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EW & DC Direct Give Us Images Of Two WATCHMEN Figures!!
Merrick here...
Ummm, well, there's not really much more to say than what's in the headline...'cept that the images are of Nite Owl and Rorschach.
If you click on the little picture, you can see a larger picture in the article itself! (Is that really better than saying "CLICK TO EMBIGGEN"?)
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this movie has taken so fricking long to get to the big screen, it had better be worth it
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Then the first picture.Im just woundering when there gonna show Dr.Manhattan.Plus I have a feeling that Adrian's still gonna look like a Batman&Robin Reject.
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but don't act like the Simpsons came along and invented a word that the English Language was sorely lacking... Why not just say CLICK and let us figure out what will happen? You know, a little mystery never hurt anybody!
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is a chubby dude in this movie. But he probably won't be. Ah well. Can you imagine how awesome the fat nite owl figure would be?
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Nite Owl looks more owly there than in the moody photo they released of the costume. I feel 8% happier about this movie now.
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I'm hoping Rorschach's origin will be given the treatment it deserves. It was fucking haunting and depressing and made me have to set the book down and take a shit the first time I read it.
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...given that he's in something more like armor in this movie, as compared to the skintight getup in the comic.
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Get it? I gotta poop
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and it really is a great "novel". toys rule. fingers crossed on the film, but after seeing the hollow eye candy that was 300, im skeptikal. This material has some real depth that i think may be lost by this director.
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A washed up, depressed Dan Dreiberg having put on a little weight went a very long way in the book, giving it a little punch of realism. Would have been cool to see that preserved in the movie. Nothing like a fat superhero to turn the genre on its ear...
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trust me.
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He could be wearing a corset under the armour. Which would be even more pathetic.
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It is a word. As it isn't established that words have no meaning here, I assume this one is still in use. Enbiggen. Not Emlarge.
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Apr 17, 2008 10:04:42 AM CDT
Why is this movie is taking a whole fucking year to come out
by guy who got a headache and accidentally
It's fucking finished, why is it setting on a shelf for a whole motherfucking year, it's bullshit.
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of course. Despite the changes, I think I'll like everyone else's costume except for Ozy. Hopefully it'll work in the context of the film, though.
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an "Embiggen" themed TB vortex, but I've never heard of Enbiggen. You might be right. Though every google search points me to "commonly mis-spelled version of Embiggen" www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=enbiggen
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... because there is a lot of post production and special effects to do on it, ass. 300 finished filming about a year before it came out because of the effects and coloring they needed to do.
Oh, and I heard a rumor that they're going to do effects to this to make the photography in this film match the color schemes in the comic. Can anyone verify this? -
Dan Dreiberg wearing a girdle under his armor is actually a good idea. Fits the character nicely.
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but I see your point. I still doubt they're going in that direction, though. Hollywood = no fat chicks (or dudes),
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or with the way the armor was made that it acts like a girdle. Think about the Batman Begins armor. If someone fat tried to get into it, it would compress it, ya know?
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I have a feeling i'm going to get even more sick of Superheroes than I am of Orcs and Trolls and Elves right now.At this point I wish Tolkien was never born.
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It still very much has that classical Egyptian/Greek vibe, and doesn't look anywhere near as gay as the outfit in the comic. The costume changes for this film were necessary. Watchmen is a classic, brilliant story, but some of those character designs in today's movie market would have non-fans - i.e., most of the people going to see the movie - howling in the aisles with laughter. They looked like the cast of MYSTERY MEN - a flat-out comedic film. Snyder did what he had to do to make some of these guys look cool. The fact that Rorschach's appearance is virtually unchanged from the source material is evidence that they must have tried Ozy's look out, and it must have sucked. This is an acceptable compromise.
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It still very much has that classical Egyptian/Greek vibe, and doesn't look anywhere near as gay as the outfit in the comic. The costume changes for this film were necessary. Watchmen is a classic, brilliant story, but some of those character designs in today's movie market would have non-fans - i.e., most of the people going to see the movie - howling in the aisles with laughter. They looked like the cast of MYSTERY MEN - a flat-out comedic film. Snyder did what he had to do to make some of these guys look cool. The fact that Rorschach's appearance is virtually unchanged from the source material is evidence that they must have tried Ozy's look out, and it must have sucked. This is an acceptable compromise.
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King Leonidas on the left.
