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Old 07-16-13 | 04:11 AM
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You can skip the comics, they are about to be released in hardcovers.
You can just skip them, period. A few, like Silk Spectre, aren't bad, but they're all surplus to requirements.
Old 07-16-13 | 04:14 AM
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“Me and Kevin have been chuckling about that one, we only heard about it the other day,” Moore said.
Jesus God, that drives me nuts every time I read an Alan Moore interview.

One would think that a writer of his caliber would know elementary school grammar.
Old 07-16-13 | 04:53 PM
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He re-imagined grammar into something very different from what their original creators expected.
Old 07-16-13 | 07:45 PM
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His grammar aside, Moore does have a great point. It's sad that Hollywood would rather give something that has already failed another try as opposed to taking a shot at something original.

I also agree with Moore's belief that a comic is a comic and a movie is a movie. I thought the Watchmen movie was a pretty good adaptation, but to get the full effect of that story one needs to read the comic. So much detail of the story cannot be captured in the motion picture medium.
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Re: Fox orders "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" tv show

If you listen very carefully, you can hear Alan Moore banging his head against the wall.

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Old 07-17-13 | 12:11 AM
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Re: Fox orders "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" tv show

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His grammar aside, Moore does have a great point. It's sad that Hollywood would rather give something that has already failed another try as opposed to taking a shot at something original.
I don't know, I could see this property being the grounds for a very successful tv show. The concept lends itself to adaptation and is open-ended, meaning it could run for several seasons without fear of running into a dead end.

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