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WATCHMEN Poster...
Merrick here...
Yahoo has unveiled a new WATCHMEN teaser poster.
A small version appears here; click the image to get a better look at it.
Cinematical has a gargantuanized version HERE, although it seems to be offline at the time of this posting.
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Can't wait for this movie..
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With the new Bond, the new Star Trek and this it could be a good year for genre pictures.
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And Venom!
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this site is like a dinosaur these days...worst looking and the latest on news...its 2008 guys!, not 1998
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My expectations are still guarded, though.
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I think it is mechanical, like the cool wild wild west spider!
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Oct 23, 2008 10:31:48 AM CDT
ls420, Ghostball, point and click somewhere else then.
by stereotypical evil archer
It seems stupid you two would support a site by talking shit and trolling.Then again, I was stupid enough to bite.Ghostball, at least you didn't say "FIRST!" or something even more dumb like "SQUID!"
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Can't wait for March!
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Gotta say I wish the squid was in it. Done right, that would be friggin awesome.
I have to say that Zach Snyder seems like a douchebag, like a "bro" fraternity guy sometimes, but I loved his Dawn of the Dead, and as much as people want to talk shit, 300 was pretty damn fitting for the comic. That out of the way, I'M SHITTING MY PANTS IN ANTICIPATION FOR THIS. Every day. At 3:30. -
forget where
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Why does hollywood ALWAYS have to put a super shitty tagline on everything? If the trailer doesn't need an announcer explaining what's going on, why does the poster include anything other than a picture?
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There would be no other way to do this movie. However, if FOX steals it some how (which I doubt), they will PG-13 the FUCK out of this movie and it will fail.
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And that guy is built more like Ozy than Eddie. Looks like a bad Poser3D character.
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Looks like crap
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Extremely lame.
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Blood is more viscous and forms bigger spots on a small surface like the badge. To get blood looking like that the badge would have to be more the size of a plate.
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Almost as bad as the CG in the trailer.
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p.s. poster looks good.
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This movie is shaping up very nicely.
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Oh yay, AICN has its very own Dexter troll! So, you're an expert on blood spatter now?
Based on what you just said...wouldn't that depend on the size of the blood spot and where it hit on the badge, or even whether its source it something it splashed off of?
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They should have never made this. And yeah, why change the blood?
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...but Battle Chasers is discontinued. I loved that series, and reading it imagined how cool the movie or animated series would be. Now, this instead.
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the squid isn't in it?
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I agree that the tagline is pretty lame, but I love the look of that poster.
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Did they get a 5 year old to do this..!! That's truly horrendous..!
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..is that from the GN?
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No, really it's a good graphic honoring the beginning of the book. (Of course the BEST posters for 2008 were the teaser Joker ones from DARK KNIGHT.)
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With a giant Marshmallow Man. They are going dark with this, boys. Too dark.
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He's falling, but Voltron will catch him!
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the average joe will walk by this and think...WTF??? its VERY random looking, with a dude falling out of a window and a tagline like that...not sure how effective this will be at lettig people know whats coming. i get it and all, its just a very "vanilla" presentation.
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hell...i HOPE they put the fucking Squid in there...JUST so people will shut-the-hell UP about it. fuck already.
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I can't wait for this.
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Trinity did it better in Matrix Reloaded.
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Stuff of multi-award winning graphic novels, indeed ;)
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FUCK.
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They should have just gotten rid of that awful caption/catchphrase and it would have been more magnificent. Because it already quite is. So, what the hell ?
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I suppose this one was made to appease the purists:
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Or is it cooler to post news fashionably late?
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Can't wait.
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It looks horrible! The film itself looks bad! Most non-fanboys who saw the trailer kept on saying it looks gay and stupid. I don't see any girls seeing this film. And without girls, no film can make lots of money. The only reason TDK made what it did is because lots of girls went to see it. Plus, batman is well known among mainstream audiences. This film is NOTHING to them.
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300 was utter dross, guys. C'mon. Just because a movie looks great, it doesn't make it a good movie. It's like saying a movie is good because the soundtrack is great. 300 was horribly embarrassing to watch: all that shouting about 'FREEEDOOOOM!!!' by a country that looked about as free as North Korea. (And no Starship Troopers style nod from the director to make clear that, yeah, he knows what's going on.) So, the WATCHMEN film will look great - for sure. But, uh, that's only part of a director's job. Right? Remember what David Mamet says to directors: if people say that your movie looked great, that means they thought your movie SUCKED.
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It doesn't look like a poster for a multi-million dollar wannabe franchise film. Plus, the average moviegoer will walk past this and not know what the hell that is!
