Watchmen on Blu-Ray

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UPDATED: Monday, August 3, 2009 13:11
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BIGRICHARD

Sunday, July 26, 2009 3:12 AM

the 'pirate story' being Tales of the Black Freighter, which is out seperately at the moment as an animation with voice-over by Gerard Butler. Has been out for a while (since the film was in cinemas I think.)

The uber special collectors whatever is coming out in December (I think?) and will feature Black Freighter cut into the film, to make for the 'ultimate directors cut'. Or so I hear. Watchmen hasn't come out on DVD/BluRay in Aust yet.

Glad y'all enjoyed it. Although I had a feeling CiA would. I loved it when I saw it at the cinemas. I did have a FEW issues with it here and there, but overall, it was brilliant. How about that Opening Sequence!

CHRISISALL

Sunday, July 26, 2009 3:17 AM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Could be that great artists just can't bear to look at others' interpretations of their work.

Could be that great artists should accept that others' interpretations of their work is a sign of their genius, & just STFU.

LOL...

The laughing Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Sunday, July 26, 2009 3:20 AM

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Originally posted by BigRichard:

Glad y'all enjoyed it. Although I had a feeling CiA would.

Not really. Too Right-Wing for me....

The laughing Chrisisall

KWICKO

Sunday, July 26, 2009 3:56 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Could be that great artists just can't bear to look at others' interpretations of their work.

Could be that great artists should accept that others' interpretations of their work is a sign of their genius, & just STFU. LOL...

The laughing Chrisisall

Well, yeah... there's that.

Personally, I've always rather enjoyed it when great artists (or ANY artists, for that matter) drop a little "inside joke" homage to their idols into their work. I loved it when I saw Keith Haring's "Andy Mouse" images - an homage to one of his heroes, Andy Warhol, in the guise of a knock-off of Warhol's Mickey Mouse series of screen prints. Roy Lichtenstein paid tribute to virtually ALL of the greats, but did it in his own style. I can understand why some artists might get upset about this kind of treatment, and feel like it's a slight against them, but in all honesty, I feel like it's done as the highest sign of respect, of showing the artist that their imagery is so recognizable that it can be done by another artist in their own style and STILL be instantly recognizable. When it's done well and somewhat collaboratively, it drives all the artists involved to new directions and heights as they enjoy the interplay between each other's works.

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

If it wasn't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college...

OPPYH

Sunday, July 26, 2009 4:58 PM

And let's just say for the sake of argument that the Watchmen was a jumbled mess. If Alan Moore's name were included on the credits, he would be linked to it. And all the people who watched the film, and never read the graphic novel would associate him with a turkey who couldn't write his way out of a paper bag.

That would NOT be fair.

So in a way, I'm understanding Moore's hesitation about movies based on his works.

Now two of my favorite graphic novels converted to film in great fashion. Bring on my absolute favorite graphic novel of all time:
The Dark Knight by Frank Miller. Not to be confused with last years film of the same name.

Edit: in graphic novel form it is titled The Dark Knight Returns.

CHRISISALL

Sunday, July 26, 2009 5:22 PM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
When it's done well and somewhat collaboratively, it drives all the artists involved to new directions and heights as they enjoy the interplay between each other's works.

Zactly. I think I actually enjoy the movie more profoundly than the graphic novel!
But that's prolly just me.

The laughing Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Sunday, July 26, 2009 6:06 PM

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Originally posted by OPPYH:

Now two of my favorite graphic novels converted to film in great fashion.

Watchmen & League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen?

The laughing Chrisisall

KWICKO

Sunday, July 26, 2009 11:08 PM

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And let's just say for the sake of argument that the Watchmen was a jumbled mess. If Alan Moore's name were included on the credits, he would be linked to it. And all the people who watched the film, and never read the graphic novel would associate him with a turkey who couldn't write his way out of a paper bag.

That would NOT be fair.

True, and that's a real risk. If all I ever knew of Frank Miller's work was the movie versions of Daredevil or The Spirit, I'd have a very dim view of his work.

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

If it wasn't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college...

OPPYH

Sunday, July 26, 2009 11:27 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Watchmen & League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen?

I thought The Watchmen and Sin City were fantastic(my favorites).
League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen wasn't a horrible movie IMO. 300 was pretty good, and V for Vendetta was very enjoyable. Those are all the graphic novel movies I have seen so far.

KWICKO

Monday, July 27, 2009 1:27 AM

I really liked Watchmen and V for Vendetta. V maybe even a little more. I liked 300. Sin City was okay. Never could get through League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I did like League of Gentlemen, a side band project of King Crimson's Robert Fripp. Hard to find it on CD, though. I've got the vinyl from 1981, and a follow-up from a few years later.

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

If it wasn't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college...

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