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Rorschach is bothering me! Who is gonna be watching dese WATCHMEN?
Hey folks, Harry here... Ya know... some nights, while attending one's post here at AICN - some cool fucking shit goes down. Take tonight for example. I'm sitting here at Geek Headquarters with young master Quint sharing a conversation about Mark Protosevich's THOR script - discussing reading the remake of ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK remake script - when I get an email from... Rorschach:
From: rorschach@rorschachsjournal.com
Subject: Who Watches the Watchmen?
Date: June 28, 2007 10:13:38 PM CDT
To: rorschach@rorschachsjournal.com
new website.
movie being made about masks.
alan moore - 'watchmen'.
RorschachsJournal.com
more news soon.
.?R.
Well, being a good reporter, I had to find out if it was the "real" Rorschach or just some wannabe, so I responded with:
Subject: rorschach you psychotic twit
Go fuck yourself, you're the one that deserves to be in prison you
sadistic fuck!
The Harry Man
Now I'd see if it was Rorschach... Moments later I get:
knowles.
have you on my list to visit.
watch your fridge.
.ЯR.
Yeah, that sounds like Rorschach, but I had to be sure, so I wrote back...
I've seen your bland face under that woman's dress you call a mask.
But if you get your kicks beating on a crippled fat fuck, you're more
gone than anyone ever suspected you faceless nobody.
Try something productive, like blowing your mind out of the back of
your fucking skull!
The Harry Man
To which Rorschach replied... simply:
hurm.
.ЯR.
So... Here's the thing - The Rorschach's Journal site has his logo that links to his email address - and that's it. Tonight... for a little bit, I exchanged, in character, insults and vague and not so vague threats with THE MAN... RORSCHACH!!!! It's good to be a geek! Unless... he really does visit me. GULP!
Subject: Who Watches the Watchmen?
Date: June 28, 2007 10:13:38 PM CDT
To: rorschach@rorschachsjournal.com
new website.
movie being made about masks.
alan moore - 'watchmen'.
RorschachsJournal.com
more news soon.
.?R.
Go fuck yourself, you're the one that deserves to be in prison you
sadistic fuck!
The Harry Man
have you on my list to visit.
watch your fridge.
.ЯR.
I've seen your bland face under that woman's dress you call a mask.
But if you get your kicks beating on a crippled fat fuck, you're more
gone than anyone ever suspected you faceless nobody.
Try something productive, like blowing your mind out of the back of
your fucking skull!
The Harry Man
.ЯR.
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hell yeah
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could be interesting
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Hrum.
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It's a great comeback.. there's nothing else you can really say back after a damned good "hurm".
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Although hella early....They haven't even announced any casting. Anyways, Tom Jane for The Comedian? Me digs.
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Hahaha so true
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I don't like it when people watch me.
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Would make for a great fall/winter movie. Nice alternative comic book movie compared to the popcorn fare like Iron Man and Incredible Hulk during the summer movie season.
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emails with a fictional character and is worried about visits. Why do I envision this ending with Harry punching himself in a parking garage?
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Look in the source code. It takes you here:
http://staff.theonering.net/xoanon/rorschach/index.html
Now look at the page's title. It's morse code for "STOOD IN STREET. WATCHED IT BURN." It's a speech that Rorshach gave (see 6:25:8 to 6:26:7) -
this is not news.
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Who the hell cares? This isn't news. It's a stupid email exchange with who? A fictional character? why don't you post your letters to Santa Claus? As far as news goes, HOW ABOUT SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE THOR AND EFNY SCRIPTS YOU NAME CHECKED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS POINTLESS ARTICLE. That might be worth reading.
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if it was just some psycho playing make believe and was actually going to make good on his threats
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i dont care about harrys letters to rorschach, santa, sam jackson, or any other fictional characters.
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Is taking off in a really big way now when it comes to films...
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Seems the Dark Knight marketing is catching on. I for one think it's pretty damn cool in both instances.
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I expect better of you than shameless pandering to Harry. I mean, at least try to grab Mori (who I'm sure is still hurting over the There's No Way Walter B is Bruce Willis debacle).
