Watchmen proved that comic-accurate costumes can work in live-action
of course it did, based Snyder is a true pop artist, shame the plebs can't see that and all they want is ebin quips
Proved as in used in a short intro montage that's deliberately supposed to look retro?
>>82686600
>>82686758
Not sure if trolling ....
>>82686600
I wish I was a girl so I could fuck Silhouette
>>82686600
Watchmen proved that you can adapt a comic almost beat-for-beat and still end up with something that completely misses the point of the original.
>>82686827
>implying you need to be a girl
Rape, anon, rape.
They'll always look good if you make them out of quality materials. Any costume can work, and regardless of how good they are there will always be an inherent silliness to them. Iron Man is still wearing a metal unitard.
Look at the Spider-Man movies - goofy as fuck costume, still looks good because it's made of quality materials.
>>82686793
Cap's USO outfit was made out of cheap materials and ill-fitting fabrics on purpose for a joke - his actual comic suit'd look fine if they tried to make it look good.
>>82686856
Clark wouldn't approve of you
>>82686827
Silk Spectre is way hotter, you turbopleb
Eddie tried to rape her for a reason
Was there ever any doubt?
The costume changes are more about certain films being identifiable from other renditions and marketing.
>>82686827
That haircut is my ultimate weakness
All you really need is a track suit or jacket with the right color details.
>>82686856
I just want to her to hold me while I kiss her neck
>>82686879
>Clark wouldn't approve of you
Superman is pretty much the only reason I haven't gone on a murderous rape filled rampage yet..
He makes me a better person. Gives me the strength to not do certain things.
>>82686600
I'm surprised Mothman lasted long enough in the hero bussiness to get thrown into a mental institution. Those "wings" look clumsy as fuck. Retard should've kicked the buckett faster than Dollar Bill.
>>82686926
>That haircut is my ultimate weakness
The fucking bobcut, dude. There's so few good pornos with girls that have it.
Gets me going like nothing else.
But... those costumes look like garbage
>>82686827
Hollis plz go
![Green-Goblin_zpsfb5cce2e[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/1hGut63.jpg "Green-Goblin_zpsfb5cce2e[1].jpg")
It baffles me that people can't accept comic book shit in comic book movies. If they can look at these things on paper and accept it, why can't they accept it for real?
>>82687001
No they don't. They look authentic and accurate.
>>82686827
>tfw she was also in MoS
You think her and Faora fugged? :DDD
>>82686600
I'm sure Ironman use comic accurate costume way before watchmen.
>>82686957
Same
Thank you superman
>>82687076
Like 1 year. And Superman was proving this decades before both of them.
>>82686600
I seem to remember there being a Comedian zippermask in the comic...
>>82687059
They look like they belong in Kick-Ass or Super
>>82687299
They look like they belong in Watchmen.
>>82687192
Yeah, during the city riots flashback he wore one to cover his scars.
>>82687326
Yeah sure, they look like homemade costumes that is meant to show that "heroes" are actually just fetishistic freaks which is what Watchmen was supposed to be but then it can't be used an example for movies where you are supposed to take the characters seriously
>>82686793
I legit loved that suit when he had the bomber jacket over it.
>>82686600
>Watchmen proved that comic-accurate costumes can work in live-action
The funny thing is, they only really used comic-accurate costumes for the Minutemen and for all the main characters, they used shitty 'up-to-date' overly designed costumes that completely missed the point.
>Implying Dr M, Comedian, Rorschach and Laurie didn't look about the same
>Implying Nite owl wasn't a parody of Nolan Batman while Ozymandias was Schumacher Batman
>>82687438
>for all the main characters, they used shitty 'up-to-date' overly designed costumes that completely missed the point.
Not Comedian, Manhattanand Rorschach desu
>>82686926
You should read Sunstone.
saddest scene desu
>sacrifice your beloved pet to stop Dr Manhattan
>he rises from the ashes almost instantly
>>82687774
Huh, I think I saw that at Bolen Books. I thought it looked like InCase's art. Heh.
But I dunno. I was never really into bdsm
>>82687525
The Comedian was fine
Dr. Manhattan visually was fine. I didn't like the person they got to play him or the voice that he used.
