numberthirty wrote:So, did you give NerblyBear any sort of a heads up in regards to said offer?

Heads up? No. I don't really think it's necessary. One look at Zack's picture and it's a done deal.

ubercat wrote:

numberthirty wrote:So, did you give NerblyBear any sort of a heads up in regards to said offer?

Heads up? No. I don't really think it's necessary. One look at Zack's picture and it's a done deal.

You might have a point there....

I just want this to be good, because the source materialis so rich and profound.

I fear that much of what REALLY makes the comic great is the meta-criticism of the comic form, and the subversion of the form's cliches that underpin the story, will be lost as it jumps mediums.

But maybe it'll be fun, which would be OKAY.

I think people are going to eat this movie up. The level of detail is insane. Anyone connected with the film has commented on the level of detail.

An interesting thing about Watchmen is the absence of thought balloons in the entire comic. This is the primary reason why here is so much speculation on the meta-plot of Watchmen. So when it comes to making a movie, the lack of thought balloons is going to help - Watchmen is essentially a storyboard anyway. I mean, that's the idea behind much of the graphic novel - the cinematic feel of a movie in a comic.

This is a frame for frame adaptation, with live action. The only cgi is Dr Manhattan's glow and Rorschach's mask. Oh, and the space scenes are cgi also...

ubercat wrote:I think people are going to eat this movie up. The level of detail is insane. Anyone connected with the film has commented on the level of detail.

An interesting thing about Watchmen is the absence of thought balloons in the entire comic. This is the primary reason why here is so much speculation on the meta-plot of Watchmen. So when it comes to making a movie, the lack of thought balloons is going to help - Watchmen is essentially a storyboard anyway. I mean, that's the idea behind much of the graphic novel - the cinematic feel of a movie in a comic.

This is a frame for frame adaptation, with live action. The only cgi is Dr Manhattan's glow and Rorschach's mask. Oh, and the space scenes are cgi also...

okay, I'm going to take a little issue with that. I don't really think that a comic is a storyboard. I know they look alike, but a comic is a finished product, not a production tool. When you look at something like Watchmen, the pace is strongly dictated by the paneling - note how entire page splash panels are not used until the final chapter. Note the nine-to-a-page spacing and the way that gets broken up; it's a dramatic/narrative device that is unique to the comics form. Go and have a look at it again, really and marvel at the use of the panel. None of this was chance, and I am fairly sure that this was something Moore and Gibbons worked very hard on when plotting.

Matt Frewer as Moloch??? I like this line of thinking for some reason. Matt Frewer is so underrated. Great actor!

I said 'essentially'. I am aware that Watchmen was designed to break the 'limitations' of the form.

I guess I should have said, "Watchmen can be used as a storyboard. It's currently being used as a storyboard - Z. Snyder carries it like a bible while directing. Z.S. is also using each frame to set up each shot."

ubercat wrote:I said 'essentially'. I am aware that Watchmen was designed to break the 'limitations' of the form.

I guess I should have said, "Watchmen can be used as a storyboard. It's currently being used as a storyboard - Z. Snyder carries it like a bible while directing. Z.S. is also using each frame to set up each shot."

Cheers. I hadn't stumbled over that and that's pretty interesting to me.

I'm dubious about this one although I'm really keen to give it a chance. I have always thought it was unadaptable in a way, but it seems ZS is trying hard, and I did enjoy his version of Dawn Of The Dead.

I'm also, as you may possibly note, an awful geek about comics as a form.

WOW!

http://rss.warnerbros.com/watchmen/

-Jeremy

Well, I think it's not too early to say that the visual aspects of this movie will be stunning. But that's always been the easy part (relatively speaking). The story is the thing.