The Watchmen

Blaine and Mark, yes, specifically, Marvel. Of course someone might make Sin City or harder, but Marvel has all the kiddie-friendly fare. So the question isnt if they can get butts into the R seats, but if it will hurt their image and take butts OUT OF the PG seats.
 
Gage: The 2004 "Punisher" movie was R, and I'd imagine the patented Marvel sequel-with-none-of-the-same-people-in-it coming out this December will be as well. I seem to recall that doing decently at the box office (enough to get the patented Marvel SWNOTSPIT); more than that, it was a pretty good movie and a decent adaptation of the comic. Off the top of my head, I can't think of much else in the Marvel mainstream that would warrant an "R" rating; I think DC and Dark Horse went more for the edgier stuff.

And I didn't think the CG in the trailer looked that bad. One interesting thing is that both of the scenes that c.g. mentioned, Billy Crudup getting zapped and the big gold thing at the end, are two of the scenes that looked to me like they were supposed to be right out of the graphic novel, so it's possible that either the attempt to match them to the comic panels is making them look cheezy to c.g., or I'm not seeing that they look cheezy because I think they look like the comic. :)
 
Thanks Capt., I completely forgot about Punisher, AND Warzone - and I know someone working on Warzone.

Thanks for waking me up.
 
well thing is not many dc character work well enough for series as where marvel one can as long as done right.... I mean DC is batman and superman (even though I HATE SUPERMAN) Marvel is Spiderman then the rest. But watchmen work... it's a great story.
 
spidey said:
well thing is not many dc character work well enough for series as where marvel one can as long as done right.... I mean DC is batman and superman (even though I HATE SUPERMAN) Marvel is Spiderman then the rest. But watchmen work... it's a great story.
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I disagree. Just because it hasn't been done, doesn't mean it can't be done. There is a vast catalog of DC characters and stories that would be awesome, but somewhere along the line they let some dumbass decide how the character should be reimagined, instead of having a real grasp on the story.
 
i dunno i've collect books my whole life the man reason why most dc character dont relate very well is most of them are alien origin. where as marvel is mutant origins. I mean look at dc characters (and I mean main stay characters: Flash etc not hellblazers or sandman) name a few that would be good.

Green Lantern is the only one I would be interested in seeing being done that or aquaman but only if they did them seriously. See the main issue with comic films is are you going to take the source material seriously or are you just gonna make something.

I hate the guy who directed daredevil and ghostrider. He said he knows the work but he doesn't.
 
Not that many are alien, as opposed to Marvel. Superman, Supergirl, HawkMan and Hawk Girl are, but most of the rest are Earthlings, On the other side, Silver Surfer, Captain Marvel, Thor (I'd say Gods would count as Alien), Venom and Carnage, the Inhumans- a whole slew of Marvel are alien.

DC has Smallville, and had a really good Flash series going for a while, but pulled the plug too soon. They did a Justice League series, but never even showed the pilot, same goes for Aquaman based on the Smallville version. Birds of Prey held promise, but really sort of missed the boat. If they had stayed with the backstory, it would have kicked Nolan's version of Batman all up and down the street.
 
The trailer features many different plot points from the comic which is impressive. It appears that Zack isn't going to cut corners. As for the CGI, it looks fine to me.

It is possible to tell the entire tale in 3 hours. A large portion of comic is back story that can be omitted or narrowed down. The characters development may suffer as a result, but it allows us time for the needed pivotal scenes.
 
I just found out this was becoming a movie! I'm SO freaking excited! I feel like a 14 year old girl that was just asked to the senior prom (I just hope nothing happens afterward). I read this back when I was 13, and oddly enough, I just read it again earlier this year (I'm 27 now)! It's an AMAZING graphic novel!!

I agree that some of the CGI looks like it could use some work (when Night Owl's ship comes out of the water), but overall it looks great! Dr. manhattan looks DEAD ON! I'm so excited!!
 
(when Night Owl's ship comes out of the water)
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Is that what is happening there? As someone that doesnt know the comics, I had no idea what was going on other than someone getting fired for their sh*tty CG skills.
 
GageFX said:
Is that what is happening there? As someone that doesnt know the comics, I had no idea what was going on other than someone getting fired for their sh*tty CG skills.
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Ha ha ha! Yeah, the ship looks perfect! The CG looks not so good there.
 
Yeah, the ship looks perfect! The CG looks not so good there.
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The CG of the water and everything else moving. Really, that's JUST what the ship looks like, though. That wasn't what made me think of the crappy CG. The way the water moved around and didn't look real was what threw me off.
 
He uses a ship that purposefully looks like it's made with bad CG? That's just silly.

That's almost the equivalent of driving around in this:

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i have never heard of this graphic novel until I saw the trailer. Apparently it's more popular than BATMAN I hear.
 
it was a one shot type series about 1000 pages. It detailed and has a lot. I loved it as a kid and still do. it dark as **** and deals with the real world just if super heroes were part of it and if events in history did other things than what happens. very much a cold war film and comic.
 
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