Before Watchmen

[medium_pimpin]

This summer, it will again be a legion of comic-book fans. Rorshach and other characters from 'Watchmen' will get the prequel treatment this summer with weekly 'Before Watchmen' miniseries Under its DC Comics banner, DC Entertainment is reviving characters from the beloved and seminal graphic novel Watchmen for seven prequels collectively titled Before Watchmen

http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-02-01/Watchmen-prequel-comic-book-series/52908084/1

[_neutrino Veteran]

I might have to give those a read :D

[playXray]

This could go either way - I'll wait and see what the reviews are like :)

[HawkMan]

I'd read it, if only Watchmen wasn't terrible and boring. I hate when peopel try to make stuff serious and artsy and try to make that as something better.

[DocM]

Guess it being terrible is why it's on TIME's list of 100 greatest novels and why it won a Hugo Award.

[HawkMan]

Guess it being terrible is why it's on TIME's list of 100 greatest novels and why it won a Hugo Award.

Like the Majority of the world, I don't necessarily hold with the elitist "critics" who only like stuff that's weird enough that most other people don't. that way they can maintain their elitist attitude and say that the "common" people don't understand art.

[playXray]

Art or not, I LOVE Watchmen!

[Nick H. Supervisor]

I'd read it, if only Watchmen wasn't terrible and boring. I hate when peopel try to make stuff serious and artsy and try to make that as something better.

Does that mean that you prefer the 1989 Batman over Batman Begins?

For me this is why I like Watchmen. Normally the superhero comic book was too cartoony. Watchmen gave me something believable (well, minus Dr. Manhattan) and introduced it in to a real-world setting at the same time.

[medium_pimpin]

It's a great story, and a good movie. And Rorschach is a badass.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

I would hardly label The Watchmen as "artsy." Serious? Yes. Different? Yes. Then again both traits are what Alan Moore is typically known for, which is why I tend to enjoy most of his work. But "artsy?" Not even close actually. In fact it was actually a pretty straight forward normal approach. It was just written a whole lot differently than your conventional comic book of the day.

Anyway, as playXRay has said, this can go either way.

[threetonesun]

I wouldn't even say "Watchmen" is serious. If you merged the graphic novel and the movie together, then it would be a little serious. The "monster" in the graphic novel is just silly. The movie made that whole plot point much more realistic.

I don't know how I feel about this though. Most of the good "before" stories were covered in Watchmen already.

[playXray]

I don't know how I feel about this though. Most of the good "before" stories were covered in Watchmen already.

Yeah, I mean, what's left to tell about Nite Owl?

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

I wouldn't even say "Watchmen" is serious. If you merged the graphic novel and the movie together, then it would be a little serious. The "monster" in the graphic novel is just silly. The movie made that whole plot point much more realistic.

I don't know how I feel about this though. Most of the good "before" stories were covered in Watchmen already.

We will just have to disagree then. From my point of view, a comic book addressing things like The Cold War and the tensions between the US and Russia, the Vietnam War, and President Nixon, especially considering when it was originally released, in 1986, smack dab in the middle of Ronald Reagan's presidency and things like Nuclear War were in fact something everyday people still worried about, well even if other aspects of it are downright silly like Dr Manhattan, I tend to view that on the more serious side of the spectrum in the comic book world.

[Syanide]

Worst cash-grab idea ever. I know what happened "Before Watchmen," I read f****** Watchmen.

@HawkMan: "if only Watchmen wasn't terrible and boring" What's your idea of a good comic book then? Or a book? Genuinly interested, because I remember reading Watchmen and really feeling that not only was it the best graphic novel I ever read, I also simply couldn't believe each issue almost topped the previous one. Terrific writing in any aspect.