Johnny Canuck3
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Hell on Wheels. TV series about the building of the railway in the Old West. Good acting and story line, and great scenery filmed in my beloved Alberta. 
What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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Yetman
Cheesecar Fucksquad #1
Is it out on DVD/BR yet?
Ranbay
The same rules apply
Yetman
Cheesecar Fucksquad #1
DVD is *cough* out *cough*
In the states I expect. Might wait for the Blu Ray before *cough....coughity COUGH COUGH AHEMMMMMMM* buying it
Private Storm
Smell The Glove
Saw Un Prophete last night. Really liked it, a well executed, typically French, crime/prison story.
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
Loved it. However the significant plot point that they were speaking different languages went right over my head.
Yetman
Cheesecar Fucksquad #1
Oh yeah, Avengers Assemble. Bit typical really. I really really liked Watchmen so was hoping this'd be a bit more daring than to go with the standard Hollywood storyline and action, though it was a bit mad regarding the Thor/Hulk/Iron Man plot and the difference between their individual films before this, it was still no match. Got Darkman to watch later, not expecting too much from it tbh.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Wasted youth
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
The Avengers movie was fine for what it was, but the Watchmen flick was a travesty, which managed to not only miss the point of Moore's work, but to actually put forward the opposite message to that of the original novel. Even the V for Vendetta adaptation was better.
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
Hell on Wheels. TV series about the building of the railway in the Old West. Good acting and story line, and great scenery filmed in my beloved Alberta.
I saw that on Sky. OK, but never quite lived up to expectaions. Definitely no Deadwood.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
You waited too long ringo.
Private Storm
Smell The Glove
Ha, it did take me a little bit of time to work it out as well. My grasp of foreign languages was only just good enough to work out the difference between French and Italian
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Greene wrote the screenplay before he wrote the book!
Yetman
Cheesecar Fucksquad #1
I've never read the comic, have you got any links or anything which point out the differences or go into more detail as to why it wasn't true to the original intention? I loved V for Vendetta as well. Any more Moore stuff made into films? He sounds excellent
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
Never knew that, makes sense.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
I've never read the comic, have you got any links or anything which point out the differences or go into more detail as to why it wasn't true to the original intention? I loved V for Vendetta as well. Any more Moore stuff made into films? He sounds excellent
Moore is well known for hating -genuinely hating - all the screen adaptations of his work. As an example of how the Watchmen movie made a travesty of his work, look at the character of the Comedian. In the book he's a symbol of America at it's worst. In the film he becomes a sympathetic square-jawed All-American hero.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I don't think that's true. He just doesn't watch them or want anything to with them. He just isn't interested.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Yeah, bonkers. Tried to be really faithful, maybe too much so (it is a film after all and not a massive massive long comic story), then fails spectacularly by missing the point. How they managed to make an really long and interesting comic book a really boring film I just don't know. There are some cool bits though.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
He does come across as a bit more cool badass in the film, despite the rape and murder.
TruXta
tired
Pretty sure he's on record saying they're all bullshit.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Don't think so. He always says he hasn't seen any. He vociferously claims that film adaptations of his work are totally pointless and he wants nothing to do with them. Not quite the same as saying he hates them.
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