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# little bit narked they don't explain the significance of the hydrogen atom
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:40, archived)
# Have you seen it then?
Review?
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:41, archived)
# take it away. I'm downloading the rest of comics tonight.
I've only read the first one.
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:41, archived)
#
Visuals - 8
Plot adaptation - 7
Acting - 6
Bum-Numbingness - 8
Potential for Internet to labour on every. single. point. in comparison to the comic - 10

7 Archies out of 10

(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:42, archived)
# That's good enough for me.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:44, archived)
# Fair enough :)
I just saw Wossy's review and he said it stuck too much to the comic rather than taking the essence and making it more applicable to a film.

Would you concur?
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:44, archived)
# yes, very much so
there is a LOT of charcter backstory to put up with, its takes a good while for the film to feel like it's going anywhere
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:46, archived)
# It is one of those tough ones.
I don't think they could have ever pleased everyone what with it being such a classic.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:49, archived)
# then why make the fucking movie? other than the profit.
it irritates me when people (apparently) spoil things like this.
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:51, archived)
# I think you're wrong there.
None of the people who have commented here have said it was bad. I would much rather they try and make new films than the abomination of remaking classics over and over.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:56, archived)
# It's sortof a general comment.
It pisses me of when a movie is made from a book and the movie wrecks it.

and the reviews here have convinced me not to see it. even though I still haven't read all the comics. (Yes if it betrays it in any way I'm miffed)
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Sun 8 Mar 2009, 12:01, archived)
# I think that was the point
Wossy and Archie were making. It is too much a classic comic to maintain it verbatim.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 12:02, archived)
# HUMPH HUMPH HUMPH
movies have really lost their appeal to me. Happened about the time the first star wars prequel came out. Not sure if that's a cause and effect.

I'm sure if I put my tin foil hat on there will be...
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Sun 8 Mar 2009, 12:04, archived)
# You really are a grumpy old man :D
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyByBORmtH0
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 12:08, archived)
# that is one of the best tv shows ever made.
and yes mum thinks i should be on it.
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Sun 8 Mar 2009, 12:09, archived)
# Ha.
I am reading the diaries at the moment :)

They are tres amusant!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 12:12, archived)
# To be fair though
that's the whole point of the story. It tells itself in the comic by means of 'flashback' so I'm not sure that 'put up with' is a good term as it would be expected and impossible to tell the story without.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:50, archived)
# indeed, it's a part of the story
but in adapting it for the movie, they could have cut it to under 90 minutes of backstory. It would have felt more suited to a cinema audience then, and could have shaved off a good 15 minutes of the running time.
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:52, archived)
# theres a three and a half hour directors cut coming on dvd and limited release
as well as the dvd of The Black Freighter on the 24th
(I helped save b3ta! Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen., Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:54, archived)
# bah.
needed to be another hour longer!
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:55, archived)
# haha, I think the dvd will be right up your street then ;)
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:58, archived)
# Typical non-comic fan review.
The comic used a lot of framing / scene change devices that were lifted directly from cinema, which were unused in comics previously - in some ways making his point moot.
In many ways I felt like the comic was sourced from a movie, and not the other way around.
(I helped save b3ta! bobmitch - 2 : Electric Boogaloo, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:54, archived)
# Well you can call Wossy a lot of things,
but not a non-comic fan. He is a huge Ditko and Moore fan and has an amazing comic book collection.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:57, archived)
# He and Tarrantino ( who's arse he is really up )
are two of the most famous comic book fans I know, as well as their love for Japanorama and anime, I doubt you could get any more 'comic book fan'.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 12:03, archived)
# Aye.
Did you ever see his program "In search of Ditko"?

I thought it was brilliant :)
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 12:04, archived)
# It rings a bell
but I'm addled right now. I expect I've seen it.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 12:23, archived)
#
Makes him look all the more silly for making that comment in his review then. :)
(I helped save b3ta! bobmitch - 2 : Electric Boogaloo, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 12:07, archived)
# Ha ha ha!
I don't know. It is all well and good saying that the styling was ripped from cinema, but that doesn't mean that it will work put straight into a film.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 12:15, archived)
# true
It isn`t perfect cinema to be sure - but it works a helluva lot better than either 300 or sin city, due largely to the way that cinematic devices were used in the comic.
Made it seem more like it was ripped directly from the pages without interpretation - but it works, and, for the most part, keeps the fan boys happy. :)
(I helped save b3ta! bobmitch - 2 : Electric Boogaloo, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 12:21, archived)
# That's why I believe the motion comics
worked particularly well ( and I've seen a couple that really don't, ).
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:58, archived)
# I saw these on play the other day.
What are they?
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 12:03, archived)
# it's the comic.
redrawn so that the parts are individually able to be animated ( more moved to give depth of field and an experience of animation ) with a narrative and score. The narrative fails because it's read by one person and it just sounds ridiculous when he reads the female parts.

It's hard to explain but I enjoyed them on the whole as a lazy way to catch up on comics I'd not read for some time.

www.watchmencomicmovie.com/
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 12:07, archived)
# Sounds interesting.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 12:21, archived)
# Music choice - 0
Yes, it's set in the 80s. That doesn't mean you HAVE to use "99 Red Balloons"
(I helped save b3ta! the wub - guide onion for the blind, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:44, archived)
# german or english version?
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:46, archived)
# If it isn't the German version,
I will never watch it!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:50, archived)
# German
Also, the bit that was in the trailer with giant Dr Manhattan striding through Vietnam disintegrating people = awesome
Ride of the Valkyries = awesome
Both together = just silly
(I helped save b3ta! the wub - guide onion for the blind, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:52, archived)
# :S:S:S:S I can't begin to imagine the horrors
*fires up two instances of totem*

actually it's rather kinky.
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:54, archived)
# Unfortunately Ride of the Valkyries
has become far too cliched now to be taken seriously.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:58, archived)
# yes this.
but I gotta admit, I want to mix the two audio tracks.
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Sun 8 Mar 2009, 12:02, archived)
# Agreed
Pretty much the whole cinema laughed when it started up
(I helped save b3ta! the wub - guide onion for the blind, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 12:03, archived)
# It's an unfortunate side effect
of so many awesome Vietnam films in the 70s and 80s.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 12:05, archived)
# and the blues brothers.
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Sun 8 Mar 2009, 12:07, archived)
# It makes sense thematically though.
(It's a cold-war protest song)
edit: Don't worry, it's the original German version.
(I helped save b3ta! bobmitch - 2 : Electric Boogaloo, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:49, archived)
# I watched it last night.
Started promising, went downhill.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:48, archived)
# Did you find a torrent for it?
I'm not sure whether to download it or actually go and see it at the new 3D Imax :S
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:50, archived)
# Oh I watched a shitty CAM
as I doubt I'll find anyone I know who wants to go and I don't do the cinema alone. I need someone to nudge me awake.

I have a much better German video downloaded so I am just about to rip the TS eng. audio from the CAM I watched, clean it up a bit then sync it up with the German CAM after I have given that some stronger value and contrast.
I'll pop that on a private tracker later and if someone else does not release it first ( and I'm sure they will ) then I'll up it to demonoid.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:55, archived)
# Awesome.
Well if you fancy coming to Greenwich I will go and watch it with you :)

No-one I know will go and watch it either :(
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 8 Mar 2009, 11:59, archived)