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For what it's worth, here's how I see it: Ozymandias is a superhero version of Oprah. He's all about inspiring people to embrace their inner beauty and such. He's also targeting children with his products, hence his toy line. The photo of him on the Internet, however, is of someone who seems a bit creepy. Now, if Oz has TWO outfits, and this is the one he wears at the end...when he's given up on trying to appeal to humanity's better nature, fine. But if the black garb is pre-New York Oz, then he doesn't look terribly inspiring. Though I understand your point overall about costume changes.
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They just wont. We all knew it. They don't care about subtle irony, or anything subtle for that matter.
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Look at the figure in 1 of 2 ways. A) this could be Night Owl BEFORE he retired. B) This costume is more like sturdy armor, designed for a fit Dan. If an out of shape Dan puts it on, it will be tight and uncomfortable but the basic shape of the suit will remain.....mostly. Who knows, there could be a one liner when he tries it on where he comments on how tight it is. Would get laughs for sure.
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Because there's SOOO much Tolkien thrown at you these days. NOONE mentioned him on this TB except you so how about if your mother goes back in time and aborts your stupid ass.The figurines look pretty spiffy to me but I'll wait and see the movie before I get excited enough to purchase. O the hoot!
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like "it doesn't fit like it used to" or something like that. But the actor on screen will still be a washboard-stomached Addonis (though in the earlier photo he didn't seem as cut as this action figure might suggest)
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Rorsharch figure needs bigger biceps.
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I agree, the photo is creepy, but I think it has more to do with the atmosphere of the photograph itself than the costume. It's a dark shot, and his face looks like Frodo-with-the-ring-on.
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no big spoilers, but interesting - Veidt.com
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Nite Owl looks like something from a Joel Schumacher comic book movie.
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Dragons, Dwarves, Elves, Orcs OUT THE FUCKING YIN YANG! So sick of them all.
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... Is Alan Moore blowing a major gasket again. (And rightly so)
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Myabe you guys are operating on a level that you know they are not wortds, but are just huge Simpsons fans and using their terminology. If so, then the guy who said embiggen is correct
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The 300 comic wasn't all that deep to begin with so you can't really fault Snyder for making such a literal adpatation. He respects the medium and seems willing to keep as much of the comic and story intact as possible so I have faith that this film is going to deliver. I haven't seen or read anything that concerns me. Here's to positive thinking. Cheers.
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..but why's the Owl so buff? Being fat and over the hill was a major aspect of the comic character, so why do we care about this Schumaker Owl? Owly nips and neon villains?
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You are a cunt. That is all.
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Regardless, we are "operating on that level", yes.
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Adrian's costume is suppose to look like a joel schumacher batman and Robin look. The graphic novel watchmen was a satire on everything we knew about comics. This movie is going to not only follow that template but it will also satire all we know about Super Hero Movies. Thus making Adrian who's character is the bad guy and fake and person who is all about the money modeled after joel shumachers Batman films which were made all about the money and no artistic goals. It's not that hard to understand. Adrians picture looks just like it could have been taken from a Batman and Robin photo shoot, WHICH IS THE POINT.
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Should I read thecomic first though? Sorry I mean Graphic Novel
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jackasses get onto a high horse and tell off others about proper words when they can't even fucking spell the word "words". The English language evolves and we come up with new words for it. And someone came up with embiggen, and other people picked it up and ran with it. So yes, it IS a word. Or a wortd, if you prefer.
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Gotta catch em all!! Rorschach I choose you!!!
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or something...but I guess a pudgy guy onscreen in a superhero suit might look a little goofy.
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Pretty sweet. They look more like figures from the comic in my opinion, but since they're going 100% faithful to the book it's no surprise. -
and his head cocked to the side kinda makes him look effeminate, no? Maybe he won't be breaking any fingers in this movie.
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About a word that was coined on an episode of the Simpsons? But Not from a fan site? It's embiggen because i saw the episode several times and that's how I remember it. I've seen it referred to here and elsewhere in print several times and that's how it's spelled, it's eMbiggen with an "M". It is. there's your proof: I've never lied to you before.
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The Rorschach figure will be released with 100 different variant edition heads with all different versions of the mask, just to make the collectors market explode.The Spirit figure's not bad, you just have to buy your own blue paint.
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There is not a single English word in the average dictionary beginning with enb... lots of emb though, embitter, emboss, embrocate... makes most sense to be embiggen.
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Needs a pot belly
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you know, they'll give him different little rubber faces you can pop on and off to make his mask "change" its look. i wish
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Physically fit, buff Night Owl is another sign Hollywood is going to blow it on this movie. I wonder if they have a gag order on Alan Moore to not talk (trash) about this movie before it's released or he forfeits his royalties?
