I think they should magically transform the Watchmen into teenagers and stick them all in the same high school. I would buy that comic.
wait..I dotn think this is a reboot with a new continuity (they arnt THAT stupid) just some preaquels...I thinkliquidsolid said:Yeah it's going to be complete shit, especially because Alan Moore will have nothing to do with it. It's kind of ironic that the comic was originally written as a post-modern deconstructionist view of superheros and comics and now is getting what every other comic gets, a reboot with new continuity.
Watchmen was good enough without some suits deciding there needed to be more (money) to be taken out of the story. Personally I'd be interested in what happened with the Minutemen and all that but not if Alan Moore isn't writing it because Alan Moore thinks there is another story there...that might involve rape...again...
If Grant Morrison or Warren Ellis wrote it, I'd buy it.LawyerScumGhost said:I think they should magically transform the Watchmen into teenagers and stick them all in the same high school. I would buy that comic.
If Grant or Ellis wrote it, then they'd never reach "Watchmen" without being permanently crippled.WolfThomas said:If Grant Morrison or Warren Ellis wrote it, I'd buy it.
I was just thinking the same thing. It sounds like a horrible idea and I absolutely sympathize with Moore as a writer myself, but DC did manage to convince a serious group of talent that this was a good idea, so there must be something to that, right? Sure, there is a collective groan across the internet, but I am morbidly curious to see what they come up with.GiantRaven said:The creative teams here are really really good, and they'll all hopefully bringing their A-game to this. Even if you don't want to see Watchmen characters written again, you have to appreciate that we're going to get some good writing and art out of this.
There is a difference between re-imaging 100 year old romantic literature characters(style not genre) and creating comic book style prequels to a deconstruction of the medium.Jesus Phish said:I think that quote sums it up perfect. Moore is all to happy to writer other peoples works, but has until now steadfastly refused to allow anyone touch his. I understand they're his creation but there's such a hit of double standards off it.WolfThomas said:I'm was all for complaining about this, but Brian Azzarello writing Rorshach and the Comedian? Well played.
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The perception that these characters shouldn't be touched by anyone other than Alan is both absolutely understandable and deeply flawed. As good as these characters are and they are very good indeed, one could make the argument, based on durability and recognition, that Superman is the greatest comics character ever created. But I don't hear Alan or anyone else suggesting that no one other than Shuster and Siegel should have been allowed to write Superman. Certainly Alan himself did this when he was brought on to write Swamp Thing, a seminal comics character created by Len Wein.
Leaving aside the fact that the Watchmen characters were variations on pre-existing characters created for the Charleton Comics universe, it should be pointed out that Alan has spent most of the last decade writing very good stories about characters created by other writers, including Alice (from Alice in Wonderland), Dorothy (from Wizard of Oz), Wendy (from Peter Pan), as well as Captain Nemo, the Invisible Man, Jeyll and Hyde, and Professor Moriarty (used in the successful League of Extraordinary Gentlemen). I think one loses a little of the moral high ground to say, "I can write characters created by Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle and Frank Baum, but it's wrong for anyone else to write my characters."
The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time, re-interpreting them for each new age. That DC allowed these characters to sit on a shelf for over two decades as a show of respect is salutary, but there comes a time when good characters have to re-enter the world to teach us something about ourselves in the present.
- J. Michael Straczynski
Will this be any good? I don't know. I probably wont pick up the single issue, but wait until the collected volumes come along and cherry pick the ones I'm interested in.
What I do see though, is a chance for something to expand. And for those who don't want it expanding, ignore it. Pretend in your own little world that Watchmen stopped when Moore stopped it. It's kinda what a lot of people do with things like Indiana Jones, Star Wars and other IP extenders.
I wouldn't be too sure of that. *cough*OneMoreDay*cough*Formica Archonis said:I'm sorry, I was too overwhelmed with images of the Saturday Morning Watchmen video to finish the article.
But J. Michael Straczynski? Haven't seen his comic stuff but he's certainly not a hack.
J. Michael Straczynski has his failings a a writer. He can't make things fit together well, which is possibly why he see's no issue with this; and a lot of the time I think he introduces enigmatic plot points with no idea what they realty mean or how they're going to play out.Otaku World Order said:As talented as Moore is, he can be kind of an asshole when it comes to protecting his work. Then again after the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen movie, maybe he has a point.
Either way, I think he's right on this one. Watchmen doesn't need sequels, prequels or expansions of any kind.
I wouldn't be too sure of that. *cough*OneMoreDay*cough*Formica Archonis said:I'm sorry, I was too overwhelmed with images of the Saturday Morning Watchmen video to finish the article.
But J. Michael Straczynski? Haven't seen his comic stuff but he's certainly not a hack.