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This was revealed yesterday....it looks cool
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Comedian. Check. Nite Owl. Check. Dr. Manhatten. Check. Now if we can just get the rest of the cast in mid-air facing front on then I'll be able to 'shop together my 'High School Watchmen: Final Year' poster...
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isnt it that comedian dude who goes through the window in the trailer? and even if not, the guy was obviously dressed so whats this about?
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information, the poster is pretty simple. A guy falling out of a window? That doesn't tell the uninformed a whole helluva lot. Sure, us geeks have read or at least know of Watchmen, but what about Joe The Plumber?
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Hahaha. Yeah like fucking 20hrs 43mins and 17secs after the event. Hahaha. You are soOo late with all your news. Hahaha. Now me and all the other douchebags can go 'wow! aintitOLDnews' Hahaha. Then hopefully we'll all shoot ourselves in the face but not die and just be left as drooling imbeciles. Hahaha. I'm really cool because I can read stuff on the internet before other people. Hahaha.
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Watchmen = The Venture Brothers pretending to be serious.
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Right?
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And Warner Bros will have this puzzled look on their faces, going "Huh?"
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...Bitches will go see anything as long as you spend enough money on them beforehand and drive them there in a nice enough car... then go see at least 20 brain dead chikfliks with them over the following 3 months worth of dates. They're pretty much just ambulatory wombs fer chrissakes, it's not like they actually have any cinematic knowledge or good taste, ya know.
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I gotta call bullshit on all this Watchmen crap. Saw the preview, and it looks really, really, Really gay. No surprise; Dawn of the Dead remake had that going on in it, and 300 was like Halloween night in West Hollywood. Gay.
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Its ok I guess, something for the graphic fans...but why do I get a bad feeling about this? I really dont like the speed changes that have become Snyder's "300" signature shots, and honestly, some of it just seems corny. But Ill hope beyond hope i guess...
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"From the director of 300, comes the most acclaimed graphic novel of our time" or.."The visionary director of 300, brings you his startling vision...of the past."
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nothing else matters
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I mentioned earlier that since the Oscars will have trailers during the broadcast for the first time, I'll bet the first look at Avatar will be then...
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am i the only person who's seen countless trailers use that effect or somehting similar and it was never used in the actual movies? believe it or not, they sometimes add visual tricks to trailers too. now maybe its in this movie as well, its possible but to complain over its use in the trailer is beyond retarded.
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You know damn well that is not just for the trailer. The whole fucking movie is gonna be slomo. It is yet another example of Zach Snyder's ability to showcase style over substance.
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apparently i know how a movie will be before even seeing it, damn that'll save me money in the future. :P
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I'm a huge fan of the graphic novel, and I ain't cool with any of this. I'm starting to smell a big fat Hollywood rat, and the more I look at it the more I'm starting to think this movie is going to eat it raw. The look itself is the problem. Right now it looks like a superhero movie, but the problem here is that this movie features heroes no one knows about and that is a mistake. This movie should be sold as something different instead of "another superhero movie". Aesthetically speaking all I know is that Snyder talked up influences like "Taxi Driver" and I don't see it. It looks dumb and all that slow-mo crap is seriously making me doubt this film will be any good. To any who have not read the graphic novel, go check out what Snyder is up against.
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Oct 23, 2008 12:48:42 PM CDT
Don't worry -- Neo flies in supersonically and catches him.
by greatwhitenoise
Meh.
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It's still there, just in a different spot. Try here.
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I am way too pretentious to enjoy this.
I am far too sophisticated to be entertained by slo or stop motion.
The costumes are wrong.
The Comedians hair is wrong.
Doctor Manhattan's package is the wrong size.
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Where's my fucking squid!
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See my last post on the last WATCHMEN thread.
http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_display/38818#comment_2334208
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If not sooner. I predict that by the time the movie is released 90 percent of us will have already seen it.
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to love the source material and not even give half a damn about this movie? What does that say about me? Arrgh. If I had any hair, I'd be pulling it out right now. A spiritual conundrum, to be sure.
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FILM PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGNS
Usually the photographers for promotional movies are done by a completely different set of people. This means different photo directors (if youcould call them that), different photographers who USUALLY have a completely different taste to the tone of the movie. (Note : The Entertainment Weekly cover). Here's hoping Snyder have some sort of control of ANY pictures of THE WATCHMEN taken outside the movies. -
I just realized that I will be going to Watchmen in the afternoon and then seeing Phish in Hampton Va later that night. What a great day 03/06/09 will be!
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good technical construction. But strangely, I'm not sure it effectively elicits mood, emotion, curiosity or desire to see the movie. I rate it 5.5 out of 10.
