Superhero Filmmakers: Where's Our Watchmen?

Birth is a natural and beautiful event in a woman's life, David

Anyway, I'm still looking forward to Watchmen, though the previews smell.

has nobody brought up the lawsuit that might derail the whole enterprise yet?

they smell like meat

omg i love meat

slocki that is why the tread got revived.

has nobody brought up the lawsuit that might derail the whole enterprise yet?

-- s1ocki, Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:34 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

upthread, amigo!

x-post

Also, who are we kidding? One big check later, movie is back in theaters. It's gone too far to stop now.

Oily OTM

This is just to say that I did not need a person on the internet calling himself Shakey Mo Collier to remind me about the natural beauty of childbirth with regards to a pic showing Elijah Wood's head poking through a plywood vag.

Had it been a real honest-to-goodness vag, say from a cow or elephant, that would have been okay.

chinatown.jpg

maybe we can add him to the wallogina

homework: GIS "elephant vag"

lolz joeks bruv

Also, who are we kidding? One big check later, movie is back in theaters. It's gone too far to stop now.

-- Oilyrags, Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:38 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

seriously. has a lawsuit like this ever stopped a high-profile major studio movie like this from being released?

Fox has stated it isn't looking for monetary compensation - their aim is for the film's release to be blocked. I'd like to say with certainty they won't succeed, but who knows?

That's completely untrue according to a quote in an Entertainment Weekly article from a spokesman for Fox. They are looking to get pizzaid.

wait waht lawsuit

The one Shakey Mo filed claiming emotional distress.

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/08/watchmen.html

Those familiar with the situation tell EW.com that despite the legal mess over rights, Fox isn't actually interested in suppressing Snyder’s film — they just want affirmation of ownership and/or restitution, and there are many scenarios by which Fox could get paid, including a cash settlement or distribution rights to the film. Either way, look for Watchmen to be released, as scheduled, on March 6, 2009.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Carla Gugino:

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/8806/silkspectre2vi5dr2.jpg

Poor prisoner. :(
That's against the eighth amendment.

Crudup as The Tron Guy as Dr Manhattan

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=14&id=61074

ever since hollywood shifted into this 'ALL SUPERHERO MOVIES ALL THE TIME' mode, ive been less and less concerned about 'staying faithful to the comic' or whatever. as a kid, i was an x-men fanatic and was completely distraught as to how they handled the movies, in every way. there used to be this big sense of finality or something, like 'theyre FINALLY making a movie of it, so they HAVE to get it right! this is their ONE CHANCE!' i think part of that mentality came from comics/graphic novels being overlooked and underappreciated as storytelling devices and as an art medium and all that.

but now, i just dont care anymore... i guess the x-men stuff just made me not give a shit. you know what? go nuts, and invite billy corgan along. it just doesn't matter.

Don't tell Alan Moore, but I'm looking forward to this film quite a lot now.

Did Zack Snyder Change the Ending of ‘Watchmen’ to Make it More Like ‘The Dark Knight’?

In any case, we think we actually like Snyder's ending better than Alan Moore's — what the heck was that squid thing about, anyway?

writer is a fucking moron and I claim my $5

Blotchmen

The change sounds more or less in keeping with the intent of Moore's original ending, certainly not as bad as that horrible 90s script which is knocking around the web somewhere. The squid would be better though, its what the heckness is what makes it so brilliant - Gordian Knot and all that.

seems to me like it doesn't resolve the central cold war conflict (ie, uniting Soviets and Americans against a common alien foe), since the "common foe" in this case, is um, American.

well, manhattan suddenly leaves earth fairly early in the story so it's not exactly a stretch to essentially frame him.

the squid will be missed though.

essentially frame him as going rogue, that is

Fuck losing the squid imo.

Although I'll still be queuing up when this piece of shit gets released.

SPOILERS

That's a point, but I'm sure something could be crafted to solve this. Manhattan has publicly disavowed human affairs some time before the climax, after all and I assume the attacks are going to occur on both sides' soil. Not saying the new ending will be better, just saying it might not be absolute shit.

xpost to Shakey

I'm just sayin it doesn't make sense global-politics-wise - the Russians would blame the Americans if an American superhero suddenly blew up a bunch of cities in both their countries. No balance of power would be achieved.

you don't think the constant hanging threat of a superhero who could strike anytime he wanted and was no longer loyal to any country wouldn't change things?

Not saying I don't prefer the sheer WTF-ness of the squid ending in the comic but the "framing Dr. Manhattan" ending isn't a terrible alternative. And probably works better cinematically.

But yeah yeah, I know "DON'T YOU SEE THIS SHOULD NEVER EVER EVER HAVE BEEN MADE INTO A MOVIE WAHHH!"

it would change things, but it wouldn't achieve parity like the alien-squid threat does.

I agree that its a better alternate ending than the previous scripts'.

I had one of those earlier scripts downloaded but was too afraid to read it. I've heard they were pretty bad.

WHERE THE HECK ARE OUR WATCHMEN?

Some new footage:

Not saying I don't prefer the sheer WTF-ness of the squid ending in the comic but the "framing Dr. Manhattan" ending isn't a terrible alternative. And probably works better cinematically.

I agree. The whole thing squid scheme and how it so suddenly achieved peace was always the weakest part of the comic. I think it might make more sense in the context of the story to make the common enemy someone whose power and amoral attitudes towards the human race have already been firmly established rather than some random alien whose supposed threat needs to be boosted with a psychic's brain (the brain bit kinda makes me feel Moore didn't really believe in the ending himself). I think the way peace is reached in the end of the story totally stretches the internal credibility of the story anyway, so the question why Russians wouldn't blame Americans because of Dr. Manhattan's nationality is a minor quibble compared to the general suspension of disbelief the ending requires in any case.

Endings aside, giant Dr. Manhattan hand reaching through the roof of Karnak to grab at Veidt sends chills down my spine.

is the whole soundtrack gonna be that horrible billy corgan rock

According to IMDb the following songs are confirmed to be on the soundtrack:

My Chemical Romance - Desolation Row (cover of a Bob Dylan song to play over the end credits).

Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A Changing (To play over opening credits).

Simon and Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence.

Nena - 99 Luftballons

Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower

Nat King Cole - Unforgettable

A bit clichéd, but sounds okay!

some random alien whose supposed threat needs to be boosted with a psychic's brain (the brain bit kinda makes me feel Moore didn't really believe in the ending himself)

once again anything remotely metaphysical irritates Tuomas

you know Moore is a "magician" right?

who cares

you're allowed to make whatever point you want but not being able to separate an artist from his work seems like a bit of a stumbling block when it comes to properly evaluating film/music/art/whatever.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, October 21, 2008 7:12 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink