Alan Moore on Why He Despises Comic Book Adaptations - Blu-ray Forum

arrow61095 · 02-04-2009, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by tommyboy81

Oh well maybe thats why he hates Hollywood

LXG was aweful as a movie
V I thought it was boring. Great story but didn't help it.
Don't know about The Killing Joke and from the article Lost Girls just came out

The Killing Joke is a Batman story that he did where

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Heath Ledger used it as an inspiration when preparing for his role in the Dark Knight.

Lost Girls has actually been out a couple of years now. It is a bit odd as it is an almost pornographic telling of stories regarding Dorthy from the Wizard of Oz, Wendy from Peter Pan, and Alice from Alice in Wonderland.

tommyboy81 · 02-04-2009, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by arrow61095

The Killing Joke is a Batman story that he did.

Lost Girls has actually been out a couple of years now. It is a bit odd as it is an almost pornographic telling of stories regarding Dorthy from the Wizard of Oz, Wendy from Peter Pan, and Alice from Alice in Wonderland.

Lost Girls sound kinky.

arrow61095 · 02-04-2009, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by tommyboy81

Lost Girls sound kinky.

To some extent, it is.

I picked it up about 2 years ago since I was a fan of much of his other work.

thedarkangel1975 · 02-05-2009, 12:07 AM

To me some authors are too senistive. Tom Clancy is the same way. Yes they are not interpeting your story a 100 % accurate, but somethings never translate well to film. I do agree with a poster above about the ending of The Watchmen being a tad farfetched.

Red Hood · 02-05-2009, 12:39 AM

he will get his snake god after all of you

Blu Man · 02-05-2009, 12:46 AM

Good writer, bad person. He beleives in magic as a religion, and obviously has no clue what he is talking about. Never liked him and never will.

assydingo · 02-05-2009, 12:55 AM

Bad person is a huge judgment for someone you don't know and has done nothing morally wrong o.o.

He's eccentric. I thought people liked that? I do.

fighthefutureofhd · 02-05-2009, 02:42 AM

agreed. you can barely judge what you don't know.

Moefiz · 02-04-2009, 09:37 PM

The Killing Jokes is a must read for any Batman fan..

arrow61095 · 02-04-2009, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Moefiz

The Killing Jokes is a must read for any Batman fan..

Yep. That and Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns are the two best Batman stories ever.
Miller's Batman Year One is third.

All 3 are great reads for Batman fans.

Clark Kent · 02-04-2009, 11:55 PM

Anyone that likes Watchmen should read From Hell immediately. It is the most dense of all his works and exhibits the immense amount of detail and preparation Moore did in writing that graphic novel. It is truly the closest I have seen a graphic novel approach a true literary work.

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02-05-2009, 12:07 AM	#4
thedarkangel1975 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Pennsylvania 4K collection:37 Blu-ray collection:377 DVD collection:12 Digital collection:363 Blu-ray reviews: 1	To me some authors are too senistive. Tom Clancy is the same way. Yes they are not interpeting your story a 100 % accurate, but somethings never translate well to film. I do agree with a poster above about the ending of The Watchmen being a tad farfetched.

02-05-2009, 12:39 AM	#5
Red Hood Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2008 Blu-ray collection:33	he will get his snake god after all of you

02-05-2009, 12:46 AM	#6
Blu Man Banned Member since:Sep 2008 Location:United States Blu-ray collection:19 Blu-ray reviews:1	Good writer, bad person. He beleives in magic as a religion, and obviously has no clue what he is talking about. Never liked him and never will.

02-05-2009, 12:55 AM	#7
assydingo Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Oct 2008 Blu-ray collection:483 DVD collection:12 Trading Score:3	Bad person is a huge judgment for someone you don't know and has done nothing morally wrong o.o. He's eccentric. I thought people liked that? I do.

02-05-2009, 02:42 AM	#8
fighthefutureofhd Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Dry County	agreed. you can barely judge what you don't know.

02-04-2009, 09:37 PM	#9
Moefiz Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jul 2007 Blu-ray collection:288 DVD collection:20 Blu-ray reviews: 15 Trading Score:70	The Killing Jokes is a must read for any Batman fan..

02-04-2009, 11:55 PM	#11
Clark Kent Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Metropolis Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:184	Anyone that likes Watchmen should read From Hell immediately. It is the most dense of all his works and exhibits the immense amount of detail and preparation Moore did in writing that graphic novel. It is truly the closest I have seen a graphic novel approach a true literary work.

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