Comments on: DVD Review: “The Mindscape of Alan Moore”

By: MarlboroTestMonkey7

MarlboroTestMonkey7 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:15:51 +0000

I concour, no squid was a good move which goes to say that I think the book is great, but it's no measure of perfection. Believing so, as so many do, dooms any adaptation and puts the original work beyond reproach. Nothing is.

Now, when do we get a Miracleman or Swamp Thing adaptation? Miracleman?

By: MarlboroTestMonkey7

MarlboroTestMonkey7 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:15:51 +0000

Now, when do we get a Miracleman or Swamp Thing adaptation? Miracleman?

By: MarlboroTestMonkey7

MarlboroTestMonkey7 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:15:51 +0000

Now, when do we get a Miracleman or Swamp Thing adaptation? Miracleman?

By: Malchus

Malchus — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:25:31 +0000

I felt that there were aspects of Watchmen that were remarkable,too, particularly some of the performances (Patrick Wilson is wonderful). But you're right, Bob, something did get lost in the translation from comic book to movie screen. It may have been the director revering the work too much and an unwillingness to deviate from it for the better of the movie. When I look at, say, the Lord of the Rings films, another body of work important to the sci-fi/fantasy community, I see movies that respected the original novels, yet Peter Jackson understood that books and movies are two different mediums and in order for his adaptations to work changes would have to be made. Zack Snyder, in directing Watchmen, seemed unwilling to trim the fat or do restructuring to make the movie flow. When I left the theater late Saturday night after seeing Watchmen my feeling was “eh.” I don't agree with Alan Moore when he says that Watchmen is unfilmable. I believe that he is just being egocentric when he makes statements like that.

By: BobCashill

BobCashill — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:00:03 +0000

I thought the 2/3 of the “Watchmen” movie was pretty terrific…but then it became clear why no one was watching the Watchmen with me in the basement theater my local multiplex had banished it to. I get the whole vision thing…but somewhere between his mindscape and my multiplex something was lost in translation, not that he cares.