Dave Gibbons On the Forthcoming Watchmen Movie

An anonymous reader writes "Den Of Geek has been talking to comics legend Dave Gibbons about the upcoming transition of the Watchmen from the comic book to the silver screen. 'There are hardcore fans out there who'll be satisfied with nothing less than a word-for-word, line-for-line, scene-for-scene recreation of the comic book. I didn't believe that was ever going to happen.'" It's a rather short interview, but Gibbons addresses some interesting elements of both the movie and comic-book worlds.

Comments

I predict this will bomb.

[arkham6]

Looks like its going to suck. Bad actors, the director is a dweeb, the special effects are going to be laughable.

With production values this bad, who will watch The Watchmen?

Know what's funny?

[liquiddark]

Every normal person I know seems to believe V for Vendetta was a great movie. Maybe adapting a good book into a good movie, even at the expense of diverging from the original work, isn't all bad.

Re:Conversions

[elrous0]

I think the first Starship Troopers was one of Verhoeven's best films. But then again, I despise Heinlen and think that hack DESERVED to be parodied. Verhoeven just sized the material up for exactly what it was.