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Ready For Watchmen 2? - 3/2/2010 11:09:57 PM

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NO - 3/2/2010 11:09:57 PM

gambit21

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This would be the biggest and most tragic mistake of any studio bar none. A sequel or prequel or any type of watchmen 2 is an absolute farce of an idea. NO NO NO NO NO. As Rorschach would say, 'Never Compromise'. There should be no second Watchmen film and I refuse to go see one

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Why Not? - 3/2/2010 11:19:35 PM

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First of all I loved the original book waaaay before the movie...however I thought the Movies ending was BETTER! Plus it allowed the characters the best possible adaptation and got them the recognicion they deserve... NOW, if a second is made and the fans of the book dont want to see it, relax, take a pill and just do a Highlander 2 and pretend it doesn't exsist... I for one would like to see a Rorschach movie set between the initial outlawing of the 'masks' and the events of 'Watchmen'...Feel free to shout now...

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Why Not? - 3/2/2010 11:21:51 PM

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- 3/2/2010 11:39:48 PM

Guinevere

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Please no. I really want there to be some small chance that one day Alan Moore will finally sit down and watch Watchmen. If this sequel happens I think he'll finally be right to disregard it. Please don't make him right, this was a good movie. Don't ruin it! Just pick up another comic!

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- 3/2/2010 11:39:50 PM

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Rorschach.... - 3/2/2010 11:47:39 PM

BigDaveP

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Pssshhhh i want the Doc to bust it up in there and turn some mofo's inside out...

*Ahem*

well yeah... but why... where can you go... without Moore i can see watchman failing so hard on its face, but im not saying i woouldn't like to prooved wrong... Dr Manhattern could always grow a new Rorschach

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Madness! - 3/2/2010 11:47:42 PM

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This is madness.... I'm sick to death of Hollywood destroying Alan Moores masterpieces. V, Watchmen, TLOEG none could live up to the graphic novels, so now they think its a good idea to take his most beloved characters and shove them into an idiots expansion of the Watchmen world. Hopefully one day Hollywood will realize that some stories need to end. Let The Watchmen franchise die and then hopefully in 10 to 15 years someone with a brain will remake Watchmen and have it end like Alan Moore intended!

Peace Out!

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Madness! - 3/2/2010 11:59:32 PM

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FUCK... - 4/2/2010 12:13:20 AM

albumental

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THAT.

Loved the book. Loved the movie. Two very different entities in very different media but BOTH stand alone. We do NOT need to franchise every god damn thing that is deemed a success.

What we will end up with is essentially this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w

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No. - 4/2/2010 12:30:08 AM

the_1dude

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I love the graphic novel. The film was pretty amazing as well and i liked the ending, lets face it, it did make more sense to people less aquainted with the novel. It would be easy to do a Rorschach or Doc Manhattan spin off even a prequel set before the ban on vigilanties so there is room for a lot of expansion. But its still no no no, aren't there enough cash cows for DC to choose from. Somethings just need to be left alone.

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Rorschach: Yes. Everything Else: No. Then again, Maybe. - 4/2/2010 12:58:18 AM

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More than likely any expansion of the Watchmen universe will produce embarrassingly "dark" and "serious" (but sympathetically earnest) stories and portrayals of the characters of Moore and Gibbon's work. Undoubtedly one of the reasons that it has maintained such a classic and acclaimed status is that its characters and world has remained untouched by any outside force until Zack Snyder "screwed up" (note: he didn't screw up Watchmen, he overcooked the *film version* of Watchmen). However I must admit that when watching the film in the cinema I strongly desired to see Rorschach in action outside of the plot of Watchmen - but only in movies, as played by Jackie Earle Haley.
Then again, a comics expansion of Watchmen could work: it would be quite easy to create a consistent canon, adhering to Moore's story; but equally DC could let it get out of hand and have a mess comparable to everything else in their universe. And Watchmen must remain OUTSIDE the multiverse/justice league rubbish - NO crossovers, thank you very much.
The main problem would be redundancy: Moore's characters purely and primarily serve his deconstructive analysis of the superhero. Watchmen doesn't fulfill its potential or aim as a story without bearing this important purpose in mind while reading. So having an expanded Watchmen universe would either be inherently pointless in itself, or force the original story to become largely redundant. I'd rather not have an endless, chronologically and structurally simple soap opera of melancholy and pessimism populated by characters whose fates are almost all known from the get-go.
If Watchmen is expanded, then in a couple of generations, young comic fans would approach the Watchmen universe and think "WTF? What's all the fuss about?". Unless DC were to maintain their respect of the original and Watchmen approached first and foremost by every new reader before moving onto the sequels/prequels, etc. But best not to risk it.

