Superhero Filmmakers: Where's Our Watchmen?

Yeah nice comic book stylings. No need for Billy "laughing boy" Corgan, though.

visually at least, it looks great.

Pretty much my thought. I'm honestly amazed. Of course, the very 21st century effects/editing touches are jarring, but to be expected.

I'm still convinced this film is an impossible sell to people who haven't read the book (and some who have.)

Yeah, I'm ultimately skeptical -- still, though. (Sharp move not showing Veidt's Antarctic base, actually.)

The question is whether the director can coherently transplant the plot and its ramifications, though. Given the level of subtlety of 300 I have my doubts, but here's hoping.

Dr Manhattan lookin' pretty good. Awful use of Corgan tho. the whole approach of the trailer is pretty terrible and formulaic - should'be tried to stand out more here. Cool to see the Mars glass house tho.

the whole approach of the trailer is pretty terrible and formulaic

A good number of the shots are pretty much from the book -- and I'm amused at how they're all "Look, Night Owl's Batman, WE KNOW"

Great looking trailer even with Corrigan's nasal mewling.

I better read the comic! I have had the TPB for a while now, but there's always some fan-boy crossover that takes priority. I think there should be a She-Hulk movie, that would be awesome.

A good number of the shots are pretty much from the book

i know, it's just the whole style of the trailer itself but i was hoping for no music, no slow mo etc., maybe use actual Nixon speeches cut up and whatnot

also really sick and tired of 'human being destroyed/blown apart/smashed into bits but the last remaining recognisable part of them is their screaming mouth' sequences

link doesn't work for me :(

Awful soundtrack to that preview.

don't like the obviously-all-shot-in-front-of-a-green-screen-ness of it all :(

I think it looks terrible. color scheme is all wrong.

would love to hear deeznuts explain how this movie is inherently superior to the comics by virtue of its being a movie

OK, it's also at (shudder) Harry Knowles's.

DG, it wasn't all shot in front of a green screen! It was shot mostly on practical sets!

Love the shot of Veidt nailing the assassin guy. And the Dr. Manhattan effects look great.

they did actually film on Mars i believe

No, they filmed on Venus doubling for Mars. It's cheaper to travel towards the sun for a movie crew.

http://base58.com/pics/watchmen/w1.jpg
http://base58.com/pics/watchmen/w2.jpg
http://base58.com/pics/watchmen/w5.jpg

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http://base58.com/pics/watchmen/w8.jpg

http://base58.com/pics/watchmen/w9.jpg
http://base58.com/pics/watchmen/w10.jpg
http://base58.com/pics/watchmen/w11.jpg

http://base58.com/pics/watchmen/w12.jpg
http://base58.com/pics/watchmen/w13.jpg

sorry, i'm done

is that aged Nixon on the TVs behind Veidt then?

Looks interesting to me! Virtual sets/actors is the only way this thing COULD work, short of being an animation (which I can't believe no one had a serious go at).

DG, it wasn't all shot in front of a green screen! It was shot mostly on practical sets!

i know, i read the production blog from time to time. still looks weird tho. that shot of dr manhattan blowing up a viet cong looks like some 1996 command and conquer cutscene

> would love to hear deeznuts explain how this movie is inherently superior to the comics by virtue of its being a movie

-- Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, July 17, 2008 7:59 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Music is also inherently superior to sculpture.

ok haven't seen trailer but stills look fucking awesome

the only good I can see coming of this is that maybe Dave Gibbons got a lot of money

My status is still intrigued but skeptical. Only universally stinking reviews will stop me checking it out out of curiosity, though.

we get it dude. you dont like it. xp

Another link for the trailer:
http://io9.com/5026402/watch-how-faithful-watchmen-will-be

I, like Shakey Mo, love this trailer and I will be first in line.

i always imagined theire outfits to look way rattier/homemade/not like batman begins

"I guess I look pretty Devo, huh?"

yep

top marks for manhattanpants

omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg

As my wife likes to remind me, I am quite often way too cynical for my own good. So as far as this movie goes, I've decided to just geek the fuck out and enjoy it.

love the nipples on the Ozymandias suit

I loved that B&W still that was released a few months back but I absolutely hate the trailer. Eh, I'll still see it.

why is Ozymandias wearing nipple-plated leatherwear rather than the greco-egyptian shit his entire persona is centered on

seriously so much wrong, you guys are on crack

"You can't even turn the pages on this movie!"

It's, like, metatextual, Shakey. Like how the comic was a comic about comics, the movie is a movie about movies. Therefore the "modern" (i.e., 1985) heroes in the movie have costumes more like current movie heroes, just like how 1990s Batman costume was so much different from Adam West costume.

Yes, it's anachronistic. So is Richard Nixon in the White House in 1985. Deal.

this can't be bad! rorschach's mask moves! oooooooooh

Some panels that correspond with the stills blueski posted above:

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/4835/watchmen1up7.jpg

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/2829/watchmen2xv6.jpeg

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/7523/watchmen3qw5.jpeg

Like how the comic was a comic about comics, the movie is a movie about movies.

does not compute

Uh, ok. I guess not, if you're determined to be dumb/stubborn/whatever.

you might note that I'm not complaining about anachronisms - which are crucial to the "alternate reality" theme of the story - I'm complaining abotu STUPID SHIT that is in there for no reason and has nothing to do with the character other than "oooh we need to have the bad guy in black. leather. with nipples. wouldn't that be cool."

saying its a movie about movies is a gross misrepresentation - its a movie about a comic book about comic books. unless they've completely re-written the plot.