Moore Unsupportive of Synder's Watchmen

[C. W. Saturn]

Moore has every right to not support this movie.

And the "V For Vendetta" movie wasn't good. It was too unfaithful.

 

[daywalker2007]

of course he has every right,

we still can't be sure of what synder is going to do with the adaptation,
whether its watered down crap, or faithful,

also i heard quite a few people shout out "Iron Man - Robert Downey Jr" is in Watchmen! during the trailer in the theatre,

I Laughed my ass off when people thought that Jeffrey Dean Morgan is Iron Man.

LOL!

 

[Mr. Biggles]

I Laughed my ass off when people thought that Jeffrey Dean Morgan is Iron Man.

LOL!

Wait...they thought it was Downey or Iron Man? I'd understand if they thought it was Downey, since the similarities are there. But Iron Man...lol.

 

[Killing Joke926]

Moore has every right to not support this movie.

And the "V For Vendetta" movie wasn't good. It was too unfaithful.

After what Moore's been through, yeah I can easily understand and respect his wishes when it comes to this. However, even though V For Vendetta wasn't as faithful as it was to the book, I loved every single bit of the movie and honestly don't have one complaint about it's approach. Now I can say a whole lotta BS about LXG and From Hell, but V was never ever near that point in any retrospective.

 

[Mercurius]

He's an anarchist, what do you expect? He's a great writer, but you have to expect that a lot of things he says will make no sense whatsoever.

t:t:t:

I just love when this kind of post appears. This fine chap really thinks it is Moore who talks nonsense.

 

[super85]

While V for Vendetta is a ok movie, (I even bought it at a cheapo-bin) for me it felt very much dumbed down and simpler then the book was. A no way near perfect adaption of the story. Still enjoyed the visuals and the most of the acting.

Thing is, whenever a journalist asks Moore about Hollywood and its adaptions of his work, he will always say that Hollywood is bs and most films are crap. He will do that as long as people will ask him. When asked about stuff he likes or is actually interested in the guy's a lot less grumpy and fun to listen too.

And you people know that he gave Bruce Timm permission to adapt "For the Man Who has Everything" to the Justice League Unlimited series, Timm said in an interview (can't find it right now) that Moore had told him "I would be honered if you would adapt it".

 

[The Guard]

I really don't understand why people care about what Moore thinks so much. Obviously the man's biased, and he has a right to be, on some level. What bearing do his thoughts on all this have on WATCHMEN's quality as a film adaption?

 

[John Galt]

t:t:t:

I just love when this kind of post appears. This fine chap really thinks it is Moore who talks nonsense.

I think anyone who claims to be an anarchist is talking nonsense. I'm not sure what stripe of anarchist Moore is, but most present anarchists realize that a minimal form of government is necessary. Since anarchy literally means "without government," such self-professed anarchists are not really anarchists. Hence, they are talking nonsense. If Moore actually believes no form of government is necessary, then he is either preparing for that day by stockpiling small arms in his basement, or he is still talking nonsense. No society can function without some form of government. Anarchist actions can be a means to an end, i.e. to violently overthrow a corrupt government as in V, but once the government has fallen another form of government must replace it. Anyone today who believes that England or the U.S. has reached the point where a violent overthrow of the government has become necessary is talking nonsense.

Of course, he could just claim to be an anarchist to mess with people. That I would wholeheartedly approve of

 

[Nivek]

I actually thought it was better.
I wouldn't be surprised if Moore really was on some BS.

I agree, I also thought the movie V for Vendetta was better than the comic. Personally, I thought the GN was kinda boring and had way too many secondary plots and character. The movie kept all the key points, but cut out much of the b.s., and had a much, much, much better ending and send off for V.

 

[Mercurius]

I think anyone who claims to be an anarchist is talking nonsense. I'm not sure what stripe of anarchist Moore is, but most present anarchists realize that a minimal form of government is necessary. Since anarchy literally means "without government," such self-professed anarchists are not really anarchists. Hence, they are talking nonsense. If Moore actually believes no form of government is necessary, then he is either preparing for that day by stockpiling small arms in his basement, or he is still talking nonsense. No society can function without some form of government. Anarchist actions can be a means to an end, i.e. to violently overthrow a corrupt government as in V, but once the government has fallen another form of government must replace it. Anyone today who believes that England or the U.S. has reached the point where a violent overthrow of the government has become necessary is talking nonsense.

Of course, he could just claim to be an anarchist to mess with people. That I would wholeheartedly approve of

That's disputable, Johnny, I mean, that nonsense talk of yours.
The fact that no such thing has ever happened doesn't mean it won't.

 

[Mercurius]

I agree, I also thought the movie V for Vendetta was better than the comic. Personally, I thought the GN was kinda boring and had way too many secondary plots and character. The movie kept all the key points, but cut out much of the b.s., and had a much, much, much better ending and send off for V.