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looks ridiculously long in that figure.
Not to mention Rorschach looks like he can't be posed.
And yeah...nite owl better be fat. I hope this is old school N.O. -
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The lyrics to the closing "Jebediah Springfield Theme," from pg. 197 of 'The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family,' edited by Ray Richmond and compiled by the show's staff:
"It's that team of Jebediah Springfield/Whip those horses, let that wagon roll/That a people might embiggen America/That a man might embiggen his soul, his soul, his souuul!" -
I don't care about toys
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Nuff said
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Click to Embiggen is a perfectly Cromulent phrase. Use it with care.
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You just know there is a warehouse full of that shit somewhere. I wonder how much DC Direct lost on that crap?
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I am still holding out hope that this film is going to be good. Watchmen is a property that I, like many, hold dear. To see it reduced to mediocrity would almost certainly force me to commit a crime of some sort. Probably murder, but at the very least arson.
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Go get DP'd by a chainsaw.
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I can't even type that 'em...' word. It hurts just to think about it. And, Omarthesnake, just because some illiterates, who don't realize there are already perfectly good words to express what they want to say and thus come up with absurd expressions to fill in their grade school level vocabulary, doesn't mean we should encourage them.
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Give me fat Nite Owl!!!
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...Ahh, yeah! Remember when The Simpsons was good? Damn, I'm getting old...
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That ring shaped purple bruise on your temple where someone has held a gun to your head MAKING you read and watch all things Tolkien. Tch, such a pity. Here's a suggestion (though it baffles me where you're getting this from as there's been NO Hobbit news in months), the next time there is any Hobbit movie news, hold on, DON'T READ IT if it bothers you so much. Methinks you're about four years late in your carping, however. Think I'll go embiggen my Internet search for more Watchmen stuff. O the hoot!
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Apr 18, 2008 10:27:13 PM CDT
Whoever said 300 was "hollow eye candy" is clearly illiterate
by scytheofluna
Because it was pretty much a frame for frame adaptation of the book. And if you're going to talk shit about Frank Miller I will knock you the fuck out. Next to Alan Moore Miller is god, and you aren't fit to lick his, or Zack Snyder's taints. Comic book adaptations are often hollow misrepresentations of the works they're based on, (any Marvel film applies so far other than the original Blade) But 300 was spot on. Read some fucking history, Sparta wasn't known for deep thought or philosophy. They were a WARRIOR SOCIETY you fuckin' imbecile.
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What fucking depth did you expect in 300? What kind of deep, meaningful message was missing in that film? Would a few heartfelt moments have broadened it's appeal to include someone as clearly sophisticated as yourself? Pretentious twat. Get over yourself, and try reading the book before you talk shit about the film. Miller liked it well enough, and since he wrote the fucker, I think he's a better judge than some nobody trying to elevate his own sense of self by whining about "depth". Spartans weren't much more than finely honed killing machines. Perhaps you got them mixed up with the Athenian boy lovers. Maybe you'd prefer a film about that. As for Watchmen, why don't you shut the fuck up and let them get the film out before you start shitting yourself with nerd angst. And Skeptical only has one "k" in it, douche.
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Film and books are too seperate mediums, one should not have to read the book to understand the film. should everyone who saw "There Will Be Blood' read "Oil!"? Calm the fuck down. 300 was alright, nothing deep or anything, just ok.
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It wasn't supposed to be deep. The book wasn't deep, Sparta wasn't deep. The film is virtually identical to the book. You don't have to have read the book to understand the film. My point was that for better or worse the film was a direct adaptation, and to call it eye candy with no depth illustrates a lack of familiarity with the source material, or the historical fact that the Spartans weren't known for great depth, so his criticism was pointless netnerd bullshit. If you thought the film was just okay, good for you. Personally I like my film adaptations to reflect the books their based on. That's kinda' the fucking point. And yes, I do think people should try reading the books these things are based on before they run their mouths or keyboards about depth. 300 was exactly what it was supposed to be.
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I dunno, I just think that as long as they get the essence of the material, it doesn't have to be word for word, image for image. I mean, yeah Batman Begins took some liberties, but the motivations and message were the same as the comics, as opposed to Burton's Batman, which was really just a Burton flick with characters that happen to be from batman. As long as the get the essence of the material, which apparentally they did with 300 (I haven't read it) then that's fine by me.
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