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I don't think the trailer or any of the posters make it seems like "just another superhero movie" at all. The trailer really captures the grittiness of the GN in a way that isn't as "polished" as a Spiderman or X-Men or *shudder* Superman, so in my opinion I think it's really great at saying "this is not your average superhero movie".
Someone said that no girls will go see this movie, and without girls it won't make money. Hate to disagree with you but a) this girl's gonna go see it at least 4 times before it leaves the big screen and b) a superhero movie of this nature will appeal to women more than others which is WHY Dark Knight did so well amongst the female persuasion. We like conflict, depth, desperation, strong characters, etc... we don't like the average superhero movie. The challenge is getting women to see that this movie will have all that. I think the trailer succeeds a little in that arena, but not enough. -
unless you're involved in a terrible (maybe even fatal) car wreck on your way to the concert. then 03/06/09 will be a pretty sucky day. for that possibility alone, i hope the movie is awesome...
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the more pumped I am for it... I know nothing about the characters or plot of the story, but Zach Snyder really looks like he nailed the tone and visuals.
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This isn't Cloverfield 2?
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What, is this a race? Some news will be exclusive, some not so, some maybe turned up on the big wide Interweb. It's a big old place. I see this in every thread almost. On behalf of AICN, FUCK OFF!!
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I agree, Reckoner. The more I see, the better this film looks. Never read the graphic novel, but damn I'm fired up for a dramatic, R-rated hero film.
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Oct 23, 2008 2:11:59 PM CDT
"Strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity, and language"
by jackie boy
That's what I like to hear.
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my pantalones.
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um? worst tagline... ever? Without the tagline, this might be an OK poster.. but still just OK. I think the colors are maybe too bright, it's all yellow and blue like Wolverine. It looks kinda dissapointingly fake/CG too. This lead-up to Watchmen is weird, because half of it fills me with hope and half with dread.
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For "Dawn of the Dead" Zack made the zombies that are normally slow moving, really fast? And with "300" and "Watchmen" he's making superheroes and spartan warriors who normally move real quick like, move real slow. ... Zach Snyder ... Is ... Bizzaro.
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"The World Is Going To Be Saved. No Matter What We Do." Slight distinction, but more accurate. As for the poster itself? Meh. It kills me to say it, but it just doesn't do much. The figure is in an awkward pose and it won't do anything to lure in those unfamiliar with the story.
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"Blood is more viscous and forms bigger spots on a small surface like the badge. To get blood looking like that the badge would have to be more the size of a plate." Classic!
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The squid!! We all want the squiddddddd!!!
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That actually is a much better tagline. More accurate, a little more ominous, AND it actually conveys a message, unlike the real one. The ideal variation on that would, of course, be "The world is going to be saved... whether we like it or not." Too bad the image is still pretty weak.
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apart from that....meh.
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...and they give us an anonymous body falling through a window. The imagery reminds me of The Matrix Reloaded, and that's not a good thing.
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lots of us have read the comic... so we know the ending which is posing a lot of questions at the moment. on Aintitcool there's a lot of people who haven't read it and might like to just enjoy the film so stop posting comments regarding what happens in the end! think guys.
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...Bruce Willis was dead the whole time. I mean, why didn't he realize the only one talking to him was a small child?
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...by no one.
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it was all down to the squid...
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...this poster is horribly ineffective. They better step their game up if they even want this movie to break even.
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OH NOES!
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I can't wait for this movie to die a quick death. Maybe then we can stop every other summer movie being a stupid comic book film.
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neato!
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Exactly
It should be Plochman's Mustard yellow. Not any mustard. Plochman's.
Oh, this is unbearable.
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RORSCHACH - "This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It’s us. Only us."
Would have to be a small font though...
And for gods sake will all the pocket cassandras and Nostradamans take a hint that they simply DON'T KNOW how this Movie will do but it's safe to say that their 100% CERTAIN predictions of Doom would be better heeded if they were backed up by more than hatred of the source material, the director or rpeatedly using the word SQUID! like demented parrots. -
Been a long time since I read the comics (yeah, I got them monthly) so this may be a bit off.
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Neo will catch him...
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That I know literally nothing about the Watchmen, I did not read the comics, I am not a plant, but I am totally stoked to see this film.
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Oct 23, 2008 6:29:14 PM CDT
Tagline: "There is no squid" like The Matrix: "There is no spoon
by durango66
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Plant! lol go read the GN! now.
