 01/09/2009 06:23:55 AM 368 Views
Whole heartedly agree and question for those who saw the director's cut. ironclad - 31/08/2009 09:11:42 AM 822 Views
Re: Whole heartedly agree and question for those who saw the director's cut. StormCrow - 01/09/2009 06:56:13 PM 755 Views
It didn't seem long at all, to me. Or slow. *NM* Ghavrel - 01/09/2009 09:28:15 PM 372 Views
I'm trying to remember the other additions... (potential spoilers) StormCrow - 01/09/2009 09:36:28 PM 790 Views
Where to start Camilla - 31/08/2009 10:30:46 AM 827 Views
Re: Watchmen movie thoughts..... James - 31/08/2009 02:45:15 PM 792 Views
Veidt was terrible. *NM* Ghavrel - 01/09/2009 09:29:00 PM 414 Views
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