No, and the trailer was indeed deceiving.

…and I will develop that Super 8 film sometime soon, bro. Careful what you wish for.

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Looking forward to future shows.

I do agree with one thing Jason said…the movie does deserve big screen treatment, plus anything that will push its domestic gross over the $120M production budget is a good thing (Every $10.50 helps!)

And Doug, I would say see the movie first for three reasons.

1. It’s still in theaters and it deserves to be seen on the big screen.

B. Watching the movie will allow you to enjoy it without preconceived knowledge or expectations.

III. Chuck said to read the book first, so obviously this is the wrong answer.

The movie did great job, but I found it enjoyable seeing how the translated the novel to the screen.

As a great man once said: “You must do what you think is right, of course.”

Anyway, here’s my dilemma: Do I go see Watchmen on the big screen, and then read the graphic novel, or do I experience the story in book form first and watch the movie when it comes out on DVD?

I’m pretty sure that we could have a nuclear holocaust and Brett would look up moments before the blastwave and say “These explosion effects really are not so fantastic, and my fellow citizens… C’mon people, I’m really not believing your fear… I give this a 5 out of 10″

I thought that Dreiberg was pretty spot on, but Ozymandais was pretty bland(and scrawny).

Let me start by saying visually, it was an outstanding achievement. From this aspect, I feel like Zach Snyder was successful in translating the visuals from the page to the screen. In some scenes, almost exactly.

Acting…I’d have to disagree with you Dogde…I felt Patrick Wilson did a pretty solid job of portraying Dreiberg…remember back to the book and how nerdy he really was. If anything, I though Wilson and the writers made him a little too cool. Jackie Earl Haley was clearly the stand out here though. A lot of his story was left out, and that’s a shame. I agree with you that a Rorschach movie would be really cool.

As far as chapter IV is concerned, I think they really missed a big part of the story line there. That whole section provides the story with a real look into Dr. Manhattan and Laurie Juspeckzzwajehajckea-whatever. I was left feeling that those two characters were incomplete in the end…now that I think about it more, I feel like this applies to The Comedian and Sally Jupiter. It started out in the right direction with both of these characters and portraying their respective issues, but this all got lost at some point about half way through.

I’m not about to say that I think Snyder sucks and shouldn’t have made this movie, or anything like that. I’m really just saying that this graphic novel was constructed in such a way by Alan Moore, that it really is not possible to fully translate it as a 2+ hour movie.

Chuck and I were discussing it, and the way I explained it to him was that this type of story, translated to a movie is most readily available for the Batman franchise. More specifically, a few of the themes touched on, were also explored by the Dark Knight Returns novel. What would make this even easier to digest is that there is really only 1 character to digest, rather than more than 8 in Watchmen.

As for the ending…I actually prefer Snyder’s version over the original. The whole squid thing was a little ridiculous, and the way they incorporated blaming Dr. M to save the masses worked much better. (do you find it ironic that The Dark Knight used this exact same plot point less than 1 year ago??? I’m just saying….)

I would rate this somewhere between a 6 and a 7. Visuals, effects and cinematography were outstanding…story, character development and flow weakened the over all story…

I’ll be expected a lot for X-Men Origins: Wolverine in a few weeks

Early 1940’s: Richard Alpert is told by Jacob to visit the mainland, and find a very special young boy named Charles Widmore. Alpert gives Widmore a test, and unlike a young John Locke, Widmore passes the test. Alpert takes Widmore to the island, and raises him among the Others.

Early 1970’s: After around 30 years on the island, Widmore has risen to a leadership post, and for some reason, turns the wheel, moving the island, exiling himself and waking up in the Tunisian desert.

Widmore is desperate to either get back, or find a way to use the power of the island. He convinces a man named Hanso, along with a pair of Michigan grad students named the DeGroots, to fund a project called the Dharma Initiative. He informs them of the island, and with the help of Eloise Hawking, they build a station that allows them to find the island.

1992: Ben is instrumental in The Purge, which wipes out the Dharma Initiative. Ben gets everything he had by taking it from Charles Widmore. Widmore begins to plot how to get back to the island.

My reasoning: First, Widmore had to have lied when he told Locke that Ben tricked him into moving the island. Ben had to blow a hole in the Orchid Station in order to get to the wheel, so the island clearly hadn’t been moved since before Dharma. This scenario solves that problem. Second, it solves the “three decades” problem. Widmore didn’t say that his three decades started when he first met Locke. Third, it solves the Penny birth problem. If Penny is in her 30s in 2004, that means she was born in the 1970s, which is around the Dharma time. If Widmore had been on the island then, he would have either had to send Penny’s mother away, or have adopted her. Either are possible, but unnecessary in this scenario. Fourth, it solves the problem of how DI new to look for the island in the first place. Hawking said that her station was used to find the island in the first place, but the only way they would have known that there was an island to find was if someone told them, like Widmore. Fifth, it solves the problem of how Keamy knew about the Orchid. That had to have been one of the most secretive parts of DI, and if Widmore had been connected to DI, he could have known about it.

I’m still working out the details, but this story ties together a lot of loose ends.

It’s only the whole reason for this site right? Or perhaps I am mistaken, perhaps a wall of text about Charles Widmore takes precedence. Seriously though, I love a good lost post as much (if not more) than anyone but c’mon Chuck, give us podcasts.

Dube, my bet is that he’s been shifting with them as well. He’s just been passed out on the raft the whole time.

BTW, thanks for the shout out in the podcast. I can’t wait to hear what Brett has to say about the Dark Tower if and when he ever finishes it. I totally get that slowing down at the end of a great read, so it won’t end. But in this case, I think he will get a chuckle out of what King has in store for people with that problem.

You said we were in denial.

You said it could not happen.

You were wrong.

Jin is alive!!