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JoBlo gets a WATCHMEN Video Journal on the Costumes of WATCHMEN!!!

Hey folks, Harry here... Our good buddy over at JoBlo.Com have scored the latest WATCHMEN Video Journal - this time with Costume Designer - Michael Wilkinson - taking us through the periods and looks that they're trying to get across in this epic of a Comic Book film. You know - the other day I was in Austin Books here in Austin and an old friend that used to buy a lot of Golden Age from me back in my days as a "dealer" - and he came up talking to me about how he's given up all hope for Comic Book films - that the pictures from WATCHMEN has made him sick of "Rubber Suits" - and frankly... I found myself getting pissed at him. I didn't blow up at him, I just moved along - I was more anxious to buy a couple of key issues I've been wanting... but it got me to thinking. Is he fucking retarded? Seriously. I can see making that comment about Dark Knight... I am not a fan of the rubber Batman suits. But those first shots of the WATCHMEN costumes were pretty dead on. And there's all sorts of fabrics, metals, leather and stuff other than "Rubber" in there. Not just that, but that the costumes actually LOOK LIKE THE SUPERHERO COSTUMES THEY"RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE... well, that's fucking cool.

And now I wonder what he'll say once his priggy bitchy ass sees this clip. Here, where you'll see them matching the costumes not only to the eras and the fabrics depicted in the film... but also the styles and looks of the illustrations in the actual comic. Yeah, let's just blow this fucker off as BS rubber crap. Sorry. I'm just thrilled by what I'm seeing on WATCHMEN. Of course - if... Warner willing... we see a WATCHMEN trailer on DARK KNIGHT... I hope it literally fries the minds of fandom. It's time to see this stuff moving, speaking and kicking our ass... as it should. Here's the latest Journal, good work JoBlo!!!





