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TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Fri August 17, 2018 8:45 pm
by Bi_3
This is a thing that will be on TV next year

https://ew.com/tv/2018/08/17/watchmen-hbo-2019/

Re: TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Sat August 18, 2018 10:52 am
by wease
I’ve still not even seen the movie.

Re: TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Sun August 19, 2018 3:50 am
by psychobain
wease wrote:I’ve still not even seen the movie.
wat
its amazing

Re: TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Sun August 19, 2018 1:58 pm
by wease
Wasn’t a big fan of the comic. Didn’t figure I’d like the movie any better.

Re: TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Sun August 19, 2018 4:03 pm
by Bi_3
wease wrote:Wasn’t a big fan of the comic. Didn’t figure I’d like the movie any better.
I like the movie, but it's got a slightly different plot than the comics and shifts in context for some of the more political ideas presented there. If suffers from Snyderism though so be forewarned.

Re: TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Sun August 19, 2018 4:05 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Bi_3 wrote:
wease wrote:Wasn’t a big fan of the comic. Didn’t figure I’d like the movie any better.
I like the movie, but it's got a slightly different plot than the comics and shifts in context for some of the more political ideas presented there. If suffers from Snyderism though so be forewarned.
ima cut a bitch

Re: TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Sun August 19, 2018 4:10 pm
by Bi_3
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Bi_3 wrote:
wease wrote:Wasn’t a big fan of the comic. Didn’t figure I’d like the movie any better.
I like the movie, but it's got a slightly different plot than the comics and shifts in context for some of the more political ideas presented there. If suffers from Snyderism though so be forewarned.
ima cut a bitch
Says RMs resident Comedian

Re: TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Sun August 19, 2018 4:11 pm
by bada
I don't revere Watchmen the way most comic aficionados do...I think its fine. Synder's Watchmen seemed pretty much definitive to me. I really don't see the point in doing it again unless someone really wants to see an ending just like the comic.

Re: TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Sun August 19, 2018 5:58 pm
by wease
Bi_3 wrote:
wease wrote:Wasn’t a big fan of the comic. Didn’t figure I’d like the movie any better.
I like the movie, but it's got a slightly different plot than the comics and shifts in context for some of the more political ideas presented there. If suffers from Snyderism though so be forewarned.
An even better reason to stay away!!

Re: TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Sun August 19, 2018 6:53 pm
by LoathedVermin72
wease wrote:
Bi_3 wrote:
wease wrote:Wasn’t a big fan of the comic. Didn’t figure I’d like the movie any better.
I like the movie, but it's got a slightly different plot than the comics and shifts in context for some of the more political ideas presented there. If suffers from Snyderism though so be forewarned.
An even better reason to stay away!!
You’re dead to me

Re: TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Sun August 19, 2018 6:57 pm
by Ensign9
I'm a big Lindelof fan but this seems like a terrible idea. Judging from his Instagram posts, he has the same feeling.

Re: TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 7:45 pm
by Stickman

Re: TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 7:53 pm
by bune
...what?

Jeremy Irons as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias is poor casting. He's supposed to be a prime human, not in decline and wanting to marry his son.
On May 22, 2018, Lindelof posted a five-page open letter to fans of the comic book series wherein he revealed that the television series would not be a direct adaptation of the source material or a sequel to it either but instead would depict a new, original story.[9] On August 17, 2018, it was announced that HBO had given the production a series order for a first season set to premiere in 2019.[10] On September 20, 2018, it was reported that score for the series would be composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.[11]
So what I'm getting from this is we're getting a decent score but that's about it.

Re: TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 8:07 pm
by Monkey_Driven
I'll watch this.

Re: TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 8:27 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Looks terrible

Re: TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 10:09 pm
by Bi_3
Monkey_Driven wrote:I'll watch this.

I’ll try it, but an original story? Ugh

Re: TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 10:15 pm
by Monkey_Driven
Bi_3 wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:I'll watch this.
I’ll try it, but an original story? Ugh
I'd rather have an original story than a TV version of the movie/graphic novel.

Re: TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 10:24 pm
by run2death
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Looks terrible

Re: TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 10:52 pm
by bune
I get the urge to do something original but give it a subtitle or something then so it's readily apparent that it's going to suck.

Re: TV: Watchmen (HBO)

Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 11:02 pm
by Bi_3
Monkey_Driven wrote:
Bi_3 wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:I'll watch this.
I’ll try it, but an original story? Ugh
I'd rather have an original story than a TV version of the movie/graphic novel.
I don’t know if the characters translate well outside of the context of the original work and I worry it will just be too tempting to swap in Trump for Nixon.