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Will you watch these Watchmen?
Noct:
I've been curious about this project for some time, but also very very scared. I am someone optimistic though, seeing as they didn't make a TOTAL mess of V for Vendetta and Zach Snyder is a hell of a lot better than the goddamn Watchowskis. Still... so many ways to mess this one up.
Also, looks like the beginnings of some sort of viral campaign here that popped up a while ago on the interwebs.
http://www.theveidtmethod.com/
Faker:
--- Quote from: Ozymandias on 26 Jul 2007, 08:47 ---You people are missing the worst part of this news.
Veidt is "a costumed adventurer who retired voluntarily, disclosed his identity and built a large fortune. He hatches a plot to avert a global catastrophe he believes will be caused by Dr. Manhattan."
What?
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Yeah I assumed that was a mistake on the part of the article's original author, obviously thinking of the plot to discredit Dr. Manhattan and whatever... hope so anyway
öde:
The choice of actors gives me a little more faith in the movie.
Jimmy the Squid:
I haven't heard of any of those actors nor am I familiar with the comic. That said, I will watch this movie, possibly several times because I love the cinema.
pilsner:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 26 Jul 2007, 23:50 ---Might I ask why?
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Snyder + Warner Brothers = Huge Budget = Need to Recoup Budget By Producing Blockbuster
Ending Where Villain Gets Off + Protagonist Gets Annihilated + Godlike Blue Creature Just Up And Leaves + Millions Die + Ambiguity Reigns Re Effects on Cold War = Pissed Off Crowds = No Blockbuster
Ending Where Villain Gets Caught Despite Godlike Powers + Protagonists Triumph + Maybe One of the Ugly Ones Dies (ahem Rorschach) But For a Good Cause + New York Gets Saved = Happy Crowds = Potential Blockbuster
The problem with this project is that the core audience for the book is fundamentally at odds with the vast majority of moviegoers who have not and probably will not read the book in terms of what they want from this movie. The need to make back a massive budget requires the moviemakers to produce something resembling a conventional Hollywood ending.
Plus, unlike with Frank Miller, there is no need to stay true to the strip since Alan Moore is not supporting the movie, or so I hear.
I hope I'm wrong about this, but I don't think I will be.
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