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Sadly, one of the things I hate about this site. It's a saltkick for douchebags. So predictable. Every time they show a movie poster, the fucktards come out of the woodwork to critique the design, and the "inferior quality" of the cgi. Have some fucking pride, man! It's a fucking Watchmen poster fer Christsakes- dark, ominous, intense. Nowhere near as dreary as your twisted little existences to be sure. Could it be they're trying to be something more than a mainstream franchise piece of entertainment? No one elected you syphyllitic goat's penises as voice of the people. If you don't know fuckall what you're talking about, perhaps you should be silent. I'm honestly amazed this film even got made. After years and years of the bitching and the bawling, it's finally here. And it's been made by a director I'm quite confident in. When I think about Conan being an asshair away from being directed by Brett Ratner, I want to bash in the skulls of these ungrateful little shits. And what is the deal with the fucking squid?!? Aaarrrgh!! YOU people give geeks a bad name. There is NO way you can justify bitching about this. Seriously, you need to put a lid on that shit. I could give less than a damn about that very minor feature of the greater story. Only a true cocksmoker would rail on about such an absurd thing. And Kid Z? No wonder the last time you were in pussy it was streched around your neck!
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God Damn Hollywood Faggit Comies!.
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go to Photobucket and load the image by pasting the web link and bingo... then just save the jpeg to your drive.
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the word you were looking for was *salt*l*ick*
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First of all why would he not turn to face the ground and cover his face like every other person would? second of all he would be turning constantly given that he was thrown out his limbs would be all over the place you got the air coming up and gravity pulling down plus the momentum of the trow and his body's instincts trying to recognize the space around him, it wouldn't just be falling in a steady position from the start to the end, how boring is that in live action? i mean i get it if it is drawn on a page fine couple of panels, but if you follow the body with the camera from inside the apartment to the ground you better have that fucker rolling and twitching in the air like a cat would and then splat!
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There basically saying Alan Moore got the ending wrong, and that their pound of flesh writer-for-hire knows more about the written form than a proven legend. FeeeUck that.
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I haven't read a comic, errr...graphic novel in years but I think I just might have to! The trailer to this movie blew me away. I just read the synopsis on wikipedia and it sounds friggin' cool. But what's the squid, why is not included and why does that suck? I didn't see any info on this squid thing anywhere. Sorry. Watchmen noob.
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Like Rorschach was in the Comic. Like Doc Mahattan was in the Comic. Like the prison break was in the comic. Like Mars was in the Comic. Like Laurie and Dan were in the comic.
If Snyder thinks he can do better fine. But he'd best remember he clearly thinks the rest of the fucking comic was good enough to adapt faithfully so unless his "re-imagining" IS better or he has the BALLS to make a cut of the Movie with the original ending he'd best man up and accept the criticism if his "re-imagining" ISN'T better than the original.
And while we're on about what was IN the Comic here's what definitely WASN'T in the Comic. A young, thin, "Gothic", "Nazi" Ozy. Snyder appears to have fucked up badly there but we'll have to wait and see won't we ?
And overusing the fast-slo-mo would be a HUGE and franky incredibly amateur error on Snyders part in this Movie. Used SPARINGLY it is effective. Used for every fucking fight sequence and action sequence it will kill the pace and natural flow of the Movie and come off as a cheap gimmick in record time.
It's not too late Snyder. If you WERE stupid enough to go crazy with the fast-slo-mo REMOVE almost all of it NOW or it will distract and detract from the Movie NOT enhance it. It's fine in the TRAILERS because they are TRAILERS. In a 2 hour 30min Movie poeple will soon be rolling their eyes at fast-slo-mo every 5 fucking minutes. -
...people who consistently post insulting the other people who post. Seriously, it just might be, yes, that you too are fucktarded. And yes, you too should keep your mouth shut. I'm sure if Rambo 6 was going to be remade with Keanu Reeves and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson you'd be flaming the boards. That said, funny comment about the neck and pussy thing.
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Just read about the squid. Methinks tomorrow is payday and me's stopping by the local comic book store and pickings me up a graphic novels.
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See the squid is an Iconic unifying factor in the graphic novel. Without it The Earth's people will continue to hate and fight each other thus Ozymandias will not be the smartest man on earth and Dr. Manhattan will not be set free to go off and have a life in another galaxy, Rorschach will not have to be put down by Dr. Manhattan for being the only one unable to compromise, Laurie and Dan won't fall in love, and there won't be a point to the whole story all together... It's hard to simplify you really have to read the Graphic Novel. a nuke just doesn't cut it it has to be the squid see if today we were suddenly attacked by an alien race we would all unify to fight against it and thus there would be peace amongst us. Unless some countries join the Aliens but that's a different story, lol.
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heh, definitely. Kind of makes you wonder what kind of post DOESN'T make you an "ungrateful little shit."
