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Originally Posted by drc5145
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Geez, now you make me feel like I deserve a Scooby snack or something.
*Stomach Rumbles*
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but I would urge you when you re-read it again to read the extra stuff after each chapter. Those passages are loaded to the brim with extra information that help flesh out the book's universe and characters a whole lot more. They really will give lines and the art in the book a whole new meaning when you go back to re-read them.
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Anyways, just to be clear: I did read all the extra little passages by my third reading of the book.
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I loved for the most part, the film we got in the end (especially when you consider the other directions the film could have gone in development) but it's still not better than the book. No question.
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I don't know. For me, the book was a very dry read before I seen the movie. So when the movie came out, it really helped me flesh out the action, the characters, and the universe in more tactile and vivid way that the comic never did for me before.
Sure the comic is a defining literary graphic piece within comics. But in my opinion, I think they could have improved the book in other areas dramatically, though. However, I still enjoyed the heck out of it. Even the little written pieces in-between each chapter. But if it wasn't for the movie, I doubt I would have enjoyed the book as much.
In my opinion, the comic to me is simply a more detailed extension of the Watchmen Universe (although it was an interesting and fun read, the added stuff within the book really was unnecessary in getting the major plot point across to me). In fact, the extra tid bits simply was their to add another layer or depth to it. I mean, I suppose it would sort of be like adding a heap load of frosting onto a cake. Sure it might taste good because of all that sugar. But a cake can still taste just as good with just light covering frosting, as well.