03-16-2009, 10:15 AM
Slamz Wrote:Didn't watch it, not really planning to.
I read the comic ("graphic novel", whatever) a couple years ago and didn't really like it. In comic-geek world this is sacrilege but yeah, I thought the story was confusing, bland and basically a downer, with no characters I really liked. I don't really know why it has such wide appeal in comic-geek land.
I think it has much more to do with the impact the book had on the medium at the time. Comics were never taken seriously as a storytelling device and Watchmen completely altered the medium and created a generation of amazing storytellers that we have now. Keep in mind, it was written almost 25 years ago, and compare it to what the medium was like back then. All the current crop of comic writers grew up on Alan Moore stuff.
One could say that the current Renaissance of comic books on the big screen has Alan Moore to thank, because the stories behind the characters is what makes them so popular. People arent saying the Dark Knight kicked ass because the special effects and action sequences were awesome, it was the story that rocked.