Who watches the Watchmen?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen<br /><br /><b>Watchmen (March 6, 2009)</b><br /><br /><b>Studio:</b> Warner Brothers<br /><br /><b>Tagline:</b> "Who watches the Watchmen?"<br /><br /><b>Synopsis:</b> In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so discover a deeper and far more diabolical plot.<br /><br /><b>Director:</b> Zack Snyder (300, Dawn of the Dead)<br /><br /><b>Exec Producer:</b> Herb Gains (A/D on Natural Born Killers, Sea of Love, Manhunter, Dirty Dancing)<br /><br /><font color="orange"><b>Producers:</b> </font><br /><br />Lawrence Gordon (Die Hard, Field of Dreams, Hellboy, Tomb Raider, Rocketeer)<br /><br />Lloyd Levin (United 93, Boogie Nights, Event Horizon, Hellboy, Field of Dreams, Rocketeer)<br /><br />Deborah Snyder (300)<br /><br /><b>Screenplay:</b> David Hayter & Alex Tse <br /><br /><b>Graphic novel:</b> Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons<br /><br /><b><font color="orange">Cast</font>/b><br /><br /><b>Walter Kovacs/Rorschach:</b> Jackie Earle Haley<br /><br /><b>Jon Osterman/Dr. Manhattan:</b> Billy Crudup<br /><br /><b>Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias:</b> Matthew Goode<br /><br /><b>Sally Jupiter/Silk Spectre (Laurie Juspeczyk's mother):</b> Carla Gugino<br /><br /><b>Laurie Juspeczyk/Silk Spectre II:</b> Malin Akerman <br /><br /><b>Dan Dreiberg/Nite Owl:</b> Patri</b> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[etavaunt]

lol. Yes, there is much in it to think on.<br /><br />The best movies in the world, are made by New Zealanders. The best comics, by British. The best food, the French and the Belgiums fight it out. The best (Almost all the best, anyway) rock bands are British. The best Engineers, Scots.<br />I think we have to tip the Porn Americas way though. Some of the German stuff , while interesting , is souless and mechanical!.<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

[CalliArcale]

Porn? "Watchmen" is a graphic novel. It's got some nudity, but I wouldn't call it porn, not by any stretch of the imagination.<br /><br />I have grave doubts that it can be successfully made into a movie. The inestimable Terry Gilliam, possibly the best choice ever to direct it, attempted it. He surrendered, concluding that there was simply too much material to fit it into a movie and still do justice to it. I think he was right to do so. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[etavaunt]

No no, not in the movie. I was drunk and talking about other than thread specific items my dearest Mod. *Grovels at Her feet, wriggling for forgive-ness like a particularlly un-cute puppy*<br /><br />I agree with you about Gilliam being the best attempt and ALSO right to give up.<br /><br />I think this movie is going to be lame, OR, entirely not "Watchmen".