Comments on: Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbon & John Higgins

By: Loki

Loki — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:40:22 +0000

*laughs* Silly man.

By: Dread Pirate Terje

Dread Pirate Terje — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:14:55 +0000

“It wasn’t subtext, dude, it was text. In the interludes.”

You know, I’m almost starting to doubt if I actually have read Watchmen at all.

By: Amras Elensar

Amras Elensar — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:24:34 +0000

“That there is one damn fine coat you’re wearin’. ” is the actual quote, yes. I’m not picky.

By: Loki

Loki — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:05:27 +0000

“Jacket”? Isn’t it “coat”?

And right, I get the reasoning. ^^

By: Amras Elensar

Amras Elensar — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:21:50 +0000

Yes, watched the first one and loved it mercilessly (especially Marv, whom I now quote on a regular basis: “That’s a nice jacket you got there” et cetera)

I guess I could read ‘em, but I’m getting a little sick of buying one or two of a series. In the future I’ll buy them in their entirety if I like the two first volumes, and since I’m not reading ‘Sin City’ till at least sometime in 2009…

Not much point in reading the start now, is there?

By: Loki

Loki — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:13:47 +0000

You’ve watched the first one, though, right? So it’s safe for you to read volumes 1, 3 and 4. (_NOT_ volume 2) Those stories were incorporated more or less in their entirety in the movie and shouldn’t spoil the other books and/or movies in any big way.

By: Amras Elensar

Amras Elensar — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:59:34 +0000

Good. It’s a bit down on the list because I want to watch the movies first, but I’m definitely reading ‘em at one point.

By: Loki

Loki — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:44:34 +0000

It’s the fucking identical same. The comic has the advantage of more story and plot than the movie can fit in, and the movie has the advantage of taking the insanely over the top action and dialogue into real, live pictures and sound. So the individual scenes are probably better in the movie, the stories as a whole is a little more fleshed out in the graphic novels.

By: Amras Elensar

Amras Elensar — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:00:24 +0000

I have indeed read the comic and I did *quite* like it, though I hugely prefer the movie version. I’m interested to see whether I’ll feel the same way about the ‘Sin City’ graphic novels.How does the film compare to the quality of the original material?

By: Loki

Loki — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:56:42 +0000

“True, it’s not deep or much anything else, but definitely awesome and awe-inspiring on a more basic level.”
I do believe that’s exactly how I feel about nearly all the things by Frank Miller I’ve read and liked. (Sin City, 300, Dark Knight Returns, Dark Knight Strikes Again) I really need to read his famous run on DareDevil so I can see if it complies to the trend or if it somehow is Deeper.

And no, I only meant Terje.

Have you read the comic, by the way? I think you’d quite like it.