So here we are a month into a 35-week comic prequel event and 6 months away from Watchmen action figures because after 20 years DC is no longer concerned with playing nice with Moore.
Which only seems to give credence to the fact that Moore's stubbornness (to put it nicely) in the past wasn't as crazy as a lot of people thought.
Ultimately Moore should know that it was a work-for-hire thing. He pitched the basic premise on spec but the plan was always to use established characters. The characters are all thinly-veiled Charleston character surrogates because DC had just acquired them but didn't want their new characters killed off/villainous/morally questionable so what Moore has been after all these years are still at their heart The Question, Captain Atom, Blue Beetle etc. Characters he has no claim to.
I think there's more than enough evidence that DC respects the franchise and wants Moore to approve what is done with it. Those unreleased DC Direct figures were above-averagr quality for their time and looked like the Gibbons art stepped off the page. Their Absolute Watchmen book is gorgeous. Before Watchmen is surprisingly great so far (I've read all 6 issues currently available) and even the movie was faithful to the book to a fault in most peoples eyes.
I get the vibe that DC doesn't have as much control over the movie stuff (the Watchmen toaster being the best evidence) but I have to say their handling of what has been released and their attempts to include Moore and seek his approval seems a lot more rational than Moore's side.
There's also the undeniable hypocrisy of Moore using other peoples characters for The League of Extraordinary Gentleman and that child pornography thing he did.
____ Matty! Their ____ is falling apart just on display. ____ their online crap also. To much shotty product and bad CS to deal with buying only online product. I stopped MOTU in the first year because of it, they ____ with WWF legends and make them online only. Make Watchman online only. Bunch of ____ing morons.
I'm seriously annoyed no one is brave enough to release a nude Dr Manhattan. I hate thos little briefs!
Yeah, they totally bailed on the line. No doubt about that. A shame that Rorschach, Nite Owl and anatomically-correct Dr. Manhattan never materialized.
Damn, suddenly I want these. It'd be cool if they did Ozy like Metron with his throne, and maybe throw in Bubastis for good measure.
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