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We see a large Doc Manhattan trying to grab at Ozy. Wasn't that done after the squid was unleashed? So if Doc manhattan gets convinced to blow himself up in the middle of the city, why would he come back all giant like and attack Ozy?
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gives me the runs
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why if there was no squid would Doc Manhattan be all giant maybe cuz the squid thing happens right after that?!?!?!?! lol so it could still be a Nuke...
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Nice explanation. I wonder what their rationale for changing the ending is. I suppose a giant squid is too un-Hollywood or something. Not "mainstream" enough, you know what I mean? That does indeed suck if they detract from the meaning of the end of the movie. Regardless, you've sold me and I'm totally picking up the graphic novel tomorrow.
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the squid thing happens right before that. lol my bad! Ur right now i am Puzzled...
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kiss in front of a mushroom cloud in the book (iirc)
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I get it. I own it. I've read it. WHAT?*** kirttrik, it's mighty white of ya to come to the defense of dildos everywhwere. What's your point? I could care less about Rambo, Keanu, or Anderson. Alan Moore is a god among writers and Watchmen is his masterpiece, but it's very much a product of it's time. The hardest thing we have to accept is that in movies sometimes details get changed. Tough titty. If he's not worried about it, why are you? As long as it's respectful of the source material, that's all that should matter. But what do I know?
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nice poster BTW, shame about the tagline not required. I would like to see Dave Gibbons do another one for the release.
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Nobody has a problem with Harry Potter 'spoilers' and yet a much older book is somehow off limits for discussion? Just read the damn thing, you can't lose...you get to enjoy a good book and you can enjoy the hidden references in the movie.
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Oct 23, 2008 8:25:33 PM CDT
Few movies are flawless adaptations of their source material.
by devil'sown
For whatever reason, moviemakers change things around. When they don't, like say in the first Harry Potter movie, critics say they too slavishly followed the template. I can only speak for myself when I say I am not certain a total filmed graphic novel would work. Even if they made a production that duplicated each scene from panel to panel (I think 300 came close), people would still find fault with it.
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Each panel in the comic / GN was drawn in such a way that it was a frozen frame.
There were no motion lines.
That the people that are bring this to screen choose to honor that is very cool.
I don't say this very often. But if you have a problem whith the way someone presents a story. Go out there, make a rep, get backing, do it your way, submit a product so we can make fun of it and you. -
is that I think I may have posted on every single Watchmen post since this was a dream, and ever since I heard rumors of no squid, I've been GIANT SQUID man, I may have been the first to bring it up, not sure. I have about run out of things to say. Spoilers ahead------This book is great, and the whole first part of the movie will rock, and I know a lot of people say the squid is stupid, but come on, there was that little glimpse of the drawing, which a character quickly covered up, and the book was so dense you probably forgot it fast, and then at the end those dead bodies everywhere, turn the page more blood and bodies, and holy shit what is that, a large gross something in the upper right corner of the frame, turn the page and there's the giant beaked face. It was just so weird and cool and (nearly) from out of nowhere. To me it was the one thing that turned a very cool and gritty book into an imagination spiking masterpiece. Taking it out is like taking the resurrection out of the bible. Still a good read, but there ain't no religion built around it. And if it ain't in Zack has no balls.
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Look, I've been looking forward to this since...forever. I read it. I LOVE it. It changed my LIFE. Yeah. Watchmen won't hit TDK numbers, it won't pull in many nonfanboys, and it defintately won't interest that all-important young adult crowd. Whatever. If it captures a fraction of Moore's angst and pathos, it will have done it's job. A giant mutant squid thingy would be neato-mosquito. But if it's abscent, it's not going to ruin my expectation.
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The blood on the smiley face is totally wrong. In the GN, the blood stain is supposed to make the smiley face look like the doomsday clock face, with a clock hand pointing to 10 minutes before midnight.
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it's not a lone voice in the dark praising this story and the way it was originally presented.
That the movie folks choose to lock onto some of those frames, rawks hard.
You know, I kinda understand Frank Miller's beef with the people he sold his IP to.
And I hope he protects his future projects in a way satisfactory to him.
But I do hope he takes a level of satisfaction from this project that he initially breathed life into.
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Not going anywhere with that, just thought I'd mention it.
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you can go back to touching yourself now.
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If your wondering, it's because of their elongated kidney nephrons. It's very good at reabsorbing liquid.
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But the poster works. Hopefully they won't do the whole cliche character head posters, but give us one (or a few) decent & cool real film posters.
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"No squid, no peace. Know squid, know peace."
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'See You In Hell.'
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They've ruined this film, obviously. Hacks!
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Wow. You're so obsessive you make Transformers fans seem normal and rational.
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d0h!
