Comments on: inkdick: march 05 2009 alan moore was right

By: Serena

Serena — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:18:04 +0000

Hey, I just got into your webcomic and read the entire thing in like 2 days (had to leave to go to work and other nuances of having a life) and was pretty damn greatful to see that you weren’t crazy for the watchmen movie either

I was really excited to see the movie when i heard it was coming out back in the summer and reread the graphic novel several times before the movie came out.

when i went to see the movie i was so excited because some of my closest friends had seen it and really liked it, however i felt pretty disapointed. maybe it’s just because i became so devout to the book, i dunno, but I really felt that it could’ve been done better. I knew and accepted the fact that they would have to change a few things around in the movie to make it play better on screen, however i was still disapointed. the soundtrack really ruined it for me…it didn’t really fit the movie at all…except for the bob dylan track during the montage, that was decent….but seriously, if i’m going to have a sex scene that graphic with a pair of actors that freakin’ hot, there’s no way i’d chose to have leonard cohen playing in the background. i love leonard cohen, that old bastard is awesome, but I’m sorry, that song was not fit for that sex scene (or any other that i can think of lately, to be honest) and really ruined the mood of it…*sigh* i expected better…i’m wondering whether or not i would’ve enjoyed the movie better if i hadn’t read the graphic novel…i’m going to take a friend who hasn’t seen the book to see the movie and see what she thinks

oh, and i really enjoy your webcomic. good work :D

By: LizzetteMW

LizzetteMW — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:37:17 +0000

My husband an I are hardcore Watchmen fans. Therefore, we refused to see the movie. Sad, sad times this world is in. It annoys me to no end on how the phrase “Who Watches the Watchmen” is plastered EVERYWHERE when in the comic you never once see the complete phrase.

By: dio

dio — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:51:33 +0000

Being for universal healthcare is not far left at all in the world standard… American view of left is pretty mild. Extreme of both sides end up pretty similar, interestingly. Really shows the sadness in both parties sticking to stereotypes.

I like how many comics break that simplified dualism that limit the actual ideology of general individuals. Art that take too seriously either party often ends up following the same path as proletarian literature, the crappiest thing on earth.

If anyone wants a good healthcare system, please do move to Scandinavia. Japan or France is okay too. I’m actually planning to change country to better suit my social needs. I love comics but I prefer to live the adventure for real.

And I thought Spiderman was a pop-hit, disliked by critics. I’m surprised Pranas was in the minority. I also didn’t like it, although I was thankful it made money for Sony, and Japan, and hopefully helped finance a more ingenious indie film.

By: Sean Williams

Sean Williams — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:16:57 +0000

Haven’t seen movie yet. Probably will. Going in not expecting much.

People at local theater dressed better for the movie than at NY ComicCon. Wonder if the Watchmen marketing dept issues out costumes to theater employees? Doubt it. But it’d be worth working there if they did.

Would like to see some sort of inkdick version of what the movie was.

By: Thad

Thad — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:23:48 +0000

I got to fill out one of those “survey” things after the movie, and I really had no choice but to check “would not see again”.
pathetic.

By: pranas t. naujokaitis

pranas t. naujokaitis — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:18:43 +0000

Thank you for reading my comic, DJ. Your comment here is a little out of place since this post was about the Watchmen movie, but I’ll address it anyways.

Yeah, I’m tough on Republicans, but that’s because I’m a far left liberal. Like, really far left. So far left I wouldn’t mind some, not a lot, just some socialism applied to our country (I’d love me some universal health care). And in the past eight years the GOP as a whole have been doing things that have pissed me off and been doing things that I feel are very bad for the country, and since this is my journal comic, yeah, I talk about that anger I sometimes have and how pissed I get at the other side. And today’s GOP platform IS that of gun toting, anti-gay marriage, against a woman’s right to choose, big oil, anti-environmentalism, pro-big business, and many other things I am very personally opposed to. Yeah, I know there are many okay republicans out there, some of my good friends and family hold ideals on the other side of the fence. And that is ok. We all have our own opinions. But that doesn’t change the fact that I despise many of the high ranking Republicans in power and doesn’t change the fact that I disagree with almost everything the GOP stands for.

But the bottom line ultimately is this: This is my comic, and as I said I’m an anti-war NPR listening far left liberal hippie and damn proud of it, so I won’t be letting up on the right wingers anytime soon. And trust me, when I make a political comic, it will always lean to the left. If this continues to offend you, there are other comics out there on the web. But if you can deal with the occasional “OMG republicans r teh sux!” comic, then please continue to enjoy the comic. Thanks.

Now, we return back to our discussion about the Watchmen movie…

By: pranas t. naujokaitis

pranas t. naujokaitis — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:58:21 +0000

Tetis, did you buy the ‘motion comic’? If so, return that piece of shit and spend that twenty bucks on the actual graphic novel. All the motion comic is is they took images from the comic and turned it into a shitty “animation”. It’s basically for people who are too stupid/lazy to read words. Buy the actual book and read that. It’s a dense read, but it’s a good one.

By: pranas t. naujokaitis

pranas t. naujokaitis — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:55:33 +0000

Actually, the first time I read it Max there was no movie in my mind. There was only the comic. That was one thing I loved about it, to me it was a comic that read purely as a comic. It did so many things that only the art-form of comics could do that just would not work in other mediums. Now…the SECOND time I read it, yeah, I thought about what the movie version would be like. Heh. I think it could have been possible to match that version in my head or at least get it to a place where I’d at least accept it. Also, being something different is only a good thing if that different thing is actually good and done well. In my opinion, it wasn’t done well.

By: Tetis

Tetis — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:24:21 +0000

U say: “…I think I’ll stick to making comics and selling peanuts.”
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I thought u were NOT going to make a career in RETAIL!?…:P
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btw: on the day before the prmiere showing, I got the DVD @ Wal-Mart for $19.99.
Now, judging by the reviews,
I don’t know if I should RETURN the DVD to get my money back,
send it to u,
or send it to Juozas?
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What should I do, since I’m not opening it or viewing it myself?

By: Max

Max — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:07:36 +0000

I don’t agree with you completely (some things you’re dead-on about, though), but you definitely expressed yourself pretty well and succinctly. I think this was always doomed to be a flawed film no matter who took it on, be it Greengrass or Aronofsky or Gilliam. I certainly knew a few people who thought Lord of the Rings movies were worthless compared to the books… the problem is we all made our own movie of Watchmen in our minds when we read it. The movie in your mind was probably better than the movie Zack made, but perhaps years from now, as the dust settles, you might see it on TV one day and say, “hey, this is actually kind of interesting how he put this all together…” Or perhaps not. All I know is I’ve seen a lot of movies in my day, and I’ve never seen one like this. The one thing the critics and fanboys never realize is they complain all the time that every movie is the same shit over and over, but when one comes along that’s different, they always pounce on it for not being what they saw before. I’ll never understand that.