What does Alan Moore actually like??

[kainedamo]

I need Anakin Skywalker here, so he can bring balance to the Sales Force.

Yeah sales wise, big audiences are good.

But it makes **** difference to actual quality.

 

[Little Foot]

Yeah sales wise, big audiences are good.

But it makes dick difference to actual quality.

Oh, I agree. I was merely referencing the paradox between quality and lowest-common-denominator marketing, and how each product sells in different ways. Why can there not be a balance, Anakin, why!? You were the Chosen One! You were like a brother to me!!!

 

[CaptainGenerica]

Personally I'd rather watch a movie than a miniseries. My reasons aren't things inherent to the media themselves, but the cinematography, tone, and overall presentation feels too much like television, and to me it feels constrained because of it. There's no reason for it to be that way, but that's just how people tend to make them, in my experience. I like my adaptations to be cinematic, with everything that that implies.

 

[Little Foot]

Personally I'd rather watch a movie than a miniseries. My reasons aren't things inherent to the media themselves, but the cinematography, tone, and overall presentation feels too much like television, and to me it feels constrained because of it. There's no reason for it to be that way, but that's just how people tend to make them, in my experience. I like my adaptations to be cinematic, with everything that that implies.

But television series allow one to delve deeper into a subject, like a novel, or a book series. I do agree that miniseries are not cinematic--but that's not really what they're meant to be, to my knowledge.

 

[CaptainGenerica]

But television series allow one to delve deeper into a subject, like a novel, or a book series. I do agree that miniseries are not cinematic--but that's not really what they're meant to be, to my knowledge.

Yeah, I know that's not what they're meant to be. I meant that miniseries are inherently less interesting to me than movies, for that reason.

 

[Little Foot]

Yeah, I know that's not what they're meant to be. I meant that miniseries are inherently less interesting to me than movies, for that reason.

Meh...I'd generally agree with you, but every now and again, there's a good one.

 

[Katsuro]

What?? Who gives a **** about getting it to as wide an audience as possible if the quality isn't as good?

What matters most is the quality. The Sopranoes, Oz, The Wire, there are a lot of adult tv shows that have done very well both with with "wide" audiences and quality wise.

Who gives a **** if x amount of people watch as long as it's good?

Neither a movie nor a miniseries will be as good as the book, so following your logic they should just not bother with it at all.

I mean, why else make an adaptation if not to bring the story to new audiences? Sure, it'll be kinda cool for us fans to see our favorite story acted out, but I'm personally much more excited to be able to share this amazing story with people I know who would never pick up a comic book or watch a miniseries.

Right now I work at a video store, and while I dont know if I'll still work there when Watchmen's out on DVD, but if I am I cant wait to be able to recommend the movie to people and know they're gonna go home and watch it and probably enjoy it. We almost never carry minseries', and when we do no one rents them.

Additionally, I love seeing trailers for comic book movies in the theater. Last night at Iron Man I got to hear all the reactions to the Dark Knight and Incredible Hulk trailers, and it was cool. Wont get that with a miniseries.

 

[Superhobo]

*nudges "The Sopranos," "Carnivale" and "Rome" into the bushes*

 

[The Guard]

The obvious argument for a movie is that a studio is likely going to make more money with merchandising and so forth.

 

[rogue trooper]

Neither a movie nor a miniseries will be as good as the book, so following your logic they should just not bother with it at all.

I mean, why else make an adaptation if not to bring the story to new audiences? Sure, it'll be kinda cool for us fans to see our favorite story acted out, but I'm personally much more excited to be able to share this amazing story with people I know who would never pick up a comic book or watch a miniseries.

Right now I work at a video store, and while I dont know if I'll still work there when Watchmen's out on DVD, but if I am I cant wait to be able to recommend the movie to people and know they're gonna go home and watch it and probably enjoy it. We almost never carry minseries', and when we do no one rents them.

Additionally, I love seeing trailers for comic book movies in the theater. Last night at Iron Man I got to hear all the reactions to the Dark Knight and Incredible Hulk trailers, and it was cool. Wont get that with a miniseries.

Agreed.

 

[Sandman138]

Personally I'd rather watch a movie than a miniseries. My reasons aren't things inherent to the media themselves, but the cinematography, tone, and overall presentation feels too much like television, and to me it feels constrained because of it. There's no reason for it to be that way, but that's just how people tend to make them, in my experience. I like my adaptations to be cinematic, with everything that that implies.

Mad Men
Rome
Carnivale
Big Love
Six Feet Under

All of those shows are/were incredibly cinematic. They're quality is just as impressive as any movie I've seen.

 

[CaptainGenerica]

Mad Men
Rome
Carnivale
Big Love
Six Feet Under

All of those shows are/were incredibly cinematic. They're quality is just as impressive as any movie I've seen.

I disagree. Personally I've only watched Rome and Carnivale out of those you listed, but to me they felt like TV.

 

[seblopez]

I agree that bringing the story to a widest audience as possible is important. You get a chance to explain and recommend Watchmen to people who don't read comics, and people will actually listen just because they will have seen the trailer at some point and will be intrigued by it.

But the main reason why this has to be a movie, is that most of us do not have a 50'' flat screen at home. The whole experience of watching a movie at theaters is something you can't get from a TV series, no matter how well produced. I'd still like to see a miniseries that covers every detail of the original, in an ideal world we could have both, but I'll settle for the movie provided the right people is behind it.

Back to the original topic, I've read Moore praising work by Frank Miller and Neil Gaiman, among others I don't recall now.

 

[Wams]

"What does Alan Moore actually like?? "

The Devil

 

[IDrawDeadPeople]

The obvious argument for a movie is that a studio is likely going to make more money with merchandising and so forth.

The Burger King promotion for this film is gonna be SICK!

 

[Sandman138]

"What does Alan Moore actually like?? "

The Devil

It's not so much the devil as it is a giant snake deity.

 

[IRON_Lad]

huh

 

[Wams]

It's not so much the devil as it is a giant snake deity.

Like...The Snake, which tempted Eve?

 

[Superhobo]

Like...The Snake, which tempted Eve?

No.

 

[The Battousai]

Glycon

Also, the snake represents wisdom. (in general)

 

[The Battousai]

Please die

 

[Wams]

Glycon

Also, the snake represents wisdom. (in general)

Alan Moore has performed spoken word under the name the Moon and Serpent ...
Moon as a barer of light (Lucifer means "barer of light) and the Serpent which was the Deceiver in the Garden.
But the Devil is an angel of Light and try's to convince people that he is
The Light by deceiving but he is a false light.
The Moon only reflects a false impression of light from a True source...The Sun...
Just as Satan trys to convince people he is The Christ.
Alan Moore likes the Devil very much...
He wrote a comic book about him and he wants people
to like him as much as he does...
It's called V for Vendetta.

 

[shapeshifter]

he kind of looks like a cross between Rasputin and charles manson if you ask me.

 

[The Battousai]

Looks would be as far as that comparison goes, buddy

 

[chamber-music]

I disagree. Personally I've only watched Rome and Carnivale out of those you listed, but to me they felt like TV.

Carnivale cost 4 million an episode to make which is one of the reasons it was taken off air. It was more cinematic than alot of films I've seen.

To answer the thread. Look at the Alan Moore interviws on Youtube. He gives his reasons for why he isn't a fan of his adaptations and his likes and dislikes.