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I did in Block E, Downtown Minneapolis. There was some teaser trailer in front of Transformers that I didn't recognize - ending with the torn-off head of the statue of liberty landing in a NY street? What was this? Thanks.
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It just hit me that on a movie website that is respected and trusted by most, I just read a post detailing the exchange between the web master and a fictional character.
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That would be for Cloverfield. Mori had a couple reports on it just recently. It's apparently a JJ Abbrams project scheduled for next year.
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The Cloverfield trailer than I am Transformers.
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Gotta look that sucker up.
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Because nobody had the common sense to throw a movie about giant robots fucking shit on IMAX. How could they drop the ball on this one? Also props to the fellow Twin Cities filmgeek fan.
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Is he the big blue dude who makes clocks, its been a while sinse I read it.
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i find it weird that when clicking on the link, one of the sites you see flash in the loading process is...staff of "theonering.net".....just thought it was weird
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Jun 29, 2007 2:04:25 AM CDT
WHAT'S NEXT? TELLING US WHAT YOU HAD FOR DINNER?
by greigy just wanted to say
Discussing in depth the contents of your fridge? Telling us the consistency of your mighty stools.? Ramming HD-DVD down our throats.... oops sorry.. been there done that.!
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I enjoy a healthy social life in the guise of a playboy millionaire whilst cathartically ridding gotham city of it's lowlife scum. I like experimental black sports cars, gadgets and urban night life.... and oh yes... I LIKE TO MAKE BELIEVE I'M A FICTIONAL FUCKING CHARACTER..!!!!
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It's cool if you have read those scripts and have decided not to share the details on your website that is famous for scooping early details on films in development, but must you tell people about it? You have become like a twelve year old girl who skips around, flicking at her pigtails, singsonging "I know something you don't know".Nobody ever wanted to fuck those girls, Harry. They became old and bitter and mean-spirited. Don't be like that. Either share or keep it fully under your hat.
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creepy little bugger...
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Here's the code:
the trail leads here:
http://staff.theonering.net/xoanon
Which goes to:
http://xoanontorn.blogspot.com/
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i'm curious what the morse code at the bottom of the blog page says.
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It says Stood in street watching it burn.
I think. -
"stood in street watching it burn"
mean anything to anyone?
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is a senior editor at theonering.net. Is he bored or are we?
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This is buuuuullshiiiiiiiit *kicks down toilet door*
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read the article there. devin actually did research, who does he think he is some kind of journalist or something? lol
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This aint no news.
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spoiler...well refers to the part in the comic where Rorschach finds out a kidnapper fed a little girl to his dogs so he decides to go jigsaw on his ass and handcuffs the murderer to a furnace inside his house while he lites it aflame. He stands outside to see if the guy uses the saw he left him to cut off his own arm and escape, which he doesn't. Supposed to be his origin story.
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Here we have some fat fool dropping vague hints about Thor and EFNY scripts, but does he say anything about them? No. Instead, he shares some POS e-mail conversation with a fictional character. That Ain't Cool News. That's just useless bullshit that wastes the time of anyone coming here. Haven't you people got anything interesting to say anymore? Actually don't bother. I already know the answer.
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Are you saying that Alan Moore ripped off Mad Max completely without even bothering to credit it?
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LONG LIVE CHUD
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i hate it if people decide to sell out. didn't michael regina use to be on the tbs? i hope he's already banned for stepping over the damn line. or, in the future, he will just go by the name of PLANT#1 and gets a purple box so everybody is warned.
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I understand that Krisi Ballentine from Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search, Lingerie Bowl, and Deal or No Deal, and a brief cameo in Disturbia, is being considered to play Supergirl on Smallville. She's also up for a lead role in Baywatch the movie.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nkkxdPCM8ng
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That's all I gotta say.....
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i want to read it, where can i find it?
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umm....is this supposed to be news?
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when we would actually see those script reviews that Harry started out talking about?
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unless he is pannelling it and has deemd it only worthy of toilet paper duty. A script review saying how great it was and how he wants to give everyone involved in raping another carpenter classic a big fat kiss for their unique vision in reimagining such a stale film would make me puke. And seriously damage the office computer.
