"Remember, remember the 5th of November..."

[thehefner]

On the left is the cover of the original graphic novel, written by Alan Moore, the greatest comic writer alive. On the right is the promo poster for the just-announced movie, to be starring Natalie Portman (which puzzles me, because it's set in England... why didn't they go with Natalie 2.0, Kiera Knightley? Now we won't be able to tell them apart!)

Alan Moore is 2-2 when it comes to crappy film adaptations of his brilliant comics (FROM HELL and LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN are both amazing comics, some of the best out there) and I still have high hopes for the WATCHMEN movie. That said, from the poster alone, and the press reports that it's going to be set in England and NOT Americanized, is very, very encouraging.

Oh, and first one to understand the significance of that tagline gets extra brownie points, since I think all of North America is going to be scratching their heads on that one.

Comments

[surrealname.livejournal.com]

on the other hand, John, they're letting those hacks from the matrix make this film. my vote is that it's a piece of shit in the hands of those third rate hacks.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Good news, everyone! They're only producing, NOT directing! What say ye there?

[chickenhat.livejournal.com]

Ooh, now THIS could be fun... :-)

More info here about the novel here, including the Guy Fawkes stuff!
http://www.shadowgalaxy.net/Vendetta/vmain.html