Who watches the watchmen? Wesleigh and our guest do — Katie merely survives the experience. For this week’s Marathon May superhero film, we tackle the incredibly long adaptation of Alan Moore’s renown comic Watchmen by Legendary Director Zack Snyder. Along with Luke, comic creator and connoisseur, we discuss why different genres of comics are important, how this movie is similar to P.S. I Love You, why you should read the book instead, and introduce Katie to Howard the Duck.
Meet this week's guest, Luke! (and Tallulah)
You can follow him on Twitter at @koltreg and check out his podcasts, MultiversalQ and Exiled.
Show Notes
IMDb: Watchmen (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes: 65%
Rated: R
Zack Snyder
Saturday Morning Watchmen
Alan Moore, wizard
Neil Gaiman
Sandman
Animal Man
Miracle Man
Suicide Squad / Banana Splits
Terry Gilliam
The Killing Joke
Kingdom Come
V for Vendetta
Tom Strong
Tomorrow Stories
Top 10 / Smax
The Hobbit graphic novel
The Far Side
Calvin and Hobbes
Garfield
Dilbert
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies graphic novel
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Zits
Scott Pilgrim vs the World
Miracle Monday - May 15
Grant Morrison, Alan Moore’s enemy
Tales of the Black Freighter
Drunk History
Alien comic adaptation
Howard the Duck comic / movie
Honk! musical
The Eternals by Jack Kirby
Stellar themed snacks, as provided by Luke:
- Doctor Manhattan (Manhattan w/ blue curacao)
- design your own Rorschach cookies
- Night Owl (coconut rum and root beer)
The Math of You podcast w/ Lucas
Movies / Shows Mentioned:
- Superman
- Batman v Superman
- 300
- Sucker punch
- Lord of the Rings
- Dawn of the Dead (remake)
- Dawn of the Dead (original)
- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
- Harry Potter
- Princess Bride
- League of Extraordinary Gentleman
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
- Psycho
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Leap Year
- Downton Abbey
- P.S. I Love You
- The Possession
- The Walking Dead
- 50 Shades of Gray
- Frozen
- Star Trek
- The Incredibles
- Sin City
- The Dark Night
- My Little Pony
