Watchmen

wraith1701 · March 10, 2009, 02:01:55 PM

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on March 10, 2009, 01:48:46 PM
Off to see it tomorrow, great review Wraith.

Thanks man. :) I hope you enjoy the film. I'd like to hear your take on it. :)

Meds · March 10, 2009, 02:06:12 PM

I'm going to a cinema that sells absinthe so i must stay away from that stuff otherwise i'll think i'm inthe film LOL. Will throw up a review. :)

moyer777 · March 10, 2009, 07:56:31 PM

Quote from: HawkeyeMeds on March 10, 2009, 02:06:12 PM
I'm going to a cinema that sells absinthe so i must stay away from that stuff otherwise i'll think i'm inthe film LOL. Will throw up a review. :)

if you drank too much of it, you would "throw up" a review! :)

:cheers

wraith1701 · March 11, 2009, 03:41:17 PM

I'm not sure how they found it, but there's a comic-fanboy website that's streaming the opening montage of the film. Everytime I watch it, I'm amazed at how much backstory and how many easter eggs are crammed into this sequence alone.

Warning- some parts might not be considered work-safe. Oh yeah; also, SPOILERS

(scroll about halfway down the page to get to the clip)

http://www.hhwlod.com/

Meds · March 17, 2009, 02:14:49 PM

Ok so i saw the film last week and i really enjoyed it. Good points were I didn't think it was too long, in fact the time seemed to fly by, the characters were dead on and for me thats important when doing a comic book film. Rorschach and the Comedian stood out for me. Bad points and i can't believe i'm going to say this i thought it was too much like the comic and the ending was not great, in fact a bit of a let down, oh and i did have a problem when Dr Manhattan was on screen, giggles (in a rather childish way i admit) came from me and my mate as his nakedness swished in the wind. Great film and i so look forward to seeing what the DVD package will be like.

wraith1701 · March 27, 2009, 06:00:26 PM

Picked up the Watchmen: Tales Of The Black Freighter DVD (which is awesome by the way) and checked out the chapter of the Watchmen Motion Comic which comes with the DVD. I was so blown away, I picked up the Motion Comic the next day! If you are a Watchmen fan, or just wondering what the fuss is all about, I HIGHLY recommend checking this out! You can pick up the DVD from just about any brick & mortar book/music/movie store, and I believe you can also purchase episodes from iTunes. It's just what it sounds like- Actual art and text from the comic, with sound effects, a really cool soundtrack, and some quality voice acting. And the panels are semi-animated, which makes it very viewable on TV.

I thought it was a silly idea when I first heard about it, but it really is cool. Check out this clip-

Rico · March 27, 2009, 06:01:17 PM

That's cool. Is it the full comic?

wraith1701 · March 27, 2009, 06:21:56 PM

Quote from: Rico on March 27, 2009, 06:01:17 PM
That's cool. Is it the full comic?

Yep. :) The ENTIRE COMIC is captured; every single panel; with animation to keep the story flowing from panel to panel. All 12 chapters of the story, with a run time of just over 5 hours. It's like having a digital copy of the comic, without the need to flip pages. :)

Meds · March 28, 2009, 08:02:01 AM

Wow this is great, what a great concept. The BC have been doind similar things with Dr Who but i was not that keen on the flow, but this is great. May wait until the big Watchmen DVD comes out before i buy the Tales of the Black Freighter, i'm sure they are putting together a big package.

wraith1701 · March 28, 2009, 11:51:37 AM

Yeah; I'm pretty sure there will be at least one Super-Ultimate special edition that will include a ton of extras, including the Under The Hood & Black Freighter material. I've heard rumors that there will also be at least one re-edit of the film incorporating the footage. If true, it will make for a heck of a long movie! :)

ElfManDan · April 01, 2009, 10:05:10 AM

I got to see the movie yesterday and I'm sure there is nothing I can say about it that anybody else has already, but personally I felt it was good, but I walked out thinking "If I'd never read the graphic novel I think I would have been a might confused 'bout it all." My belief was aided by my buddy who knew nothing of the graphic novel and he rated it "interesting", neither good or bad really was his opinion of it.

Over all I did enjoy it though, but I personally think that the ending pretty much could have been the same as the graphic novel, I mean everything else was and most of the people who went to see it that I know had never read the graphic novel and knew absolutely nothing of the story anyway. The real shock to me about the end was, oh so it's almost the same sort of ending, just a different mass destruction weapon. I was expecting after hearing it was going to have a different ending something completely different story wise that I didn't see coming (due to reading the novel), not so same like.

But fun movie anyhow.