| Posted: 03 Mar 2009 18:45 |
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A Watchmen sequel is unlikely according to this source.
source: http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/watchmen-sequel-unlikely-ap
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Fans should plan to savor every visual morsel when " Watchmen " swoops into movie theaters Friday because the subversive superheroes of the landmark comic book series may never return to the big screen.
"There's no way I would be involved in a sequel or prequel," said director Zack Snyder , who turned the graphic novel "300" into a 2007 blockbuster.
"Will they make one? I have no idea how you would. The work is the work. This movie is about ideas. Anything else you would do, if you did a sequel to it, misses the point entirely of what 'Watchmen' is," he said.
It's unclear whether Warner Bros . would ever take a cue from Dr. Manhattan, the blue-hued superbeing played by Billy Crudup who smoothly proclaims in the comic and the movie that "nothing ever ends." Jeff Robinov, president of Warner Bros. production, declined to be interviewed for this story.
"Contractually, we are obligated," Crudup said. "I will do it. I just don't know what it is we would do."
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| Posted: 03 Mar 2009 18:57 |
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Well if they actually cover all the ground of the novel then where else would they get material for a sequel/prequel?
If they do it right it shouldn't need a sequel.
Man I hope they didn't screw it up.
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| Posted: 03 Mar 2009 19:42 |
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Looks pretty cool. You know I've never read the book yet, but I'm probably going to see this one this weekend. I think there is just going to be this one and Wolverine out this year as far as superhero movies go. Unless I'm forgetting one.
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| Posted: 03 Mar 2009 22:13 |
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Watchman II !!!.
I'm still waiting for Moby Dick 3-D Revenge of the White Whale.
And the sequel to 1984 '1985 '.
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| Posted: 03 Mar 2009 22:46 |
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Say what, Jack!
I think the sequel to 1984 movie is called 2009. Only I wish 2009 was like the real 1984 was. That was one of the funnest years in my life. At least that's how I remember it.
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| Posted: 04 Mar 2009 19:01 |
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YOUVE NEVER READ WATCHMEN?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?
This work of art came out at a time when heroes were bright and shiny with no faults(except Frank Millers Daredevil) Superman and Batman were stuck in there "never ending battles" with Lex Luthor and The Joker. Spiderman was getting beat up on a daily basis by the Hobgoblin. And along came Watchmen, a rapist hero? A fat impotent crime fighter? These were people not costumes. This is why I still read comics, not the gimmicks and costume changes. The people behind the masks and thanks to Watchmen, Millers Daredevil, The Dark Knight Returns, Xmen God Loves Man Kills and I could go on for days.
Sorry about the soapbox!!!
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| Posted: 04 Mar 2009 20:13 |
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That's ok. I like all that, but at the same time I think there's still a place for the Silver Age way of thinking. You know comics made just for fun. My personal choice would be having comics like Superman, Batman, Spider-man keep the old fun less dark feel with the occasional blockbuster serious storyline to shake things up.
Dark and gritty is good, but not constantly. It's like eating the same food every day. Got to have a variety.
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| Posted: 04 Mar 2009 23:41 |
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I have to say I agree with you on the need for variety. I consider The Watchmen to be the greatest comic ever...but I started reading comics back in the seventies because they were fun...and I think some of that fun was lost when Alan Moore (and Frank Miller) made comics get older and angrier. And by the way...Watchmen II would be a TERRIBLE idea.
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| Posted: 05 Mar 2009 02:52 |
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Welcome to our site bucdrew.
I think it's the original contrast between the old lighter comics and the darker ones is what made the darker issues fun for a while, but like I said it's time to rotate the stories a bit more. Instead of only tragedies maybe comics could have something big happen that was actually good occasionally. You got to have the good to contrast against the bad. If characters are always depressed and dying then it starts to lose the impact.
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| Posted: 05 Mar 2009 19:14 |
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True, sorry about my little tyrade earlier. I just meant that when that generation of writers and artists were shaking everything up you really had the silver age cookie cutter thing going on. Not that heroes being heroes for the sake of doing good is a bad thing. But having more in depth characterization and allowing the genre to include more adult subject matter did change the industry for the better. Even with basic heroes like Superman, look ayt All Star Superman, that story could niot have been written the same way in 1980. There is a need for light hearted action books as well the diversity of the medium is the reason that it has staying power.
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| Posted: 05 Mar 2009 19:25 |
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sorry about my little tyrade earlier No go ahead and say what you think. Debate and discussion on comic books is interesting and gives us something to talk about.
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| Posted: 05 Mar 2009 20:39 |
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I would point out the Alan Moore also wrote TOM STRONG series for ABC. Which is a good old fashion Comic book hero and full of fun. There's plenty of room for both I think.
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| Posted: 05 Mar 2009 21:27 |
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Absolutely, and I'm not sure one can exist without the other. Shocking stories of Superman for instance wouldn't be shocking if all of the stories were dark. Like for instance if they killed off a member of the Superman cast every comic. That would get old in a hurry.
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yeah, a sequel would be stupid. saw the movie, loved the movie, probably the best watchmen that could be told in 163 minutes. see it.
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| Posted: 08 Mar 2009 19:49 |
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I had mixed emotions about the movie. I never read the book which may have hurt my chances at loving the movie, I guess. I was interested at the beginning, but got kind of bored after the funeral scenes were over until toward the end.
I guess it's just my personal preference here. I like heroes to act like heroes and while I appreciate the coolness of heroes with human frailties, seems to me there wasn't enough heroic about these characters to call them heroes apart from the fire rescue scene.
Rorschach I guess could be the ultimate anti-hero, but he was so nuts. I like the Dirty Harry anti-hero a little better. Somebody a little more human I guess.
One of the biggest things to bother me was the ending. It might have worked better for me if I read it in a comic, but as a movie I don't know. It just seemed far fetched that these characters would react the way they did. It almost seemed to me it was an attempt to say all those hippy bombers from the 60's and 70's were really wise and brilliant guys and gals trying to save the world, and it would have worked to if not for those stupid conservatives out there.
The movie gives you plenty to dwell on well after it's over, but it doesn't fit my personal profile of a good time at the movies. I just couldn't get in to these characters. There just wasn't any redeeming qualities. I couldn't see myself ever wanting to hang out with any of these guys. I mean they were psychos, killers, losers, etc. Was it too much to ask for just one really true heroic figure? The most heroic figure Nite Owl kept reminding me of Chevy Chase. I just can't take anybody who looks like Chevy Chase seriously.
I guess it seemed silly to me in ways, but yet it was supposed to be taken so seriously, and I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I think Alan Moore is right about one thing. Some stories just work better in comic form. Of course I say that, again, having not read the book yet. I have of course read Alan Moore stories and enjoyed his classic twists like the final Silver Age Superman story, "Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow right before John Byrne took over. I'm not sure how I would have felt if he had been a regular writer of Superman.
But you know I don't want to tell anybody they can't enjoy this movie, or have fun with it. It just wasn't my thing. Still I didn't necessarily feel I wasted my afternoon or anything. My very first impression I guess after leaving the theater was numbness. I guess I'm still processing this movie in my mind.
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