Council of Geeks's video: Zack Snyder s Watchmen: How Loyalty can Destroy Adaptation

*SPOILERS FOR THE WATCHMEN COMIC & MOVIE, MINOR SPOILERS FOR THE HBO SHOW* Zack Snyder's Watchmen may be the source of more heated entertainment arguments in my life than any other single piece of work. And I've always felt that my primary criticism has never been at the forefront of any of the discussion about the movie. If it's mentioned at all, it's off-handedly, but I think it's the core reason why this film does not work. And that is the fact that it hews so closely to the original work that it fundamentally fails as an adaptation. The videos I mentioned that dig a bit deeper into how Snyder's changes affected the final result can be found here: MovieBob - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuwxDLdXALc Maggie Mae Fish - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY7EnEuqb7M&t=1036s CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Intro 0:42 - The Watchmen Comic 3:27 - The Watchmen Movie 5:07 - A Quick Note 6:03 - The Medium is the Message 14:10 - Adaptation Sickness 22:32 - Context is Everything 26:07 - Behind the Scenes 28:50 - Glimpses of Genius 33:31 - In Conclusion... 35:13 - Outro ✔ SUPPORT ✔ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/councilofgeeks Tip jar: https://PayPal.me/councilofgeeks ✔ OTHER CHANNELS ✔ Break Room of Geeks https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCna5Ft771bQ-grz2bU3NtRQ ✔ SHOP ✔ Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/councilofgeeks Book that I Wrote: http://a.co/d/atfibBA ✔ SOCIAL MEDIA ✔ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/councilofgeeks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CouncilOfGeeks/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/council.of.geeks/?hl=en ✔ OTHER PROJECTS ✔ Podcast with my Partner: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/toughlikeagirl/ ✔ AMAZON WISHLIST ✔ https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/145AIULGRQJLD?ref_=wl_share ✔ CONTACT ✔ E-mail: councilofgeeks@gmail.com Mail: Council of Geeks PO Box 4429 St. Johnsbury, VT 05819 Music from https://filmmusic.io "The Descent" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) "Beeping Demo" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)