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[trinityvixen]

I can't believe how good The Watchmen is. I mean, I knew that when I read it the first time. But it's amazing how well it holds up and how all the extras at the end of the individual chapters are so interesting in their own right. I'm even MORE nervous about the upcoming film adaptation upon the reread given how dense the graphic novel is. There are plenty of things they can simplify (leaving out the older generation of heroes, for example), but aiyah. There is too much to do justice to it all.

However, if this new picture is any indication, it's still gonna look f'ing pretty. The look they've got. That's something at least (and more than Daredevil ever could boast).

Speaking of looks, take a peep at Harvey Dent on his bad day (not spoilery unless you really have no idea what they'd possibly do with his character in the upcoming The Dark Knight). Can't say I love the hair, though it does make a certain kind of sense that other versions have not. Scariest bit of all is that the make-up-free side is more scary than the other.

Last but not least (oh, there'll be more this Thursday, fer sure), three generations of the suit. GLEE.

Comments

[anirien.livejournal.com]

For me the parts I liked the most from V for Vendetta were those that were the most faithful to the original graphic novel. But it was a decent version of the story, if different in intent from the original.

I just don't have a whole lot of faith in the people in charge of making Watchmen. On the bright-side though, the stills that I have seen so far look pretty damn good. (Though the guy they've got playing Rorschach looks a lot more like Spider Jerusalem than Rorschach.)