Hold on, Patrick Wilson was in Hard Candy? That was a quite good performance, though based on that he would've been better as Rorschach.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 26 July 2007 09:29 (sixteen years ago) link
i recognise Akerman as the freaky dude's wife in Harold & Kumar but only because i only just saw that the other week.
Earle Haley seems a bit old for Rorschach? tho i can't remember how old the guy is meant to be.
JD Morgan reminds me of Downey Jr - doesn't seem very Comediany.
but of course 'evil genius' Veidt has to be played by a Brit!
― blueski, Thursday, 26 July 2007 09:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Rorschach is supposed to be fairly old, right?
> the guy that did Maus whose name I forget
art spiegelman
-- koogs, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 08:39 (Yesterday) Link
That was my guess! But I would have felt worse if I guessed and got it wrong so I just admitted I didn't really know.
― jessie monster, Thursday, 26 July 2007 13:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Also I am pretty sure this will be unwatchable.
― jessie monster, Thursday, 26 July 2007 13:42 (sixteen years ago) link
HAVE FAITH GOOBERS
― David R., Thursday, 26 July 2007 13:50 (sixteen years ago) link
I think Rorschach is in his mid-forties in the present day of the comic. As are all the other second generation superheroes, except for Silk Spectre II, who's a bit younger.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 26 July 2007 14:12 (sixteen years ago) link
we will have no more of forgetting art spiegelman's name, ok?
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/10.06.99/gifs/spiegelman1-9940.jpg
art spiegelman art spiegelman art spiegelman
― kenan, Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Cue a million review headlines.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:54 (sixteen years ago) link
pictures for comparison
http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/07/25/watchmen-casting-officially-confirmed-early/
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:58 (sixteen years ago) link
this movie is going to tank like nobody's business. snyder will become more reviled than michael bay
LA LA LA NOT LISTENING
― blueski, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:02 (sixteen years ago) link
snyder will become more reviled than michael bay uwe boll
― Phil D., Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:02 (sixteen years ago) link
whadayamean Michael Bay still gets to make huge-budget movies
x-post
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:03 (sixteen years ago) link
but yeah this is all wrong - those guys are all way too young and their inability to attract quality talent is, I'm sure, also indicative of how shitty the script must be
and their inability to attract quality talent is, I'm sure, also indicative of how shitty the script must be
or maybe it's because the studio know that putting a budget bigger than 300's behind this would be rather silly no matter how good the script is.
― blueski, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:05 (sixteen years ago) link
-- El Tomboto, Thursday, 26 July 2007 15:58 (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
My god I hope so! Nightmare scenario - "watchmen" movie is a big hit, moviemakers trawl though Alan Moore's back catalog, "Halo Jones" movie is thus made AAARG NO NO NO NO nO!!!!!1!!
― Pashmina, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:21 (sixteen years ago) link
hahaha I eagerly await the Bojeffries Saga adaptation
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:25 (sixteen years ago) link
those guys are all way too young
yep. Especially The Comedian. I do like Patrick Wilson, tho. What was he doing in a Gap commercial a few weeks ago?
― kenan, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:31 (sixteen years ago) link
x-post -- Orlando Bloom as Miracleman.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:33 (sixteen years ago) link
is this a made-for-TV thing?
― sexyDancer, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:34 (sixteen years ago) link
I can imagine this not being as good as 300 (not that i've seen it) due to story complexity and nothing else, but it will probably make more money than 300 regardless.
I never saw League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, remind me why it was such a poor adaptation?
― blueski, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:38 (sixteen years ago) link
oh god where to begin on the p.o.s.
― kenan, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:40 (sixteen years ago) link
so where's Gerard Butler?
― blueski, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:41 (sixteen years ago) link
League was awful awful awful - basically bore no resemblance to the books, added characters, drastically changed others, different villain, different conclusion, different in tone and subtext, acting was terrible, way too much bad CGI, extraneous chase scenes, bad dialogue.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:44 (sixteen years ago) link
It's not that it's a bad adaptation so much as that it's just a painfully bad movie, full stop.
― kenan, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:46 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:25 (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
"The Stars my Degradation" dir. Tinto Brass could be good for some lolz, perhaps.
― Pashmina, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:49 (sixteen years ago) link
what kenan said x-post
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Nu-Cruise would have been perfect as Veidt!
― Jordan, Thursday, 26 July 2007 16:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Actually, out of Moore's major works Halo Jones would probably be the most easy to film (that or Top 10).
― Tuomas, Thursday, 26 July 2007 18:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Zalman King Presents: Alan Moore's The Cobweb
― David R., Thursday, 26 July 2007 18:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Top 10 would make a better TV show.
― sexyDancer, Thursday, 26 July 2007 18:09 (sixteen years ago) link
LOST GIRLS: THE ANIMATED SERIES
I would so watch THAT one.
― Abbott, Thursday, 26 July 2007 19:04 (sixteen years ago) link
A Top 10 TV series would be awesome! Wasn't it even divided into "Season 1" and "Season 2"?
Unfortunately comics-to-TV rarely seems to work, I can't think of any example where it would've been done properly, except The Maxx.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 26 July 2007 19:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Fish Police!
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 26 July 2007 19:22 (sixteen years ago) link
(j/k that show was terrible)
maybe gerard butler as first nite owl?
― poortheatre, Thursday, 26 July 2007 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
they're all way too young nobodies
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 26 July 2007 21:45 (sixteen years ago) link
i got kingfish to admit he watched the blue man group dvd
― s1ocki, Thursday, 26 July 2007 22:18 (sixteen years ago) link
this will be about as good as the Judge Dredd movie
― blueski, Thursday, 26 July 2007 22:23 (sixteen years ago) link
dude whos set to play veidt is really good in The Lookout!
― ☪, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 00:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Not true. My only exposure to vid of these guys is an MTV News report from like 15 years ago, those Intel ads, and seeing their banners all over chicago when I first visited there. Oh yeah, and my station got a review copy of their CD.
― kingfish, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 00:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Blue Man Group: Why are they so bad and hated?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 00:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Was thinking of seeing BMG in Berlin. I'm glad that I didn't now!
― kv_nol, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 09:48 (sixteen years ago) link
OK, Matt Frewer as Moloch is kinda inspired...
Max Headroom Joins Watchmen
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:56 (sixteen years ago) link
http://rss.warnerbros.com/watchmen/
http://rss.warnerbros.com/watchmen/watch-1317_select.jpg
http://rss.warnerbros.com/watchmen/WMD-22648_select.jpg
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 00:28 (sixteen years ago) link
That doesn't look like a photo of real Nixon, or a real photo of Nixon.
― Abbott, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 00:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I have to admit, I was fearing a 300/Sin City/Grendel/Sky Captain atrocious look in this movie, but those stills aren't terrible at all.
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 00:44 (sixteen years ago) link
hey is that rorschach??? xpost
― jessie monster, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 00:45 (sixteen years ago) link
By Grendel I mean Beowulf, DOH!
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 01:09 (sixteen years ago) link
And yes, I presume that's big R. And the Bernards!
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 01:10 (sixteen years ago) link