Watchmen 2 Could Be in the Cards

[Chewster]

I would also gravitate towards the "no" group since the first film was adequate enough, but I still maintain that Moore is a fucking whiner who should have held tighter control over his own creations (a la Frank Miller) if he didn't want stuff like this happening.

 

[DaxStrife]

*Just outside Detroit, a progressive series of "No!" and profanities are woven into the air like a fine tapestry of hate.*

 

[Yokai]

If this pulls through, Moore is going to stab someone in the throat.

Also it's a stupid idea.

 

[Offworlder_v1legacy]

The reason why the Watchmen movie was so good (in my opinion anyway) was because of the brilliant comic behind it. Unless their going to make another movie is if they make another comic and if they do make another comic it better be as good as the first or otherwise it would totally be a sell-out.

 

[Sylocat]

Only a Hollywood studio exec would be dumb enough to think about making Watchmen 2. Only someone who hated movies and only cared how much money one could make would ever do that.

 

[ArmsAkimbo]

No need to add to the story at all. Besides, if they're going to adapt anything of Moore's after Watchmen, it should at least be Top 10. Hyperdog is the greatest.

 

[ANImaniac89]

why god why
this crime can't happen

 

[ace_of_something]

I think I'd have to organize some kind of DC boycott if they do this without Alan Moore.

 

[Hiphophippo]

I wouldn't trust it, but that wouldn't mean it would be a bad movie necessarily.

 

[j0frenzy]

I love that a lot of people are not even reading the article at this point and assuming it is Hollywood ruining Watchmen and not DC comics.
Honestly, I kind of expected this somewhere in the back of my head, because this is what comic book publishers do. On the other hand, I still won't buy it unless it is proven to be good. That being said, there is room for potential new stories, either as a prequel or sequel. Maybe a collection of short stories about the Minute Men or Rorschach. But honestly, just don't. It only takes away from some of the best things of Watchmen, it's brevity (comic-wise) and it's lack of being tied to extraneous bullshit.

 

[AizenTheAzure]

Fucking people man, kill it with fire.

 

[Tdc2182]

Don't kid yourself, there is not a chance in hell. (unless I am wrong) Alan Moore has never had a sequel in his graphic novels. There is no way for them to make a sequel, and they already explained enough history in the novel to make a prequel useless.

 

[Cosplay Horatio]

I've already called this the year of reboots but having a prequel to Watchmen is absolutely unnecessary. They're already is gonna be an Avatar sequel so lets just hope this Watchmen prequel never happens.

 

[shogunblade]

This is where I draw a major line.

I love "The Watchmen", both the graphic novel (though I have a major problem with the ending, so sue me) and the Zack Snyder adaptation is probably one of the few movies in the world of Superhero movies that I would put on my favorite movies list (Dark Knight isn't bad, but upon repeat viewings, it almost becomes laborious to finish).

However, A Sequel is a bad idea. What made the Watchmen so good was that it fleshed out the characters enough (the important ones) to make me get involved. A sequel would downgrade the original, and let's face it, does the thought of David Goyer getting his hands on a typewriter to make a Watchmen Sequel seem like a good idea to anybody (Lord knows he'd do it just because he was "That Guy who co-wrote The Dark Knight")?

Onto the series being destroyed and seeing it... it is probably the one of the few times I would say "No." I have a major problem advancing a story that needs not to be advanced. Personally, I liked the First "Saw" that I never needed to see the sequels (and I haven't seen them, I don't feel like anymore of a tortured soul by not seeing it).

Even if Alan Moore put his amazing name on it, I still wouldn't read it, watch it, ETC. Seriously, if this is all we can come up with in Hollywood is destroying an original idea by going further with it (See the first 2 Terminator Movies, The Early Star Wars Movies), why not do it to everything? Let's Screw up "Catcher in the Rye", or "Moby Dick" while we have "creative ability".

 

[Wintermoot]

maybe if it where a prequal (something with the Minutemen maybe?)

 

[Jaebird]

...Don't make me blacklist you from life itself, DC. My patience is already waning thin with Batman and Batman and Robin.

 

[Sneaklemming]

100% wont be seeing this. WHY>?

 

[The Heik]

Watchmen 2 Could Be in the Cards

Though the creators of Watchmen abhor the idea of further additions to its universe, the money generated by a movie spawned in 2009 could make a prequel or spin-off inevitable.

DC Comics President and Publisher Paul Levitz has made it a point to nix any new Watchmen projects, including a movie sequel, because he believed they would be against Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' (the original creators) wishes. The bearded Alan Moore has always been aggressively against his works becoming anything more than graphic novels, even refusing to accept any of the profits from the Watchmen movie. With Paul Levitz now stepping down from his position at DC, company Senior VP and Executive Editor Dan DiDio may be fast-tracking a pet project of his: more Watchmen.

This doesn't mean a new movie just yet, but it does mean that one or more prequel miniseries or spin-offs could be in the works. However, if a movie were to eventually take form, all of the actors from Watchmen are already contractually obligated to return for a sequel. For now, DiDio wants to impress the fat cats above him by expanding on the Watchmen universe in comic form, which is almost destined to sell a massive number of copies. I know I would buy it, even though it would annoy the fanboy in me.

Though DiDio has to give Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons first refusal on any such projects, their approval is extremely unlikely. We already know about Moore, while Gibbons has said in the past: "If you add anything to Watchmen, you're not adding to it, you're diluting it ... [The] general consensus, is leave well enough alone." Bringing one of the greatest graphic novels of all time to the movie screen is one thing, but adding to the Watchmen storylines already established with a miniseries, or multiple miniseries, could be a really bad idea. The only way I think it should be done is if Alan Moore himself came back to do it. Without him, it's not really Watchmen.

Again, I'd still probably buy it anyway, even though it'd make me hate myself a little. Admit it, you would too, even just to see how Watchmen was ruined.

(io9 [http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/02/03/get-ready-for-watchmen-2/])



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No. Non. Nein. Niet. Whatever you language you speak, the answer is still no.

They murdered the first one, now they want to make another? No, this is completely selling out the original idea.

Is there even a second Watchmen book, or are they just gonna wing it?

 

[malestrithe]

Here is where I say I don't care. I have read Watchmen and I feel the comic book is overrated. I hate his take on the superhero, which is egotistical asses. That is not a compelling take of the heroes. I much rather read the Dark Knight Returns than Watchmen.

I did not like the movie because an adaptation does not mean take every single page of the comic book and translating it onto the screen. It means taking out some things and emphasizing others. I do not care about the damn squid being taken out of the movie. That really added nothing to the comic book to begin with.

While I am attracting fanboy ire, let me continue with this. I think Alan Moore is overrated as well. He created some interesting stories 30 years ago and that is it. LXG bored the hell out of me. Promethea should have ended sooner than it did.

For a man that pitches a fit about people trampling on his name and works, he does seem to not give a rats ass when he tramples on other people's intellectual property, like he did with Lost Girls. He was sued by the copyright owners of Peter Pan for using their IP without permission and he did not care. The same man that pitched a fit when a printer's mistake left out his name on a Captain Britain trade series. The same man that refuses to work with Americans ever again because they did not treat his IP correctly would not practiced what he preached and said "I am sorry. I know how it feels to have my IP trampled upon.