Last week in Los Angeles, U.S. District Court Judge Gary Feess ruled in Fox's favor, that Warner Brothers infringed on Fox's copyright for the film by developing and shooting the new movie. On Monday, Feess said that a trial has been set for January 20 to decide the remaining arguments.
Fox's lawsuit claims that it never fully gave Warner Bros. the story rights to make the film, which Fox had since the late 1980s. Warner Bros. claims that Fox has no right to the distribution of the film.
A Warner Bros. attorney said that he wasn't sure if they would appeal the decision, but also said a trial seems likely and a settlement was unlikely.
Watchmen was released March 6th, 2009 and stars Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Matt Frewer. The film is directed by Zack Snyder.
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-comrade-
There are two characters named Sandman in DC. You want the ones written by Neil Gaiman (though the Wesley Dodds stories are great).
4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
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oh ok. just thought I should ask. y'know. I saw on the border's site one book that was a graphic novel ( it was a best selling also ) and named sandman and it was only one book. so i thought that was it. lol
4 years agoby @gaj1992Flag
-comrade-
No, actually, Sandman is collected in eleven trade paperbacks.
4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
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alright thanks VIS, i just wanted this part cleared I guess I'll stick with one Comic series and read more of the big series also.
i think I'll read new avengers and then probably read the book of sandman (it is one book right?).
4 years agoby @gaj1992Flag
T.Clark
A normal comic issue is around 22 pages and when put into trade form, there's usually 6 issues(give or take, depending on the story) per trade.
4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
T.Clark
It's not complicated FOY. The basic premise is a group of "fugitive" heroes who went underground after Civil War because they refused to reveal their identities to the government. #48 is probably the best jumping on point because it's a roster change. However, I do suggest picking up the TPBs, not because it's a complicated story but because they're just good lol
However, those All-Star books are probably best if you just want limited releases instead of ongoing comics where you'll have to stick with it until it's canceled or it doesn't interest you anymore lol I also forgot to mention anything by Brad Meltzer because he hasn't wrote a comic in a while. His Identity Crisis is now in HC(idk if it's in TPB form) and so is his run on Justice League of America. He's not very action packed in the sense of traditional event/team comics, but he's a great storyteller
4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
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well I actually got into borders' site and got some info on some books. I thought sandman was like one book or something like watchmen y'know.
anyways, I will try them, but I still have one question, who many pages does an issue include like ALOT or arround 200 pages or arround 100 or like what? :S
4 years agoby @gaj1992Flag
-comrade-
Most of what we will see from YA avengers until Heinberg and Cheung actually start the legitimate "SEASON 2" are going to be limiteds related to events and some one-shots.
New Avengers is definitely in Marvel's top 3 mainstream series at this point.
Sandman is a long series, so be mindful of what you're getting into, but it's legendary for a reason.
4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
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Damn lots of books, I'll be sure to try to read as much as I can, I tried to take some of your suggestions in my future readings, and well I kinda liked the name of that book "sandman" It just seems interesting. and New Avengers seems to be intresting also. and I like that "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?".
Well thanks to everyone that gave me names especially comrade and VIS for the help. I'll be sure to take those names in considirations, but now i am finishing twilight and am going to start on my cearque du freak books, also I am going to start with my eragon series. and then I'll start considering what you told me. I think i'll start with Sandman cause it looked nice.
i think I'll try some spidey also but not wolverine. I really didn't like him alot and am not that much of a big fan of the x-men movies. But y'know I LOVE SPIDERMAN. I'll try batmans.
Wait VIS, do you think I'll understand everything If I started with the issue 48 of new avengers. DUNNO seems like i'd be missing alot. Like just asking if it is a kind of those really complicated stories or simplier.
Also, I think I'll stick with the movie of Sin City, just because i don't want to go into the comic book stuff of it. y'know. well I gues I'll start by the easy stuff first cause i don't want the harder stuff to get me crazy with big words. lol. well thanks for the help though.
