"Watchmen" Spun Into Turnaround

Kirby K

[b]Whew![/b]

Jun 8 - 03:48 PM

First Last

is this a good thing? I read the comic but I haven't been following the movie news.

Jun 9 - 02:13 AM

Kirby K

They wanted it for a 2 hour summer blockbuster, like LXG.

What it needs is an HBO mini series.

Jun 9 - 09:53 AM

gabe Willner

NOOOOO..... well, maybe it's good.... so hard to tell nowadays.

This could potentially be the best comic book movie ever, because its probably the best comic book ever.

But it would probably suck, like the rest...

Jun 9 - 08:02 AM

Fayd Ogolon

[b]I'm a little late, so no one's going to read this,[/b]
I'd like to see this movie made, but I want to see it done right. I'm a big fan of the graphic novel. It would totally work if they made two films and released them separately, like "Kill Bill" or "Lord of the Rings." This is a story that would take at least four hours to tell properly. Fans would have much more respect for it and newcomers won't have to try to fill in the blanks while watching it.

Jun 27 - 03:57 PM

Dave Hustava

I agree with Now It's Dark; I don't even HAVE HBO, but I'd subscribe if they could make it a good 6 or 8 part series. The original comic took place over the period of close to a year, with one of the defining aspects of the storyline involving the world being made aware of ratching international tensions with the likelihood of an unavoidable catastrophic resolution, so a series would help contribute to the episodic building of drama. (Something like "24".)

Plus, top film makers aren't afraid to sign up with HBO because of the artistic freedom they're granted.

By the way, this might sound weird, but I actually think that Steven Soderberg would be a good choice for director, if not producer, instead of a predictable "Sci-Fi" regular - Soderberg did a good job with multiple complex human reactions to mind-boggling manifestations of advanced science and moral conundrums when he did "Solaris" a few years ago,(which makes me think he'd be well-suited for the intricate storyline of "Watchmen"), but I'd certainly be all for somebody like Darren Aronofsky, Alex Proyas or even Richard Kelly (the guy that did "Donnie Darko") - whom I realize are directors with a reputation for fantasy/sci-fi, but they also have reps for creating brainy, thoughtful films instead of mindless CGI crapfests.

(I was ambivalent when I heard that Terry Gilliam was one of the original contenders - he certainly has the acid wit and sweeping vision to pull it off, but I'd hope he could scale it back a bit, make something fittingly grim and dystopian, closer to "12 Monkeys" instead of the more hallucinatory "Baron Munschausen" or "Brothers Grimm".)

Whew. Didn't mean to write this much. But I really admire and respect "Watchmen", and I'd sure hate to see it handed over to some ruthless hack like Brett Ratner or Michael Bay.

What do you folks think? Time to start peppering HBO with a few online petitions?

Apr 20 - 05:58 PM