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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 880 Views
I liked it. Craig - 30/08/2009 06:01:42 PM 701 Views
I bought it a few weeks ago. PhotoJim - 30/08/2009 07:06:21 PM 668 Views
I have never read the comic, but I liked the movie Animosity - 30/08/2009 07:15:16 PM 755 Views
I'm a huge fan of Alan Moore CamusCanDo - 30/08/2009 09:44:23 PM 722 Views
What didn't you like about the adaption? *NM* trzaska2000 - 30/08/2009 10:22:57 PM 316 Views
I don't even know if you inteded that or not *NM* CamusCanDo - 30/08/2009 10:39:51 PM 321 Views
Loved it Monkey - 30/08/2009 10:11:55 PM 648 Views
It was GIANT SQUID FROM SECRET ISLAND CamusCanDo - 30/08/2009 10:41:04 PM 750 Views
Exactly! ironclad - 31/08/2009 09:15:56 AM 660 Views
NO! Camilla - 31/08/2009 10:33:06 AM 651 Views
And how does the movie or its ending change that? Monkey - 31/08/2009 06:16:47 PM 671 Views
Re: And how does the movie or its ending change that? Camilla - 31/08/2009 07:37:19 PM 660 Views
But! Craig - 31/08/2009 07:51:57 PM 686 Views
Pfff Camilla - 31/08/2009 09:06:10 PM 645 Views
That is terrible Monkey - 31/08/2009 09:12:18 PM 636 Views
Re: That is terrible Camilla - 31/08/2009 09:14:23 PM 627 Views
Craig makes a fantastically good point Monkey - 31/08/2009 08:24:12 PM 631 Views
I always do. Get used to it. *NM* Craig - 01/09/2009 06:23:55 AM 309 Views
Whole heartedly agree and question for those who saw the director's cut. ironclad - 31/08/2009 09:11:42 AM 689 Views
Re: Whole heartedly agree and question for those who saw the director's cut. StormCrow - 01/09/2009 06:56:13 PM 637 Views
It didn't seem long at all, to me. Or slow. *NM* Ghavrel - 01/09/2009 09:28:15 PM 311 Views
I'm trying to remember the other additions... (potential spoilers) StormCrow - 01/09/2009 09:36:28 PM 641 Views
Where to start Camilla - 31/08/2009 10:30:46 AM 686 Views
Re: Watchmen movie thoughts..... James - 31/08/2009 02:45:15 PM 661 Views
Veidt was terrible. *NM* Ghavrel - 01/09/2009 09:29:00 PM 354 Views
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