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WATCHMEN CHAPTER 1 - JMS
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Looney
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"Hasn't been done to death" yet.
Kidding aside I hope this is the start of several of these involving JMS..... as long as it doesn't takeaway from more B5.
hypatia
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Same here. I was under the vague impression that there might be more animated work coming from the B5 universe after the animated feature did well. Here’s hoping we can get more of JMS’s writing on multiple fronts."Hasn't been done to death" yet.
Kidding aside I hope this is the start of several of these involving JMS..... as long as it doesn't takeaway from more B5.
LateArrival
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Will try to hide until Part II is released, although if JMS is staying close to the original work, we already know how it will turn out. But still want to 
SEE the animated version!!
SEE the animated version!!LateArrival
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So how was Part I?
Looney
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(Sorry this took so long. There are no plot spoilers, but I will be spoiling some of the cast.)
I loved it, but I have a triple bias.
1. Adapted By JMS
2. First Voice heard is that of Rorschach - Voiced By Titus Welliver ( I Really Like Titus Welliver, so that was a very pleasant surpise.)
3. Another VERY pleasant surprise is that several of the voice cast have Babylon 5 ties - Adrienne Barbeau, Jeffrey Combs, Dwight Schultz, and newly ordained (
) Phil LaMarr.
Also I've never read the Graphic Novel, but I really like film from 2009. This felt like an expanded version with its own style. Loved the animation style. Really liked the music. BUT it really is a Chapter 1 and it ends at a chapter break - so now I am annoyed that I have to wait for Chapter 2.
I loved it, but I have a triple bias.
1. Adapted By JMS
2. First Voice heard is that of Rorschach - Voiced By Titus Welliver ( I Really Like Titus Welliver, so that was a very pleasant surpise.)
3. Another VERY pleasant surprise is that several of the voice cast have Babylon 5 ties - Adrienne Barbeau, Jeffrey Combs, Dwight Schultz, and newly ordained (
) Phil LaMarr. Also I've never read the Graphic Novel, but I really like film from 2009. This felt like an expanded version with its own style. Loved the animation style. Really liked the music. BUT it really is a Chapter 1 and it ends at a chapter break - so now I am annoyed that I have to wait for Chapter 2.
LateArrival
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Was glancing around randomly yesterday and learned there was a twelve issue sequel published from 2017-2019.
https://watchmen.fandom.com/wiki/Doomsday_Clock_(comic) - it is called "Doomsday Clock".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Clock_(comics) - Graphic Novel version Oct 2022.
Ubik
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Oh man, you have to read the comic. It's one of those things that really uses the medium to great effect. Lots of very clever mirrored page layouts, the comic within the comic (Black Freighter), newspaper clippings, etc. It changed the landscape of superhero comics. Sadly many creators missed the point entirely (see the many 'gritty for the sake of it' comics that followed). Essentially Moore is asking the question, 'what if superheroes existed in the real world?' and the answer is 'really not good'. I think this is also something that Snyder fails to communicate in the film.
Defo grab a copy. I wouldn't bother with the follow ups and spin offs that weren't sanctioned by Moore. Just DC Comics milking the cow for more cash.
I did, however, feel the HBO live action show was really good and did interesting things with the source material.
LateArrival
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From what I read of the summaries of the "Watchmen Sequel" it looks like all reboots and rebrandings of DC comics in the last 5-10 years were basically caused by Dr. Manhattan showing up and poking things with a stick.
