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Re: And how does the movie or its ending change that? Camilla Send a noteboard - 31/08/2009 07:37:19 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.



But it was there in the background all the way through. Didn't you read the newspaper cuttings?

And the whole reason why the Dr Manhattan version is not as good is because it is too neat. Watchmen subverts neat endings. That was my point.
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Watchmen movie thoughts..... trzaska2000 - 30/08/2009 05:49:58 PM 932 Views
I liked it. Craig - 30/08/2009 06:01:42 PM 751 Views
I bought it a few weeks ago. PhotoJim - 30/08/2009 07:06:21 PM 718 Views
I have never read the comic, but I liked the movie Animosity - 30/08/2009 07:15:16 PM 807 Views
I'm a huge fan of Alan Moore CamusCanDo - 30/08/2009 09:44:23 PM 768 Views
What didn't you like about the adaption? *NM* trzaska2000 - 30/08/2009 10:22:57 PM 338 Views
I don't even know if you inteded that or not *NM* CamusCanDo - 30/08/2009 10:39:51 PM 347 Views
Loved it Monkey - 30/08/2009 10:11:55 PM 708 Views
It was GIANT SQUID FROM SECRET ISLAND CamusCanDo - 30/08/2009 10:41:04 PM 800 Views
Exactly! ironclad - 31/08/2009 09:15:56 AM 701 Views
NO! Camilla - 31/08/2009 10:33:06 AM 698 Views
And how does the movie or its ending change that? Monkey - 31/08/2009 06:16:47 PM 724 Views
Re: And how does the movie or its ending change that? Camilla - 31/08/2009 07:37:19 PM 710 Views
But! Craig - 31/08/2009 07:51:57 PM 735 Views
Pfff Camilla - 31/08/2009 09:06:10 PM 700 Views
That is terrible Monkey - 31/08/2009 09:12:18 PM 696 Views
Re: That is terrible Camilla - 31/08/2009 09:14:23 PM 679 Views
Craig makes a fantastically good point Monkey - 31/08/2009 08:24:12 PM 694 Views
I always do. Get used to it. *NM* Craig - 01/09/2009 06:23:55 AM 329 Views
Whole heartedly agree and question for those who saw the director's cut. ironclad - 31/08/2009 09:11:42 AM 743 Views
Re: Whole heartedly agree and question for those who saw the director's cut. StormCrow - 01/09/2009 06:56:13 PM 685 Views
It didn't seem long at all, to me. Or slow. *NM* Ghavrel - 01/09/2009 09:28:15 PM 335 Views
I'm trying to remember the other additions... (potential spoilers) StormCrow - 01/09/2009 09:36:28 PM 716 Views
Where to start Camilla - 31/08/2009 10:30:46 AM 747 Views
Re: Watchmen movie thoughts..... James - 31/08/2009 02:45:15 PM 719 Views
Veidt was terrible. *NM* Ghavrel - 01/09/2009 09:29:00 PM 376 Views
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