20 November 2008 1:30 AM, PST | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news
Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach in Watchmen
Photo: Warner Bros. Brad riddled me this the other night: Is Watchmen the next 300? Oh God, I hope not. However, that response erupted without even considering how one would define Watchmen as the next 300. No matter how you map it the answer always pinwheels off director Zack Snyder. The director of 300 adapts another graphic novel as his follow up. Easy headline. If you expect Snyder to deliver another frame-faithful adaptation of a graphic novel, then yes, Watchmen is the next 300. Pretty much what you saw in 300 was what you got in the graphic novel, with the exception of the back-home politics subplot - which actually improved upon the source material. From all accounts and shown footage, there's no doubt Snyder's Watchmen treats Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's work as God's word. The recent trailer indicates this could work out well for the film.
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David Frank
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