The ending of the Watchmen comic book over the movie, apparently.
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I'm with you.
Solidarity!
I, too, firmly believe the comic book ending works much better on multiple levels.
Me too. It's hinted at very well through the entirety of the comic, and while 'alien invasion' might seem farfetched to modern readers, you have to remember that it was a product of its times.
I think the squid worked in the visual sense in the comic book, as well as the build up towards it over the span of the issues. I just think within the visual tone of the movie, it would have seemed out of place or just too out-of-sync with the rest of the movie.
I'm of the personal opinion that not everything can be translated well to film (see the Avengers 2 thread, for example). It's one of the hardest parts of adapting something written or drawn into live action. Once we place living, breathing people into a setting, even if it's fantastical, that setting has to adhere to it's own rules, otherwise it becomes hard to process. It can be done, for example the Harry Potters, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? or Kung-Fu Hustle, but the oddities have to remain consistent throughout the movie.
I'm of the personal opinion that not everything can be translated well to film (see the Avengers 2 thread, for example). It's one of the hardest parts of adapting something written or drawn into live action. Once we place living, breathing people into a setting, even if it's fantastical, that setting has to adhere to it's own rules, otherwise it becomes hard to process. It can be done, for example the Harry Potters, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? or Kung-Fu Hustle, but the oddities have to remain consistent throughout the movie.
It is easier to blame Dr. Manhattan. It is tidier than laying all the groundwork that he was kidnapping psychic kids and implanting their brains into genetically modified squid and then using equipment built by Dr. M to transport and freak the squids out enough to kill NYC in a psychotic rage.
It loses the importance of the "Manhattan Transfer," the scientists murdered on the ship while leaving Central America, lessens the importance of The Comedian's freak out when he realizes what Ozy is trying to do. The real plot was much more barbaric than making a bunch of explosions. Especially the complexity of the plot and the lengths that Ozy would go to to kill/discredit everyone that had any knowledge of the plot (the body count was huge.)
Fear of aliens has nothing to do with the times.
It loses the importance of the "Manhattan Transfer," the scientists murdered on the ship while leaving Central America, lessens the importance of The Comedian's freak out when he realizes what Ozy is trying to do. The real plot was much more barbaric than making a bunch of explosions. Especially the complexity of the plot and the lengths that Ozy would go to to kill/discredit everyone that had any knowledge of the plot (the body count was huge.)
Fear of aliens has nothing to do with the times.
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I liked Superior Spider-Man.