I experienced something strange the other day. I saw my Watchman TPB and had the urge to read it. I re-read many of my favorite series' every so often. Annually or so for many of them. So, nothing strange there, but this time a thought came to me; "I guess I could just watch the movie." The Watchman movie was very close to the comic visually, and even cut out all the pirate stuff that I find annoying and have skipped over the last couple of times of re-reading it. Anyway, I found myself torn, but since I don't own the movie the choice was to actually read it. I know that most films aren't direct adaptations of set storylines, but as more and more films are made, could they be? Will the same book vs. movie thoughts be relevant with comics vs. movie? So, since I'm poor and don't own the movie, comic won this time, but will it the next time?
I experienced something strange the other day. I saw my Watchman TPB and had the urge to read it. I re-read many of my favorite series' every so often. Annually or so for many of them. So, nothing strange there, but this time a thought came to me; "I guess I could just watch the movie." The Watchman movie was very close to the comic visually, and even cut out all the pirate stuff that I find annoying and have skipped over the last couple of times of re-reading it. Anyway, I found myself torn, but since I don't own the movie the choice was to actually read it. I know that most films aren't direct adaptations of set storylines, but as more and more films are made, could they be? Will the same book vs. movie thoughts be relevant with comics vs. movie? So, since I'm poor and don't own the movie, comic won this time, but will it the next time?
@Joshua.