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Post by Silentking Alpha on Jun 9, 2012 8:28:23 GMT -5
I said this in the D.I.A. thread, but then I realized that this place is more appropiate. I had recently saw a commercial advertising a prequel comic to Watchmen. Why DC? Why? Again, I am only cool with this if it is written by Alan Moore. If not, then I will wait for reviews to see if it will be any good. I don't really trust DC decisions lately.
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Post by Manticore on Jun 9, 2012 8:45:15 GMT -5
It's not going to be written by Alan Moore. In fact he's dead set against it.
The reason is money. Watchmen is one of the few DC properties that they haven't yet exploited or rebooted or strip-mined of everything of value. And now they're trying to correct that oversight. Because money. It's all about the money.
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Post by WildKnight on Jun 9, 2012 8:46:40 GMT -5
It's not going to be written by Alan Moore. In fact he's dead set against it. The reason is money. Watchmen is one of the few DC properties that they haven't yet exploited or rebooted or strip-mined of everything of value. And now they're trying to correct that oversight. Because money. It's all about the money. Uh... it's the entertainment business. It SHOULD be all about the money.
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Post by Brainstem on Jun 9, 2012 8:57:00 GMT -5
NO, WK, COMICS ARE ART. MUSIC IS ART. THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY SHOULDN'T EXIST TO DO ANYTHING BESIDES PROMOTE ART. CLEARLY YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS BECAUSE IT'S CALLED THE "ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY" AND NOT THE "ENTERTAINMENT COMMERCIAL SALE AND PRODUCTION OF GOODS."
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Post by Brainstem on Jun 9, 2012 8:57:50 GMT -5
WITH THAT THINKING, NEXT THING YOU KNOW, POLITICIANS ARE GOING TO ASCRIBE TO BELIEFS THAT WILL GET THEM VOTED INSTEAD OF THE ONES THAT HOLD TRUE TO THEIR CHARACTER.
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Post by Silentking Alpha on Jun 9, 2012 8:59:13 GMT -5
Alan Moore seems to be dead set against anything related to Watchmen. Probably because he knows that if he doesn't try to stop any new decisions related to Watchmen, the comic will end up getting raped by money-grabbing people who will try anything to get the moolah. I heard that Alan once tried to curse the recent Watchmen movie. I don't think it worked.
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Post by roxolid on Jun 9, 2012 8:59:41 GMT -5
The watchman story stands on its own as a complete 'don't touch it!' story in my opinion. I think this is something about the minutemen isn't it with the team Comedian was in before Watchmen. We saw them in the watchmen film (criminally underrated film but not for the squeamish).
That said, whilst Alan Moore does/did write some good stories, he was a bit of a weirdo from what i can tell. I mean, DC/Warner probably wanted to give him a stack of cash for the film and he refused it as far as I know. He has principles, but principles don't pay the mortgage... *shrug*
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Post by Brainstem on Jun 9, 2012 9:00:10 GMT -5
Alan Moore needs to swiftly remove his head from his ass.
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Post by roxolid on Jun 9, 2012 9:00:34 GMT -5
WITH THAT THINKING, NEXT THING YOU KNOW, POLITICIANS ARE GOING TO ASCRIBE TO BELIEFS THAT WILL GET THEM VOTED INSTEAD OF THE ONES THAT HOLD TRUE TO THEIR CHARACTER. Tsch, there should be more admins round here to stamp out this unruly shouting
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Post by Manticore on Jun 9, 2012 9:01:04 GMT -5
It's not going to be written by Alan Moore. In fact he's dead set against it. The reason is money. Watchmen is one of the few DC properties that they haven't yet exploited or rebooted or strip-mined of everything of value. And now they're trying to correct that oversight. Because money. It's all about the money. Uh... it's the entertainment business. It SHOULD be all about the money. Aww. I was looking for one of my favourite quotes from a mockery of 'Batman: Fortunate Son" but I don't think I'm gonna find it. (Basically, it was mocking how the musician character from 'Batman: Fortunate Son' thinks that it should all be about the art and anyone who wants to make money is "selling out". I thought it was hilarious.) Hmm... It seems like anything that is successful gets a remake, these days. But in TV or film they usually give it a rest for a few years before doing that. The problem maybe is that comic books are a monthly kind of medium. So anything that's at all successful gets retold dozens of times in just a few short years. I don't have a problem with making money (huh, wish I could make some money) so much as with these cannibalistic re-tellings of popular comic book stories. I've seen four or five different versions of how Spider-Man became Spider-Man and learned that 'with great power comes great responsibility'. I don't want to see it again. Same with Batman and Superman. That's basically why I've stopped reading monthly comics. Occasionally I'll pick up a trade paperback of a complete story. One of the things I liked about Watchman was that it was complete and finite and self-contained.
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Post by WildKnight on Jun 9, 2012 9:01:06 GMT -5
The watchman story stands on its own as a complete 'don't touch it!' story in my opinion. *sighs, rubs temples*
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Post by Silentking Alpha on Jun 9, 2012 9:02:07 GMT -5
I also heard the comic is available as an online comic on DC.com. Or something like that. Could someone read it for me and tell me if it is good or if I was right that they should have never made it.
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Post by roxolid on Jun 9, 2012 9:02:20 GMT -5
The watchman story stands on its own as a complete 'don't touch it!' story in my opinion. *sighs, rubs temples* Ah no. We're not gonna do the whole mud flinging thing are we? I'll assume we disagree and leave it at that.
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Post by Silentking Alpha on Jun 9, 2012 9:04:07 GMT -5
Awww...I was looking foward to the mud flinging.
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Post by roxolid on Jun 9, 2012 9:05:45 GMT -5
Awww...I was looking foward to the mud flinging. It's when the 'smelly mud' starts flying you gotta duck.
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