Also, like other great comic book stories, it’s about the characters, not about the super powers or the spectacle. As opus indicated, it’s complex and intricate, with extensive symbolism. That was accomplished very well in a visual medium that gives the reader time to digest the finer points of the story, both verbally and visually. For the movie to succeed, it will need to take those things into account for both the first-time viewer and the viewer who’s seeing it for the fourth time and wants to still be picking up fresh nuances.

As Peter Jackson and others have shown, the source material is popular for a reason and when left mostly untampered-with, the final product can be just as good in its own medium. Fortunately, it sounds as though that is the direction things are going with the production. Hopefully Snyder can be as faithful with “Watchmen” as he tried to be with “300.”

Regarding the Soul-Junk/Woven Hand collaboration, it’s not actually a collaboration. The two artists were working on their own, new albums. Which, on the one hand is kind of disappointing. But hey, new Soul-Junk and Woven Hand albums! And that ain’t nothing.