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Originally Posted by SMHFConvoy

(In Alan Moore's opinion)It was never intended to be adapted to film.

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This is off-topic, and your paraphrasing of Moore is accurate. However, people adapt stories to different media all the time (H2G2 was a radio play before it was a book, TV show, movie, video game or towel, and each had significant differences from what came before), and Zack Snyder did a respectful workmanlike job of adapting Watchmen.

While I can and do respect Moore's refusal to be involved in its production or accept money from it, I sometimes think he is a tad too precious about other people translating his stories to other media.

Moore is a crazy hobo

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Originally Posted by SofaMan

This is off-topic, and your paraphrasing of Moore is accurate. However, people adapt stories to different media all the time (H2G2 was a radio play before it was a book, TV show, movie, video game or towel, and each had significant differences from what came before), and Zack Snyder did a respectful workmanlike job of adapting Watchmen.

While I can and do respect Moore's refusal to be involved in its production or accept money from it, I sometimes think he is a tad too precious about other people translating his stories to other media.

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Yeah it went off topic. Sorry about that. My point was that Gok shouldn't feel that he needs to read the source material (Watchmen) to enjoy the film. Zack Snyder did a great job but in doing so he sort of changed the focal character from Rosarch to Manhattan.

In short Gok see the film. Borrow the graphic novel later.

kay, thanks SMHFConvoy. :)

I personally believe that you get more out of both if you read the comic first but that's me.

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Originally Posted by SMHFConvoy

Yeah it went off topic.

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I was apologising about my off-topicness. :D

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Originally Posted by kup

I personally believe that you get more out of both if you read the comic first but that's me.

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+1

I saw the film first, book second. I recommend the film first.

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Originally Posted by SofaMan

I was apologising about my off-topicness. :D

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And I was appologising for my off topicness too

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Originally Posted by SMHFConvoy

And I was appologising for my off topicness too

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Good - as long as you didn't think you were being chastened or anything. I like a little bit of off-topic meself. :)