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Author Topic: My introduction to WATCHMEN Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-01-2009 04:07 PM                        For reason I cannot understand, I have never heard or read about the WATCHMEN comic books until I began reading and seeing trailers for the new film opening next Friday. Warner Brothers Home Video is releasing a very comprehensive collection of the WATCHMEN strips in a DVD and Blu-Ray release titled WATCHMEN The Motion Comics on Tuesday, I understand it is a little over five hours long and I am planing to get the BD version. It will come with a computer code to print a $7.50 theatre coupon for the movie version. It will come in handy because I am planning to see it in IMAX. From the trailers I have seen, the movie appears to to have a very dark theme. Yes, I agree when someone said the movie was going to be big when it opens. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 03-01-2009 07:58 PM                        I had never heard of THE WATCHMAN either until I saw a trailer for it a week ago or so. After seeing the trailer, I hope to never hear about it again, ever.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-01-2009 08:27 PM                     I'm a little curious to see what Silk Spectre looks like naked. Yeah. There is nudity in this movie. Not NYPD Blue-Dennis Franz' ass nudity either. Tits will be on display. Of course, I'd be pissed beyond all belief if I was just 13 and hyped up to see the movie. The show is Rated R. Off limits to kids under 17 just to make them scream and cry.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 03-02-2009 12:23 AM                     Makes you wonder if Warner is trying to revamp "the MATRIX" with this movie .. into another cult classic type...  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-02-2009 09:39 AM                        quote: Bobby Henderson Tits will be on display. That's cool, of course, but I think it's too bad "Watchmen" is rated R. I would probably feel the opposite if I was a fan, but from a business point of view, it will be a gigantic pain in the butt, and the rating may hurt business in smaller towns.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-02-2009 10:34 AM                    I guess adults need super cool big budget blockbuster movies too.  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 03-02-2009 12:06 PM                     Claude, I've been re-reading the comic book, and the further I get into it, one thing that becomes abundantly clear is that this story was designed to take full advantage of what the comic book medium has to offer. One of the things which makes the comic so good is that each chapter ends with pages of supplemental material, like excerpts from fake books, etc., which are used to create a fully-realized world that the main story takes place in. Additionally, the individual panels have been laid out on the page in a very specific manner in order to create certain juxtapositions which are lost when turned into a movie. These reasons, among others, are why the book's writer, Alan Moore, has disowned this project as well as the movie. This thing might be entertaining, and I'm personally looking forward to the movie quite a bit. But this is one of those rare instances where the comic book is not simply a movie that doesn't move. And if you really want to see what all of the fuss is about, I highly highly highly recommend reading the book first. Besides, it'll only take you a little longer to read the book than it would to watch series, and it's way cheaper than the Blu-ray set, so you can put that money towards seeing the movie.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-02-2009 01:43 PM                        Mike, Comic book was a big deal when I was growing up and I had a fantastic collection at one time but my mother made me git rid of them when I was in high school Just think how much some of them would be worth today because they go back to about 1948 when I first started my collection. Some of them were early SUPERMAN, BATMAN, THE SPIRIT among many others but my favorite of them all was "Classics Illustrated. I once did a book report during my high school freshman year of Alexander Dumas THE THREE MUSKETEERS from the comic book and got away with it Where can one get hold of Watchmen comic books if they are still available? The video probably will be the best bet because it will come with a printable $7.50 computer movie coupon to see the film. I am pretty sure it will cost at least $10.00 to to see WATCHMEN in IMAX so seeing it on video might be the best way to get introduced to WATCHMEN. I am thinking about getting the Blu Ray but the DVD will be about $7.50 cheaper so I might settle with that format. People like you who have read the comic books and enjoyed it are very excited about the movie. I have seen the trailer many time and it does look very promising. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 03-02-2009 01:51 PM                     quote: Bobby Henderson Of course, I'd be pissed beyond all belief if I was just 13 and hyped up to see the movie. There won't be too many 13 year olds in line to see this one. The graphic novel is over 20 years old and it is a very hard R. This movie is also a very hard R. There is both male and female full frontal nudity, from what I understand. There is also lots and lots of blood. I can't of course speak for all comic shops, but many of them do regulate what they sell to children. Compare the expected crowd to be what came for Sin City. Not many kids for that one...  |  IP: Logged Galen Murphy-Fahlgren Master Film Handler Posts: 405 From: Canton, MI, USA Registered: Oct 2007 posted 03-02-2009 02:07 PM                     I am not familiar with the "graphic novel" (I don't read comic books), and I had never heard of it at all until I got a bunch of trailers a couple months ago. I hadn't even seen the trailer until a few weeks ago, but now I am insanely psyched for this movie. I didn't see 300, so I'm not familiar with the director either, but I've seen the teaser trailer at least 30 times, and I get more pumped each time. If I don't book a print, I will be busting my butt to get out early enough on Thursday to catch the midnight at my old theater. I guess I am a sucker for superhero movies, second only to spy movies, and the trailers that I've seen suggest that this is a good 'un.  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 03-02-2009 02:24 PM                     Claude, if you go into any book store in the country right now, you will be bombarded with WATCHMEN merchandise as you walk in the door. The paperback collection of the entire series (12 issues) is listed at $20, but you can get it on Amazon for $11. So even without the $7.50 coupon, you're still coming out on top. quote: Claude S. Ayakawa People like you who have read the comic books and enjoyed it are very excited about the movie. I think "excited" is overstating it a bit. I can't wait to see it, and I hope it's as good as it looks, but I'm scared that it will be terrible. "Cautiously optimistic" is the term I would use.  |  IP: Logged Julio Roberto Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 938 From: Madrid, Madrid, Spain Registered: Oct 2008 posted 03-02-2009 02:40 PM                    But I found the motion graphic novel a work of art on itself, definetly worth having it in DVD or Blu-ray. A new art form, even. A comic read to you and "set in motion" at the same time. Mesmerazing. I haven't been into comics since I was 12. But in the late 80's a friend of mine, who is a professional book translator (literature) told me about the graphics novel. He told me it was more than a comic, a true 20th century work of art. During a trip to England to a stereoscopy convention, I saw it in a store and bought it. I still have it somewhere. I read it the next couple of days in trains and flights. Found it truly interesting and worth it. Recently I saw the motion comic, which made me remember the comic over 20 years ago. I don't recall so much "nudity" etc, but it is not your normal superhero comics for the kids. Anyway. If you can only read one comic book from the 20th century, this would probably be one of the ones to consider. But not everbody's cup of tea. From wikipedia: quote: Watchmen has received critical acclaim both in the comics and mainstream press, and is regarded as a seminal text of the comic book medium. quote: Watchmen was the only graphic novel to appear on Time's 2005 list of "the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present". We have to remember, though, that a comic is a comic, not a movie or a DVD, so it may lose some in the translation  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-02-2009 03:55 PM                        I have been reading comments about the WATCHMEN in Motion Comic Book on DVD and Blu Ray and the only negative comment about is was a man reading both male and female lines in the strip. They should have had a man read the male parts and a female reader read all the women parts. Anyway, I am still planning to pick up the video disc because I have heard it was good except the way it was interpreted by only a male voice. I am undecided between the two video disc formats because I am not sure paying extra for the BD would make any great difference. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Kurt Zupin Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 989 From: Maricopa, Arizona Registered: Oct 2004 posted 03-02-2009 10:11 PM                     There is no way that this movie could of been made as anything other then Rated R. Like I said in another thread this will be huge. I will post my comprehensive review tomorrow night after I watch it. I've read the graphic novel so I will be able to compare and give insight if its helpful to the other fans.  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 03-02-2009 10:54 PM                     Claude, if you go to iTunes, they have little 30 second long clips of the motion comic that you can preview. I suggest taking a look at those before you make your purchase. This thing is nothing more than a flash animated version of the comic. It's really goofy looking. Personally, I think you'd be way better off just reading the book. Either way, let us know what you think about the series.  |  IP: Logged

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