Superhero Filmmakers: Where's Our Watchmen?

I read something this morning that suggested that the non-squid ending news leak was just them testing the waters and that the squid ending does exist. Can't find the link though...

http://blog.wired.com/underwire/images/2008/11/10/watbn_ozymandias_3.jpg

http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/11/ozymandias.html

Ronan!

The tagline to that poster kinda reveals the ending of the story, doesn't it? Not that anyone who hasn't already read the comic would guess it.

you've answered your own question there. it's vague enough, just glad the horned lioness type thing is up in this.

There's another oblique spoiler in the trailer, in that it cuts from Blake being thrown out the window straight to a shot of Viedt.

how often do you see a cinematic adaptation marketed with a similar aesthetic to the published work? man that typeface is a beacon amongst the madly ugly posters for movies that concern themselves with the fate of the world.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/sexymollusk/watchmen.jpg

that poster is terrible!!

check out bubastis tho

and what kind of tagline is that?

What is the name of that typeface?

I would so not be sad if it replaced Impact in everything but lolcats.

they're doing posters for all the main characters:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/39054

http://splashpage.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/111008_watchmenexclfull.jpg

http://popwatch.ew.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/11/10/watchmen_l.jpg

this is the only poster i actually like so far:

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/1448/watchmenteaserposterxu7.jpg

tagline's still kinda ass tho

The Manhattan one's not bad.

What is the name of that typeface?

think it's Futura Condensed Bold - pretty much identical to the one used by The Sun for most headlines

and yes Impact must die

They should of used this guy as veidt
http://seat42f.com/site/images/stories/tvshows/TheMentalist/simon-baker-the-mentalist-tca.jpg
the wrong choice for veidt and the stupid punchlines are the only things I see wrong with this movie so far

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whoops

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/watchmen.html?showVideo=1

there you go

shit trailer, btw

hooray for no billy corgan

Is that the Koyaansqaasti theme?

man i hate rorschach's voice

i was thinking that. if ILX hated Bale's Batman voice, then hoo-boy...

Not keen on that trailer. Don't like Rorschach's voice in particular (should be flatter and more expressionless), and all the acting seems a bit shoddy.

On a nerdier note: there isn't actually a group in the comic called The Watchmen! It's just the name of the book.

"hrmmm"

revealing practically the entire plot there

I wonder if the group's actually called "Watchmen" in the movie (they were "Crimebusters" in the book, IIRC.) "Watchmen" sounded spliced in there, like they're trying to justify the title or something.

from the very little evidence in the trailer it looks like we're going to get batman voice AND really exaggerated physical movements because you can't see my face! from Rorschach.

Eh, I can deal with stuff like that. I'm more concerned about all that ridiculous slow-mo. It's the most played-out movie trick ever.

If you took all the slow motion out of 300 you'd have a 5-minute short.

Is that fucking Muse?

I'm liking all the shots that seem to have come directly off the page.

Jon's voice is worse though, he sounds like a whiny emo kid, not a god.

POLICEMAN 1: (doffs his cap and mops his brow) W-who watches the Watchmen....

lol this is the gayest lookin bullshit btw - ozymandius looks exactly like robin in batman and robin - what an utter shitwich

one of the reasons the sam hamm CHRIST ALMIGHTY IT'S THE GODDAMN WATCHMEN shit is so ridiculous is that there's no such thing as 'the Watchmen,' yet in the trailer dude is all like watchmen DIS and watchmen DAT, NOT COOL

rorschach voice doesnt bother me even tho i hated bale as batman

i like that the comedian looks like javier bardem

i'm also cool with manhattan sounding like a whiny pussy, cuz that's kinda what he is

finally, the giant psychic exploding squid was gay as hell in the comic, but it's also gay as hell to change the ending, which is why this dumb gay movie should never have been made - too much irresolvable gayness is inherent in the property

no, wait, finally: fuk u shakey

ok one more thing:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d156/randomcschtuff/29yme88.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v341/Serenity44/FATTY.jpg

O RLY?

that last poster, how can they change the blood splot? it's the motif of the entire book, it's how the book starts and finishes. gah.

Er, just because they changed the shape of the blot a bit doesn't mean it won't symbolize the same things... (Broken symmetry, stained innocence, the hand of the clock, etc.) I don't it has to be the exact same shape.

OMG/WTF/LOLOLOoLO @:

1/Philip Glass over moody movie scenes HOLY CRAP WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE THINK OF THAT BEFORE.

2/the guy who plays rorschach's voice OMG ROFFLE ROFFLE

3/the dialog in the comic, it wasn't THAT stoopid, was it?

4/corny slo-mo GET OVER IT ALREADY, Hollywood "visionaries".

5/"visionary" director of "300" ROFFLE ROFFLE

6/the woman who plays silk spectre is really really hott would spend "quality time" w/.

Def NOT going to see this, the trailer looks FAR worse than I was expecting, thought it would be competent but pointless/over-reverent, from that it looks totally, totally wack. Acting in particular is bogus, and the effects don't look all that either.

Also, Ade is pretty OTM.

wow, yeah.. i think they were better off with the shitty billy corgan trailer.

the worst bit is how the trailer hints that the superhero group is called "the watchmen" ; that's really annoying me!! hopefully the movie doesn't do that.

would it really be that big a deal if they changed "crimebusters" into "watchmen"? it's kind of the least of my worries based on the trailer.

okay i guess in watching this for a second time, it might appeal to people who havent read the comic and are intrigued.

but not a trailer for fans, that's for certain.

trailer confirms this is gonna be retardo but epic

i just hope it's not as boring as bonfire of the vanities

> Er, just because they changed the shape of the blot a bit doesn't mean it won't symbolize the same things...

if it's going to symbolise the same things and you've got a perfectly good design already then why change it? if it's not broke, don't fix it.

Apparently the dialogue in the trailer may have been edited to take out references to 'crimebusters', replacing them with 'Watchmen' because, you know, it's an advert and the idea is to bury 'WATCHMEN' into your subconscious by repeating it over and over again.