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Want to check out the Animated Comic Version of WATCHMEN?
Hey folks, Harry here... this is pretty darn groovy. My only wish is that they had done a full on audio production - with more voice actors and ambient sound... But overall - in the realm of limited animated Comics becoming alive... and that it is produced by Zach's company and doesn't seem to be afraid or edited for content... this should bolster your hope that all is on its way to being awesome this March! Here ya go...
Click Here To Get Your Fill Of CHAPTER 1 of the Animated WATCHMEN Comic!
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Either animate it or don't! In the middle is unsatisfying!
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Cool.
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Batman Gotham Knight instead right now.. It's pretty damn good...
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Kinda like those Marvel cartoons from the '60s, only with better animation. I'm with ya on the voices, Harry. Laurie with a man's voice is a bit bizarre. Overall, though, I'm not complaining. This is pretty f*ckin' cool!!
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Can anyone do a download link ? Usual can't download in the UK bullshit. Cheers
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It'd be nice if someone could note that this gay shit is not available outside America... (not that the shit is gay, just that it's gay for the shit to not be available).
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Anyone got a better link?
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I don't plan to download this invasive softward just so I can get access to one thing. Do you have to have iTunes to play it or just to download it?
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pile of f***ing sh*t! both Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore live within 50 miles of me and this can't be shown where I live.
WHAT KIND OF F***ING BULLS**T CRAP IS THIS?!
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I don't trust 'em.
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Warner you absolute idiots for pimping this with Apple's iSemen...
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just sayin
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Thats because itunes doesn't take pigshit or starfish or whatever the fuck your your village uses for currency.
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Can't wait for chapter two!
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when I was seeing if they had the Watchmen trailer on itunes. I'm not sure it really works for something so highly regarded. Maybe it would be better for a comic for kids. It was okay though. Meh.
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is a free version of the Watchmen trailer available on itunes. this is kinda cool though.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409459/board/nest/112257221 Am downloading right now so haven't verified if it's legit.
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You know, for the female parts? Otherwise it sounds like an all male cast.
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I finally watched the whole thing. Laurie's man voice was cracking me up bad. Nice touch with Rorscarch's changing mask though.
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.."Advertisement" but there's nothing there!
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I've read the comic twice but I still think this moving comic idea is great and makes me appreciate the comic even more so. I was going to message Harry about this last night. I hope they put this on the Watchmen dvd release. I mean not only this but we get the entire Black Freighter that will coincide with the Watchmen theatrical release too cool. I think the movie is going to rock. They have to cut out tons of stuff which will hurt it but I'm sure everything in the movie will be out of the book. I hate when they adapt things and add new stuff. Why take the time to add new stuff when you're leaving out the old stuff. Back to the moving comic, I too wish it had a full voice acting cast but oh well. It's free. I agree, kungfuhustler, Laurie's voice is hilarious.
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Jul 19, 2008 7:11:19 PM CDT
If you care about the Watchmen comic at all. Please read this ar
by ranma627
http://dvd.ign.com/articles/876/876650p1.html
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Am I the only one who only sees a blank page with the word ADVERTISEMENT on it when they click that link?
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That news is old, sir.
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But the other day someone posted in the talkback saying he thinks the Black Freighter stuff won't be in the movie and I just wanted to give people information that they didn't know otherwise. Not everyone scours Ign.com every minute of the day like I do.
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http://dvd.ign.com/articles/876/876650p1.html
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Just go to ign movies and click on watchmen and click on the first new story about david hayter writing the screenplay and at the bottom of that story is the link to the story I'm trying to show you.
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Could somebody put this up on Youtube? I'm in the US, have iTunes, and am still unable to get it. The site -- for whatever reason -- will not let me download the new version 7.1 which is required for video. (And for whoever mentioned it above, the trailer is on iTunes; trailers I can download, animated comics require an upgrade. Go figure. Just go to apple.com/trailers
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I wonder if the whole point of this is so when people complain that the movie isn't close enough to the book, Snyder can say, "But look at this 100% accurate adaptation we also did that was draggy and coma-inducing! If you geeks prefer we can digitally replace our boobtacular Silk Specter with a chubby voice actor in his mid-30s working for scale, just like in the *more accurate* version! Is that what you want?" Then Zach will laugh and go back to the editing booth to decide whether the rape scene needs more slow motion or more music from the Batman & Robin soundtrack, or, possibly, both.
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You cocksucker. This site is about sharing the experience of film AROUND the WORLD. The way your economy is heading you are the last person to sling shit. It must feel good on your horse. Don't break your neck when you come down.
