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John Bodin
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I see this and I can't help thinking:
"All of the other X-Men used to laugh and call him names,
They never let poor Logan join in any X-Men games . . ."
Makes me chuckle. Doesn't make me want to read the book. Makes me wish Christopher Moore was writing an X-Men title -- at least that would be FUN.
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John Bodin
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Also, I now have the following U-2 tune running through my head:
"Frisbee, bloody frisbee . . . "
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Arc Carlton
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I wonder what's the idea behind those ads. It's clearly a Watchmen reference.
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Don Zomberg
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Will comics ever get over Watchmen? Not as long as the audience is made up of fans who hate superheroes (and women, apparently) almost as much as Alan Moore does.
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Jeremiah Avery
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QUOTE:
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Gee, you think?
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Ian Penman
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Isn't all creative art influenced by what's gone before? And what's wrong with that?
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Joe Martino
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Be happy the tag line wasn't "Who Watches the X-Men?"
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John Byrne
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Isn't all creative art influenced by what's gone before? And what's wrong with that?•• You seem to be confusing influence and imitation.
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Brian Joseph Mayer
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I am not buing into the imitation. Perhaps I would if the X-Men symbol hasn't always been yellow and black. It has also been circular for some time. For that, there really is only one element added in terms of the blood. But the team has faced death so many times, so that isn't even new. Though, as a marketing piece, it doesn't wow me either. I probably would never have noticed it if someone didn't bring it up here.
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Petter Myhr Ness
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"Can everyone hate watchmen, no. Some people will still like it and that's
fine."
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Oh absolutely. It's not really about liking or disliking it - which is a matter of personal taste (I actually both like and dislike parts of it). But it changed the way some people thought comics should be and it still has that strong hold over many high-profiled creators today. I see it in basically everything I've read that has the name Mark Millar attached to it, for example.
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Rick Senger
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I liked WATCHMEN the comic and even liked the movie, which is very rare in my experience. Usually if you like one you hate the other. Part of it is that I went in to the movie with low expectations... I was so sure it was unfilmable, I was surprised to find I felt they captured the essence of things. I also felt the movie improved upon the squiggly alien conspiracy ending of the comic in a nimble, effective way. The comic isn't the masterpiece it's made out to be by some, nor is the movie the disaster it's made out to be by some. History has a way of judging in absolutes but I'd say both the reading and viewing experiences of WATCHMEN were not without their rewards for me.
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Martin Redmond
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Methods I'd rather see being carried on from it are: the strict 9 panel grids and the fact it took a while to read every issue, as far as I recall.
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