I went over to Ain't It Cool news to check up on the latest haps, when I came across the new Watchmen trailer. It was awesome. I'm intrigued. Then, I did what I should NEVER do, YOU either. I read the talkbacks. MAN, sometimes comic fans come off as crybabies! "Where's the squid?".."Fuck Snyder, no squid?"
I understand that fans want all of the stuff they love about a comic put into a movie, but, sometimes the logistics of such things just don't work out. This kinda pisses me off. I mean, HELLO?!!! Just be glad there's a Watchmen MOVIE to begin with, right? Nitpicking just makes you look like a chump. I mean, there are some things to get mad about if they drastically change the character. STEEL, anybody?


So then, I did what you should NEVER, EVER do! I posted my own reply. Here's what I wrote:

"I'm as diehard a Watchmen fan, hell a comic fan, as anybody. I'm invested, okay? Having said that, I think it's okay for a FILM ADAPTATION to be tweaked here and there for the sake of making a coherent story. The squid, for all intents and purposes, was a bit of a subplot, that worked its way into the main thread. Snyder, even in an almost three hour movie, couldn't possibly be able to put all that in, hence the nixing of Black Freighter.

So, his alternative will probably be something the same in tone, but, something that's trimmed to fit the time frame and not alienate and confuse the non-fans. I trust Snyder to do the right thing, and if the main theme is intact, which to me is "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts ablsolutely".

What happens when the people who have incredible power to protect us, go off wing? Where's the balance? What happens when people who have all this power are as batshit crazy as the rest of us? I think that, and the dystopia, and impending doom feeling are what the Watchmen are all about. You don't need a squid to tell that."

So there.