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what seems to be another slice of cheese cake with extra toppings during this absolutely amazing WATCHMEN / WOMEN GETTING WITH ME in reality, no rain weekend! If only I didn't have to wait another 3 WEEKS for The Dark Knight to open in this city, it would be a perfect weekend. Go me!
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Most people just don't keep up with this stuff.
And what is the point of this animated comic? Just go READ WATCHMEN! NOW! -
This saves me money, and still gets me ready for the movie next year. Looks like WB is taking a page from the great promotion they did for TDK.
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0930289234/ref=dp_olp_2/002-9857135-3580021
Look how cheap you can get the entire thing to own. One book. You won't regret it. -
Don't get me wrong I have torrented stuff I cannot get and have backups for alot of Moores stuff too. (People DO like to borrow them it has to be said)BUT even with CDisplay etc. you simply can't beat the actual book to peruse at your pleasure and conveniance, taking in the artwork and all the detail at your own pace. I've found myself buying most of the great stuff I've found in torrent form.
For those who simply can't afford the book then I would say hey, this is better than nothing and a nice idea, but it's still second best.
I'm curious though, does Wall-Mart or any other Supermarkets stock much in the way of Comics and Graphic Novels ? I always assumed you would only find them either in Comic stores or Bookshops and from what I hear they are rapidly running out of Watchmen stock with the kind of Publicity the Trailer before TDK has given the book. -
...in spite of the voice acting. Yes, the book is wonderful, but this isn''t bad!
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...but I checked two seconds ago, and you can get the graphic novel online from reputable sources for a minimum of $10.15 plus shipping, or 150 Czech Koruna or less out of the trunk of a Skoda in Brno. It's worth it.
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to "cut and paste articles and advertisements from Entertainment Weekly"news. I love you guys, but what is this, the fourth or fifth thing from this week's Entertainment Weekly you guys have just slapped on here? Pretty lazy, guys. What happened to all the scoops?
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Crappy shitfest of bloated software and a terrible codec. I'll wait til it ends up on Pirate Bay.
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and are they gonna get more than ONE guy to do ALL the voices? he sounds like the shatner
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buy the fucking book kid, christ. This is fun and all but the actual graphic novel knows no equal. Plus, there is a lot of extra material sch as articles and stories from newspapers within the universe, which I doubt will be making an appearance in the animated book form. Do not settle for this. What a dumb idea.
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Then you're missing out, and it's your own damn fault for being whiny and paranoid and scared of things with the name Apple on them. Grow up.
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Go suck on Steve Jobs' dick somewhere else. iTunes is a shit program bloated way beyond being reasonable...I used to think Winamp had gotten overly huge and slow then I tried iTunes. As for Quicktime, it is a terrible codec because like iTunes it has become huge and unwieldy. As someone who works with video files all the time, I can tell you that next to RealMedia, Apple is the second worst thing to happen to media files. Why the fuck should I have to use a program like iTunes just to access a media file? You shouldn't.
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I own the graphic novel, and have read it many times, but I think this is well done as well. My God are you all a bunch of picky, living in my parents basement, have no life, idiots!! Personally, I'd love to see more comics given this kind of treatment. Granted, I'd like to see a little more voice talent involved, but beyond that, I can't possibly comprehend why anyone who loved the book couldn't enjoy the hell out of this as well. Picky, picky, picky, unhappy, idiots, each and every one of you who complain about it!
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Umm, Quicktime isn't a codec, it's a container format. The primary video codec Apple uses currently is h.264 for video; exactly what is it about h.264 you find to be crappy? As for why it requires iTunes, that would be because of the DRM involved (this watchmen file is a Protected MPEG-4 video file, for example). Take it up with the studios regarding the necessity to have DRM on video files. Either way, if you're going to complain about something, it is easier to take you seriously if you can be clearer about what you're complaining about (i.e. the necessity to use iTunes because the file is DRM'd), rather than referring to Quicktime as a "codec". Especially since you say you work video files "all the time", you would assume that you'd have a better understanding of what Quicktime is and isn't, what MPEG-4 is and isn't, what h.264 is and isn't, and what a codec is and isn't.
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Considering how big h.264 and MPEG-4 have become, and the role Apple has played in popularizing them, I find it amazing to claim they are the second worst thing to happen to media files next to Realmedia. And although I do agree that iTunes has become bloated, it still essentially gets the job done, and I haven't seen it perform particularly slowly on my setup (Vista Ultimate, 2GB RAM, E6700 2.66GHz C2D.... hardly cutting edge these days).
