because he wrote one of the 3 worst Batman stories of all time?Moore wrote The Killing Joke, he can be as full of himself as he likes.
well put. well put I say.I'll just sorta leave this here, too.
Sandman, fortunately, is up there with Watchmen among the topmost recommendations for comics.Only one comic has every won the World Fantasy award. Gaiman is just as good a writer and not nearly so full of himself. Moore is a great writer, but he'll never get past himself.
because he wrote one of the 3 worst Batman stories of all time?[/QUOTE]Moore wrote The Killing Joke, he can be as full of himself as he likes.
because he wrote one of the 3 worst Batman stories of all time?[/QUOTE]Moore wrote The Killing Joke, he can be as full of himself as he likes.
He is either ignorant of the industry of comics or intentionally insolent in his replies.At the end of the day, if they haven’t got any properties that are valuable enough, but they have got these ‘top-flight industry creators’ that are ready to produce these prequels and sequels to WATCHMEN, well this is probably a radical idea, but could they not get one of the ‘top-flight industry creators’ to come up with an idea of their own? Why are DC Comics trying to exploit a comic book that I wrote 25 years ago if they have got anything? Sure they ought to have had an equivalent idea since? I could ask about why Marvel Comics are churning out or planning to bring out my ancient MARVELMAN stories, which are even older, if they had a viable idea of their own in the quarter-century since I wrote those works. I mean, surely that would be a much easier solution than all of this clandestine stuff? Just simply get some of your top-flight talent to put out a book that the wider public outside of the comics field find as interesting or as appealing as the stuff that I wrote 25 years ago. It shouldn’t be too big an ask, should it? I wouldn’t have thought so.
So are the articles in "Cartoon Underage Dumpster Sluts" but in the end it's still just creepy old dudes writing about little girls having sex.Lost Girls is supposed to be literary pornography, according to Moore. From what I've heard, it might be raunchy and sex filled, but it's very well written.
i stated my opinion about alan moore in the bold claims thread so i'm just stopping by to say the justice league episode about the man who has everything was awesome, as in better than the comic awesome.Moore's best stories were "Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" and "For the Man Who Has Everything"
What's the difference between art and pornography...So... MET art isn't just pornography?
The point he is trying to make is, instead of returning to something that was written 25 years ago, why not create something entirely new to work with?He is either ignorant of the industry of comics or intentionally insolent in his replies.
Either way I'm back to "meh" again.
So are the articles in "Cartoon Underage Dumpster Sluts" but in the end it's still just creepy old dudes writing about little girls having sex.[/QUOTE]Lost Girls is supposed to be literary pornography, according to Moore. From what I've heard, it might be raunchy and sex filled, but it's very well written.
Oh, yeah. I think he's so right on the money. Having "top flight" talent work on watchmen stuff instead of new stuff is just a waste.Moore has a point. Why not do something new instead of anything related to Watchmen?
First, that'd be Widening Gyre. Second, he says Batman had an involuntary physical reaction due to a combination of fear and the unexpected heat of a fiery demonstration. He is commiserating with a fellow vigilante, one just starting out. Now, mileage may vary here, but that scene was neither written nor came off as "dur hur hur, Batman pissed his pants derp!" but as "wow, Batman is a person who can get scared". Humanizing, if you will. Since Batman's whole shtick centers on his plain old humanity, I liked it. The mini-series on the whole is kinda meh (though I love Flanagan's art) but that scene is not what it is made out to be.3) Batman: Cacophany (wherein Kevin Smith tells us that Batman lost bladder control during Batman: Year One)
Of course you can.You can make something new out of something old and still make your product something original.
Watchmen only has "original" characters because DC made him. SpecialKO is right. He's a hypocrite. Hell 2 of the top 3 titles he's known for use pre-existing characters. Yes I mean Watchmen in that because the characters are as original as the Shi'ar Imperial Guard.I disagree. As you said yourself, there's nothing wrong with derivative works. I've argued many times before that most of literature is inspired by something that came before. Shakespeare, for example, borrowed heavily from several fellow playwrights to create his work. He stold lines almost word for word right out of travel journals for The Tempest.
There's nothing wrong with taking something and being inspired by it to create your own thing. Watchmen and the Charlton characters are very different. Watchmen grew out of something different, as a result.
You can make something new out of something old and still make your product something original.
Let me think... here's his derivative works.Watchmen only has "original" characters because DC made him. SpecialKO is right. He's a hypocrite. Hell 2 of the top 3 titles he's known for use pre-existing characters. Yes I mean Watchmen in that because the characters are as original as the Shi'ar Imperial Guard.
John Constantine originated in Swamp Thing. Moore never actually wrote any Hellblazer. Plus, if there was ever an example of someone creating amazing work derived from Alan Moore's creations, Hellblazer is the perfect example.- Hellblazer (He made John Constantine)
John Constantine originated in Swamp Thing. Moore never actually wrote any Hellblazer. Plus, if there was ever an example of someone creating amazing work derived from Alan Moore's creations, Hellblazer is the perfect example.[/QUOTE]- Hellblazer (He made John Constantine)
John Constantine originated in Swamp Thing. Moore never actually wrote any Hellblazer. Plus, if there was ever an example of someone creating amazing work derived from Alan Moore's creations, Hellblazer is the perfect example.[/QUOTE]- Hellblazer (He made John Constantine)
Let me think... here's his derivative works.Watchmen only has "original" characters because DC made him. SpecialKO is right. He's a hypocrite. Hell 2 of the top 3 titles he's known for use pre-existing characters. Yes I mean Watchmen in that because the characters are as original as the Shi'ar Imperial Guard.
