Comics Heroes Who Should’ve Stayed On The Page

I am posting this on LISNEWS because I think the review says something about the power of the printed page.

Review of the movie “Watchman” on NPR:

Watchmen was a landmark as a graphic novel, but as a film it’s only pedestrian.

After I saw this movie, I went back to the graphic novel. I was struck again that what made Watchmen a sensation was not its plot, but a structural denseness and complexity — the way it used multiple elements to comment on the core story in an almost Talmudic way. That essence is close to impossible to re-create on-screen, even with a nearly three-hour running time.

Listen or read full review here.