a serious question for Matthew Craig

Matthew Craig said:

Never heard of them. I'm not a comic expert, i just like to read as many as i can.

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dfa2066 said:

You like comics but you've never heard of Watchmen? You should pick up a copy.

I used to collect comics until about 10 years ago. Watchmen was always one of the best.

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Matthew Craig said:

I'll keep an eye out. Thanks.

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dfa2066 said:

It's about 20 years old. Any self-respecting comic book dealer should have at least one copy in stock. Many consider it Alan Moore's best work.

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Matthew Craig said:

Reminds me of those dudes in "Time And Time Again." I forget their names now though.

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Moonlust said:

The Watchmen is one of my favorites and, like the rest of Alan Moore's comic books being turned into movies, I won't see it. There's no use in trying to compare two different art forms. (Especially when I know the comic will always be superior, artistically.)

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dfa2066 said:

Kinda what I thought as well. Haven't seen very many movies based on comic books that seem to do a good job on the screen.

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Modern Mephisto said:

For starters - and this is true of any movie, comic book source material or not - they'll need quality writers, people who understand the material and the potential therein, without rigidly adhering to the history. Meaning, they'll need to take the same approach they did with X-Men and step away from the visual style of the comic book, ditching those ultra-bright costumes that look great on the printed page but so horribly out of place onscreen. They'll need to deconstruct the material, boil the entire premise down to some key element or universal truth, a story based in real emotions and ideas that appeals to Everyman, and then add in the snazzy special effects and "cool" factors from there. Sadly, that's where most comic book movies go wrong. They completely neglect the human element, the character development that makes the situations and emotions real to the audience, and instead focus on special effects and source material references and whatnot.

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Moonlust said:

Spider-Man.

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dfa2066 said:

That was one of the few. I liked the second one as well. And the X-Men flicks weren't bad either, as comic book movies go.

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Moonlust said:

The cheesy dialogue and the Halle Berryness of it ruined 1 for me. Alan Cumming made up for it in 2, as Nightcrawler.

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