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Why? Why? Why? Whyyyy? - 4/2/2010 1:31:34 AM

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What is the point? The story cant progress any further. Fucking hollywood.

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Before Everyone Has a Heart Attack... - 4/2/2010 3:41:42 AM

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This will not happen. There is no logic to it. I like the film and I love the comic (or novel, if you read The Guardian or Time Out or whatever), but the vast majority of people do not particularly like either, and even those that liked the film have not exactly been crying out for a sequel. If it gets made it will be a miracle (or not), particularly as there are so many more mainstream hero avenues to stroll down. I am not saying that Watchmen isn't fantastic, because it really is, but it is impossible to make it into a franchise because there will not be enough people interested.

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Don't blame Hollywood - 4/2/2010 3:48:35 AM

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@ JimnUk3: This isn't Hollywood or the film's fault, this is DC, the original comic's owners. Frankly I thought this day was inevitable. It will have to be done very, very carefully and very, very well by someone with great talent.

No, not Frank Miller.

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RE: Don't blame Hollywood - 4/2/2010 4:44:09 AM

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If DC want to make a movie, with endless franchise and spinnoff possebilleties
and an author happily cooperative, the could
finaly put the Sandman world to the screen.

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Kill everyone involved! - 4/2/2010 7:13:55 AM

Sendemast

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Obviously, I'm joking ... or am I?

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RE: Ready For Watchmen 2? - 4/2/2010 8:46:40 AM

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No No No No No No No No!!!

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- 4/2/2010 8:59:06 AM

LewisStephenson

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

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no, no, no. - 4/2/2010 9:04:41 AM

chola1

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three words every fan fears. "prequels, sequels and spin offs" replace with "crap, turds and arse grapes"

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RE: no, no, no. - 4/2/2010 9:16:06 AM

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ATTACK OF THE FANBOYS

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- 4/2/2010 9:26:59 AM

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Sounds like cockpiss.

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RE: no, no, no. - 4/2/2010 9:55:09 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: CORLEONE

ATTACK OF THE FANBOYS

No, actually. Well, not in my case anyways.

I liked the film - but am not a fanboy. However, I hate it when a great story is finished and yet Hollywood feels the need to prequel and sequel everything, as if they believe we can't cope without being spoon fed every last bit of information about every character. They seem to think we're incapable of filling in the blanks.

My "no no no" response wasn't simply because I'm annoyed they're trying to force a sequel upon Watchmen.

I'd have the same response if they tried to do a sequel to "Let the Right One In" or "Goodfellas" or "Wall Street"

Sometimes a film is great as it is. It should be left alone. Cloverfield is another example. Loved the film and agreed with the Empire review that if they try to make a sequel they'd remove a star

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- 4/2/2010 10:09:24 AM

sidownes

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face it, this will be produced/directed/written by any old hack and all the idiots who went to see Transformers 2, etc. will lap it up

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NOOOOOOOOOOO - 4/2/2010 10:16:44 AM

hitchcock

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I'l always reserve judgement on a film until iv'e seen it but this takes the fucking piss
fuck Dan Didio

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- 4/2/2010 10:17:44 AM

granny

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Let's face it hit blockbusters these days automatically get a follow up in 3D. My money's on a prequel coming first.

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RE: Ready For Watchmen 2? - 4/2/2010 10:21:36 AM

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I honstly feel a little bit sick after hearing that!

I suppose, giving them the benefit of the doubt, that a prequel could be interesting - but not a sequel. No Rorshach, no movie - end of!

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Plenty to choose from - 4/2/2010 10:23:57 AM

MaxRenn

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Move on Warners...it's done and dusted, no more to say on this film. How about another (decent) stab at Constantine, or Sandman...or anything from DC that isn't Watchmen.

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- 4/2/2010 10:59:59 AM

oceanic.flier

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I just vomited in my mouth a little bit.

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I'm not frothing at the mouth - 4/2/2010 11:10:10 AM

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I just think it's a stupid idea. The Watchmen 'universe' was created to tell a very specific story at a very specific time, to expand it misses the point. And really, who'll read it?

Now if they could apologise to Moore and get him to do some new stuff for them THAT would be an achievement.

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