Timeline for What are the qualities of Watchmen unique to comics and in which way did the movie achieve to adapt those to the medium of film?
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| Aug 23, 2014 at 2:41 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | "How does one translate the idea that the cover is actually page one, panel one?" -- I don't remember, what does the movie do with its title sequence? The core of the cover trick was that something you thought was a decorative image was actually the first of a very cinematic sequence of panels (a slow pull back). If anything, their arrangement on the first page is a better example of something a movie can't do. Transitioning in from the titles is bog standard movie fare. I suppose a really brave movie could do one better: poster == final still of titles == first frame of movie ;-) | |
| Aug 22, 2014 at 19:48 | comment | added | Napoleon Wilson | Well, nevermind, amazon order is placed, but I'm still not sure I get around reading it in near time. | |
| Aug 22, 2014 at 19:27 | history | edited | Meat Trademark | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 22, 2014 at 19:21 | history | edited | Meat Trademark | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 22, 2014 at 19:02 | comment | added | Napoleon Wilson | Well, not having read it is surely a lack of research and might not be the best approach, granted, but that doesn't make saying "I can't explain it but you'll understand it from reading it anyway" much more of an answer either (that feels like saying when I had read it the whole question was moot anyway, which might be the case, though). But that being said, the explanations from your comment do indeed explain some things to some degree and would surely be worth adding into the answer. | |
| Aug 22, 2014 at 18:59 | comment | added | Meat Trademark | Keep in mind, that while these things may seem like mere novelties, the sheer volume of them made for a unique reading experience. How does one translate the idea that the cover is actually page one, panel one? | |
| Aug 22, 2014 at 18:56 | comment | added | Meat Trademark | The transitions in the book certainly didn't seem to translate. The way a frame looked, and the dialogue overlapping on the next frame (for instance, when John materializes at the TV station) created a larger whole than just cutting between scenes. It's hard to explain, I'm afraid. You really are doing yourself a disservice by asking this without having read it. You can get the idea from just reading one issue (at a library or online, even) if you don't feel like reading the whole thing. The ending is a bit different in the comic. Like I said, this is just a quick basic bullet point answer. | |
| Aug 22, 2014 at 18:47 | comment | added | Napoleon Wilson | Those things might have been novelties, but how were they unique to comics and unable to be captured on film, how did they highlight the "areas that comics succeed in where no other media is capable of operating"? | |
| Aug 22, 2014 at 18:43 | history | answered | Meat Trademark | CC BY-SA 3.0 |