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Okay, I've read this jumbled mess twice and I still don't get it. Can someone please explain what the hell Harry is talking about? God, sometimes I'm embarrassed to be a geek.
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... you know you would love it if it had been you who had received that email from R. Get a f'n life and Harry, nice back 'n forth.
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But I figured it wasn't really him because there was no swearing.
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whoever. And who the fuck cares. I thought about recycling the old David Blunkett resignation email joke, but thought most of you (as you are American, and therefore don't give a fuck about mediocre british politicians) wouldn't get it
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We don't give a fuck about good british politicians either!
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fuck it, I'll do it anyway as it seems to be a slow news day, with any old crap being put up and I have no work:This is vaguely offensive so if easily upset then please ignore....... ........ ....... ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ... .... ....... ...... ........ ........ ...... ...... ... ... ....... ....... .....David Blunkett's resignation letter!It's funny because he's blind! or not. Sorry again.
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check out the document source HTML code
http://staff.theonering.net/xoanon/rorschach/index.html
looks like a fan thing. Or fan run, but at the Onering.net?
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you know it makes sense-what doesnt make sense is making a Watchmen film-there is absoloutely no point to it. The books a good time piece-to adapt it all this time after the Cold War without adding some element of retrospect or re-evaluation of the material serves absolutley no purpose beyond the fact that its a big comic book and adaptations of big comics make money no mater how shite they are. The books there-READ IT!
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So all I have to do to get a news story on AICN is pretend to be a fictional character and write an e-mail? Wow. Roleplayers unite!
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But until I see an image Harvey Dent style that could only come from the production, I'm doubting it.
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No seriously, was this in an airport hanger?
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because you don't know. Ya know?
And I thought Paddy Considine definitely wasn't doing this? -
Doug Hutchison.
You all know this to be true. -
he does intense mad bastard so well. Oh well...umm....Ed Norton for Rorschach? Im saying jeff Goldblum for Nite Owl anyway....
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You are a horrible writer. You need to stop writing. Now.
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theres the slim danger that I would want to kick him in the face over and over due to him being Percy in the Green Mile. That "dry sponge" scene still freaks me out man....
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what Norton and Goldblum no good?
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before they even start shooting. We already knew that.
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what Norton and Goldblum no good?
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It's still fucking cool viral. Yes, them lot are wankers for dropping hints about scripts etc and not actually reporting on them, but fuck, we're getting a Watchmen film people. Try and get some positivity going.
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Why the hell would he communicate with a wannabe liberal?
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HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!Great Odin's raven! That's funny.
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Jun 29, 2007 10:09:59 AM CDT
RORSCHACH HAS NO MYSPACE FRIENDS BECAUSE...
by greigy just wanted to say
Fictional or not he's got a fucking life.... YEP FIGURE THAT ONE OUT... it'll cook your melon for days.
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Because you felt you needed to post this lame piece of shit blog like anyone would actually care.
And we'll see how your buddy Mark does after his shit Legend script becomes just another shit movie this Christmas.
Hateraid -
Anyone who has read the book knows that he needs to be an unknown face. SPOILER! (don't read any further!) --- For much of the book, you don't know his identity and later discover that he was in fact an ugly, short, seemingly crazy homeless guy who was in the background of many scenes.
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Harry thinks he needs to insult the guy to get a response like the most juvenile of talkbackers? Couldnt he merely ask whats going on rather than send a barrage of insults? Knowles man-you need to quit reading the Talk Backs man.....
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She said that the current line up is Crudup for Manhattan. Patrick Wilson for Nite Owl.And... Jackie Earle Haley for Rorschach. Good stuff, straight from the horse's mouth. All other parts still up for grabs. Apparently JEH produced his own short as an audition, had stuntmen fight him and everything. That is commitment! Be a great DVD extra as well. Wouldn't be surprised if it were him emailing Harry. He seems very into the project.
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better than Keanu thank Christ...still, they're goig a bit young arent they? Im telling you-Goldblum-Nite owl! Seriously!All right-I just want Goldbum in anything...where the hell is Raines?