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Having one of the trucks have a Pyramid logo on it.
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unthrilled with this, should have been the teaser trailers from comic con that copied the original teaser one page ads.. even a collage of some of those.. but this won't hook anyone, looks like about as big a movie promotional gagge as not letting brad bird cut the trailer for Iron Giant..
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or what? I've heard that the comic doesn't have that much action, yet they seem to be playing it up quite a bit with the trailers. Is this okay with you fans, or are they going to pull a transformers and put flames on one of the heroes?
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I've only seen the first trailer attached to TDK, but how was that trailer "gritty"? I did not see anything remotely gritty, more like your usual superhero flick.
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How did it change your life?
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some Viet Cong ass with a flamethrower and another got blown to smithereens by having his molecules torn apart. Another says the world can go fuck itself in its time of greatest need. Not exactly groundbreaking, but not your standard X Men wish-fulfillment shenanegans either.
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It looks like all of Snyder's shit-- glossy/plastic/and very studio. Good luck with the gritty. They should have gotten The Hughes Brothers to direct this.
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It's better not to ask people about Watchmen until you've read the graphic novel. It won't change your life if you're not sixteen years old, but it will still be the best fun you've had with your clothes on.
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really good hookers
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I refer you to my previous post.
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is that Sam Jackson isn't in this
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and isn't that a wee bit sad?
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1) tie a towel around your neck for a cape
2) Jump off a roof trying to fly
3) break you neck and end up a quadraplegic
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Uhhhhhhhhhh. No the best fun I've had with my clothes on is pretty much the same as the fun I have with my clothes off, minus the fluid exchange. I grind the shit out of her until my dick is raw on the inside of my jeans. You should try it sometimes. Instead of these Twilight/Mormon/Palin Abstinence Agents of Sexual Intolerance preaching about no sex-- they should be teaching dry fucking instead. Or at least hand jobs. Come on!! Christ never said an H.J. was a bad thing. Its kept the truckers delivering our goods alive for years!! Without the H.J.'s....our country would SHUT THE FUCK DOWN WITHIN WEEKS!!
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So then let me ask you this: if one has not read the comic, will one still enjoy the movie? If it's any good, one would still hope so, and perhaps even more so without having to compare each as to whether it followed the comic to a 'T' or if a calamari was in it or not.
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This basically looks like the sequel to Mystery Men.
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Hand jobs are vital to our economic recovery plan.I read it in the Wall Street Journal.
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Thats it. That is so true. Mystery Men just had better costumes and better production design. You remember the Michael Bay cameo?! Fucking hilarious!!
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that WildCards would be made into a series of movies.
I can see the obstacles, so many authors, so many bites at the apple -
....unless you jerk off to the book-- you will not enjoy it!! Snyder has spent so much time sucking the asshole of the fans of the book, he forget to mention another important demographic, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T READ THE FUCKING THING!! And we'll hear all this, "You just gotta read it to get the movie." No I don't! This is a movie motherfucker!! Whole different game. Don't tell me I have to read the shit to understand it, I'm going to the fucking movies so I don't have to read.....but WATCH. And this is why this film will fail. Mark my words. This thing doesn't break even.
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although I seem to remember it being a bit shit.I'm sure it had Geoffrey Rush and that chick from Copland in it.
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Motion capture all the way.
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into this and no one would be the wiser. I just haven't seen anything that makes it really jump out at me.And you should not have to have read the comic book in order to watch and enjoy this movie.
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because haven't they being banging on forever with ridiculous Oceans 11 esque "dream casts", and if Snyder didn't meet their casting list then it was an absolute fail.
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don't know what's wrong with me: "THEY REALLY DESERVE THESE CHANGES (NO SQUID ETC) because of all the bitching about etc.....
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just too thin? Wasn't it a bit of a chubby sadsack in the comic? And the Comedian was certainly a bit rougher around the edges. I don't like the way they seem to be prettying this up. First no giant squid(seriously, it's like taking the squid out of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea)and now this? Trying to make the whole thing more hygenic? Uggh.
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Oct 24, 2008 10:25:35 AM CDT
re: How does a comic book change someone's life
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Read comic book... get very, very excited... flop the little fella out... go to town on yourself... shoot yourself in eye... eye ruined... start to wear eye patch... get spotted by talent scout... get cast opposite Johnny Depp is Pirates 4... life changed... Could happen!
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250 - 300 mil before it leaves the theatre. It will be a very long running movie. 4 - 5 months at the theatre. No gone in 3 weeks thing.
The DVD will set records.
Amazon.com will suffer a meltdown.
DGB will be busted for selling used panties in vending machines in Japan.