Rorshach looked too "clean", like his suit was too nice, but it was otherwise pretty faithful.
someone wrote a very disturbing, very in-depth fanfic about what Grice did to Blair Roche
>>82687888
I think Manhattan's soft, almost sad voice was brilliant
>>82687912
>I think Manhattan's soft, almost sad voice was brilliant
No and Rorshach's voice sucked too. Even more so in fact. Talk about blatant disregard for the source material and missing the point there.
But on Dr. Manhattan's voice, I always imagined him sounding very detached and apathetic to the coming and goings around him, to an inhuman degree. Not necessarily due to a cold demeanor, but because he is fundamentally unable to care about humanity at large due to his unique powers and abilities. Everything is predetermined to him and his mind is almost everywhere, every point at time in his life at once that extending his ability to care beyond the few interests he has takes a will that he does not have nor care to have. And the Watchmen movie did not reflect that.
Back to Rorshach, do I even need to go into detail there?
>>82687856
Neither am I, but I like it anyway. It has its flaws, but overall its an entertaining read. Also you can read it all for free on the guy's deviantart page.
>>82687978
The thing you're missing is that Manhattan is on the road to becoming completely apathetic, but he isn't there yet. He's losing grip with both his own humanity and his understanding of humanity in general. At the same time, he's experiencing an overwhelming powerlessness due to his realisiation that everything is pretetermined and despite all his powers there's nothing he can do about it. All the while, he's acutely aware that all of this is happening and has a lot of sadness and emotional confusion about it which informs literally everything he does. In the end, he all but admits that reality is too confusing for him and decides to retreat to a simpler universe. Not because he is detached, but precisely because he's not detached enough to get over his own insecurity.
Just because you imagine him as some unfeeling robot doesn't mean that's how he's supposed to be.
>>82687978
>Back to Rorshach, do I even need to go into detail there?
What did you hate about him?
>>82688067
Did you feel like the movie captured that then? It really didn't to me. The Dr. Manhattan in the movie didn't come across as the same Dr. Manhattan in the book.
>>82688084
His gruff, hard-boiled detective voice. He is supposed to sound creepily unemotional and detached, like a part of him died a long time ago, like he's just so completely unaffected by the violence he sees dealt upon other people, the physical abuse he endures, and the violence he inflicts on the people he sees as criminal scum, being unfit to live. He is clearly meant to be mentally ill and unstable and though the movie did show a bit of that, they went in another direction that I didn't care for. My problem is that the whole hard-boiled detective thing seems to be done in a completely unironic manner. We're supposed to think he's a badass in the movie, when that's at odds with his portrayal in the book, when we're supposed to think he's an odd, strange, violent sociopath, who you might even feel sorry for due to the mind he seems to be stuck in.
Not unlike Dr. Manhattan actually, but then that's what I always liked about Watchmen, how all the characters reflect off of each other and provide foils for one another.
>>82688067
He's not the only one to lose touch with his humanity:
Rorschach has abandonned all sense of personal identity as sacrifice in devotion to his eternal insane pursuit of a justice based on simple black/white good/evil morality that doesn't exist in reality. It's living by Golden Age comic superhero morality that has broken his mind to the point where he's a raving madman.
And Veidt is the same, he's the smartest man alive in a world where he can understand that mass killings of World War 3 can only be avoided by commiting a lesser act of mass killings. His super ability has divorced him from the very morality that he would seek to use his ability to uphold.
Then there's The Comedian who attempts in vain to show the world behavior so abhorant in it's acclaimed heroes that they would be shocked into taking moral account and re-evaluate their value systems. But is soon lost in the monsterous identity of his own making as he only serves to exasperate the problem. .
>>82688227
Exactly. This is precisely what I love about Watchmen.
Almost every character is fucked up in the head and they all reflect off of each other really well.
>>82688163
>We're supposed to think he's a badass in the movie, when that's at odds with his portrayal in the book, when we're supposed to think he's an odd, strange, violent sociopath, who you might even feel sorry for due to the mind he seems to be stuck in.
This doesn't just happen to Moore but a few other writers who have made characters like this in similar vein. You'll see this in a lot of causals readers or people who don't read at all, they think he's some bad-ass when in truth he's quite a broken individual as you described.
>>82687034
Because comic books have bigger suspension of disbelief. Movies as comic book adaptations have to have look really expensive and look really good to fool you into believing what's going on on screen.
