Comments on: Watchmen http://www.porterhousecomic.com/40-watchmen.html Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:58:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Oscar Wilde http://www.porterhousecomic.com/40-watchmen.html#comment-150 Oscar Wilde Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:31:18 +0000 http://www.porterhousecomic.com/40-watchmen.html#comment-150 Moore's original burst of inspiration was to take a form of children's literature - the super-hero comic book - and fuse it with the Hemingway-derived melodrama of the hard-boiled school of crime and detective fiction. Teenagers, poorly-read and possessing malnourished tastes in prose, were predictably awestruck by the results. They thought it was 'realistic'; they thought this was 'great literature'. Rating: 1 / 5 Moore’s original burst of inspiration was to take a form of children’s literature – the super-hero comic book – and fuse it with the Hemingway-derived melodrama of the hard-boiled school of crime and detective fiction. Teenagers, poorly-read and possessing malnourished tastes in prose, were predictably awestruck by the results. They thought it was ‘realistic’; they thought this was ‘great literature’.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: Andrew M. Stein http://www.porterhousecomic.com/40-watchmen.html#comment-149 Andrew M. Stein Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:19:47 +0000 http://www.porterhousecomic.com/40-watchmen.html#comment-149 *Disclaimer: I only read a small portion of this graphic novel* <br /> <br />Since I'm hating on a widely acclaimed graphic novel, I feel like I first need to give some taste credentials. Sandman was awesome, Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men is a trip and Moonshadow was phenomenal. For a graphic novel to be good, it should have a good story, good art, good characters, witty dialog, and humor. I'm willing to believe that the story behind the Watchman is amazing because why else would people like it so much, but everything else is just terrible. <br /> <br />The artwork is gross and uninteresting, the characters, at least in the first 60 pages, are completely boring, uninteresting and hollow. And there's not a moment of comic relief. Here are some minor, but representative examples to support my claims. <br /> <br />The dialog and characters are completely inane. The novel begins with the death of "The Comedian," and old super hero, and we then see the reactions of his former colleagues. Everyone flashes back to days of old and I don't know how many times they made retarded comments like "We'd always thought he'd get the laugh last." It's not even funny in an over the top sort of way, it's just lame. I skipped to the middle to learn a little about the antihero's origins, and you find that he's being analyzed by a psychologist who, we are told by the author, is a really nice guy and one of the best in his field. But he's just dumb. He fully believes the crazy antihero is becoming more sane when he claims to see butterflies and daisies in a Rorschach test. And then, later, the psychologist appears wounded to the core when the antihero makes fun of him and calls him out. How is this at all believable. What kind of psychologist goes through his career never encountering a moment of adversity. It just makes no sense. I know these sound minor, but every page is filled with stupid stuff like this. It's all like the idiotic scene in V for Vendetta, when the main villain is broken because his computer has an affair with V. <br /> <br />I know that it's arrogant and mean to come down hard on a graphic novel so many people know and love without even reading enough to get into the story. But, there are so many glowing reviews of this piece or literature that Alan Moore can deal with a little bit of criticism. The whole story just felt so hollow and empty that it seems pointless to continue reading to find out more. Rating: 1 / 5 *Disclaimer: I only read a small portion of this graphic novel*

Since I’m hating on a widely acclaimed graphic novel, I feel like I first need to give some taste credentials. Sandman was awesome, Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men is a trip and Moonshadow was phenomenal. For a graphic novel to be good, it should have a good story, good art, good characters, witty dialog, and humor. I’m willing to believe that the story behind the Watchman is amazing because why else would people like it so much, but everything else is just terrible.

The artwork is gross and uninteresting, the characters, at least in the first 60 pages, are completely boring, uninteresting and hollow. And there’s not a moment of comic relief. Here are some minor, but representative examples to support my claims.

The dialog and characters are completely inane. The novel begins with the death of “The Comedian,” and old super hero, and we then see the reactions of his former colleagues. Everyone flashes back to days of old and I don’t know how many times they made retarded comments like “We’d always thought he’d get the laugh last.” It’s not even funny in an over the top sort of way, it’s just lame. I skipped to the middle to learn a little about the antihero’s origins, and you find that he’s being analyzed by a psychologist who, we are told by the author, is a really nice guy and one of the best in his field. But he’s just dumb. He fully believes the crazy antihero is becoming more sane when he claims to see butterflies and daisies in a Rorschach test. And then, later, the psychologist appears wounded to the core when the antihero makes fun of him and calls him out. How is this at all believable. What kind of psychologist goes through his career never encountering a moment of adversity. It just makes no sense. I know these sound minor, but every page is filled with stupid stuff like this. It’s all like the idiotic scene in V for Vendetta, when the main villain is broken because his computer has an affair with V.

I know that it’s arrogant and mean to come down hard on a graphic novel so many people know and love without even reading enough to get into the story. But, there are so many glowing reviews of this piece or literature that Alan Moore can deal with a little bit of criticism. The whole story just felt so hollow and empty that it seems pointless to continue reading to find out more.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: S. J Spencer http://www.porterhousecomic.com/40-watchmen.html#comment-148 S. J Spencer Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:31:05 +0000 http://www.porterhousecomic.com/40-watchmen.html#comment-148 I like Alan Moore. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Awesome! Top 10? Great stuf! Watchmen? Blah! <br /> <br />Esoteric and artificially deep. I could not finish it. I did not care about the characters at all. Who cares! Oh boo hoo I am a brooding super hero. Feel my pain? <br /> <br />Don't waste your time. <br /> <br /> Rating: 1 / 5 I like Alan Moore. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Awesome! Top 10? Great stuf! Watchmen? Blah!

Esoteric and artificially deep. I could not finish it. I did not care about the characters at all. Who cares! Oh boo hoo I am a brooding super hero. Feel my pain?

Don’t waste your time.

Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.porterhousecomic.com/40-watchmen.html#comment-147 Anonymous Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:08:41 +0000 http://www.porterhousecomic.com/40-watchmen.html#comment-147 I rather liked Ror Schach, but I think the whole thing was rather overrated. Or perhaps, as some readers say, it's a bit dated. It could easily have been much better when it was more current. It just didn't really 'click' with me.<p>I prefer The Sandman by Neil Gaiman or the JLA series. Rating: 1 / 5 I rather liked Ror Schach, but I think the whole thing was rather overrated. Or perhaps, as some readers say, it’s a bit dated. It could easily have been much better when it was more current. It just didn’t really ‘click’ with me.

I prefer The Sandman by Neil Gaiman or the JLA series.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: AK http://www.porterhousecomic.com/40-watchmen.html#comment-146 AK Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:15:20 +0000 http://www.porterhousecomic.com/40-watchmen.html#comment-146 Very boring. Torturous read. Don't see what all the hype is about. Rating: 1 / 5 Very boring. Torturous read. Don’t see what all the hype is about.
Rating: 1 / 5

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