Superhero Filmmakers: Where's Our Watchmen?

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The Roach, along with Fleagle McGrew and Dirty Drew McGrew, appeared in a Sim-penned story in the anthology title AARGH (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia). With the title-sized speech bubbles "Terror in a Turgid Tool!" and "By my Loins- Betrayed!" it indicated the Roach was homosexual.

Oh, the ironing.

http://www.joblo.com/video/player.php?video=Watchmen_480

i thought that was gonna be a trailer... video journal? worth watching? is squirrel police in it?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/business/media/26retail.html
Key point:
"The twist is that Mr. Snyder, known for turning the Spartan comic book series “300” into a global hit movie, is also directing a separate-but-related picture that Warner plans to distribute exclusively on DVD.

The second film, tentatively called “Tales of the Black Freighter,” follows a side “Watchmen” storyline about a shipwreck and will arrive in stores five days after the main movie rolls out in theaters. The DVD will also include a documentary-style film called “Under the Hood” that will delve into the characters’ backstories. "

i always found the black freighter sections rather tedious, don't think i actually read the story until the third time i read the whole thing.

I thought the black freighter bit was the glue that held the thing together. What I got from the black freighter storyline was that that was also the storyline all the characters were following in the main story - most clearly Veidt, but also Rorschach and the others.

yeah, sort of. all the plot points converging on this horrible truth.

Namely: raw seagulls are delicious!

kind of awesome that they're doing "under the hood"... the bits at the end of each issue were such an essential part of the story as a whole.

I did have to coax myself into reading them but I am glad I did bcz they are key and good.

hope Veidt's still a dub reggae fan

I HOPE IT HAS...KITTY!

p[urple kitty

kind of awesome that they're doing "under the hood"... the bits at the end of each issue were such an essential part of the story as a whole.

I was always wondering, how long was Hollis Mason's book supposed to be? Because his whole life story and the story of the masked heroes seems to have been pretty much covered in the 15 pages included in the comic.

Also, I've always wondered if Dreiberg's ornithological article in the later issue is supposed to be allegorical in the same sense the Black Freighter story is, or is it just supposed to illuminate his character?

Maybe the rest of it is about vintage car repair?

I was always wondering, how long was Hollis Mason's book supposed to be? Because his whole life story and the story of the masked heroes seems to have been pretty much covered in the 15 pages included in the comic.

-- Tuomas, Monday, May 26, 2008 9:35 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

lol!! true

OMG that ornithological article is IMO the most embarrassing part...such purple prose. And that kind of thing would never, ever show up in a peer-reviewed journal.

Haha, that would be awesome! Anyway, Mason turned out to be a good writer, didn't he? The scene in the beginning of the book with his boss and the fake boobs is just as touching as he imagines it to be.

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Also he gets the Kitty Geniovese thing totally wrong.

The ornithological article is kinda weird, and doesn't really give that much of the sort of background information the other articles do, which is why I've thought there might be a deeper level to it. Or maybe I'm just reading too much into the Moore style of writing?

I remember reading some Neil Gaiman interview where he says he sorta helped Moore write that article. They'd already become friends back then, and it turned out Moore didn't know too much about birds, so he asked Gaiman for help, and he sent Moore some books on ornithology or something. So maybe it really was just filler, since symmetry required every issue must end with an article, and he hadn't come up with anything important for that issue...

hope Veidt's still a dub reggae fan

"I'm into dancehall now."

Moore has his ways with the music references, doesn't he? Has anyone else heard the recorded version of the song ("This Vicious Cabaret") V sings in V For Vendetta (it's not by Moore but some rock singer)? It's kinda disappointing.

I like it, because I am a big fan of said 'rock singer,' who is David J from Bauhaus/Love and Rockets.

Whoa.

I love in Watchmen, something like "I don't want to look like Devo."

I'd love to hear a version of the song sang by Moore himself, he as such a great voice.

You've all heard this, right?

DUCKS! DUCKS!

Also, I've always wondered if Dreiberg's ornithological article in the later issue is supposed to be allegorical in the same sense the Black Freighter story is, or is it just supposed to illuminate his character?

-- Tuomas, Monday, May 26, 2008 9:37 PM (58 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

I remember at one point trying really hard to read it allegorically, but not really finding anything there. I think it's just supposed to underline that homie is really, almost sadly into birds.

No dis to orinthology folks, but like Ab said dude's prose is way over the top; makes it almost come off like a coping mechanism, he's desperate for something.

for birds!

aren't we all

http://www.aintitcool.com/images2008/mmpic.jpg

Night Crotch

unfortunate

isn't the whole point of their old costumes that they're kind of silly? hopefully they'll be smart enough to play it that way.

which one is squirrel police?

Looks great!

Silhouette's hot.

isn't the whole point of their old costumes that they're kind of silly? hopefully they'll be smart enough to play it that way.

Oh, I think it looks like they played it that way.

Looks like they're also going to play up the "footnote" aspect of the original comics with DVD editions.

i love the old costumes homemadeness

every time i see this thread i figure it means that watchmen movie is delayed like another year

The trailer hits on Friday.

Erm, really? I thought they'd leave it for the ComicCon panel ...

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22942

Ahhhh ... makes sense. Thanks for the tip.

this is going to be so terrible

just re-read the comics last week, the thing is unfilmable.

I thought the black freighter bit was the glue that held the thing together. What I got from the black freighter storyline was that that was also the storyline all the characters were following in the main story - most clearly Veidt, but also Rorschach and the others.

-- AlanSmithee, Monday, May 26, 2008 8:09 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Link

so OTM, totally did not get this until very recently!

Watchmen trailer, attached to Dark Knight, premiers on Empire Online:

http://www.empireonline.com/video/watchmen/

Ballsy use of Smashing Pumpkins track from the Batman & Robin soundtrack!

"ballsy"