Watchmen STILL in Legal Limbo - Judge Can't Decide

dang it just say the movie can be released

I AGREE, I swear to god if this movie does not get released I will most likley burn down Fox Studios

The whole situation is crap. But you really can't blame Fox for being a bunch of whiney toddlers about it.

do you want to know what i can NEVER understand.

people who call themselves "true fans" are never open to the movies.

so what if things are a little different. I'm fighting this same fight w/ Dragonball.

It's got the tone, it's almost a flawless adaptation. but that's just what it is...an ADAPTATION. you adapt it, meaning some things HAVE to be changed to make it passable on the big screen.

as long as it doesn't affect the overall story of the original material, it should be good.

and don't give me "they're raping the source material/my childhood" blah blah blah.

shut the (explicative) up.

it's just a god damn movie anyways, it's not like it's the end of the (explicative)ing world.

man i have to have this movie...as much a i think it will not be perfect but i love the book so i want to see it thrive

You would thin kthat because the movie is already made, DC is owned by Warner Bros. and that FOX are a bunch of douchebags, the judge would just dismiss it entirely. This is why I hate the fact that FOX owns half of MARVELS franchises.

if fox cant make a great movie that kills...i think they need to kill other movies,,hehehe

What some people consider complaints are sometimes criticisms, rorschach01. When you make the claims of precision that Snyder has and has the potential to live up to, yes, I will expect him to do it. I see no reason in half-assing unless it is a money issue. I do not expect this from every movie... maybe, just all of Snyder's. ;) And, in all honesty, I am not sure if any movie can capture Watchmen anyways, but it was going to be interesting to see what the medium of movies could do. And I think it'll be interesting to see how the two (Watchmen and Wolverine) fair against each other, Acerimmer1.

if this movie doesn't get released. I say we get a mob together and go burn down Fox Studios.

grrr.

First of all, i'll say it, Watchmen is OVER RATED! Yes it is a fine piece of literature but that's it! To think of it as a storyline that is soooo perfect that any "adaptation" is bound to be a sacrilege, is ultimately idiotic! It's not like it was written in stone by god's own hand!!! Yes the story is brilliant and so was the DaVinci Code, so what?!?!?! They made a great movie out of it either way even though it wasn't "as good" as the book which can never possibily be! It's a damn book, a damn comic, a damn story and they're making it as a damn movie that will be damn different just like any other adaptation, like Harry Potter and LOTR!!! It's not about Snyder, you guys would've bitched even if Jackson was signed to do it! Even if the goddamn squid was in the movie you guys'd bitch about it not having the same color for Christ's sake!!! GET OVER IT!!! Even if Moore HIMSELF made it, you guys would be like "WTF?!?!" and loose all respect you have of him which is my theory about him, not wanting to have anything to do with his own adaptations. He KNOWS he's concidered a GOD while holding his "magic pen" but were he to drop it for a camera, he KNOWS too damn well he'd fall flat on his ass!!!

I don't know Shaman, maybe he just knows he can write (he's been living off it for many many years and has a huge fan base) and the times he took his vidcam he realized everything he did was bad beyond legally sound. And WATCHMEN is not overrated, when you analize any artistic creation, you have to analize the context and the effects it had on it's medium. Watchmen changed everything for comic books, just as Alan Moore has changed them into a more serious form (I see him as one of the creators who matured the medium).

Now, hate to tell you so, but that's what happens when you change the ending and remove the psychic squid that teleports to NY at the end and change it with a machine. The squid will teleport to a legal court and bite you in the ass.

The problem I see with movies in general, is that they are adapting. Every medium has it's strengths and weaknesses, movies have entered a comfort zone and have not explored the limits that they have. Therefore almost all movies are made with a formula (2 teaspoons of love, 5 grams of character development, 10 tons of action). When they adapt something from another medium problems surface due to one mediums strength's or weakness', when that happens they just take out the formula and we've all seen how that turns out.

And apparently I'm not alone being pissed off at the "faithful adaptation" of Watchmen they made, after all they just changed the ending (and lord knows what else).

You know the part that really pi$$es me off?! Fox waits until after post production on the movie, THEN they lay down the lawsuit!

It's like... "Hey, noone knows about this crappy little funny book anwyay, right? I mean, I don't know about it, right? So why worry, it'll probably suck like that stupid League of Extraordinary, Whatever!... Right?"

Then a couple months down the line they see the internet hype, hear all of the fanbase speaking excitedly about the possibility, and then they swoop down at the last minute, after seeing the stills and the teaser material (like the rest of us), and decide it's time to ask for their share???
Does anyone else find it incredibly unscrupulous that they would wait until after EVERYONE knew the movie was made, and then complain about the rights?!

I think I'm getting a Fox-sized migraine.

You have a good point noob, and so do you Roar. Noob sees the ending as the squid where i see the ending as "the result" of the squid. So where i'll see a faithful adaptation, noob might see a discrace. That's what art is. It's abstract even at it's most precise, because of perception.

Hell, give Fox the damn Tv Show, i ain't buyin it!

I don't even care anymore, if it comes out cool. It looks awesome, I really do want to see it. If it doesn't, it goes into the annals of history as one of those "shoulda, coulda, woulda, but didn't." moments, ya know?

It's a shame FOX is seeking such a lawsuit AFTER the movie is completed. It's actually quite ridiculous, they knew it was being made and didn't take action until the time came when they saw an opportunity to make their pockets that much fatter, as Adamant explained.

If/when it does come out, every hate out there can finally shut their mouths and see the movie for what it is, an adaptation of a great piece of work. Whether the squids there or not, or Silk Spectre I likes the fact that she got (almost) raped, or the fact that they DO show that guys death on film (because of his stupid cape, in the bank, that guy) NONE of that means this film is going to be a bad adaptation, and just because you didn't like the 3 previous adapts of Alan Moore's work, doesn't mean this one will be bad too.

If you go into it thinking it's bad from the start, you are going to find every single possible thing wrong with it that you can, and there's NO WAY you are ever going to see it for what it (possibly) is...A work of art in it's own right. As all movies are, some may be crap, but make that judgement AFTER you see the movie and stop basing the outcome on 2 minutes worth of film and a dozen or so pictures. Unless you've been to a pre-screening of the film and actually KNOW what goes on in the movie, SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Wait until it's decided whether the movie is even going to come out, THEN go see it (with an open mind) THEN critique it and tell us all how much you hate it or joygazmed over it.

I for one, am done, until it's released. If it is ever released.

IonParallax:

Couldn't have said it better myself!

I have said it many many times, I will see it with lots of reserve.

I think I may find some aspects of the director's previous work to be dull, and they better explain really really good all the aspects that lead up to the squidless ending, I have pointed out the problems with changing the ending on previous posts.

If it finally comes out (just another joke to add to my collection), and I hate it, I will definately let you know. Probably you won't stop hearing it from me, but as I have said before, although I have many many reservations regarding this movie, I have some manner of hope also (at least it will look cool).

And yes, adapting requires change and if you don't like it stick to the originals. Although this will be how the mass worldwide market will get to know Watchmen, it'd be really sad if it turns out as an awful adaptation.

Shaman, I see that therapy has been doing wonders (or is it parascythe's dancing spiderman?) everyone has valid points, even if they differ from your own.

And lawyers always make money, no matter what.

"And lawyers always make money, no matter what."

Boy, if only that were actually true....

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if it doesn't come out then we get a mob together and break in and steal the movie and release it online