Superhero Filmmakers: Where's Our Watchmen?

http://chud.com/articles/articles/15768/1/SDCC08-ZACK-SNYDER-INTERVIEW-WATCHMEN/Page1.html

that "Page1" in the url is a big tease. I thought there would be a lot more to it than just 500 words of fluff like "I like Iron Man and the Dark Knight but this is different."

I believe the crux of the movie is that it offers a moral choice. That is Watchmen. Let's just say that, without getting too spoilerish, a certain character in the movie survives that.

Rorschach lives = fuck that shit

haha guess I shoulda read the rest of the paragraph first

Dude, maybe you should unclench and give it a rest until the release date's less than SEVEN MONTHS AWAY.

Unless you're actually Alan Moore.

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sorry I had to sit through the preview last night and it got me all angried up again

Preview really does not bode well.

britishes did not get pre-batman preview ;_;

At IMAX there was a pre-batman preview apparently, although I arrived late and didn't see it.

Around here, Chicago, the trailer was only attached to the IMAX Batman (that I'm aware of anyway). It didn't point out that Watchmen will be getting an IMAX release as well, which kinda surprises me. I didn't think they'd be expecting the huge numbers to justify that. It only seems like the mega-franchises get IMAX treatment - Harry Potter, Spider-Man, etc.

It didn't point out that Watchmen will be getting an IMAX release as well, which kinda surprises me.

Yours didn't? Weird, the IMAX trailer for it last night was very specifically pushing the 'Experience it in IMAX' part.

I'm sorry, it DID point that out. Long day, etc etc.

http://io9.com/5034332/nite-owls-ship-has-more-curves-than-a-race-track

little behind the scenes thing with the nite owl ship.

what is the music in the trailer? billy corgan? NiN? something worse?

it's the remix of the smashing pumpkins tune from batman & robin

ha it sounded vaguely familiar. probably all too appropriate.

i don't have much stake in this -- i mostly take slocki's attitude.

but one alarm bell is the fact that in every interview, synder (sp?) seems way more psyched to talk about little fetishistic details like the kind of weaponry used, etc. than about what the thing might be out, what the drama is based on, how the characters interact, etc. i mean, i'm not one who thinks the original comic is a masterpiece or anything but it does have a density that i doubt this film will know how to even approximate. could be wrong though.

thing might be ABOUT

and i realize now it's SNYDER. right?

which kind of looks like a superhero name when you squint

snyderman

Anyone else get the animated webcomic off of itunes while it was still free?

just finished reading it, really enjoyed it (though I'm really excited to hear they're doing an animated treat-up of the sub-comic "Marooned" that appears in the novel???!!)

I thought they showed Osterman killing Rorshach in the trailer, but maybe it wasn't him...they don't show him killing anybody else in the novel, but presumably it was during one of his war conflicts.

anyway, here's hoping Mr. 300 doesn't fuck it up.

He kills a couple of other guys in brief flashbacks in the book - a gang lord and some Vietcong I think.

yea, those were the scenes I was thinking of.

Carla Gugino, though.......boiyoiyoing....

good god man

^

DC's most obscure superhero

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/urgent-warners-watchmen-in-legal%20-peril/

Not likely to prevent the film coming out or anything, though it could mean the end of a three-hour film....

Studios have been trying to make Watchmen into a movie since the 1980s when it originally was published. Producer Joel Silver at one point tried to get Arnold Schwarzenegger to play Dr. Manhattan, and Ah-nuld was said to be willing to shave his head and be painted blue.

http://www.toneoperi.altervista.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/mr-freeze.jpg

took a different joel to make it happen

Not so fascinating a chronology as they promised.

apparently dave gibbons likes the movie:

http://watchmencomicmovie.com/081908-watchmen-movie-con-dave-gibbons.php

And who could doubt his motives for praising it?

Kevin Smith:

I saw “Watchmen.” It’s fucking astounding. The Non-Disclosure Agreement I signed prevents me from saying much, but I can spout the following with complete joygasmic enthusiasm: Snyder and Co. have pulled it off.

Remember that feeling of watching “Sin City” on the big screen and being blown away by what a faithful translation of the source material it was, in terms of both content and visuals? Triple that, and you’ll come close to watching “Watchmen.” Even Alan Moore might be surprised at how close the movie is to the book. March can’t come soon enough.

/shakeybait

> Covering the events was ... Michael Moran

!!!

http://jaqrabbit.com/moore/Miracleman.jpg

Sin City was awful btw

kevin smith saw the 3 hour cut and called it "a fucking masterpiece" or something oh xp

I remember back when they were pushing for Arnold. Then he was Mr. Freeze and that took care of that.

Sin City was awful btw

-- Shakey Mo Collier

Remember that feeling of watching “Sin City” on the big screen and being blown away by what a faithful translation of the source material it was, in terms of both content and visuals?

"joygasmic"

"Sin City" was great on the big screen, not so great on TV.

Then again everyone here hated "300", too.

yeah I saw Sin City on TV. It started to hurt my eyes after awhile and then I fell asleep. when I woke up Rosario Dawson was sweating or something.

i am shocked that contenderizer and shakey mo hated sin city

FWIW, I hated 300 and Sin City as comic books, too. Well, the art in Sin City is pretty good, but even translating panels directly to digitally fucked-with film removes the way Frank Miller handles ink, which is the only thing I've liked about the guy for years.

nb: i am not shocked

I've been re-reading some of my old Miller stuff lately and frankly am shocked that anybody thinks of this guy's dialogue as anything but schlock. His stories are compelling, but the narration & speech is awful.

yeah he's seriously deficient as a writer - I think the only time he really overcame his limitations were with Ronin (which is truly beautiful) and Batman: Year One.

sin shitty