*cue the fanboys and fangirls going wild*
Jul. 17th, 2008 06:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
phoenix64OMG Watchmen trailer.
I am still not entirely convinced, but as a guy over on the Whitechapel board put it, it might be best to think of movies like The Dark Knight and Watchmen "more as heartfelt tributes to the source material rather than 2+ hour adaptations for jaded fans to bitch about". I have no doubt that the director is doing this with a lot of love, especially since he's giving us a Tales from the Black Freighter DVD (OMG OMG OMG), but baby sometimes love just ain't enough. Plus it still stings to see Alan Moore's name so conspicuously absent from the credits.
Incidentally, I'm one of those comic geeks who given the chance will natter on at you about how Moore's run on Swamp Thing was in some ways much more pivotal in a "this changed everything" way than Watchmen. Not that Watchmen isn't the superior work. It's the only title that I've been willing to shell out the cash for one of those Absolute editions of. Though I'd probably go there if Arkham Asylum ever gets one.
I hate that I can't justify skipping work tomorrow to go see Batman. And considering how badly my foot is healing, I should probably stay home this weekend. Aaaargh.
I am still not entirely convinced, but as a guy over on the Whitechapel board put it, it might be best to think of movies like The Dark Knight and Watchmen "more as heartfelt tributes to the source material rather than 2+ hour adaptations for jaded fans to bitch about". I have no doubt that the director is doing this with a lot of love, especially since he's giving us a Tales from the Black Freighter DVD (OMG OMG OMG), but baby sometimes love just ain't enough. Plus it still stings to see Alan Moore's name so conspicuously absent from the credits.
Incidentally, I'm one of those comic geeks who given the chance will natter on at you about how Moore's run on Swamp Thing was in some ways much more pivotal in a "this changed everything" way than Watchmen. Not that Watchmen isn't the superior work. It's the only title that I've been willing to shell out the cash for one of those Absolute editions of. Though I'd probably go there if Arkham Asylum ever gets one.
I hate that I can't justify skipping work tomorrow to go see Batman. And considering how badly my foot is healing, I should probably stay home this weekend. Aaaargh.