The Scandal being is that the panties were never worn and that he smears them with week old yogurt to provide a scent.
A disgraced DGB was filmed as he was shoved, handcuffed into a patrol car *It's all that goddamn Moore's fucking fault*
An office on the scene had this to say *we do this everyday. unfortunately so does DGB*
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Oct 24, 2008 10:35:30 AM CDT
Is it just me or does it look like...
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
Mrs Doubtfire just got thrown out a window?
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I keep seeing you lot saying that it's a deconstruction of superhero comics etc. Now, in that case why does whatshisname's costume look like Robin's in Batman and Robin? Surely this will fly straight over the head of anyone that hasn't read your little funny book? They'll look at it and (if they recognise it) say "that cunt's dressed like chris o'donnel in that gay Batman film". They won't say "did you see the simply splendid deconstruction of superhero mythology that took place in Watchmen? SNyder had a stroke of genius when he dressed Ozzy like that"
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I know the fanboys will make this a hit, but... do you think a 3 hour comic book movie that is not a household name will be a HUGE hit? Sure, TDK was 2 1/2 hours long, but thats Batman.
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I would say maybe $20M opening weekend...maybe it reaches $100M when it's all said and done.
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You're delusional man. Nobody gave a fuck about that trailer on TDK, except for Watchmen fans. I heard several people in the theater snicker and say "What the fuck is this?" You assume just because its costumed heroes-- audiences will jump on it. Not the case. And you assume because of 300's success, this shall bring in equal numbers. That is a completely different demographic. 300 was packed with MMA dickheads that enjoy watching oiled men struggle. This is a whole 'nother animal baby.
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WHy do you care about box office? Isn't it impossible to make a sequel to Watchmen? The only reasons for giving a shit are: You have stock in the studio, you worked on the production, you want there to be a sequel. None of these apply here, surely.
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this story plays with primal imagry
it twangs a bone you didn't even knew you had
I really doubt it will open low, but it will build and run long.
word of mouth
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Oct 24, 2008 10:46:14 AM CDT
my box office prediction.......25 million opening weekend...
by dannyglovers_dickblood
...and it will end up with a Domestic take around 65.
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the trailer was far superior to the actual movie
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but anything is possible. Maybe if it's lucky it'll reach $125M.But like Jarv said, who gives a shit how much it makes? It was a one shot deal, it got made, it's getting its release...you boys are golden. Even without this squid thing at the end.
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but why do you care? Are you looking for validation? remember Box Office =/= Quality.
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So....only the one guy has actual powers right? So the other guys are completely ordinary in their strength and ability? Whats up with the Rorschach guy running up walls and shit in the new trailer?
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I mean it was kind of cool, but the backstory to it was very long and tedious and there's no way they could squeeze it in the movie. It would take 20 min just to set it up. So I can live with a squidless Watchmen as long as they replace it with something similar in effect..that is the question.
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Now if Watchmen only had FLAMING LEG KICKS...
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...because that piece of shit The Spirit will most certainly die a slow and painful death. As shitty as the Watchmen trailer looks-- its fucking Casablanca compared to that piece of shit The Spirit. What a pitiful waste of resources. Anyway-- so if both of these fail that means the studios will no longer take chances on alternative sort of characters. Which means we will be inundated with Wolverine circle jerks for the rest of our fucking lives. I'm so sick of the standard Marvel heroes. Fuck that shit. So in that respect, I hope it does do better than I think it will....but with Zach Snyder I dunno. The guy is a fucking hack. He seems like a nice guy, almost aware that he has no fucking idea how to make a feature. He can make pretty pictures and thats in....hence the commercial background.
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Geez, all the hate.
I think I'll actually see it before I go *Rorschachs mask didn't make the exact patterns I was entitled to!* -
You didn't answer my question...
"So....only the one guy has actual powers right? So the other guys are completely ordinary in their strength and ability? Whats up with the Rorschach guy running up walls and shit in the new trailer?" -
The spirit is already pumping turds into the biosphere.
Watching Millar spend his cred is the only good thing about this project.
How many years and how many movies have passed since Sin City?
If we wait a bit more, actors will start dying off.
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In regards to The Spirit... From what i've seen, the comic wasn't drawn in the style of Sin City, so why has Miller made the movie in that style? If he wanted to do that, why didn't he just do Sin City 2?
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Because he is an arrogant self-obsessed prick that considers himself God because his balls were sucked by comic fans for so many fucking years. Fuck Frank Miller.
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Thanks for clarifying! LOL
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they aren't super beings. They're adventuresses (too many s'es?)
They're just folks that for whatever reason put on a costume and tried to change the world (simplistic explanation).
So yeah, one guy who is way more than super and a handful plus of weirdos playing dressup.
