WATCHMEN! THE MUSIC VIDEO!-Ugh...ok...more on the MCR story we heard about earlier...

[spida-man]

i like the music vid and the song

 

[Mercurius]

i like the music vid and the song

Wow, tell me about it. May I have your autograph?








Just kiddin', spida. Just kiddin'.

 

[Tommy Jarvis]

Look, it's inevitable: big budget Hollywood productions will cross over into pop music and create soundtrack albums. Heaven knows everyone had to deal with Prince's music being integrated into the first Batman film...ugh...as quoting Moore, "Hollywood's run by accountants." With that said, studio comic book adaptations walk hand-in-hand with popular or top selling music. But, still, anyone covering Dylan is a blasphemy. No argument. If it was an original song, this thread wouldn't exist...but, it wasn't...

 

[Darkness Falls]

I for one Like mcr's cover

*hides before flaming begins*

 

[LifeisNoCheese]

I never really considered MCR "pop". I mean, they're not Metro Station or the Jonas Brothers.

I don't think I'm too crazy about them being in the movie, if that's what's happening, and I'm a former fan. I'm fine with them playing in the credits, but being in the movie just seems weird to me, unless they're just extras or something walking the streets.

 

[inflames]

I never really considered MCR "pop". I mean, they're not Metro Station or the Jonas Brothers.

I don't think I'm too crazy about them being in the movie, if that's what's happening, and I'm a former fan. I'm fine with them playing in the credits, but being in the movie just seems weird to me, unless they're just extras or something walking the streets.

they aren't? lol

 

[LifeisNoCheese]

they aren't? lol

lol. Well I couldn't really find a way to compare their music and find similarities. Maybe the Black Parade could compare to Metro Station by a strech, but even that's kinda pushing it.

 

[etrigan69]

Look, it's inevitable: big budget Hollywood productions will cross over into pop music and create soundtrack albums. Heaven knows everyone had to deal with Prince's music being integrated into the first Batman film...ugh...as quoting Moore, "Hollywood's run by accountants." With that said, studio comic book adaptations walk hand-in-hand with popular or top selling music. But, still, anyone covering Dylan is a blasphemy. No argument. If it was an original song, this thread wouldn't exist...but, it wasn't...

Um, I have an argument!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQH8X4jkSxo

 

[John Galt]

I think if they used MCR as the Pale Horse band at the concert near the end of the story that would work, because I don't think you're supposed to like that band, anyway. Unless you can relate to those knot heads, which I guess are supposed to be punks, or poser punks, because I think real punks are better than that. Or maybe not, I like some punk but not all. When I think punk I think Ramones and The Clash and Sex Pistols, and the knot heads and MCR are not anywhere close to any of that.

Musically, MCR sucks. They bring nothing new to the table. They have no sound of their own. Even if you compared Sex Pistols, Clash, and Ramones, yes they are the same genre, but they all have their own sound. MCR is just a bad copy.

Bob Dylan is a genius and the lyrics are great. Would much prefer original at end of movie.

The info that MCR's cover is "integral to the film" or whatever that man-child said scares me. Pale Horse is not integral to the story, it's just some random concert to show lots of people dying. The concert and the band themselves are irrelevant. Hopefully that emo idiot just doesn't know what "integral" means and it is the same situation.

 

[Evil Twin]

Um, I have an argument!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQH8X4jkSxo

I have an argument too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biSagt3UMl4

 

[CrimsonMist]

I have an argument too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biSagt3UMl4

Same(only no video footage)

Lou Reed covers Foot of Pride at the 30th Anniversary show as well. LOU REED covering BOB DYLAN.

Things rarely gets THAT awesome.

 

[spida-man]

Have u guys seen this yet?!
http://watchmencomicmovie.com/022809-watchmen-making-desolation-row-music-video.php

 

[LifeisNoCheese]

So, about the ending, I really didn't mind the song playing into the credits. Snyder did a great job of changing the mood so a loud rock song could play the movie out.

 

[Johann Krauss]

I have an argument too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biSagt3UMl4

me too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka_sHy9cVH0&feature=channel_pagehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka_sHy9cVH0&feature=channel_page

 

[CrimsonMist]

so here's what i thought. After being vehemently against this, i've changed my mind, and im not sure if it's good or bad.

The song worked. I admit it. The song worked to end the film. But it only worked, because in my opinion, the ending with Seymour was not powerful at all.

 

[CaptainGenerica]

I just got back from watching the movie. I thought the song worked fine.

 

[Doctor Jones]

It was good. It was fine. It didn't interfere with the scene which I thought what was going to happen. And it fit quiet well with the last lines.

With the drums kicking in, and Rorchach's voice, you can tell that you can tell the story again.

 

[Mercurius]

I thought the song (which is ridiculously delievered by a bunch of emos who try desperately to sound punk like Sex Pistols, and on a Bob Dylan's song) came at the end to tarnish the good things of the very uneven second half.

As bad as it was in itself, it came as anticlimax. The movie should have ended in a more classic, nostalgic theme like TDK did masterly.

It was a serious mistake, and could really be one of the reasons that may have cause many people, not comicbook fans, not to take the movie seriously.

For me, it was like those Eddie Vedder clones that Raimi pitilessly puts at the end of Spidey movies.

Just: ouch!

 

[magicangel1989]

hey, it could have been worse. Britney Spears could have done the cover of the song.

 

[Mercurius]

hey, it could have been worse. Britney Spears could have done the cover of the song.

Or even worse, Miley Cyrus. t:t:t:

 

[spida-man]

I just got back from watching the movie. I thought the song worked fine.

I second that.