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Jul 20, 2008 12:27:10 AM CDT
It is a container that has almost become a codec in that...
by pervomatic
Apple's use of it and how it is tied to their software makes almost one and the same. I'm really bitching about MPEG-4 being based on the Quicktime usage of the codec and now it is all pretty much one shitty ball of crap. I'm not going to break all that down for some guy like Teko who obviously wouldn't know those details. Yeah, I know that technically it isn't a codec but what with the overuse of containers these days the actual lines between codec and container is starting to blur. I have gotten into the bad habit of using codec as a catch all at this point.
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aicn and many other places talked about it and even had interview stuff with the Dir. about it. but that's cool, not everyone one can patorl aicn 2-3 times a day, everyday for years...
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Hitler's brain is being kept alive by Apple computers. Everytime you download something on Itunes, 7 jews wake up in a kiln.
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that was awesome. way better than i expected it to be. i would think even alan moore would endorse this. (although his name is absent)
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Especially if you liked the original book and the 60s Marvel Superheroes cartoon series. :)
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Yeah, sure I want to. But because they're distributing it through iTunes, I bloody can't. So leave me alone!
Also, if you've ever had to compress a film you've made, you'll realise that h.264 is the best codec available. And then you'll realise that VLC is the best program to play your film. But that would mean stop watching movies and start making them to care about them, so there's an issue :) -
is it up somewhere else on the net
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Marvels' animated Iron Man was 10 times better than the Downey version. BTAS, JL, Spiderman, X-Men, The Avengers, Silver Surfer, Gotham Knights etc are all superior and more faithful to the comic.
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But no joy... Bloody ridiculous how other countries get locked out, despite the fact that they sometimes provide the majority of the box office.
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The animated film of Iron Man was bollocks. Blah blah faithful, some things only work on paper. Take... say... George Lucas's dialog for the prequels?
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Why is this limited to the US??
What a load of fxcking shite,
this is the reason why people bootleg movies you corporate arseholes!
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would have liked to check out the comic yet I won't install any of apple's crapware.
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I'm sorry some of you are unable to access the video (seriously), but the level of animosity here is ridiculous. Am I missing something?
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I can't watch it.
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and guess what ITS THE SAME GUY. Its like a book on tape, all book on tapes are voiced by one person doing many.
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I want to see it but I'm not from the states. What is up with that?
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and there is absolutely NO basis for restricting it from the Australian version of the itunes store, and who knows where else.
It's not like it's a fkn movie or a tv show or anything, there is absolutely no reason to restrict this. Apple/WB/whoever else, YOU SUCK. -
I'm a professional film and video designer. I know the ins and outs of h.264 and various codecs. But who gives two shits about codecs, we're talking about a distribution system - the iTunes Music Store - which streamlines the way studios can distribute their content. It's universal for 95% of people (in America, anyway; international distribution seems to have snags). Whatever personal irrational hatred you have for Apple, the iTunes app is simple to use, free, and does what it's made to do very well. It's a damn media player, grow up.
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Just reading through this thread you can tell within 3 words who here lives in their parents basement still, and who has a decent job a house/apartment and gets laid on friday night.
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But I f***ing can't 'cos I live in the UK.
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but please get a female to do the female voices - if it's not too late and they haven't already been recorded.
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I did order the paperback from amazom. Even though the online book is cool, I would like to own my copy.
See, and this is all from the cool watchman teaser trailer.
Once again, if only the people who cut that shitty 'The Spirit' trailer did a better job, I might be interested in Spirit comics. . . .NOT!
Anyway, thanks guys for convincing me to buy the book! I can't wait to read it. -
The restrictions on downloading video files via iTunes in all non US territories (not sure what's going on with Canada even) is a little more than a snag, don't you think? Using a UK registered laptop IN the US I'm still prevented from accessing this content. Of course I could work around this but, come on, why should I have to go to extremes? And no, I'm not an Apple hater (used macs for years until the prices got so out of hand and the PC laptop broadly speaking caught up) but this smacks of poor business sense. Of course, that means it's almost certainly not Apples fault, more the decision of a bunch of brain-dead "suits" in Hollywood.
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though they stole that idea of using a deep voice for a woman from Venture Bros. Not sure that joke is such a good fit for Watchmen, but anyway it's better than Smashing Pumpkins music. Giant Squid!!!
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DAmn shame aint puttin that shit anywhere near my system..
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Now I am REALLY disappointed.
They should have done Black Freighter this way, as a 1-a-month promo run up to the release.
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tell me what is better for this type of thing. So Itunes is bloated...IT WORKS, my mom can use it. She can't even get online but she can use Itunes. Not eveyone wants to have the leanest meanest VLZ, Winamp, Mplayer of the week on their home computer. I've a lean mean itunesless PC. I also have A macbook I'm typing on right now. I like them both. Apple spends allot of time figuring peoples needs out, and they get it right. They also gouge money where ever they can. So its good and bad; like anything.
