Is it a bad thing that I had never in my life ever heard of "The Watchmen" until a week ago?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Seriesly.

[MissMillie]

1. I hadn't either

To be honest, I don't have any sense that I'm missing anything, but... that's just me.

[azmouse]

2. Absolutely awful...

ummmm.... Watchmen who???

[Bake]

3. Nah. I hadn't either. No biggie.

Don't think I'll die if I miss the movie, either.

Bake

[Rambis]

4. What is it? (nm)

x

[ipfilter]

5. I see Watchtower every time instead of Watchmen.

It makes me want to pull the curtains and not answer the door.

[TK421]

6. I would have said no to this, until last September when I read it for

the first time. Now, I can't wait to see it! We'll be going tonight

[Redneck Socialist]

7. Yes, yes it is...

Or it is if you are at least a casual fan of comics.

Alan Moore (the author) is one of a handful of writers whose work changed the medium. When The Watchmen was published in the 80's it was pretty ground breaking stuff. It pushed comics beyond the safe, bland "Pow! Biff! Zap!" of standard superhero tropes into more interested and complicated areas.

The fact that the movie is so faithful to the comic made my inner fan boy squeal with glee, but if you are not a comic geek, or even casual fan, then eh, The Watchmen probably won't do much for you.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. Cool. Well....

....it's safe to say I'll probably end up seeing it when it comes out on video.

[BreweryYardRat]

12. Hey, you're screwing up my poll.

Edit your post, would ya?

[Redneck Socialist]

14. Hunh?

[BreweryYardRat]

15. I feel kind of stupid for complaining now.

Given that only three people replied. Sorry.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=8581185&mesg_id=8581185

[Redneck Socialist]

17. Ah, I missed your previous post.

Sorry to stomp on your fun. :-(

[geardaddy]

9. Me either.

:shrug:

[BreweryYardRat]

10. Eh, just go read the book before seeing the movie and it'll be a non-issue.

Or read it after seeing the movie. I'm still not sure what I'm going to do.

[MorningGlow]

11. Meh.

If it is a bad thing, I'm just as guilty...but once all the hoo-ha about the movie came out, I vaguely remembered seeing the graphic novel in bookstores I've worked at.

Then again, I am powerfully resistant to the tractor-beam pull of graphic novels and their subsequent movie versions. In other words, I really don't give a rip about superheroes of any stripe. I'm even getting sick of Heroes.

[Orsino]

13. You can be educated, Citizen.

:hi:

[Cant trust em]

16. It's not exactly Moby Dick, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.

It's an amazing piece of pop culture, but it's not mainstream enough to fall into the "things everyone must know" category.

[Bucky]

18. It's like Moby Dick

only dumber

[NoPasaran]

19. Some sort of comic book, I hear

Meh