Artist: watchmen

I had a few thoughts to share on the controversy over DC creating new Watchmen titles over the protestations of creator Alan Moore. If you're a comic book fan, you already know the essence of the battle, so I won't restate what's clear. But I think that both sides of the argument are taking unnecessarily extreme positions. First, Alan. I'm not a DC hater. At least not for the same reasons that Alan Moore hates DC. DC hasn't done anything outrageous, even based on Moore's own accounts. He admits that he failed to read his own contract, which [...]

Duh. The headline is that 25 years after-the-fact, DC finally decided to snatch the money off the table. Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen is the bestselling graphic novel of all time, and there's good reason for it: It's a piece of art with mystery, politics, philosophy, and (of course) action and violence, told using characters with depth and weight. So why do prequels and fuck that all up? Simple. $$$ Yeah, there's a lot of talent attached to the seven 4-issue minis that will each focus on a particular Watchman, but I can't [...]

DC Comics may be planning on doing prequels to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen. The plan is to do four prequel miniseries that tie in together. The roster of talent rumored is strong, and includes Gibbons. The entire arc for the four miniseries is being plotted and possibly drawn by Darwyn Cook. The other names in the mix are John Higgins, Joseph Michael Straczinski, JG Jones and Andy Kubert, but these are all preliminary names. More info will be posted as this project progresses.

Longtime readers of this blog (I used to joke there were two of you, but I think both of them stopped reading a long time ago), may recall I got a little obsessed during the latter part of the run of Lost with the challenges of sequential narrative, which is also sometimes referred to as serialized storytelling. Towards the tail end of this year's TV season, I read a fair amount of commentary on Twitter about the balance between shows with standalone episodes and those that heavily leaned on a serialized [...]

Although no details on the films plot, or further casting, director Zack Snyder spoke with the L.A. Times about Superman: Man of Steel . Snyder says that he is making this film as though "there's been no other Superman movies". Snyder quotes from LA Times : "Respect the canon but don't be a slave to the movies." "Literally, the one thing that everyone can start to think about is that we're making a movie that [...]

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Inferno , the semi-biographical film about adult film star Linda Lovelace was originally set to star Lindsay Lohan . However, due to her continual struggles with substance abuse and an inability to begin production, she had to be replaced. Malin Akerman , best known for her role as Silk Spectre II in Watchmen , was brought in as her replacement. On Saturday, director Matthew Wilder confirmed the casting to Variety , and posted an announcement [...]

Director Zack Snyder ( 300 , Watchmen ), and Warner Bros. producer Chris Nolan have begun their search for the new Superman: Man of Steel ! Who will be the new Son of Krypton ? Well, it most likely wont be someone who is a household name. The team behind the latest Superman franchise is casting a "wide net" in it's search for the new sexy superhero. Sources say that the likely candidate will either be a [...]

Zack Snyder , the brilliant man behind the movies ' 300 ', and ' Watchmen ', is gearing up to launch his new visual masterpiece; ' Sucker Punch '! Written as well as directed by Snyder, it brings together a mesh fairytale and video game imagery. A young girl is institutionalized by her wicked stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the facility. - IMDb The [...]

When it comes to filtering what is deemed acceptable in film, how much responsibility should to be placed on the viewer? Now I am not talking about the film buffs who can argue the merits of Spielberg and Kurosawa, I mean the average filmgoer. The person who helps Jackass 3D make 50 million dollars instead of supporting an independent or foreign film being shown in the same theatre. Currently the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is the governing body that determines what rating a film will get. They are the ones who decide that Toy Story [...]

SuperHeroHype has posted a story stating that Zack Snyder will be directing the next Superman reboot. When the rumours were flying around about Kevin Smith's Superman, I was excited at the prospect of what he would do with it but in no way thought it would be an amazing super hero movie. Which is I [...]

