Comments | larnick: Visionary Thoughts on "Watchmen"

larnick

Visionary Thoughts on "Watchmen"

Feb 26, 2009 15:05

1.) I never want to read an article with the title "Biff! Bam! Pow! Comics not just for kids anymore!" Journalists have been using that same hacky headline for 15? 20? years now. Ironically, comics are not for kids *at all.*

2.) Just like I never want to hear that "Watchmen" is so interesting because "it's actually a deconstruction of the ( Read more... )

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Which, admittedly, was a lot. hogofheaven March 4 2009, 01:53:19 UTC

I intend to take your comments to heart, especially the point that no medium should be matched against another in some sort of arbitrary ranking system. I'm going to see it on IMAX opening night in Natick and hopefully the sense of occasion and GIGANTIC SCREENS will prompt me to experience it on its own merits rather than on some idealized version of what the book meant to me.

Re: Which, admittedly, was a lot. larnick March 4 2009, 02:25:02 UTC

Thing is, I'm still excited to see the movie. It's just amazing how powerful hype can be: as an attraction *and* as a deterrent.

I know I sound a little snide about the "legacy" of the book, but if anything I'd really like to see a film-maker who was daring enough to gut it and find what makes it tick. To really re-modify it for film. I've heard stories about the varying forms this project has gone through: all the way back to Terry Gilliam's BBC mini-series. I just want to see a movie that "wows" me.