>I totally hold it against him for creating a film that fully
>misunderstands the material. Yes, of course film wasn't the
>best medium to tell the story. However, the fact that he made
>an utterly empty shell of the original is ultimately his
>fault. Lindelhof and team could have made the SAME mistake and
>created something that was 'Watchmen' in name only. The thing
>is, they didn't and not just because of the medium. Because
>they understood what makes Watchmen tick (yuck).

Two different things. Linselhof and Co. crafted a story in the world the graphic novel created. Snider and Co. tried to translate the world the graphic novel created. I think any director and writer would have come up with a shell of the story if they tried to show it as a mainstream movie. I'm not defending any of his stylistic or story choices (though I think remixing the squad attack was probably a good idea for the masses), but I"m not sure any other director's choices would have been much better, ultimately.


>
>I would be very happy if they left this as a one and done and
>I don't think Lindelhof will just jump back in for no reason.
>Everything I've heard from him has shown a great degree of
>care and respect, if not reverence he has for the material and
>the awareness and willingness to get out of the way.
>
>They would be fools to do it just because of the success of
>this season and a beyond fools to do it with anyone else.

Here I agree. If this is an anthology, I'd be happy. Going forward could work, but almost isn't necessary (on a practical level the amount of nudity that story would need is daunting). If this ends up being a one shot I would be perfectly fine. Don't Matrix this one, leave on a high note and KIM