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
Also I am pretty sure this will be unwatchable.
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
The Backlot
After a couple months of shooting at various locations and on stages, last week we finally made the transition to our New York City backlot. Since the New York City that is rendered in the graphic novel is so particular, it was very important to me that our backlot speak the same language, the vernacular of WATCHMEN. In addition, the backlot needs to function as many different parts of the city, countless store fronts, street corners, alleys, etc. So, with that in mind, we set out to build own own custom backlot here in Vancouver, BC. In my opinion, the results speak for themselves.
Thanks to all of the many talented people who contributed to making this backlot a reality!
Here are a few interesting facts about the backlot:
• 5,800 feet of neon requiring 24,000 watts of power • 100 unique and custom-designed graphics created for the various storefronts • 5,000 square feet of custom posters • Street had to work for 1938, 1945, 1953, 1957, 1964, 1974, 1975, 1977, and 1985 • 1,040 feet of 1:1 scale New York streets • 98,400 square feet of exterior scenery • 12,500 square feet of interior scenery • Building heights range from 23'9" to 42'6" • 10,325 16-foot 2x4s • 3,600 sheets of OSB (plywood-like construction material) • 384,000 square feet of foam brick • 200,000 nails • 3,500 tubes of construction adhesive • 160,000 lbs. of steel I-beams support the facades • 300 cubic meters of concrete • 6,000 square feet of glass • 4,800 square feet of plexiglass • 20,000 donuts were consumed by the construction crew • 20,000 gallons of water and 3,000 gallons of Gatorade was drunk by the crew
-Zack
― latebloomer, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 01:12 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm impressed by the first still just because, well, hell, there that corner is, there's the two guys at it all the time.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 01:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Posters for Black Freighter comics and the upcoming Pale Horse/Krystallnacht show...
― Oilyrags, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 01:17 (sixteen years ago) link
I really have no idea how they could pull this off as a movie and keep everything they're evidently keeping (always thought a cinematic version would have be crazy truncated, like basically eliminating the Minutemen storyline entirely), and aside from Jackie Earle Haley I'm not really feeling the cast (had no desire to ever see a Patrick Wilson movie again) but I've read the comic so many times that I basically HAVE to see this as soon as it comes out.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 01:36 (sixteen years ago) link
looks like dick tracy
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 01:41 (sixteen years ago) link
croupier otm.
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 02:01 (sixteen years ago) link