>>82686600
So that scene where the Comedian goes after the original Silk Spectre and then the hooded guy comes in and beats his ass. How the hell did that happen, The Comedian was legit superhero level strong and he was in his prime.
I know the owl guy was basically a Batman character, but did any of the others have powers/abilities?
>>82688608
In the book the Comedian was only like 16 years old, plus he had his pants around his ankles. You won't be kicking anyone's ass while your donger is swinging around.
>>82687817
You say that like Bubastis didn't gain superpowers too. Takes a bit of time to come back, but you'll see. That sequel will be all about Supercatthing. And it'll be AWESOME.
>>82687034
>>82689144
D-does Spider-Man need an adult?
>>82688608
None of the characters besides Manhattan have superhuman powers, they're all normal people who have trained themselves to varying degrees to fight crime.
>>82687034
>It baffles me that people can't accept comic book shit in comic book movies. If they can look at these things on paper and accept it, why can't they accept it for real?
Because good artist, inkers & colorist can make silly stuff look badass, powerful & menacing. With live action we don't have that luxury so the outfits must be designed to look badass.
>>82688163
>Did you feel like the movie captured that then?
Well, no. The movie failed to capture a lot of things. I was the one who posted >>82686845.
I'm just saying I didn't think his voice was wrong. It's just the general tone of the movie that was all wrong.
>>82687034
The public at large does not accept it on paper and think comics are silly. Look at comic book sales compared to movie sales. It's not the same audience.
>>82689859
Actually after having watched some scenes of the movie on YT again, I might have to agree with you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9_lGXNhWus
>>82686947
It's impressive how she went for the one lesbian in the crowd.
>>82691815
It's her superpower.
>>82686600
I'm not a huge fan of the movie, but I love the look of the Minutemen. And the look in Cap 1, too. I'd love to see more retro in comic hero movies and shows.
>>82686845
Genuine question, what changes would've made Watchmen more entertaining? Snyder's movies always seem to go for style over substance and get caught up in their own blatant symbolism.
Were any of the Watchmen not racist/sexest/or hateful? I forget, I have a friend who I want to read it but refuses because it's apparently a Red Pill influenced comic?
>>82689268
He's a moviefag who thinks the Comedian can punch through solid walls and other dumb shit.
>>82686827
Apollonia Vanova is a hottie
>>82686600
If memory serves, The Comedian had a totally different costume in the comic.
>>82686957
So that's what stopping you, huh?
Get me Lex Luthor on the line!
>>82693507
I thought for the longest time that Laura Harring was the one playing her till i looked it up. She looks just like her
>>82686856
Gordon would approve.
>>82692873
Gaydar?
>>82691815
>implying she didn't turn her gay with her womanly lesbian wiles
>>82687978
You clearly imagined him wrong then, mr totally detached threw a hissy fit and went to live on mars if my memory serves me
>>82686600
>no gritty filter
What happened?
>>82686600
>ayyyy watchmen thread
>look through thread
>see this sperging pretentious autistic intellectual hating on one of the best films ever.
>MUH character isn't how I imagined Waaaaaaaahhhhh
Why are y'all still replying?!
>>82689817
It makes me think that our current wave of superhero movies aren't taking total advantage of the comic book aesthetic. I feel like they should be shot very meticulously to capture the look & feeling of a panel or a splash page. With dynamic lighting & a stylized vision taking the place of inkers & colorists respectively.
>>82686957
Do you now feel the need to go snap necks?
>>82687525
>implying you could fuck up the costume of a naked blue dude
>>82687978
I haven't read watchmen in awhile, so forgive me if I'm remembering incorrectly, but I thought the whole point of Dr. Manhattan was that he basically made himself believe he was this all-powerful detached god, but in reality he was still very human. He still gets angry, he still feels sympathy, he still succumbs to carnal desire on a whim. His powers & omniscience cloud his judgement & dilute him into thinking he's god.
>>82693530
Nah, it's mostly the same, just a few minor details changed. Comic one has no pockets, the buttons are circles instead of triangles, and the purple neckpiece looks like it's a bodysuit he wears under the rest of it instead of something on top of it, and the belt buckle is a laughing greek mask. The moth guy's is pretty different though.
>>82696168
They did in a few times in CW and BvS.
