Real Name: Bj Lewis Gender: male Date of Birth: April 25, 1982 Member Since: September 21, 2007 Last Signed In: November 17, 2008 Profile Views: 2560 Blog Views: 5761 So while I hate Bond...I loves me some Daniel Craig "Bond" So...this whole black president thing..... So....38 remakes you may or may not know about.... So when I say who's the remake....you say Sho'nuff aka !%^@ you Hollywood!!! So I am mildly interested in the Friday the 13th remake... So break out your WTF rally towels for the SIMS movie.... So Diesel could be back in XXX...uh..X... So wait WTF?? Will Smith as Captain America..? So filming has begun on Transformers 2 So...a guitar hero movie?? WTF?? September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 
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Who will watch the Watchmen....March 6, 2009
When I first learned that the WB was taking on the monumental task of adapting the Watchmen for film I was surprised. I mean taking what is regarded by most as the single greatest graphic novel in the history the comic book industry and making a movie out of it, that takes a set. A huge set. Watchmen was a 12-issue deconstruction of the conventional superhero archetypes. It was brilliantly crafted using several literary and artistic techniques that have influenced practically every comic book creator and many filmmakers since. But to take it and squeeze it into a two hour movie, I had my doubts. I still do. I personally don't think it should be adapted, some stuff just does not translate and I did not think the Watchmen would. But there is money to be made so i caved and I at least thought, okay, if you are going to do it, do it as a multi-part mini-series on HBO. Then you could get into everything. Two hours...you're going to lose so much. It doesn't help that Moore isn't helping on the project. The man hates people adapting his work. If you look at From Hell and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen you can feel his pain. V for Vendetta was watchable but its message and vision was twisted a bit for the film. The thing that does give me a little hope is the fact it is being directed by Zack Snyder. Have you seen 300? One of Frank Miller's best graphic novels and Snyder pulled it off just nicely. I saw it twice in the theater, it was and still is that good. Snyder will use some of those techniques that gave 300 its look for the Watchmen. I am not blown away by the casting. Jeffrey Dean Morgan..Matthew Goode...Malin Akerman.... But I am glad they are not trying to inflate the movie with huge marquee names to drive up the budget, bring in the typical star-hungry movie audience and have them view a crappy movie. You can do adaptions right, just look at Sin City, one of the greatest comic book movies ever, in my opinion. Top 3 easily. I'll give the guy the benefit of the doubt and try to enjoy it for what it is. Who watches the Watchmen? I'll give it a shot. 3 comments from 3 users
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posted by
BjLewis
on Oct 13, 2007 at 08:23 PM
300 not a masterpiece? Blasphemy I say. Sin City was awesome as well. Hellboy if anything was mediocre as can be. Perlman was awesome, the man always is. Maybe it's just me because I am not huge Hellboy comic fan, but that movie just did not blow me away. posted by
Tree18
on Oct 13, 2007 at 05:27 PM
Publishing companies have control. Frank Miller learned that he can assist and get things done right instead of protest like Moore. Snyder overdid 300. Enjoyable, but not the masterpiece so many people argue it to be. As far as Sin City, I really thought it was mediocre and kinda boring. I enjoy comic book movies, the best being Hellboy, but Sin City was too much style, too little substance.
posted by
timoi
on Oct 7, 2007 at 10:33 PM
ill watch it, it's a nerd requirement.... but there is something to be said about a guy who hates all of his work when they make them into movies.... Moore is a great writer, I wonder why how much control he has over these projects Tim
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