4 years agoby @gaj1992Flag
T.Clark
Note that those "trades" I mentioned might be in hardcover, so you might want to wait for the actual TPB is ya don't wanna spend the extra cash
What Comrade said is good, too, I just wanted to, well, RANT, and give more examples of good stuff I read. Young Avengers was very unique considering the fact that it's, well, YOUNG Avengers. I think everybody considered it to be a Teen Titans rip-off when they first heard of it, but it was actually quite more than that. Any idea when that series is going to start up again, Comrade? It's been on hiatus for a while, but I'm glad the characters are still showing up in events(cuz Marvel has enough of 'em)
4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
T.Clark
*new avengers #48, not #58
I also recommend "The Umbrella Academy" for Dark Horse and "Project Superpowers" form Dynamite Entertainment(since I suggested ones for Marvel and DC). Umbrella Academy is really creative, and it shocked me because it's written by Gerard Way, the lead singer for a rock band. I have the first mini-series, which should be in trade form by now, and there's supposedly going to be more mini-series, like Hellboy does it. Superpowers teams Jim Kreuger and Alex Ross, who, like Loeb and Sale, make a great team. It's also a series of mini-series, with ongoing spin-offs of the characters. The trade should be out soon, if not already
I don't read any Image Comics. I've heard Invincible is good, but I never started with it. btw, I also suggest the new ongoing Thor series from J. Michael Strazynski, especially since it's only been going for a year, which means not a lot of catching up to do, and the Thor movie will be released soon, so I'm betting Thor comics will become popular like Iron Man did. Marvel even started a new "Invincible Iron Man" series in the aftermath of the film's success(this comic is also worth reading). I wasn't interested in Iron Man before, but he's become a central figure since Civil War and the movie. I also have another suggestion for DC: the All-Star books(All Star Superman and All Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder) if you're looking for the some of the best talent in the industry teaming up to tell stand alone tales of big characters. This is why it's not just an Ultimate line rip-off, because the series are limited. Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely did all star superman and it was some of the best reading I did this year. The trade including all 12 issues is out now. All star batman and robin is from Frank Miller and Jim Lee, two of the best people to work on Batman...ever. It's a bit weird, but it's classic Miller if you're a fan. The first trade for that I believe is out now, and the series is longer that all star superman, so there'll be another.
idk if anyone is going to take these suggestions, but once you got talking about comics I wanted to rant lmao There's more, but these are the main ones I'd suggest if you want to get back into or start with mainstream comics. Thanks for reading ;)
4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
T.Clark
You're right Fallen, Loeb is also great. His "Hush" story was f*cking amazing and his team-ups with Tim Sale pretty much always deliver. His Superman/Batman run was great, too. After he left that title, I lost interest in it. However, he's gotten kind of...ridiculous, I guess, with his writings as of late. In fact, I think it's been like that ever since he left DC for Marvel...his son dying probably didn't help matters, either. Ultimates 3 sucked compared to the first 2 by Millar, but I think Marvel rushed him so they could release this "Ultimatum" event. It was only 5 issues compared to the 13 each for 1 and 2. If he had more time I think it could have been better.
4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
T.Clark
Marvel's New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis is also a great book if you're looking for mainstream stuff. It's kind of it's own series but still ties into what's going on, so if you've been out of the loop for a while, it's a good book to read. Good stories, snappy dialogue, lots of fan fav characters like Spidey and Wolverine...if you're planning on picking this up, the latest issue(#58) is a great jumping on point because there's a roster change. idk if anyone is planning to, but I figured since we were talking comics, I'd bring it up lol
As for DC, Green Lantern by Geoff Johns is f*cking epic. Johns knows how to tell an epic story, he does it with pretty much everything he touches. He's coming off Sinestro Corp War and jumping right into "Rage of the Red Lanterns"...can't wait for Blackest Night...it's like a trilogy of stories. Very interesting and action packed, and the thing about it is, is that Johns and Bendis are two very different writers. Bendis seems to tell more story in the pictures and expressions of the characters. He's gone nearly half a comic with no dialogue before. Johns on the other hand tends to get dialogue heavy but it usually clears things up and leads into some heavy action. Two great mainstream books if you're thinking about grabbing some TPBs
But yeah, the obvious favorites are Alan Moore, Frank Miller, etc. They pretty much create their own universes. I haven't read too much of Neal Gaiman's work, but he's writing a Batman story in the aftermath of "Batman R.I.P." called "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?"(modeled after Moore's "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?")
4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
the Narrator
I'd say Alan Moore, Frank Miller, and definitely Tolkien are my favorite writers. Jeph Loeb aint that bad too, but whatever.
4 years agoby @narratorFlag
Lock and Stock
Neil gaiman and alan moore are the best authors.
4 years agoby @m-man360Flag
-comrade-
Later on, you can start reading more challenging stuff, translations and the like. Dante's "Inferno"/Comedia, some Kafka and Dostoyevsky. If you like his stifling style, Tolkien. Michael Chabon. Steinbeck can serve as an intermediary between the stuff below and some of the more difficult works.
4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
-comrade-
Trade Paperback. Think of comics series as TV series, and TPB like DVD collections of seasons (less or more depending on how recent the series is, if it's still ongoing, etc.).
The Eragon books are good, very imaginative (the movies are terrible), Cirque Du Freak, also good. You know how I feel about Twilight. If you've never read Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass, try to find those. Harry Potter is a fun read, and undoubtedly has more credence than Twilight. Richard Matheson, Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegut are excellent authors to look into, and if you like horror, H.P. Lovecraft wrote some terrifying sh*t. I understand that you're still learning the language, so these are all pretty good to start with, but don't be intimidated if they seem a little dense. Right now, reading Watchmen is a great move.
