Watchmen Movie: Epic Fail

[Guynemer]

Exhibit A:

http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/11/director-confir.html

director Zack Snyder confirmed that the new ending for the film (screened in previews for eager fans) is indeed the version headed to theaters...Snyder's version will include a new, potentially more upbeat ending.

Upbeat?!?!


Exhibit B:



Leaving aside the fact that Ozymandias (and really all the characters) are much older in the book than in the movie... doesn't this one kinda give the whole game away?



Exhibit C:



They're actually calling themselves "Watchmen"?!

[onodera]

Well, they gave a more upbeat ending to The Little Mermaid and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. There's nothing sacred for Hollywood.

[Dinner]

Wasn't there a Russian super hero movie which was loosely based on the Watchman? I think it was like two years ago or something.

[Lazerus]

Daywatch/nightwatch ?

[GePap]

When will fans get the message that big market movies are out to capture a much bigger audience than just existing fans of whatever story they are remaking? A movie like Watchmen could not get made if the only demographic they expected to show up were fanboys.

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by onodera

Well, they gave a more upbeat ending to The Little Mermaid and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

And Cloverfield too. Cheering went on for 5 minutes when the credits rolled.

[Tattila the Hun]

Welll, I'd suppose it could just mean a 100% sure peace, instead of the "oh crap, Rorchachs diary will wreck everything" from the graphic novel. I remain cautiously optimistic.

[Elok]

Haven't read the comic, but that poster makes it look like the movie's costumes were designed by the same dude who did the ones from Joel Schumacher's mega-campy Batman flicks.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by GePap
When will fans get the message that ...

Actually I'm waiting for them to get the message and stop expecting good movies to be mae from Alan Moore's work. Such hope only ends in tears.

[Kuciwalker]

WTF

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
WTF

Seriously Kuci, wasn't what they did to League of Extraordinary Gentlemen enough to make you suspicious of adaptations of Moore's work? Why are you shocked?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Actually I'm waiting for them to get the message and stop expecting good movies to be mae from Alan Moore's work. Such hope only ends in tears.

Isn't "V for Vendetta" an Alam Moore work? That movie was kick ass

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Isn't "V for Vendetta" an Alam Moore work? That movie was kick ass

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?id=14937&page=article

Alan Moore, co-creator of the "V For Vendetta" comic, has publicly disassociated himself from the upcoming Warner Brothers movie project based on the comic book and written and produced by the Wachowski Brothers. And as a result, he has cut his remaining ties with DC Comics, including future volumes of the "League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen."

[Ming]

The Wikipedia listing on Moore sums up all the problems he has had with many different companies. It was a fun read.

And he would not agree with you on the movie version of V

[Imran Siddiqui]

And?

Just because Moore is a whiny ***** doesn't mean that the "V for Vendetta" movie wasn't good.