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I've heard bits and pieces about this movie for many years now, well before there was probably even a solid script. Honestly I have never heard of "The Watchmen" outside of fans mentioning the movie. I really don't care much for comics, but if this is just from a single "Graphic Novel" I'd like to read it before the movie comes out. I liked the Trailer but it seems the movie would be a lot more enjoyable if I was familar with the characters and story. So am I right about The Watchmen being a single Graphic Novel I can buy as a whole? I plan on checking myself, but I don't want to miss anything outside of the Graphic Novel.
Wow, I didn't realize they were this far along. I'm eager to see it, but still a little fearful. It's such an icon, it's hard to do such things justice. Anyone have a list of the actors in it? I hope that...well...you know who is butt ugly as he should be.
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ive never heard of the watchmen before ..... anyone wanna tell whats it about?
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The Watchmen is one of those groundbreaking graphic novels, the kind that's considered one of the greats in comic history. I'll give a brief preview of it, if you want to pick it up they have it in most comic stores/book stores these days.
The setting is an alternate history of the world in which masked heroes exist. The oddity is that, with the exception of one or two of them, none have any actual 'powers.' Some of the story is flashbacks to earlier eras, showing how costumed heroes changed some things, or were involved in some dark doings. Eventually there is rampant contempt for the heroes, and a law is passed requiring them to stop their costumed adventures (this was a long time before the whole Marvel Civil War thing). So the present setting of the story is an environment where most heroes have retired, some work directly for the government, some have cashed in on their names, and a few continue to operate as masked heroes on the fringes of the law.
The story itself (I won't reveal any big spoilers) begins with the murder of a prominent invividual. One of the freelance masked heroes does his own investigation and learns the man was a masked hero in the employ of the government. He begins an investigation, suspecting a plot to murder masked heroes.
The graphic novel explores alot of interesting themes. First you have the various moral viewpoints of the characters, and they range from unwavering moral absolutism to stark nihilism. The heroes were created for this story, but most of them draw influence from existing characters, and sometimes provide interesting counterpoints to those existing superheroes; in fact, each hero tends to mirror several existing heroes...sometimes in their most unhealthy aspects. Throughout the story there is a constant backdrop of the cold war and the tension of possible nuclear war.
I have my doubts that this story can actually be adequately told in just 90 to 120 minutes. The Watchmen is a complicated story with a lot of things going on. Not only is it a deconstruction / psychological profile of the superhero genre, but it's also got some extremely deep philosophical elements to it. When I think about someone reducing the story to a 120 page screenplay I just have to cringe.
I have a feeling that whatever they cut out will cripple the narrative and just leave the audience completely confused.
That thought occured to me as well.
Another great example of Moore's Law. Give people access to that much space (developers and users alike) and they'll find uses for it that you can never imagine. "640K ought to be enough for anybody" - Bill Gates 1981
Im a huge fan of the graphic novel, and have been woried for years that Michael Bay or something would do a movie about it.
Still, when i heard that Zach Snyder (300) would do it.....it sounded not to weird. Snyder have showed a lot of potential when dealing with graphic novels. Atlest more then any other director. And from seeing the trailer, i know it visually will take everyone by schock. Its amazing.
So how the actual storyline works in the movie, acting, characters......thats to be seen later.