Unearthing ed è lo spoken album di Alan Moore . Se non sapete chi è Alan Moore sputatevi in faccia, e magari leggete Watchmen, From Hell, V for Vendetta, per dirne qualcuno. Coglioni. Flashback: me che passo mesi, a fare le poste a Disfunzioni Musicali per trovare lo spoken album di William Burroughs (prima che gli U2 lo mettessero su Last Day on Earth, quei fregnoni) suonato da Cobain. Una roba che era vicino all'inascoltabilità ma che volevo fortemente. Non l'ho mai trovato. L'ho voluto talmente tanto che ora non lo comprerei neanche. Un po' [...]

Toronto - Ever go to a concert and feel like it's in fact a costume party? This Saturday night certain seemed like one. The Watchmen obviously has some inner strengths, not least being emotive singing. But unless you have been sleeping for the past decade, both Joey Serlin and Daniel Greaves now sport sleek and edgy bald looks. I counted no less than 20 other guys who share this fashion sense at the Watchmen's reunion show when I walk in, and more over the length of the night. Granted, it's not something rare. We're not talking about a Halloween party [...]

Toronto - It's weekend time. Here are our shows that we liked. Rogue Wave/Midlake Opera House, Sept 24 Oakland based indie rockers Rogue Wave will be playing the Opera House in support of their latest album Permalight . It's out on Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records, but we won't hold that against them. Supporting them will be Midlake , whose haunting folk rock (as heard on The Courage Of Others ) manages to be both grandiose and gentle at the same time. Expect lots of acoustic guitars. [...]

Alan Moore ha rescindido su colaboración con Damon Albarn y Jamie Hewlett. Según su propio testimonio, el legendario autor de Watchme n trabajó "como loco" para sacar adelante el proyecto de ópera que tenía con Gorillaz , no así los integrantes del combo, quienes fallaron a la hora de entregar sus respectivas contribuciones a la revista de Moore, Dodgem Logic . Hace tiempo, Albarn y Hewlett contactaron al también cerebro de V for Vendetta para desarrollar una ópera sobre superhéroes. La temática no convenció a Moore, pero éste les propuso realizar un [...]

Taking some influence from Stabbone and McGraw, I have decided to add some weekly mini movie reviews for films I've watched during the week. In the past year, I have been checking my way through movie lists and rating the films. A Man and a Woman. This 1966 French film is my favorite cinematic love story. It stars Jean-Louis Trintigrant and Anouk Aimée as single parents. Their kids attend the same boarding school and they meet coincidentally and end up sharing rides to and from the school, where their love blossoms. The script finds simple ways to make the characters [...]

Word is spreading about Tattoo Tuesday -- so much so that I'm receiving pics of your pop-culture ink from all over the globe.

Happy MLK, Jr Day! I've decided to follow up my Best Science Fiction Films of the Decade list with a different kind of list - the biggest disappointments! To clarify, disappointments meaning big buildup with very little payoff. Very little. The kind of movie you see a trailer for and think 'Hey, that looks pretty good!', then you see it and get physically angry at the trailer for lying to you and spit on the theatre while walking to your car. It's not the same as the worst movies, though the two can overlap. And things like Fantastic [...]

Happy MLK, Jr Day! I've decided to follow up my Best Science Fiction Films of the Decade list with a different kind of list - the biggest disappointments! To clarify, disappointments meaning big buildup with very little payoff. Very little. The kind of movie you see a trailer for and think 'Hey, that looks pretty good!', then you see it and get physically angry at the trailer for lying to you and spit on the theatre while walking to your car. It's not the same as the worst movies, though the two can overlap. And things like Fantastic [...]

Talk about last minute notice... Dr. Manhattan will be at Skull Alley tonight! No, not the naked blue guy from Watchmen, but the cool band. I haven't seen these guys before, but I've heard their shows are really good. I've also been told their live shows are nuts. The good kind of nuts, like pistachios. Plus they toured before with a favourite band of mine, Saves The Day . Be sure to [...]