Blimey! the ending is pure cliché. "We all can be V". It's demagogic and with an all-too-easy appeal for crowds.

The movie is, at best, a nice visual way to spend, like, two hours of far niente. t:

Not even mentioning the lack of, aham, courage of the directors in indulging in a watered down version. AND (last but not least) the movie is, needless to say, far less complex.

 

[super85]

Blimey! the ending is pure cliché. "We all can be V". It's demagogic and with an all-too-easy appeal for crowds.
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Totally agreed

 

[8blades]

**** Warner and Snyder's ********. Without the creator's backing, it ain't watchmen. It's just ANOTHER damn superhero movie that won't hold a candle to either BB or Dark Knight.

 

[I Am The Knight]

**** Warner and Snyder's ********. Without the creator's backing, it ain't watchmen. It's just ANOTHER damn superhero movie that won't hold a candle to either BB or Dark Knight.

Well, then BB and TDK are not "Batman" either...Why, with his main creators being dead and all and unable to back the films up

 

[DayLucidity]

Well, then BB and TDK are not "Batman" either...Why, with his main creators being dead and all and unable to back the films up

 

[The Battousai]

Well, then BB and TDK are not "Batman" either...Why, with his main creators being dead and all and unable to back the films up

 

[Commodore Schmidlapp]

**** Warner and Snyder's ********. Without the creator's backing, it ain't watchmen. It's just ANOTHER damn superhero movie that won't hold a candle to either BB or Dark Knight.

Says the guy wanting to bring back Quantum Leap.

 

[John Galt]

**** Warner and Snyder's ********. Without the creator's backing, it ain't watchmen. It's just ANOTHER damn superhero movie that won't hold a candle to either BB or Dark Knight.

Says the guy wanting to bring back Quantum Leap.

I loved the Bat movies, but Watchmen will blow them out of the water. Batman Begins was done well, but it wasn't even based on anything out of comics as far as I am aware. It redid all of the characters completely.

Dark Knight was a kind of rip-off and combining of Frank Miller's "Year One" and Moore's "Killing Joke." I don't know why they didn't just get Miller to write a script. I would have much rather seen "Year One" on film instead of BB.

 

[Commodore Schmidlapp]

I loved the Bat movies, but Watchmen will blow them out of the water. Batman Begins was done well, but it wasn't even based on anything out of comics as far as I am aware. It redid all of the characters completely.

Dark Knight was a kind of rip-off and combining of Frank Miller's "Year One" and Moore's "Killing Joke." I don't know why they didn't just get Miller to write a script. I would have much rather seen "Year One" on film instead of BB.

I respectfully disagree, and there is probably a bit of bias in this, but as much as I love Watchmen, it will be hard pressed to be better than TDK.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I loved the Bat movies, but Watchmen will blow them out of the water. Batman Begins was done well, but it wasn't even based on anything out of comics as far as I am aware. It redid all of the characters completely.

Dark Knight was a kind of rip-off and combining of Frank Miller's "Year One" and Moore's "Killing Joke." I don't know why they didn't just get Miller to write a script. I would have much rather seen "Year One" on film instead of BB.

Do you even know what the hell your talking about? I don't think you do.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I respectfully disagree, and there is probably a bit of bias in this, but as much as I love Watchmen, it will be hard pressed to be better than TDK.

Definately. Watchmen is a masterpiece, yes. But who knows how the film will turn out? So far, it looks fantastic.

 

[terry78]

Just because a guy is all enigmatic, reclusive, and talks in riddles don't make him right, either.

 

[The Major]

I loved the Bat movies, but Watchmen will blow them out of the water. Batman Begins was done well, but it wasn't even based on anything out of comics as far as I am aware.

Nolan's films aren't adaptions of specific story lines but they are influenced by them.

Batman Begins was influenced by Year One and TDK was influenced by Killing Joke and others.

It redid all of the characters completely.

Batman and Gordon seemed fine to me. Ra's and Scarecrow were altered by not unrecognizable IMO.

 

[gwynplaine]

I reread the watchmen and TKJ recently, the art is of course still stunning on both but I thought that Watchmen held better in terms of writing than TKJ did.

 

[John Galt]

Nolan's films aren't adaptions of specific story lines but they are influenced by them.

Batman Begins was influenced by Year One and TDK was influenced by Killing Joke and others.



Batman and Gordon seemed fine to me. Ra's and Scarecrow were altered by not unrecognizable IMO.

Yes, agreed. I actually liked the way Ra's was portrayed. I'm just saying I think an actual adaptation of Year One would have been better than BB. I liked TDK better than BB, but I still think Watchmen will be better than both.