Well, except for Rorschach.
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Oct 24, 2008 11:18:00 AM CDT
there is only one way they could ruin this movie for me
by melvin_pelvis
if they blow the scene where Rorschach breaks his shrink
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about Millar.
There's being confident in what you do.
And then there's unbridled arrogance (and really undeserved)
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to ruin The Goddamn Batman.
They're not laughing with you dewd.
but otoh, it does sell out....
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With all this junk being pumped out there, lets see a proper version of The Shadow! I enjoyed the 94 film, but I'd certainly like to see someone else give it a go.
And, yes, in reality abandoning the squid is a good idea for the film. It would come off as to convoluted, trying to explain the plotting that brings it about.
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Without the squid it's not a Watchmen movie. nough said.
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sad part is you'll probably be happier
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There is a real hero. I fucking love that character.
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The spazzwads swarm all over one silly comment like a horde of the living dead. A-haha. Pee-pees are funny. Judge if you must. Glad I could be of some entertainment to you. Perhaps I worded it too strongly. I didn't read Watchmen in it's original serialized comic book format, I was too much of an X-Men kid at the time. Y'know, all that alienation and wish fulfillment. But I was aware of it. Several years ago, I finally bought the graphic novel and was satisfied that it lived up to it's formidable reputation. It confirmed what I already knew, Alan Moore is a certified genius. It came at a crucial time in my life (I was hungover after Ellis and Hitch's The Authority, Watchmen's spiritual descendent) and proved the humble comic book could transcend it's genre, by taking some moldy old Charlton heroes (Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, and the Question) and recasting them in an unforgiving light. It occupies a place of honor high on my bookshelf along with Cormac McCarthy's The Road, and Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. There, is that better?*** There is no high concept way to describe Watchmen for someone who hasn't read it (superheroes meets thirtysomething? Yeah, that's gonna sell). DGB, you are an annoying troglodyte. No one would expect you to read anything. And why do people like you obsessively drone on about box office? You sound like those entertainment news homos.
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I haven't seen that in over 10 years! I remember it being really good. But time can fog ones memory. I gots to find me some Shadow now! Maybe a little Rocketeer for nostalgia sake.
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I mean, sure, Warners and Zach really care about its financial success, but the fans? If anything, if it were to become a HUGE hit, someone would inevitably bring up the dreaded 'S' word - Sequel. And none of the fans want that. The way I see it, we've already got our movie. I couldn't care less if it makes money or not. I just want it to be a good cinematic celebration of a fantastic book. And IMO, it can be that without the "squid," too.
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I was JUST talking about my nostalgia for The Shadow AND the Rocketeer yesterday on another forum. *sigh* Good times.
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I'm talking about my nostalgia for The Rocketeer, The Shadow, ANNNNNNND The Phantom-- like every week in AICN. Those are easily 3 of the most fun movies ever made. Great marathon with those 3. I highly recommend.
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Oct 24, 2008 6:44:03 PM CDT
I can't believe they haven't posted the new HD trailer in here
by durango66
Ain't it late news.
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Could it be no one wants to work with m***er again?
We contacted a source cloe to this.
The responded: *Fuck you. Get out of my face.
So there you have it. Any rumors of disharmony are totally bogus and filming is expected to start in the spring. -
Anyone know?
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If it's not a hit though, they probably make a really nice DVD/BD release. Like they didn't do with King Kong and Superman Returns.
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no doubt it will bomb.
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I officially don't give a shit about this film now. I'll see it on DVD, of course, out of morbid curiosity, but this film adaptation is looking worse to me every week. I'm beginning to despise the look and feel if it, and this poster reinforces that conception. When are we going to see, you know, some actual ACTING (you know, that little thing that this movie will rely on for any kind of success).And finally: Snyder--I can't believe you really dumped the Squid. Fuck you, coward, for ruining the best, most meticulously conceived ending in comic book history. Anyone who thinks the Squid can be replaced with a simple scare-tactic proxy--let alone the USA-centric Doc M being the Big Bad--needs to think twice. It won't work. Period.
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No, seriously. This movie is gonna rock yer momma's ass.
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It will do EXACTLY the same box-office as V, because it targets the SAME audience and it's basically about the SAME thing, and V could almost take place as a sequel to Watchmen. So, stop comparing to 300 and start comparing to V.
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The squid from the upcoming Warner Brothers feature "Watchmen" was spotted necking with heiress/party girl Paris Hilton at a late-night soiree held at a swanky Hollywood club. An anonymous source close to Ms. Hilton confirmed that the couple are "just good friends." Phone calls to the ten-tentacled monster's residence were not immediately returned.
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