I don't think he's delusional.I think he's just mad the Watchmen movie had a better ending.
It is a comic book... suspension of disbelief goes with the territory.And two deus ex machinas are worse than one. I like suspending my disbelief as little as often. I'll do it, but don't push the limits. I like the movie ending better too.
It is a comic book... suspension of disbelief goes with the territory.And two deus ex machinas are worse than one. I like suspending my disbelief as little as often. I'll do it, but don't push the limits. I like the movie ending better too.
I don't know. I think the idea of nuking NYC would have pushed the Comedian over the edge, too.Pinning the destruction of the cities on a bio-engineered alien and having Dr. Manhattan leave, means that your Deus Ex Machina is not around to repel the alien invasion. Taking out the Alien took away from the big reason the Comedian's mind was pushed over the edge... because Ozi was doing grotesque, unnatural things on that island. It also takes away from Ozi's need to kill him.
What. This is an online forum, mister, not a ... a ... place to have really good conversations! :humph:This is a really good conversation.
It's not meant to be a realistic look at superheroes. Otherwise, we wouldn't have had Dr. Manhattan, the only guy among all of them that has powers. And he's featured heavily throughout the book. Not just in what he does, but in what's going on in the background. There are electric cars and flying airships. It's already an unrealistic setting. It's FICTION.For a book that presented itself as a "realistic" look at superheroes, I think it needed a realistic ending, not a "comic book" ending.
As I just described above, it's meant to be ridiculous. And those piles of bodies and stories of people ripping out their own eyes from the psychic backlash isn't a horrifying image? And as I said, it's not a Deus Ex Machina becuse hints of Veidt's plan were sprinkled throughout the book.The psychic octopus is just too much. It's ridiculous, not horrifying.
Like Moloch.requiring psychic brains
Like Bubasis (sp?), who was Veidt's first test with genetic engineering, and therefore, has absolutely NO purpose in the movie.and genetic engineering
Like Dr. Manhattan shows on numerous occasions.and teleportation
As I said, he's not a common enemy if he was American-made. Heck, he helped America win Vietnam.Dr. Manhattan would be what the world struggles against as a 'common enemy' (even though the reader knows he is not a threat).
Not realistic in the sense of no extraordinary things, but realistic in the sense of a gritty, flawed, 'nothing is easy' antithesis to Superman punching out the wacky alien villain of the week. It just seems that in a story like this, something "mundane" (in comic book terms) like a nuclear explosion would be a more fitting end.It's not meant to be a realistic look at superheroes. Otherwise, we wouldn't have had Dr. Manhattan, the only guy among all of them that has powers. And he's featured heavily throughout the book. Not just in what he does, but in what's going on in the background. There are electric cars and flying airships. It's already an unrealistic setting. It's FICTION.
Okay, I can see that, and what you said does make more sense of the original ending. I suppose it just comes down to the alien works best in the book, though I think the nuclear explosion was better for the movie because it doesn't require as much explanation.As I said, he's not a common enemy if he was American-made. Heck, he helped America win Vietnam.
I think I am slightly biased to the movie just because of Rorschach. He totally made that movie. Jackie Earle Haley was brilliant.For the things they got right (Rorschach, the special effects), they got them really right.
That will be the ending of Watchmen 2! :lol:We'd have a two-page spread of a giant Dr. Manhattan wrestling with a giant squid.
Having recently re-watched it, I have to agree. Rorschach and Laurie were kind of like opposing scales in that movie for me. Rorschach helped tip the balance in favor of me liking it.I think I am slightly biased to the movie just because of Rorschach. He totally made that movie. Jackie Earle Haley was brilliant.
Meh, imo they could have simply adjusted the visuals to actually make it look creepy, disgusting and otherwordly, and it would have worked just fine... but that would have taken a lot of effort to work out... you know, they could have done it like in Alien, taken inspiration from some surrealist painting...It's very unlikely the alien would've looked good in the movie. And given how much fans are split on it being in the comic, alone, I imagine it would've been even worse for movie goers.
Meh, imo they could have simply adjusted the visuals to actually make it look creepy, disgusting and otherwordly, and it would have worked just fine... but that would have taken a lot of effort to work out... you know, they could have done it like in Alien, taken inspiration from some surrealist painting...[/QUOTE]It's very unlikely the alien would've looked good in the movie. And given how much fans are split on it being in the comic, alone, I imagine it would've been even worse for movie goers.
Meh, imo they could have simply adjusted the visuals to actually make it look creepy, disgusting and otherwordly, and it would have worked just fine... but that would have taken a lot of effort to work out... you know, they could have done it like in Alien, taken inspiration from some surrealist painting...[/QUOTE]It's very unlikely the alien would've looked good in the movie. And given how much fans are split on it being in the comic, alone, I imagine it would've been even worse for movie goers.
I have read it. It is flat out porn.Lost Girls is supposed to be literary pornography, according to Moore. From what I've heard, it might be raunchy and sex filled, but it's very well written.
Nick'd from Lovecraft is more like it.Ironically, the reason it's supposed to look like it does in the comic is because it's design was drawn by a surrealist artist.
Why does it look to you like i'm trying to hide it, fleshbag?!Admit it: You simply like tentacular brain aliens...
Your avatar makes that hilarious.No, I can see you hide nothing... THAT isn't a tentacle...
Your avatar makes that hilarious.[/QUOTE]No, I can see you hide nothing... THAT isn't a tentacle...