Comments on: Storytelling 101k

By: Laurie Jones

Laurie Jones — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:54:27 +0000

Folding paper, specially paper airplanes, is a fun activity that can be shared by the entire family. Boys and girls, young or old. It doesn’t really matter. It also teaches you about aerodynamics. There are 50 paper airplanes at http://www.paperairplaneshq.com

By: Trade

Trade — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:00:16 +0000

Hey Mike, Daniel, Good to hear from you. I agree. I need one of the star-makers too.

By: Daniel Ted Feliciano

Daniel Ted Feliciano — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:39:34 +0000

I’m jealous already.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:40:03 +0000

that star maker is the most awesomest thing ever.

By: Danny Burleson

Danny Burleson — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:48:51 +0000

HA! Considering it’s the same director as “300″, except for maybe an implied scene or a, um, ‘rear shot’, methinks he will wear those black shorts throughout.

And now I can’t help but think anyone who hasn’t read Watchmen yet, isn’t going to now. lol

By: Trade

Trade — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:42:08 +0000

Hey Phil. Nice to hear from you, and thanks for the props.

You and Danny make really good points about them having to chop quite a bit of that story up to make it movie length. Sadly, I bet you’re right in that the Black Freighter won’t make the cut (anyone knowing different feel free to holler).

On another note, do you think they’ll stay true to the comic version of Dr. Manhattan’s costume?

By: Danny Burleson

Danny Burleson — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:35:06 +0000

Logistically, if you look all the plots and subplots of Watchmen, it’s the Black Freighter that ties it all together. But, realistically, I think that would be the first thing to get chopped for time when looking at the big picture.

I personally think the best thing they could do to make for a happy medium between length and fan-service, is to make the Black Freighter story anyway (either filmed live or 2-D animated; NOT 3-D) and make it a DVD-only “branching mode” sub-feature that plays the scenes at appropriate times throughout the movie. That way non-fans don’t have to sit in the theatre for 4+ hours just for the sake of “getting the whole story” and fans still get the payoff they deserve.

Either that, or open with this disclaimer: The following film is based on a lengthy graphic novel. We tried to cram the story into less than 120 minutes and probably didn’t succeed. After viewing this film, we encourage you to buy “Absolute Watchmen” or borrow it from your local library to understand what’s going really on. Otherwise, Alan Moore will stalk you.

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:31:10 +0000

I have enjoyed Zip and Lil’ Bit since the first story; this is a continually engaging and well-drawn comic. Watchmen: the only way it is going to work, in my opinion, is if they have every separate storyline running simultaneously on screen. And since that isn’t going to happen, it will probably be eviscerated and turned into a dumb ’search for the bad guy’ group superhero film. Watchmen is even less filmable than V for Vendetta, which was lobotomised and sent out, drooling, into cinemas.

By: Trade

Trade — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:15:24 +0000

Hey Kelly, Jonathan, Thanks for the comments. Glad you enjoyed the strip today. Those silly airplanes.

By: Trade

Trade — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:03:39 +0000

Hey Danny, good to hear from you. So you think I understated the All-Ages thing, huh? lol.

I totally agree with you on the length of the Watchmen movie. It’ll be tough to fit all the different sub-plots in there. I’ll really be interested to see how they handle the Black Freighter sequence (my favorite part). The casting of all the characters looks great. What do you think?

I was interested in your comment about keeping the story set in 1985, but as I was thinking about it I realized they’d have to keep it set during the Cold War as Ozy’s whole plan was based on uniting the two nations on a common enemy, so I don’t think it would work if they did try to update it, but thankfully that’s not the case.