Watchmen poll

I like me Abbott's enthusiasm!

I first felt the use of the song was jarring and too much of an overt nod to the 'yeah we're recontextualizing superhero stuff even down to the music DO YOU SEE.' But the pace of the song perfectly suits that of the trailer (be interesting to see what was determined first -- song choice or how the trailer would run) and said slower version was always the one that most attracted me in the first place.

4 REAL

haha i actually instantly thought of ned when i saw the trailer, as if they were marketing this specifically to him.

OMG and whoever that dude playing Veidt is? Wicked sexy!

haha i actually instantly thought of ned when i saw the trailer, as if they were marketing this specifically to him.

Beautiful. (Now playing -- the "End is the Beginning..." single, with both versions of the song plus the two instrumental acoustic guitar variations.)

I had that wrong, electric guitar actually. Memories, tricks on the brain.

Next trailer will be the whole damn EP, yes, with all the cut footage from the movie.

Hahah, I'd actually forgotten the second instrumental version is essentially Billy's attempt at creating an Alan Wilder-written B-side for Depeche circa 1989. And Flood wasn't even the producer on this one!

Yeah, I did totally like the way the slowdown at the end of the song synched up with Dr. M's castle rising out of the sand on Mars. That was, as the vernacular would have it, "the shit." Also, lots more detail visible in the trailer when one sees it on the big screen: Partially-formed Dr. M, bone and muscle visible, slamming through the hallway, the Owlship cruising over the protestors with The Comedian standing on the window outside of it, the Egyptian motif stuff in Veidt's office when he takes down the assassin, all excellent.

I couldn't figure out at first where this shot of Silk Spectre dropping into a fiery hallway came from until I saw the Owlship cruising through the fire, and remembered the rooftop rescue scene. Duh.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

I lol'ed when the trailer narrator said "from the visionary director of 300"

The people have spoken.

because of the wang

Clearly.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/15/paul-krugman-fake-alien-invasion_n_926995.html

ehhhhhh

fucking awful film

"from the visionary director of that owl movie"