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Check the morse code on that page. "YOU REMIND ME OF WEATHERBEE. I DON'T LIKE YOU"
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I want the 40 seconds back that I spent skimming through that pointless horseshit.
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how about a review brotha?
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You've gotten more page views on this guy's blog - where he's never even gotten any friends to comment - than he's probably received in the two years he's been writing it. I'm sure he thanks you.
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So they can age people up. Lots of flashing back and forth in the story and it's easier to age the actors than it is to make them appear younger. Who do you guys like for the girls? And enough bitching about this article, it's as good a reason as any to have a Watcmen TB. I could talk about this one all day.
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explain it to me. They're going to make Doctor Manhattan in a computer then? And Crudup will be playing him before the accident and then his voice or something? I mean he's not a tall man. That's what's confusing me.
And RockLobster, Patrick Wilson will be great as Nite Owl. Raines unfortunately wasn't that great. I was almost happy it was cancelled because I'd like to see Goldblum in other stuff. -
I love this shit
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Get a life.
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Regina created the domain name on Tuesday. If you look up the website's WHOIS public registration, you get this info:
Domain name: RORSCHACHSJOURNAL.COM
Registrant Contact:
Type40 Internet Marketing and Promotion
Michael Regina (xoanon78@hotmail.com)
+1.5149475221
Fax: 1.
42 Marcel Meloche
Kirkland, QC H9J1K6
CA
It's clearly a marketing gimmick. -
http://tinyurl.com/2ufx8j
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I doubt anyone who has just read 250 posts into a TalkBack about a comic book that is over 20 years old needs to be warned about plot spoilers.
And why does every Watchmen TB devolve into a guessing game about the cast? I'm more concerned that the script remain true to the characters and their stories. And more than a little worried whether they can do this faithfully and not have it seem woefully dated. -
Should be Mark Hamill. You know this to be true.
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Smells good to me.
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Rorshach was always my favorite sweathog.gohtaews etirovaf ym syawla saw hcahsroR
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... Steve Buscemi. There's just no other choice.
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But Im not gonna tell you shit about them and post this letter I wrote to Wolverine when I was 4 instead.: "Dear Wolverine, I rally like your claws bub. Please be nicier to gambit. Gamibt is kewl too. I wish I had klaws. Sincerely, Gambit88."
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...considering Doctor Manhattan wiped him from the planet. Pretty impressive comeback, even for a fictional character.
Oh, and then be sure to ask him if Snyder is using the Jimi Hendrix version of "All Along the Watchtower" during the scene where two riders (Nite Owl and Rorschach) were approaching and the wind began to howl...Hey-ay...
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Hurm -
http://www.the-isb.com/?p=43 -
Rorschach is a Cylon!
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If you view the page source, you'll see that the graphic comes from a onering.net address (http://staff.theonering.net/xoanon/rorschach/index.html)
View the source on the originating page and there is a message in morse code. It reads:
"THANKS FOR EMAILS. WILL REPLY SOON. THE VEIDT METHOD IS A LIE" -
I read the Hayter script which Alex Tse is now doing a re-write on. I thought the Hayter script was excellent. Very faithful in tone and spirit - with whole sections lifted more or less verbatim. Most of the liberties were used in streamlining: No Capt Metropolis (instead Nite Owl comes up with the idea of a team up - but even then Comedian refers to it having been tried before...)and no Black Freighter. The biggest change is the ending. Instead of the fake alien attack, Adrian makes it seem that Dr Manhattan punishes the world for risking nuclear annihilation by replicating his power (by trapping him during the big stand off at his polar base) and using it to wipe out 15 million people across various key cities across the world-showing no political or idealogical bias in his targets. The whole sky turns Manhattan Blue and he speaks to the world in all languages and tells them to behave themselves. He basically appears to become god. I thought it was a fantastic change. And it fits really well with Adrian original plan, what with the cancer hoax and getting Doc to leave the planet. It makes it seem that he was manipulating him towards this climax all along. I (and I am a massive fan of the book) kind of prefer it. Esp Adrian's (posing as the voice of Manhattan) sign off after his threat to the world: "I'll Be Watching". I mean, that's just perfect. So the essential structure from the book is maintained,along with the final pay off with Rorschach's journal. As far as I know, Tse is just adding more of the book's details, and better explaing the denouement (the Hayter script didn't spell everything out-something I loiked it for), but as far as I can tell the are still using a Hayter style ending.