In terms of comics: Any of Frank Miller's Batman stuff, and obviously Sin City. The Crow by James O'Barr. Invincible is a good series that's really recent. Batman: The Long Halloween. You might like X-Men: First Class, and Young Avengers is a great series. Go to your ocal bbokstore and try to find their comics/GN section, and seriously just pick something, flip through it and see if it might appeal to you. Once you get an idea of what your taste is, you may want to start looking into buying online.
Oh, and how could I forget: Neil Gaiman's The Sandman (Gaiman is actually a great author of novels too, check out Anansi Boys, Stardust, or Coraline)
4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
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Wait what is TPB exactly.
i'll try to do so it's just that I am kinda excited, I wanna know what does it end like, you know. it's pretty good. Hey i wonder if you can give me some more book names so I am sure i wont be reading something I'll regret later. this is my list of books that I will be reading soon:
Eragon series, Cirque du freak series, and finishing the twilight series (the last book, of course) I also Am curious about the last harry potter book which i still didn't read (the deathly hallows) I wanna read that. I also kinda didn't read harry potter but i wantched the movies (i wonder if it will be better if I will read the books also before reading the deathly hallows. Sorry for that Just thought if anyone can help me organize my want-to-read booklist. lol.
4 years agoby @gaj1992Flag
-comrade-
BD, I just wait until the TPB's start to come out. it sucks to wait, but, it just costs so much less.
FOY, If you're looking at finishing the book, definitely do it in a solid run through the last chapters.
4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
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alright it is not that hard to answer to that question, listen I know who to respect and who not to respect, and this argument ,or the one we had on street fighter's article (they are kinda both the same though), I tried to fight your opinion about something and i didn't really try to fight you presonally, I wouldn't want to say anything like I would listen just because you are bigger kinda sh*t. I only want to say my opinion freely without someone getting in the way of me doing it. I'd like if you try to give me an advice and I would try to make myself better through that advice. (this is mostly what comrade did, he gave me an advice without getting to offend me personally)
now on the other hand VIS, I was offened big time with your first comment, mabey if you said it nicer I would just take that as an advice and just get over it. but by you saying sh*t to me (which offend me) I had to comeback to this and answer for the fact that NOBODY likes to put his dignity down and just shut up when someone offends him.
So at the end it doesnt matter about the age VIS. if you were a little kid and said something good that I thought would help me I would take it in consideration and try to get better through that. and mabey sometimes an old person spits sh*t in my face and I just know how to ignor him and keep him away from me. i am not saying you are exactly anyone of those two VIS.
I wish this answers your question.
COMERADE, I never said twilight was wrong, I am just saying that watchmen and twilight cannot be compared.
twilight = fun easy reading
watchmen = deep, better, more literary (and of course also FUN) reading.
So you can't compare them.
BTW I think I will finish WATCHMEN tonight. if nothing got in the way of course.
4 years agoby @gaj1992Flag
Brainiac
i'm loving dark reign, but the price bump sucks, idk i'm gunna pick secret warroirs (i forget if thats the right name, the Nick Fury series) cuz of it.
4 years agoby @thebdFlag
-comrade-
Dark Reign. hells yeah.
4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
T.Clark
Thanks. It's the cover to the latest issue of "New Avengers"...off subject is a good subject lmao
4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
Brainiac
way off subject, but i gotta say nice pic Vis.
4 years agoby @thebdFlag
-comrade-
cool.
4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
T.Clark
Oh, sorry Comrade, I was talkin to FOY...should have made that clear lol
4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
-comrade-
That's NOT what I said VIS. I know plenty of people my age and older that spout nothing but crap, and I know a number of young people who are very sharp. To me, experience is more important than age. You understand what it's like when you look around and see people your age doing and saying things that eight-year-olds would know better than to do or say. It makes things harder for you.
In a way, age is also helpful in determining a person's mindset and motivation. It works to both your advantage and disadvantage.
BTW, when have I overtly disrespected what you have said?
4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
T.Clark
So if I was older you would actually respect what I'M telling you, but since I'm your age you're pretending not to care? Intelligent is intelligent, doesn't matter the age. I actually hold myself at a high standard for my age, not because of my ego, but because of how I'm praised by teachers and chosen for important organizations to represent my school
4 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
-comrade-
No, I'm straight but I am a proponent of human (gay) rights.
I think it's better that you gave an estimation too.
It is nice to hear that you are broadening your tastes. And remember, I never said it was bad or wrong to like Twilight (what you like is ALWAYS a matter of opinion) but I just wanted you to get the right impression of what literature is. And if you're reading Watchmen, you've definitely got a good start.
4 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
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wawwww, chapter six was the deepest chapter in all the novel. wawww, this is amazing.
4 years agoby @gaj1992Flag