Lost in Adaptation: Watchmen (Part 2)

Glad you asked ^_^. By killed I don't necessarily mean murdered. My completely lacking any real evidence theory is that he did something like dropping a lamp while on night watch then panicked and saved himself rather than help the crew. Explains why he was the only survivor. Extreme guilt then created a imaginary monster ship in his head to take the blame for their deaths. Also to answer your Snickett related musing, my theory is that all children are sadists.

Dominic Noble

That was amay-zaaay!! I could hear myself at the beginning. Awesome!

Thank you on another great video and I loved seeing Linkara (a big favorite of mine) in the video. I think the discussion of the film ending vs the novel ending is why the fact that you come to the graphic novel with "new eyes" is a big plus for your videos. It does seem to be a pattern that those that have not read or are unfamiliar with the work tend to like the movie ending better and vice versa. I have to say that it is very refreshing to see a debate on the merits of a work done through thought out points rather than vitriolic screaming. To be honest, both of you left me on the fence as to the ending. I think that is just a testament to the solid points made on both sides. Tales of the Black Freighter is one of the parts of the book that left me cold when I first read it soooo many moons ago. Even when I revisit the novel I have a tendency to skip over it. I enjoy it as a great homage to EC comics, but I always found that the story was just as coherent without as it was with it. However, I am intrigued by the notion that he was the one that killed his crewmates. I always read the story as one of madness. A person marooned and driven mad by both the circumstance and by what had to be crushing loneliness. I am intrigued because it seems it was quite a big ship and for one man to have done that would have been a great feat. Or maybe I am taking you too literally. If you don't mind, and if I've not annoyed you too much, I'd like to hear your theory on his murder spree. That being said, I like the story more as a tale of madness than supernatural. I think the protagonist actually drowned himself in the sea after he realizes his madness. I also have to commend bot Jami and Amy Reynolds for their quick proofreading! I hang my head in shame that I missed that considering my profession. As always, keep up the great work and I am really looking forward to Lemony Snickett. If anything figure out what is it about that story that many of my students find so incredibly intriguing.

David Perez

To elaborate: The early Silver Age (1956 to 1965) is often seen by modern comic book fans as a very silly time, largely thanks to the self-censorship label that was the Comics Code Authority. This was a time where supporting Superman character Jimmy Olsen got into weird transformations in each issue of his own series, and where aliens could show up in a Batman story and no one would've been surprised at the time.

Harry Thornton

I think the reason why Veidt's plan in the book involves a Giant Squid Monster is largely thanks to what Alan Moore was into at the time: Taking the Silver Age of Comic Books and turning things you'd usually see in them into horrifying bits of nightmare fuel.

Harry Thornton

Don't think I can even blame that one on Dyslexia. Straight up lack of proof reading is what that is.

Dominic Noble

Nothing planned just yet. I've learnt that crossovers are allot harder to write and organise than expected so I might limit it to short cameos for the time being.

Dominic Noble

I enjoyed seeing the cameo by Linkara. Great work again Dom...er "The Dom"! Any plans on more cameos by Channel Awesome contributors? Maybe you could review a Clive Barker Nightbreed/Cabal review with Count Jackula? It would be interesting because I think your "British" humor would play well off of Count Jackula's mostly obscene humor. I would love to see your reaction to Shuna Sassi from the movie. Also, I think this would be interesting because you have not done a LIA where the Novelist, screenwriter, and the director are all the same. But anyway, thanks for the great conclusion. Well worth the wait.

LS Greger

Ahh dammit I hate it when that happens. Its means about 2 hours of exporting and uploading for 1 freaking letter. Sigh.... If theres anything else nows the time to mention it XD

Dominic Noble

You might want to fix the typo if you can in the Black Freighter part. I think you meant "My theory is that he killed them" but instead you have "the killed them."

Huzzah! This was quite an excellent second part. I think Linkara made a lot of good points, as did you, but in the end I think that each ending actually works best for the medium that it's in. Yes, the director could have sprinkled subtle clues throughout the film as was done in the comic, but the possibility of alienating the casual viewer who maybe wasn't paying so much attention might have been too great--one tends to expect readers to be paying a more active attention to the media they're consuming than viewers tend to do. Also, small typo in the mini-episode at the end: you want "My theory is that he killed them" not "that the killed them". There. I used up my one allotted correction for the day. ;)

Amy Reynolds

I completely agree with Linkara, but I read the novel first. My dad, who saw the movie first, hated the squid ending and thought it looked ridiculous.

My apologies that this is going to be the least early early-access video to date, being a mere 24 hours in advance of general release. This will NOT be the norm and is the result of some setbacks in the making of this episode. I will try to think of something to do to make it up to my awesome Patreons.

Dominic Noble