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by ironic_name
May 6th, 2008
03:08:46 PM
and I don't care
by ironic_name
May 6th, 2008
03:10:47 PM
JoBlo is getting more and more exclusives.
by beastie
May 6th, 2008
03:14:47 PM
Totally badass
by CarmillaVonDoom
May 6th, 2008
03:18:02 PM
Teaser with Dark Knight?
by thebearovingian
May 6th, 2008
03:18:08 PM
Damn
by Gwai Lo
May 6th, 2008
03:18:14 PM
Ain't it JoBlo News?
by SpencerTrilby
May 6th, 2008
03:18:49 PM
JoBlo Gotta Eat!
by xevoid
May 6th, 2008
03:33:02 PM
The Certainly Showed Enough Set Action...
by TroutMaskReplicant
May 6th, 2008
03:34:24 PM
Okay, but seriously...
by zb.brox
May 6th, 2008
03:35:20 PM
easily one of the best storys ever devised
by nobletoast13
May 6th, 2008
03:36:27 PM
you check out that midget guy and his cronie
by kungfuhustler84
May 6th, 2008
03:43:03 PM
zb.brox is right
by Pariah74
May 6th, 2008
03:49:13 PM
TOO JOE BLOW!!!
by YotzVonFrelnik
May 6th, 2008
03:51:16 PM
Mind-boggling
by sambrook
May 6th, 2008
03:52:04 PM
TOO JOEBLO!!!
by YotzVonFrelnik
May 6th, 2008
03:52:15 PM
where is the green screen?
by Rupee88
May 6th, 2008
03:56:31 PM
If you call a fucking comic book a "graphic novel"
by David Cloverfield
May 6th, 2008
04:01:43 PM
I agree with David Cloverfield
by nobletoast13
May 6th, 2008
04:04:26 PM
Looks HUGE
by Charlie Murphy
May 6th, 2008
04:04:36 PM
The look is right
by calnorso
May 6th, 2008
04:05:58 PM
If you make fun of people who call Watchmen a graphic novel...
by Galactic
May 6th, 2008
04:08:08 PM
Watchmen costumes were "dead on"??
by Hurryhausen
May 6th, 2008
04:10:25 PM
Retards think "comic"
by slugbat
May 6th, 2008
04:13:17 PM
Galactic
by David Cloverfield
May 6th, 2008
04:18:04 PM
OK, the costumes aren't THAT far off...
by Hurryhausen
May 6th, 2008
04:23:00 PM
I didn't know the term was such a hot topic for snobs
by Gwai Lo
May 6th, 2008
04:23:17 PM
Wow, these costumes really look great
by Aethyrr
May 6th, 2008
04:25:40 PM
Graphic Novel vs Comic Book
by Dominic-Vobiscum
May 6th, 2008
04:28:49 PM
Praise be to JoBlo.
by Saluki
May 6th, 2008
04:37:57 PM
So...
by David Cloverfield
May 6th, 2008
04:39:22 PM
Galactic
by Toonol
May 6th, 2008
04:50:38 PM
Fantastic attention to details!¡Viva el Snyder!
by pipergates
May 6th, 2008
04:53:07 PM
How fucking tough is it? RE: Graphic Novel
by Fawst
May 6th, 2008
04:58:47 PM
THis is feeling more and more like Dick Tracy.
by Underoos Hero
May 6th, 2008
05:03:50 PM
No one calls comic books graphic novels....
by Brians Life
May 6th, 2008
05:04:38 PM
And this movie looks great so far....
by Brians Life
May 6th, 2008
05:05:27 PM
Other graphic novels
by Henry's Cat
May 6th, 2008
05:06:48 PM
David Cloverfield
by Charlie Murphy
May 6th, 2008
05:12:26 PM
Round here
by Mockingbuddha
May 6th, 2008
05:13:02 PM
Mockingbuddha...lemme settle that argument..
by Brians Life
May 6th, 2008
05:17:22 PM
what about "trade paperback"?
by sonnyhooper
May 6th, 2008
05:26:05 PM
Joblo is a great site for the casual persective on film
by blindambition238
May 6th, 2008
05:26:51 PM
Also, 'graphic novel
by blindambition238
May 6th, 2008
05:27:51 PM
Also, 'graphic novel' always strikes me as a label for the insec
by blindambition238
May 6th, 2008
05:32:33 PM
Maybe there are a handful of nerds out there
by Gwai Lo
May 6th, 2008
05:43:58 PM
Who the fuck cares!!??
by kungfuhustler84
May 6th, 2008
05:44:20 PM
Oh yeah, the movie,
by Mockingbuddha
May 6th, 2008
05:52:34 PM
are they burning a Superman effigy?
by Joey Jojo
May 6th, 2008
05:56:20 PM
Hope they don't try to copy the comic exactly...
by Hooded Justice
May 6th, 2008
06:10:30 PM
Ambitious
by Marvinatmiddleage
May 6th, 2008
06:18:24 PM
Costumes...
by Hooded Justice
May 6th, 2008
06:31:06 PM
If anything is worth of the term "Graphic Novel" it's Watchmen
by mefrog
May 6th, 2008
06:56:42 PM
Sorry Harry...
by Dragon Man
May 6th, 2008
07:01:53 PM
The costumes may change
by Gwai Lo
May 6th, 2008
07:14:35 PM
Fuck You Speed Fricassee
by tolomey
May 6th, 2008
07:27:21 PM
The 'Comic Book' vs. 'Graphic Novel' Argument is...
by DS9Sisko
May 6th, 2008
07:37:10 PM
Honestly
by deaddovedontoeat
May 6th, 2008
08:19:14 PM
Gwai Lo...
by Hurryhausen
May 6th, 2008
08:38:36 PM
On a side note...
by Hurryhausen
May 6th, 2008
08:45:19 PM
Ozymandias is dead on?????
by messi
May 6th, 2008
08:49:05 PM
I am not now, nor have I ever been a Jock,
by samsquanch
May 6th, 2008
08:50:22 PM
I resemble that remark
by Hurryhausen
May 6th, 2008
08:56:49 PM
I still don't know about this...
by Montag666
May 6th, 2008
09:20:01 PM
Can't wait
by Super Rabbi
May 6th, 2008
09:26:22 PM
mefrog
by Funketeer
May 6th, 2008
09:28:10 PM
what's with the 80's porno movie soundtrack?
by Argentino
May 6th, 2008
09:40:09 PM
damn i hate production diaries
by BurgerKing
May 6th, 2008
09:49:42 PM
Winning me over
by phaedrus007
May 6th, 2008
10:47:24 PM
Harry, are you totally deranged?
by one9deuce
May 6th, 2008
10:51:57 PM
bacci40
by Montag666
May 6th, 2008
10:53:33 PM
one9deuce
by Montag666
May 6th, 2008
10:55:21 PM
Pamphlet
by ebonic_plague
May 6th, 2008
10:55:40 PM
I love me some Joblo
by BrightEyes
May 6th, 2008
10:57:20 PM
Hurryhausen, I was referring to the dweebtastic argument
by samsquanch
May 6th, 2008
11:42:49 PM
Ozymandias is actually pretty much the same
by kungfuhustler84
May 7th, 2008
12:34:20 AM
You are Redefine Stupid
by ebonic_plague
May 7th, 2008
01:07:14 AM
ruven
by kungfuhustler84
May 7th, 2008
02:08:25 AM
i didn't even realize there was an issue here
by drave117
May 7th, 2008
03:11:37 AM
Gah...
by UltimaRex
May 7th, 2008
03:42:27 AM
If anything is deserving of the term
by Napoleon Park
May 7th, 2008
07:47:18 AM
Graphic Novel = Comic Book, but Comic Book doesn't = Graphic Nov
by Galactic
May 7th, 2008
08:30:14 AM
Let's just call them picture books
by blindambition238
May 7th, 2008
08:43:10 AM
The costume argument
by nerosday
May 7th, 2008
10:08:09 AM
Love the concentrated focus on the visual interpretation.
by JDanielP
May 7th, 2008
12:04:35 PM
nerosday--
by zb.brox
May 7th, 2008
12:57:25 PM
Ozymandias is the only one that looks bad
by samsquanch
May 7th, 2008
01:44:36 PM
Curious...
by rutgersjaffo
May 7th, 2008
03:42:21 PM
JDanielP
by one9deuce
May 7th, 2008
03:44:41 PM
Sequential Art!
by Dingbatty
May 8th, 2008
01:58:50 AM
I'm buying my girlfriend the latex Silk Spectre outfit
by Big Dumb Ape
May 8th, 2008
02:02:16 AM

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