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I hope the script and acting is as good as all the made-to-geekgasm appetizers fed in the trailer, but I'm still a bit worried.
Oh, I just wish everyone would stop talking about Hype and move on already.Omphalos wrote:...the worst hole I can find.
The thing is though, DC has been owned by Time Warner since the 70's and while for a time in the mid 80's options were shopped around to other studio's, I seriously doubt DC's lawyers screwed up. I recall in the late 90's talk of the option rights reverting back to DC. If I recall correctly, DC requires progress within a certain time frame, so as to not tie up a property in production limbo.GamePlayer wrote:I think it's simply a case of WB not doing their homework. Now Fox is likely to be either awarded (or settled) for a cut of the profits. Which means Watchmen better do really well or it'll be an under performer for WB
i agree. it doesnt lend itself to shortening and they did a piss poor job for the trailer at that..GamePlayer wrote:It's an okay track, but it doesn't work well for the trailer precisely because that particular songs does not lend itself to short form editing the way many other songs do (like, for example, the Pumpkin's "The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning" used in the first trailer).
Would Hollywood let it be done any other way?SimonH wrote:Wow. I am halfway through my first read of Watchmen right now. That trailer in the OP looks very true to the feel of the book.
BUT - I really like the 80s setting of the novel. I'm guessing that it will be revamped for a 2009 setting??
You're not alone.SandChigger wrote:Hmmm....
Well, I just ordered the book from Amazon, if that says anything.
(All this time, I had no idea who or what Nekhrun's avatar was. How sad, wot?)
I keep telling myself that.Freakzilla wrote:You're not alone.
I think I've seen them all.SimonH wrote:has anyone seen this episode of the simpsons with Alan Moore:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husbands_and_Knives ?
I'll have to see if I can download it.
I like this especially
Its a lovely, lovely snowflake, and inside it are unicorns and fairy princesses.SandChigger wrote:What IS this thing? (No, DON'T tell me!)
It's seriously hot, whatever it is.
I keep wondering if I can model it in Cheetah3D....
There are some "Absolute" releases of some of the Sandman volumes as well.Seraphan wrote:A copy of Absolute Watchmen is going to arrive in my hands this christmas, i was hoping they would release a likewise special edition of V for Vendetta.
Do any of you know other really good graphic novels done by other authors? No use saying Hellblaser cause i'm already on that one.
I liked that too. Reminiscent of Dos Passos style, with all the extra-textual stuff. Like Gateway too.SandChigger wrote:Am almost halfway through. Quite enjoying the contrast between the graphic and prose sections.
America has an inordinate fondness for the unfair fight.
That’s why I believe guns are so popular in America – because you can ambush people, you can shoot them in the back, you can behave in a very cowardly fashion. Friendly fire, or as we call it everywhere else in the world, American fire.
I was. Untill you askedSandChigger wrote:And are you certain?
hasn't it been released in the states yet? In Australia we get movies so late that we haven't even seen half of the movies nominated in the academy awards.... We get Watchmen in less than a month. I assumed everyone else had already seen itinhuien wrote:I've not seen it as it hasn't been released as of yet, and yes I think it could be worth your buck but YMMV of course. Are these trick questions?
Its one of those biggies that gets released the world 'round on a single day.SimonH wrote:hasn't it been released in the states yet? In Australia we get movies so late that we haven't even seen half of the movies nominated in the academy awards.... We get Watchmen in less than a month. I assumed everyone else had already seen itinhuien wrote:I've not seen it as it hasn't been released as of yet, and yes I think it could be worth your buck but YMMV of course. Are these trick questions?![]()
I'll be sure to tell you how it ends.SandChigger wrote:March 28?!
WTF.
Yes, compared to the rest of the movie the ending is very weak.Ampoliros wrote:So rob, having seen the ending, would you agree that it takes the unifying threat that **** was looking for and throws it out the window? That Synder replaces it with a WTF how does that unite us moment that would be more likely to escalate WWIII?
Um ... this is turning out to be an advertising non-event.GamePlayer wrote:Release date schedule for Watchmen
Japan 28 March 2009