Adrian Veidt demands an explanation for this bullshit

[vostoklake]

Warner Bros made the actors in Watchmen sign a contract requiring them to come back for a sequel.

Great Silhouette's Ghost, I'm relieved that Snyder seems to have a good attitude on this, because this is exactly the kind of shenanigans which have led to Alan Moore's justified fear and hatred of Hollywood. A sequel to Watchmen? If such a thing were possible, what would it ever look like? A romantic comedy about "Sam and Sandra Hollis" settling down to raise superbrats while Veidt gets elected president of Earth?

Comments

[denerose.livejournal.com]

I do not see the point of a sequel. It isn't like your average super-hero comic with decades of weeklies and a dozen different canons...

Part of what made the book poignant is the destruction/hopeful future aspect of it. If he isn't actually saving the world what is the point of them "Failing to stop [him] from saving the world" - if in fact he has not saved it. For there to be a sequel the world would need to not be saved.

Though I heard they changed the ending anyway... So maybe it will make sense with the film version of events... still odd.

[laputain.livejournal.com]

All the bad reviews I've seen - and there seem to be many - are all on the theme of "too much like the book". So frankly, I can see an upside. If it does better than Serenity I'll be happy.

[darthsappho.livejournal.com]

The change to the ending is mostly just a different McGuffin (a less interesting one, but requiring less setup - makes sense given the time constraints). If they _had_ to do a followup, I'd be less unhappy with a Minutemen prequel than a post-Manhattan sequel.

[balloonist.livejournal.com]

Actually I was talking to my partner about it last night and he had a good point (we've still not seen the film though) - it ends with the right-wing newspaper guys getting Rorschach's diary (which was posted off to them before the final showdown) so in theory you could build a sequel from that. Because of the diary they could in fact have succeeded in stopping Veidt from "saving the world". There is room for what happens when that is found or even for a story in a story prequel based on that.

[denerose.livejournal.com]

Opps - that was me (speaking of partners I managed to post as him!)

[laputain.livejournal.com]

I can has The Amazing Adventures of the Silhouette and her Faithful Companion Naughty Nurse plz? ;) (Seriously - lots of room for manoeuvre with a character who got one line in the comic and none in the movie.)

[laputain.livejournal.com]

I think I remember reading once, actually, that Moore/Gibbons were actually planning a Minutemen miniseries in the late 80's, but it didn't happen due to Moore's final break with DC.