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ooli  ·  3681 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Book Club: Watchmen Final Discussion

I recently discovered the work of Alan Moore. He instantly become one of my favorite author (And I didnt even know yet about his reckless political views) I even read his non-illustrated book -not so good-

Watchmen is dense -not as much as my favorite "from hell" - with a lot of cool character. Just for Rorschach the book is worth reading. A psychopathic who is also a very true super-hero was something totally original. We needed Rorschach as much as we needed Lorenzaccio or even Hamlet.

Dr Manhantan seems more a plot device -justifying the alternate reality- than a real character. Moore did a better job -and a more fun one - at portraying an all powerful being in "Supreme"

I watched the movie a few month ago. I was very disappointed by the music score (you cannot use super known song without distracting the audience from the story). But I though the end was more clever than in the comic-book -a nice surprise-.

To anyone who liked the book or the movie, you can easily read anything by Moore, it will be good.





user-inactivated  ·  3681 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What do you think about Gilliam's proposed ending?

kleinbl00, same question.

kleinbl00  ·  3680 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think the Internet is fixating on that today because Reddit found it. There were about five different versions of Watchmen through the years, including a Joel Schumacher one that would have starred Schwartzenegger as Manhattan. None of them got past the planning stage. You would not believe the stupid shit that happens at the planning stage, and it takes an idiot to think it matters. The ending of World War Z didn't happen until they'd finished the movie, showed it to audiences, and panicked because everyone hated it. Hello $70m in reshoots.

thenewgreen  ·  3680 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    The ending of World War Z didn't happen until they'd finished the movie, showed it to audiences, and panicked because everyone hated it. Hello $70m in reshoots.
So what you're saying is that WWZ's ending used to be even worse?! Such a lazy ending as is. -'Ive got an idea, lets introduce narration, that'll fix this".
kleinbl00  ·  3680 days ago  ·  link  ·