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Sorry gang. How do you do them again?
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Thanks for the summary. I've seen mention of the Hayter script, and Mori (I believe it was) just loved it. I had a feeling the fake alien would NOT translate to film, but I feared they couldn't come up with a substitute that didn't seem just as, well, "hokey." The book also has too many characters for a film audience to keep track of, so I can accept some degree of compositing of characters. The best suggestions I've seen concerning the Black Freighter material involve making it into a TV series that's playing in the background of several scenes. If done this way, it could be be a nod to fans of the book without detracting from the main storyline. Although it turns out to be quite important as a reflection of Veidt's story arc, I could see a scriptwriter wanting to lose it. I'm feeling better and better about this project all the time. Here's hoping something fantastic happens.
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It says the “Veidt Method” is a lie.
What is the “Veidt Method” you say?
An Alan Moore scholar tells us so...
"Adrian Veidt, the superhero Ozymandias, advertises what he calls
“Veidt Method”: a self-improvement course, which includes:
[S]eries of physical and intellectual exercise systems which, if followed correctly, can
turn YOU into a superhuman, fully in charge of your own destiny. All that is required
is the desire for perfection and the will to achieve it.
... this advertisement is a direct pastiche of the Charles
Atlas’ advertisements that ran in the comic books in the 1950s, urging “90 pound weaklings”
that got picked on at the beach by the bigger boys to send money to Atlas for a “subscription to
his life changing self-improvement course”"
The rest of the interesting writeup here...
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Now,
Can I make it
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You tell me... I haven't seen Mad Max in years and don't remember any of it. Though I remember reading that scene and thinking that the Saw guys must of ripped off Moore. Nice to see the self-mutilating yourself to survive tradition has a long and proud history.
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I have taken my first steps into a larger world.
Ned, I totally agree with you about how to do the Freighter. Just have it there as a subtle reflection on events.
mode_7, I do agree that is legit flaw. I think it is a tricky one, but it could be overcome by an excellent performance to a degree.
The new script does seem to flesh him out more, but the only bit I have of that is his confrontation with R and NO at the polar base.
I just think it's a hard thing to translate because he is something of an ancillary character until the big reveal. The only way to fix it is to reveal his whole story (the spirit quest etc) but that might give the game away a bit: "why are they giving me all this info on a character who just seems to just be a semi-retired rich guy with a big brain and a utopian fixation... waitaminute!". Y'know.
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I'm actually dumber now, having read that ridiculous post.
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Danny Bonaduce for Rorshach
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Harry's suck site it right.
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I know what you mean. I think the Manhattan change does serve two purposes though. 1. It makes all the stakes more personal to the established characters. Jon is seen as the key to the US's authority, having him (appear to) turn on his masters and humanity at large is a nice progression. 2. Because the threat is now more dispersed (instead of East vs West, there is now a Kashmir/India/Iran/US/Etc nuclear stand off), an entity that can attack across all borders at once better sells the reason for an end to hostilities.
But you are right, there is something purposefully hokey about the botched alien invasion. However, I got shivers at at that whole "I'll be watching" thing. Brings the whole "what do we want from our heroes/leaders/gods" into stark relief. Seriously, 15 million dead and a big voice in the sky saying "Behave" would get even a staunch atheist like me watching my p's and q's... -
"I told my friends I was going to be The Comedian, but they just laughed at me."Ba-dump-bump!
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Wait am I in the right talkback?
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Who are they gonna cast? Triple H?
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I have.
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Perhaps Loki might be better for him, actually.
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start the movement now, friends!!
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He hits about seven different countries and then takes over all media etc to deliver his ultimatum. How is the Tse script? As I say, I only have a little bit of that. It seemed a lot more concerned with explaining events.
