I'm sure money will exchange hands and the Watchmen movie won't be harmed. I'm still not sure how so many folks seem to think that the guy who made 300 is going to do justice to Watchmen. That's like going from James Frey to James Joyce.
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Hayden - Aug 19, 2008 1:17:24 pm PDT #7724 of 10000
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Polter-Cow - Aug 19, 2008 1:36:59 pm PDT #7725 of 10000
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I'm still not sure how so many folks seem to think that the guy who made 300 is going to do justice to Watchmen.
Well, I won't say I'm not worried, but early reports from people who've actually seen it are very positive.
le nubian - Aug 19, 2008 3:57:12 pm PDT #7726 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
CI - I didn't see 300 and I haven't read Watchmen - so I'm feeling reckless.
Laga - Aug 19, 2008 4:58:31 pm PDT #7727 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I never read 300 but I heard Zack Snyder was very faithful to the book. From what I've seen of Watchmen (1 trailer and some stills) I think it is going to be faithful (I mean, some stuff, you gotta change, but the mood seems spot-on.) There was a time I was sad Terry Gilliam dropped the project but I no longer want to see Gilliam's Watchmen. I want to see Alan Moore's Watchmen and I get the feeling I'm going to. I mean if the fates allow oh pretty please you Fox fuckers.
DavidS - Aug 19, 2008 5:45:42 pm PDT #7728 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Thing is, being faithful to the book isn't always a virtue. It's a different medium and you need to make changes.
Sean K - Aug 19, 2008 5:47:18 pm PDT #7729 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
See: Blade Runner/Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Frankenbuddha - Aug 19, 2008 5:53:00 pm PDT #7730 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
See: Blade Runner/Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Well, though, I'd like to SOMEDAY see a movie that truly captured the essence of Philip K. Dick. In serious ways - namely the attitude towards androids/replicants - Blade Runner was the polar opposite of Electric Sheep. Apart from one really nifty scene in Total Recall, the closest any movies have come to the trippy PKD feel (and I haven't seen Scanner Darkly yet, so that may have it) are some movies of Cronenberg's that aren't even PKD adaptations.
Sean K - Aug 19, 2008 5:57:44 pm PDT #7731 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I would actually like to see an adaptation of DADoES. It is a very different story from Blade Runner, and there's quite a few elements from the novella I think would work on film.
DavidS - Aug 19, 2008 6:00:20 pm PDT #7732 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Scanner Darkly is much closer to the real PKD vibe, Frank.
Strega - Aug 19, 2008 7:19:02 pm PDT #7733 of 10000
I said this at the time, but I think S1 of Galactica is the best adaptation of Dick that isn't actually based on something he wrote. It's got buckets of paranoia and identity issues, people who are killer robots and don't know it, evil imaginary women, and messages from God.