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It would be pretty damned difficult to find a copy of Watchmen in a WalMart or other place of that ilk. But usually Borders or barnes and nobles will have quite a few copies available. Which is good for me as there are no comic shops around where I live.
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I was just curious as there are some great comic stores but they are by no means all that common everywhere.
And not to get dragged too far into the whole iTunes thing but some people (including me) don't think it's great software and is rather too bloated for it's own good. That's just personal choice and opinion. I also think XP is pretty unreliable shit at times and Vista needs far too much power to run smoothly. It's not a Mac V PC thing it's just some don't like the software.
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Bruce Timm has been trying to get the green light on an animated Watchmen mini-series for a good ten years, but Warners kept vetoing him because of their attempts to get a live action film going. Gibbon's been game for a direct to video series, but Warners doesn't like the public seeing more than one version of a character (they took Aquaman out of Justice League because of the Mercy Reef show they wanted to do on the WB.)
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What, he's not dead? Anyway, that's just seriously tacky. Read it properly, you lazy illiterates.
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Yeah, Itunes is great - unless you get music from anywhere but the Itunes store. Including CD rips. Then it sucks. By even having it on your machine, you're running the risk that on some random update it will decide to blank every music file on your machine, and/or try to convert all sorts of file types to only play in its shitty player.
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What's the deal with all the Apple hate? Like G-Ride 9000 said, it's easy to use and free! A simple way to distribute content to the masses that wont infect your computer with viruses and spyware.
Apple has always been the "creative-types" platform of choice, when did the hate pop-up? Isn't that reserved for Microsoft? -
Your cd rips are never in danger of being deleted by a future update. Stop with the paranoia. If Apple ever deleted your cd rips, customers would revolt. It's bad for business and Apple is out to make money after all.
Cd rips stay in whatever format you rip them to. On the purchasing side of things, you don't have to buy music form the iTunes store, you can go to the stores, buy a cd and rip them at home, no worries.Why the hate? -
Moore's name isn't on it because he doesn't want his name on it, or any other adaptations of his work. He asked for no credit and for his share of the Hollywood money to be given to the artist (it worked this way on V FOR VENDETTA as well). I don't argue your other points...but really, if this digital comic is the abortion you feel it is, isn't it better that Moore's name ISN'T on it?
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Alan Moore has specifically requested that he get no credit in regards to all the new Watchmen stuff.
As for "destroying Gibbon's work"...why not let Gibbon's decide that? After all, he is HEAVILY involved in all the stuff that Zac Snyder is doing with Watchmen.
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Why are people pissed off about this thing? Do you honestly think that Joe Fratboy is going to give a shit about this? They made this little tease for us for fucks sake. It's free, didn't cost you shit, adds some slight motion and voicing to what is essential scenes taken straight out of the comic. Christ, some of you nerds are never happy.
I know that this movie is going to bomb, and I think, in someways, Snyder knows that as well. Would you look at what he's giving us? An animated Black Freighter story, these little animated comics, and a Watchmen movie that clearly follows at least SOME of the original graphic novels plotline.
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Yeah, it's all pretty clearly for the fans. Even if it sucks, the graphic novel is right there on my shelf. Worst-case scenario, it'll be a long time before someone else tries to make a bad movie out of it. Snyder has obviously parlayed his box-office successes into making his dream project. We'll all have to see how it comes together. The digital comic was an interesting experiment but came off kind of corny, I felt. Reminded me of those book-and-record sets I used to have, where they'd take a Spider-Man comic and do a full-cast audio. Only here it's one guy. That was kind of a goofy choice.
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How many this week? 5? that's a tad lazy, dontcha think?
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The lack of a female voice was a little jarring at first. Still, I thought the animation was fun. Reminded me a lot of some of the weird cartoons from Mtv's Liquid Television in the 90's. Ultimately, it's just supposed to be a light diversion. Obviously, the movie is going to be polished and I'm willing to bet the Tales of the Black Freighter cartoon will be pretty badass.
That said, they'd better not wait months after the theatrical edition dvd launch and the special version with the black freighter stuff worked in. If they try and make me buy two copies they're going to find themselves disappointed. -
anyone find one yet? the imbd link was deleted. Anyone? Anyone?
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Uh, not needing iTunes? In fact, I'll just give it a pass until it crops up in AVI somewhere when I can see it in convenient, non-bloated Media Player Classic or, in a pinch, VLC.
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Video in MPEG-4 (.mp4) format on Mininova: http://www.mininova.org/tor/1640477 207 MB.
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Just take the space out of the URL above and it'll work. The number should be 1640477. :)
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