IQ said:
" I understand where you’re coming from Nighthunter, it's really a matter of taste. Watchmen is often considered the Citizen Kane of all comic books. The analogy is that Citizen Kain is widely referred to the 'perfect movie' , the master peace of all film, the greatest movie of all time, exedra, exedra; and in the comic book world Watchmen is that. I am just a geek at movies as I am at comics and believe that Citizen Kane was very over rated. But on the subject if Watchmen. No. In the thousands of comics that I have indulged in, Watchmen is the best, and I am a hard person to impress. But it is not necessarily my favorite. ( that one is reserved for 'The Killing Joke' ) Of course Watchmen is a close second. It doesn’t exactly come down to what you like the most, but what you can categorize as pure English literature. Example: Mighty Avengers would be like a mainstream teen novel, Harry Potter comes to mind, (please forgive me). Watchmen would be Shakespeare. Overrated? Maybe. But it is also the most read collection of writing in schools and colleges in the world, and highly regarded as greatest collection of English literature and is analyzed as thoroughly as the Bible. Do you see Harry Potter having his own study class in Princeton University? Well, I wouldn’t know, but I think you get my point. ; ]
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Excellent post. It's more a matter of technical proficiency than taste. Shakespeare is considered better than Rowlings (if that is her name), because of the skill in handling the material, the setup, the conflicts created, the characterization, all of the technical aspects of writing. While someone may enjoy Rowlings more it would be virtually impossible to say that her writing is better than Shakespeare's. The same can be said for the Watchmen. While it can be argued that there are more enjoyable stories, there are very few that could be said to be written as well as or better then, The Watchmen.
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
IQ said:
" I understand where you’re coming from Nighthunter, it's really a matter of taste. Watchmen is often considered the Citizen Kane of all comic books. The analogy is that Citizen Kain is widely referred to the 'perfect movie' , the master peace of all film, the greatest movie of all time, exedra, exedra; and in the comic book world Watchmen is that. I am just a geek at movies as I am at comics and believe that Citizen Kane was very over rated. But on the subject if Watchmen. No. In the thousands of comics that I have indulged in, Watchmen is the best, and I am a hard person to impress. But it is not necessarily my favorite. ( that one is reserved for 'The Killing Joke' ) Of course Watchmen is a close second. It doesn’t exactly come down to what you like the most, but what you can categorize as pure English literature. Example: Mighty Avengers would be like a mainstream teen novel, Harry Potter comes to mind, (please forgive me). Watchmen would be Shakespeare. Overrated? Maybe. But it is also the most read collection of writing in schools and colleges in the world, and highly regarded as greatest collection of English literature and is analyzed as thoroughly as the Bible. Do you see Harry Potter having his own study class in Princeton University? Well, I wouldn’t know, but I think you get my point. ; ]
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Excellent post. It's more a matter of technical proficiency than taste. Shakespeare is considered better than Rowlings (if that is her name), because of the skill in handling the material, the setup, the conflicts created, the characterization, all of the technical aspects of writing. While someone may enjoy Rowlings more it would be virtually impossible to say that her writing is better than Shakespeare's. The same can be said for the Watchmen. While it can be argued that there are more enjoyable stories, there are very few that could be said to be written as well as or better then, The Watchmen.