Tom Cruise is tied up with Valkyrie I guess. I don't see law at all. He's too sinister. It would give the game away. Plus, he is kind of a whelp. Veidt should actually look like a comic book superhero. I'm biased in whom I'd like to get the part. There's a reason I met the Casting director... -
Why is it that most people demand everything to be so OBVIOUS?! The news here is not that Rorschach e-mailed Harry. Nope. If this website needed to be obvious, the headline would look like:
"POSSIBLE VIRAL MARKETING WEBSITE FOR WATCHMEN FEATURE DISCOVERED?"
Don't you get it? Come on. The news item was presented in the most funny way, that's all. And I liked. And e-mailed Rorschach as well. What the heck, relax a little, people, have some fun...!
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Quite right. The site is free. A labor of love for Harry, that turned into a business. This wierd sense of entitlement some TBers have confuses me.
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So, instead of coming on here, registering a username, then coming onto a Talkback to post under that name, why not just stop visiting the site? Jesus, how empty is your life?
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Rorshach's messages were in character and cool. Harry's responses were kinda retarded. Why start off by insulting the man? Why continue? Like someone else said, it was a wasted opportunity.
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...another ad for generic viagra. Fucking spam!
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Great call on Kilmer. Perfect really. Although a little old now for this cast. But yeah, early 90's Kilmer would be awesome.
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But it's too fucking frustrating to be up for Ozymandias and not have any of your mates understand the gravity of the situation. Had to tell! It will most likely go to a name. I'm just a working actor with a great agent. But it's great that they are seeing people like me and not just going after a star. However, in all likiehood the role will go to someone much better known than me. Which is natural and the way of the industry. But still, just to be considered for this kind of dream job stuff is exciting and kind of a validation of the many sacrifices you have to make to try and build a career doing this stuff. And, of course, you'll be the first to hear of any developments...
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only Titus's dad can pull this off
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And God, I'm not looking forward to this film. I'm just not sold on the director's previous attempts at films. I also think the novel is just too much to put into 1 film. I really hope I'm wrong and when the trailers come out I'm going to get massively excited
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better tell us about that script remake!!!
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It'd make perfect sense if Paris Hilton did her thing and at night she dons a mask and breaks criminals fingers to investigate the murder of someone. Badass.
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I'm still an atheist.. Jinxes are real! It's science.
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Nobody would recognize him anymore either. It's perfect.
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probably. I really want to see him in a quality movie again. I still really like that guy.
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cuz I did. kinda cool.
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It so works -- http://tinyurl.com/yrvhzc
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Fuck the haters. Even if it is fanfict, at least it starts to generate buzz with one of the more interesting virals. And look, it's got people talking.
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Hamill would be a good choice, he'd be able to do the voice right and it wouldn't matter how he looked in flashbacks because he wears a mask.
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Except "Boo." I'm Ramshackle, the new costumed adventure in the new Jay Roach spectacle, The Watchmakers. Will you be my friend? RDRR
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be nice to Rorschach.
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http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=story&b=27824
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it actaully translates to "maybe you've forgotten how we do things around here..."
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Write to me,
Stick Stickly,
PO Box 563,
New York City,
New York State,
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Rorschachs Journal: A comedian died tonight brother. And nobody cares. Nobody cares but me and the thousands of Hulkamaniacs running wild!
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either her, or Rip Taylor.
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Everyone is just assuming he'll be Ozymandias.
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Haven't seen anyone else mention it so thought I would. On the RorshachJournal webpage there is hidden text at the bottom in morse code which says:-
"KITTY GENOVESE WAS THE START RR"
And of course, the murder of Kitty Genovese is the event which compels Rorschach to become a vigilante.
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(yes, with a capital "E"). Because I just decoded some suspicious radio-wave-type energy patterns, and I'll be damned if it isn't Soundwave telling me he is going to stop by and let me know what his alt. form will be in TF2. He even hinted that he knows who the director will be!!!
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What about 'Escape From New York"? Who the fuck cares about viral marketing bullshit?
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If you look closer at the site, the image is hosted off admin.type40marketing.com. Type40 Marketing is a company run by Michael Regina, the site only went live on the 26th. He has two clients listed, but the entry for rorschachsjournal.com is listed as:
"Viral pitch to Warner Bros./Zack Snyder regarding forthcoming 'Watchmen' film."
