Tales of the Parodyverse - I should read it a third time...

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Subj: I should read it a third time...
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 at 06:57:42 pm EST (Viewed 295 times)

Reply Subj: Has anyone reread "Watchmen" lately?
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 at 10:20:05 pm EST

I read it for the first time when I was 17. At the time I thought it was the greatest comic-book ever written because of the fantastic story. But I only really saw the surface elements and missed some of the deeper themes and symbolism.

I'm now 25 and just reread it and now revise my opinion in thinking, no, it's not the greatest comic-book ever written. It's the greatest book ever written. Period. Each panel is laden with more symbolism than you can cram into an hour of "Citizen Kane." And the psychological profiles for each character are so deep they make oceans look shallow.

If it's been more than a few years since you last read this fantastic graphic-novel, then set aside your One-More-Identity-Crisis head-aches and take an afternoon to plow through it.

But now I'm so very worried the movie's going to be balls. $\:\-\($

First time, as a young fella, I thought it was okay.

Second time, a little older and wiser, I realized it was one of the greatest achievements of the medium and totally awesome.

Third time, I will peel it apart and nibble on the insides.

I never ever wanted them to make a movie, and I think the movie will be shit, but I'm hoping for the best. You never know. But most parts of the book are unfilmable, and they didn't get Ed Asner for Bernie or Adam West for Hollis Mason, so bah.