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Watchmen on Blu-Ray
Thursday, July 23, 2009 11:42 AM
OPPYH
Thursday, July 23, 2009 11:58 AM
LWAVES
Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:31 PM
CHRISISALL
Thursday, July 23, 2009 2:49 PM
KWICKO
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)
Thursday, July 23, 2009 4:38 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Just got Freaks And Geeks for $28, so my weekend is full...
Saturday, July 25, 2009 7:10 AM
Saturday, July 25, 2009 8:02 AM
PHOENIXROSE
You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.
Saturday, July 25, 2009 8:04 AM
Saturday, July 25, 2009 9:31 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Just rented it last night - the "normal" widescreen version (no BluRay, no director's cut).
Saturday, July 25, 2009 10:28 AM
ZEROKIRYU
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Just rented it last night - the "normal" widescreen version (no BluRay, no director's cut). That extra 24 minutes in the director's cut makes quite a bit difference, character-fleshed-out wise.
Saturday, July 25, 2009 11:12 AM
SHINYGOODGUY
Saturday, July 25, 2009 11:21 AM
Quote:I think it will make lots more in DVD release.
Saturday, July 25, 2009 11:47 AM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: It was violent in the excess- the fingers-thing was icky, but otherwise I didn't see anything so shocking. A little disturbing, maybe. 3 hours never went by so fast.
Saturday, July 25, 2009 11:58 AM
STORYMARK
Saturday, July 25, 2009 11:59 AM
Saturday, July 25, 2009 12:08 PM
Saturday, July 25, 2009 1:20 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: That's what makes me want to check out the graphic stuff. Same with V for Vendetta.
Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: I think they were maybe a bit too slavishly faithfull to the source material
Saturday, July 25, 2009 1:33 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: As for the movie, I really like it, though I think they were maybe a bit too slavishly faithfull to the source material, when a little more adaptaion might have been in order.
Saturday, July 25, 2009 1:41 PM
Quote:Originally posted by PhoenixRose: In every conversation I've had about it, the people who had read the graphic novel hated the movie [V For Vendetta], and the people who hadn't read it thought the movie was great.
Saturday, July 25, 2009 2:08 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Could be that great artists just can't bear to look at others' interpretations of their work.
Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:12 PM
BIGRICHARD
Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:17 PM
Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:20 PM
Quote:Originally posted by BigRichard: Glad y'all enjoyed it. Although I had a feeling CiA would.
Saturday, July 25, 2009 5:56 PM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Could be that great artists just can't bear to look at others' interpretations of their work. Could be that great artists should accept that others' interpretations of their work is a sign of their genius, & just STFU. LOL... The laughing Chrisisall
Sunday, July 26, 2009 6:58 AM
Sunday, July 26, 2009 7:22 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: When it's done well and somewhat collaboratively, it drives all the artists involved to new directions and heights as they enjoy the interplay between each other's works.
Sunday, July 26, 2009 8:06 AM
Quote:Originally posted by OPPYH: Now two of my favorite graphic novels converted to film in great fashion.
Sunday, July 26, 2009 1:08 PM
Quote: And let's just say for the sake of argument that the Watchmen was a jumbled mess. If Alan Moore's name were included on the credits, he would be linked to it. And all the people who watched the film, and never read the graphic novel would associate him with a turkey who couldn't write his way out of a paper bag. That would NOT be fair.
Sunday, July 26, 2009 1:27 PM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: Watchmen & League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen?
Sunday, July 26, 2009 3:27 PM
Sunday, July 26, 2009 8:58 PM
SINGATE
Monday, July 27, 2009 4:10 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Never could get through League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Monday, July 27, 2009 12:27 PM
Monday, July 27, 2009 1:51 PM
Quote:Originally posted by lwaves: Connery was always a fave of mine (even outside Bond) and it was a pity that this was his last film. I can at least see why the film has fans, I'm just not one of them.
Monday, July 27, 2009 8:22 PM
Quote:Originally posted by lwaves: Well I must be one of the rarer breed that really enjoyed the graphic novel and the movie version of Watchmen.
Quote:The same also applies to V For Vendetta
Monday, July 27, 2009 10:32 PM
Monday, July 27, 2009 10:49 PM
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 11:06 AM
Quote:Originally posted by PhoenixRose: Quote:Originally posted by lwaves: Well I must be one of the rarer breed that really enjoyed the graphic novel and the movie version of Watchmen. No, that's not the rare breed. Quote:The same also applies to V For Vendetta That's the rare breed I adored the Watchmen novel and I loved the movie. Just about every fan I've found or heard of likes the film adaptation of Watchmen. I'm sure there are some who don't like it, but the majority are happy with the vast respect shown to the source material.
Quote: Sorry to be one of the people who bugs you, as I also get offended when a different medium bares only passing resemblance to the source material. I thought LOtR was excellent, and only have two minor beefs with it. When that isn't done, when something on film has no feel of the world from the book version, when the story is slashed and twisted to a point where people who haven't read the books have a completely different view of the story and what it's about... Yeah, then I happen to think they're travesties. If someone wants to make a film version of a story, they should make a film version of the story, not a different story with a few similarities. JMHO.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 11:36 AM
Quote: There are few exceptions though: Kubrick, for one, is well-known for sticking close to the original source material. A Clockwork Orange, one of my all-time favs, was one genius piece of work by the master filmmaker. I read the book after seeing the film. 2001: A Space Oddyssey was another (didn't read the book). So, it is true that a great film is when it compliments the original medium and creator's vision. Kubrick had a way of injecting his vision within the author's creation. Genius!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 11:11 PM
Quote:Originally posted by lwaves: some folks didn't like the fact that Glorfindel was changed to Arwen
Quote:or that Arwen got a more prominent role
Quote:Or that Saruman's death was different from the novel.
Quote:If you want a different film call it by a different name.
Quote:Does that clear things up a bit or am I still in the foggy area.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 11:48 PM
IMNOTHERE
Quote:Originally posted by lwaves: My only two problems with the film is that the ending is too long and that we never got to see The Scouring Of The Shire, which is odd as this would have made the ending longer!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 4:10 AM
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:35 AM
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:40 AM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Never could get through League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Taken strictly as a vehicle for Sean Connery to say goodbye to us in a last heroic role, it's not bad-
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:41 AM
Quote: I'm sure the Directors Cut will be available overseas about the time they release the Ultimate edition over here, this Christmas.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:43 AM
Quote:Originally posted by OPPYH: Now two of my favorite graphic novels converted to film in great fashion. Bring on my absolute favorite graphic novel of all time: The Dark Knight by Frank Miller. Not to be confused with last years film of the same name. Edit: in graphic novel form it is titled The Dark Knight Returns.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:48 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Kwicko: Quote: I'm sure the Directors Cut will be available overseas about the time they release the Ultimate edition over here, this Christmas. Risky move, calling something the "ultimate" edition. Where do you go from there?
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 7:10 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: That movie is shite.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 8:28 AM
Quote:Originally posted by ImNotHere: I heard that some nutty Brit artist pre-made the brilliant Watchmen movie as a comic book, and replaced the morally ambiguous ending in the film (which was so in keeping with the whole theme of the story) with some nonsense about a giant space squid. Apparently, he also padded the whole thing out (as if it wasn't long enough already) with some vaguely allegorical pirate story. I mean, the whole thing is an allegory anyway, so why put another allegory inside it? Sounds silly. I bet they changed the costumes, too!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:12 AM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: Quote:Originally posted by Storymark: That movie is shite. Only when compared to the novel- absolutely cold it's a fun little piece of fluff. Be objective, man!
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