Tag: Watchmen
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HBO, Watchmen, and the Tulsa Massacre
Watchmen is an HBO original series based on a highly regarded graphic novel. It depicts an alternate world where super heroes are real, but most of them are psychologically damaged and ill-prepared to wield the power they utilize. The HBO series picks up thirty years after the graphic novel ends, which I thought was a…
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Doomsday Clock #1 – A (Comic) Book Review
This series by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank came out of nowhere for me. I literally heard about it maybe a month or two before its release. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, Doomsday Clock reportedly merges the world of Watchmen with the DC Universe proper. Brief history lesson: Alan Moore, author of Watchmen, originally…
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DC Universe: Rebirth #1 – A Longer Than Intended Reaction
I’ll be honest with you, when I first heard about DC Universe: Rebirth, I didn’t think much of it. I’m 39 and I’ve read DC comics since about the age of 3. I’ve always loved my Super Friends, but yet another “event” failed to engage my interest this time around. That is, until DC executed…
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Watchmen – A (Very Long) Movie Review
When Watchmen came out in the mid-Eighties, it revolutionized the comic book industry. It gave us an angle on “super heroes” that had practically never before been investigated. It had nuance, complexity, characterization, pacing, and, most of all, it utilized the comic book format and played to the strengths such a genre allows. After hearing…
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300 – A Movie Review
When I first saw the preview for 300 several months ago, I knew that this would be a film that would have the same impact upon the industry as did The Matrix and the original Star Wars. It looked so unlike anything else out there! Guess what, folks? It finally came out last week, and…
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volumes I and II – A Graphic Novel Review
I’m one of those people who saw the film version of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen long before I ever read the comic books. I once thought the film was awesome, but after having the read the original stories, I now realize the movie could have been so much more! What’s so extraordinary about this…
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First Reaction to the Watchmen Trailer
If you read my reaction to the Watchmen “first look” still photos released some time ago (https://scottwilliamfoley.com/2008/03/07/a-reaction-to-the-first-look-watchmen-photographs/), you know that I’m totally supporting Zach Snyder’s efforts with Alan Moore’s seminal series. The first thing I’d like people to understand is that no one will create a “by the book” interpretation of Moore’s groundbreaking work. The…
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