Nobody Watches the Watchmen

JamesAdomian said:

Rotwang, how well do you understand double satire? Did you recognize the outlandish portrayal of Alan Moore? Do you know anything about him? Have you ever read the Watchmen book? And finally, can you spot Heather Campbell in this video?

Nobody in this entire thread has talked about anything important! I'm going to take a few minutes here bec... more >

JamesAdomian said:

Rotwang, how well do you understand double satire? Did you recognize the outlandish portrayal of Alan Moore? Do you know anything about him? Have you ever read the Watchmen book? And finally, can you spot Heather Campbell in this video?

Nobody in this entire thread has talked about anything important! I'm going to take a few minutes here because I think it's important for people to know something. Ok, so, is Watchmen a good movie on its own? I thought so. However, the appropriate response to that is:

"Who gives a shit!"

Do you know why Moore can't stand the movie versions of his novels? He is an anarchist! WHICH DOESN'T MEAN CHAOS! Again, chaos doesn't = anarchy! Moore thinks along the same lines as other anarchists such as Proudhon, Bakunin, Kropotkin and Chomsky (look anarchism and these dudes up on wikipedia it'll take 10min). The Hollywood movies of his books tell the stories within a framework that excludes true anarchist ideas. Why? Because anarchist ideas threaten the status quo and established power. So, no surprise that Hollywood or any major media makers skip out on these ideas. FIVE CORPORATIONS OWN PRETTY MUCH ALL VISUAL MEDIA!!! (Disney, GE, News Corporation, Viacom, and TIME WARNER t find anything in a Hollywood adaptation of a Alan Moore novel.

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