Details Emerge on WATCHMEN Casting

I liked this movie a lot better when it was called "Big Bully"... starring Tom Arnold.

Big Bully starred Rick Moranis and co-starred Tom Arnold. Get Your facts straight.

What is Watchmen about anyway I am not familiar with it.

The Pickle, Then you'll love the movie. The more you know about the comic the less you'l like the movie.
HOWEVER
I recommend reading the book, and hating the movie as opposed to not reading the book, and loving the movie.
The book is riveting, and very revolutionary. A really great read,(one of the best comics EVER) that I'm afraid Hollywood will completely destroy.
READ IT, NUFF SAID

gauleyboy420 liked spiderman 3 and hes worried about Watchmen being destroyed?

Sonyswallows Loads,
You're an ASS! I didn't come on here badmouthing anything or any body. I merely recommended That The Pickle read the book so he can enjoy the Watchmen in it's purest and best form.
You gotta problem with that?!
Spiderman is good old fashioned super hero fun. And as I see it (along with millions of others) so was Spiderman 3.
The Watchmen revolutionized comics (along with other key comics in the 80's) but yeah, there's a huge f'ing difference. If you knew anything about the comics medium, you might get it.
Spiderman has 40+ years of history and stories to pull from to make movies (yeah I liked em' all). It is about a geek who gets super powers and runs around in red and blue longjohns saving NYC.
The Watchmen is ONE SINGLE SOLITARY story that is about much more than people in their underwear saving the day. It has huge potential to be royally fucked up as a movie. Just as all of Moores other stories have been destroyed by Hollywood.
Maybe you should read Watchmen, then you'll understand the difference.

300, directed by zack snyder is probably the most faithful comic book adaptation that's come out to date, fans of the watchmen book should be thrilled that he's directing, not bashing a movie they havnt seen yet, people who do that are just lame. Know your directors, then comment.

gauleyboy,

Yes, The Watchmen was a revolutionary comic. But that arguement should be the same for Venom. Spider-man has been around for 40+ years. But the introduction of of Venom was an instant classic and perfect foil for Spider-man. He pretty much breathed new life into the 40+ year old character. So, making Venom share screen time with 2 other major villains instead of giving him his own 120 minutes worth of storyline hurt the movie. And though very cool looking in the movie, made Venom just another character.

I remember hearing how great Watchmen was, and then reading it. I can't say I was really impressed. I mean, there were impressive parts to the story, but as a whole, it was just "pretty good". I never had a problem putting it down. That being said, I can imagine liking the movie more than the book. As long as they choose what they cut wisely. It won't work if they cram it full of bits and pieces that you'd have to have read the book to see the significance of, without seeing the movie 3 or 4 times.

goatartist,
I did'nt bash the movie, I (just like every comic fan who's read Watchmen) am concerned that most of what made that book great will be lost in translation during the movie adaption process. GFY by the way because DUH! who the F didn't know who was directing it AND that he directed 300. NFS It doesn't mean it will bring the true vision of the watchmen to the screen.
You might remember the hack job The wachowski Bros. did to V for Vendetta. or the shit job Done to the leage of Etraordinary gentlemen. In hollywood producers have the last word, and when it comes time to butcher this book in hopes of filling more movie seats Hollywood will go for it.
drimshine-
You misunderstood my entire argument. My point was that they had an alost unlimited vault to pull stories from for the spiderman movies. You can mix and match you can take thing out or change them a bit because of all of the continuity to play with.
With Watchmen you have ONE and only ONE story to bring tothe screen. It is a story with subtle nuanses and intricate details that are extrememly important to the relevance of the story as a whole.
by the way, VENOM IS NOT A REVOLUTIONARY COMIC.
I love venom as a character , but he is not on par with the statement made by Alan Moores masterpiece.

Sanity-
Your loss. Sorry you failed to see for the first time in comics history a superhero story told not as underwear wearing do gooders running around saving the city. NO for the first time in this book superheros were flawed, weird they acted selfishly, basically like real people.
If you think "gee this wasn't the first story I read like that" then thats because you read it after another comic creator read it, and was inspired by it to create his own book like it.
Yeah this film might be really cool, but I'll wait to be proven wrong.
(they should have made this into an HBO Miniseries like Band of Brothers)