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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 911 Views
I liked it. Craig - 30/08/2009 06:01:42 PM 737 Views
I bought it a few weeks ago. PhotoJim - 30/08/2009 07:06:21 PM 700 Views
I have never read the comic, but I liked the movie Animosity - 30/08/2009 07:15:16 PM 790 Views
I'm a huge fan of Alan Moore CamusCanDo - 30/08/2009 09:44:23 PM 755 Views
What didn't you like about the adaption? *NM* trzaska2000 - 30/08/2009 10:22:57 PM 332 Views
I don't even know if you inteded that or not *NM* CamusCanDo - 30/08/2009 10:39:51 PM 336 Views
Loved it Monkey - 30/08/2009 10:11:55 PM 687 Views
It was GIANT SQUID FROM SECRET ISLAND CamusCanDo - 30/08/2009 10:41:04 PM 784 Views
Exactly! ironclad - 31/08/2009 09:15:56 AM 682 Views
NO! Camilla - 31/08/2009 10:33:06 AM 680 Views
And how does the movie or its ending change that? Monkey - 31/08/2009 06:16:47 PM 699 Views
Re: And how does the movie or its ending change that? Camilla - 31/08/2009 07:37:19 PM 693 Views
But! Craig - 31/08/2009 07:51:57 PM 716 Views
Pfff Camilla - 31/08/2009 09:06:10 PM 674 Views
That is terrible Monkey - 31/08/2009 09:12:18 PM 672 Views
Re: That is terrible Camilla - 31/08/2009 09:14:23 PM 662 Views
Craig makes a fantastically good point Monkey - 31/08/2009 08:24:12 PM 671 Views
I always do. Get used to it. *NM* Craig - 01/09/2009 06:23:55 AM 325 Views
Whole heartedly agree and question for those who saw the director's cut. ironclad - 31/08/2009 09:11:42 AM 724 Views
Re: Whole heartedly agree and question for those who saw the director's cut. StormCrow - 01/09/2009 06:56:13 PM 668 Views
It didn't seem long at all, to me. Or slow. *NM* Ghavrel - 01/09/2009 09:28:15 PM 327 Views
I'm trying to remember the other additions... (potential spoilers) StormCrow - 01/09/2009 09:36:28 PM 698 Views
Where to start Camilla - 31/08/2009 10:30:46 AM 723 Views
Re: Watchmen movie thoughts..... James - 31/08/2009 02:45:15 PM 699 Views
Veidt was terrible. *NM* Ghavrel - 01/09/2009 09:29:00 PM 373 Views
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