In other words, it's not an official viral site, it's just a more-active-than-usual marketing pitch. The fact that he got such a write-up here and elsewhere on the web already makes it a pretty persuasive pitch, actually... -
The Internet is a fantastic home for a marketing campaign for a story that takes place in 1985. They need to go old-school for this. WB should vandalize subways with phrases like "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?", "The Comedian is Dead", "Remember Kitty", "Manhattan is the Most Dangerous Man Alive", etc. I want to see yellow smiley faces with a spot of blood over the eye on the side of buildings. I want to see ads for Nostalgia perfume in People and Time. Wizard and Entertainment Weekly need to interview Adrian Veidt. DC and WB could even team up to publish a few issues of "The New Frontiersman", or even get someone to ghost-write "Under the Hood" and publish it. Newsweek could publish an article about the Keene Act. Make it seem like we're a part of their world, as opposed to them being a part of our world (as with the Internet). I want to be inundated with this stuff. I want to get lost in it, and I want people to be confused and intrigued. I want people to watch the film if they do the story justice, and I just don't feel Internet marketing is the best way to go for it.
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this is what I put together from the hidden code at the bottom, mean anything? coordinates?
saw greberid and yzjepcsku +40.754950-073.988058
an affair perhaps
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if they are coordinates it's in the middle of manhattan w 40th st. and fashion ave
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It's Dan Dreiberg and Laurie Juspeczyk - Nite Owl and Jupiter.
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The location is a comicbook store....
Addresses & Info
Midtown Comics Times Square
200 W 40th Street (Corner of 7th Avenue)
New York, NY 10018 -
Ermm..Dark Knight does this shit better..
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And "Who watches the Watchmen?" tagged on walls and posters. Maybe some fake Ozymandias self help books or merchandise.
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Hello from ITALY,
Your work is so fantastic!
Rorschach has written also to us from Rorschach's Journal
http://cinemanotizie.blogspot.com/2007/07/rorschach-ci-invia-un-messaggio-per.html
Best Regards,
eMMe
CinemaNotizie.COM -
When asked about the nature of Rorschach's Journal, Michael Regina (Editor-in-Chief of theonering.net, which is behind R's J) wouldn't confirm if it was an official viral marketing site or just some fan fun, instead giving us the cryptic: "Not sure, [Rorschach] just arrived one day asking for help setting up a website." That's a pretty funny image. Correspondence is continuing, we'll keep you posted if anything develops.
Also, the new Morse Code message on the site reads: "SAW GREBERID AND YZJEPCSKU 40.754950073.988058 AN AFFAIR PERHAPS" I don't have my copy of Watchmen in front of me, but does anyone know what the heck those numbers mean?
UPDATE from AHR: Thanks to Geekanerd commenters Dan and Anonymous for pointing out these numbers are in fact co-ordinates that lead to a location on 7th Ave ad 40th street, NYC. Although I originally speculated they were pointing to Midtown Comics, Geekanerd's super-secret contact at Midtown (who also happens to be a shadowy figure behind Pop Culture Shock) said that the co-ordinates are more likely referring to the location of The Gunga Diner, a restaurant Rorschach visits in Chapter 5, page 11. On that page, Rorschach's narration reads: "On fortieth and seventh, saw Dreiberg and Juspeczyk leaving diner. They didn't know me. An affair perhaps?" -
This is funny.
www.watchmen-the-movie.com -
I got an email back from Rorschach (I wonder if it helps that my name on here is eddieblake). I asked "Eddie Blake was killed. What makes you think you're not next?" The response was: "blake got lazy..RR. "
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He just e-mailed me back. I only asked him if he was there to see if it was an auto responder.
I got a personalised reply saying he had read my website goldenageofcomics.com and was glad to see himself mentioned.
I replied with some questions but no reply yet. -
New morse code?
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Get Zach Snyder to contact me. Which gels with an e-mail I got from the site that said:
Warner Bros new Whore.
Still weeping over Bluetights.net?
NDC
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bluetights went nowhere.
should have picked michael.
get snyder to contact me.
.RR.
Or is this just a confuzzle by Warner Bros??
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