Somewhat inevitably:


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There's a clip of Daniel Dreiberg in there which kind of reassures you that they haven't made Nite Owl all Batman-kickass.

Oh, by the way: I flicked through a copy of "Watching The Watchmen" the other day in Forbidden Planet. It's nice enough but lots and lots of thumbnail/page layout sketches. Lots of them. Think I'll wait for the softcover or not bother at all - at least not until I have room for more junk.

from popbitch:



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as part of deal to get watchmen made, zack snyder had to agree to work on a potential sequel if the film is successful enough to warrant it. attempts to explain to warners that this would be virtually impossible due to a) the death of a key character, b) alan moore's mild lack of interest and c) the potential for a worldwide fanboy riot fell on deaf ears. on a more positive note, the straight-to-dvd tales of the black freighter that's being released to accompany the film is apparently superb and very disturbing.


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alan moore hates the idea of a first film... </h4>


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Seems to be a bit quiet on this forum at the moment........just noticed that Watchmen has been given an 18 rating in the UK, looks like they're not toning-down the violence. Just a few views on how I think the film looks (I won't profess to being a 'superfan', I've only recently read Watchmen for the first time despite meaning to for a long time. I just wanted to read it before seeing the film.)


I think Rorschach looks very cool in the film, he looks just like he does in the book, but I really don't like the look of Ozymandias. The costume's far too different from the one in the book, and the actor looks far too young and weedy. I'm also a bit disappointed with Nite Owl's costume; again, too different from the one in the book, and too much like Batman's suit (circa Batman & Robin.) And, again, the actor playing him doesn't look old enough, or weighty enough (I don't think he's old enough to have the middle-age spread going on.) Doc M looks very impressive though, as does Silk Spectre.


Looking forward to seeing it in a few weeks time, and also the DVD release, with 2 or 3 differents version on (including the 'Black Freighter' story.)


Anyone seen the 'Black Freighter' trailer yet? Looks very faithful to the book, well worth a watch.

I'm pleasantly suprised that it's an 18 - excellent. I know what you mean about Ozymandias. He doesn't look right. Nite Owl is a bit too glam in his suit, but in a clip I saw of him as Dan Dreiberg, he looked fairly faithful to the book. Having said that, I've just now come across this , which has depressed me a bit!


I went and found the Black Freighter trailer after you mentioned it - agree - looks good.

Ha ha - I can't believe I'm being out-geeked on Watchmen.


Nice to have you back Sev - weren't you meant to be posting your opinion of Quantum of Solace?


http://pagasus.org/cs/forums/p/74/754.aspx#754


(does that count as cyber-bullying?)

Merchandisaganza:


http://www.forbiddenplanet.com/search/Swatchmen


Who'd have thought, twenty years ago, that one day I could have my own Silk Spectre costume for £49.99


Silk Spectre

Nice costume, but a bit pricey. My Dr Manhattan costume was only ten quid. Well, I say "costume", but it's more of a tin of blue Dulux and a posing pouch. Trust me, the ladies love it. []

nice costume, but a bit pricey. my dr manhattan costume was only ten quid. well, i say "costume", but it's more of a tin of blue dulux and a posing pouch. trust me, the ladies love it.

i brought one, but looked more like





than manhattan. []


incidentally sky movies are currently showing a "watchmen exclusive" which is the usual clips and interviews promo thing. worth a look, but be aware of



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[*]cock-wand presenter
[*]actors over-analyzing their roles
[*]zack snyder giving the impression that he'd struggle with adding 2 + 2
[*]clips of dialog from the film which may indicate that it's going, unfortunately, to be style over substance with bad acting and bad dialog
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Not entirely surprised. I'm still torn whether or not I'll bother watching. If the reviews are generally so-so/mediocre I don't think I'll bother - really it was a bad idea from the get-go. Terry Gilliam and Alan Moore agreed years ago that to trim it down into a two-hour movie-length you lost all the stuff that made it different/interesting. Of course that was before Moore completely gave up on the movie industry.


I saw a version of the ad-poster last week - it's an odd thing in the credits at the bottom it says something along the lines of "based on the graphic novel co-created by Dave Gibbons". I know Moore wanted his name off anything to do with it but it's still and odd thing when you see that credit. It's a bit of an elephant in the room and I would imagine that DC/Warners would be a bit embarrassed about it.


I'll be curious to see how Jonathan Ross rates it (I think he's reviewing it this week). It's not that I always agree with his opinions on comics adaptations but at least he is a fan and has read it etc.