magnificentsynthesizer said:

The special effects look amazing. Should be awesome.

I can't wait!!!

is that Robert Downey Jr in the film?

Did anyone check out the "animated comic" version they just released for free in iTunes? It's pretty cool, except for the fact the fact that the sole female character in the first chapter sounds like "Dr. Girlfriend" on the Venture Brothers.

Stymie said:

No. Where?

AlexdeParis said:

One of the characters looked like him.

Stymie said:

yeah, i saw that too.

Anxiety said:

Stymie said:

I caught that too. He kind of looke like Robert's character in that period piece that I can't seem to remember the name of.

Are y'all referring to Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the Comedian?

AlexdeParis said:

Thanks yeah. I thought it was Robert.

It looks good, but like with so manythings I don't know how I feel about something so powerful being reduced to some mass marketed catch phrases

ThirdandFinal said:

so a DC comic book is going to be made into a warner bros. movie.

i don't see it as a sell-out. it's a major film studio adaptation of a major comic book publisher's graphic novel. hell, warner bros. owns DC comics.

i think the film can be every bit as powerful as the comic.

They better not fuck this up.Ive read this for years and it reads like a movie. But shit if they fucked up Hellblazer. they'll fuck this up 2

Anxiety said:

Oh, I don't mean a sell out, I just hate when anything important becomes mass marketed, even when it is done well

ThirdandFinal said:

do you not think the original comic mini-series and graphic novel were mass marketed?

Anxiety said:

They reached a much more dedicated core audience than the film will

ThirdandFinal said:

we can't really determine that until the film is released. some mainstream films end up as cult classics with a small but dedicated fan base, and sometimes quirky indie films end up as mainstream hits.
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ThirdandFinal said:

at the time maybe, but any comic reader worth his salt has read this by now.

I wanted to like this, and I know i'm the only one that feels this looks cheesy as hell.
After The Dark Knight, all these movies are going to be judged in a diffrent light.

violetblues said:

oh my god.

SQUE#EEEEE!~!!!!!11111

JerseyKRS said:

Schroeder as Ozymandias is perfect. Linus as the Comedian is hilarious.

Anxiety said:

You'll see when this comes out next year, and what the critical concensus is, and I'll want my "gee Violetblues your're always right" from you in triplicate!
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violetblues said:

and if you're wrong about this, how will i be able to distinguish it from all the other times you're wrong?

Anxiety said:

Totally. You can buy Watchmen at Borders or Barnes and Noble. A Store with about 4 feet of shelf space for graphic novels stocks it everyday.

Question for Anx, do you think The Watchmen is a whimsical book?

Mars23 said:

i do and i don't. i think it's very dark, but i think the look of the book has a lot of color. also, they chose to go with a men/women in tights theme rather than put them in leather jumpsuits a la the xmen movies. simply from a technical standpoint (costumes, sets, makeup, lighting, etc.) you're not going to have this "gritty realism" that everyone's drooling over.

you can have dark subject matter and still be cartoonish. marilyn manson made a whole career out of it.

Anxiety said:

I agree with the costumes aspect. I am glad they decided to put Carla Gugino in tights. I think the world is built so the costumes fit it though, if that makes sense. It will be gritty and powerful, and even in the brighter costumes, the Watchmen will blend into the world.

Mars23 said:

1985 was a very colorful time. that's how i remember it, anyway. a little TOO colorful. i can see the colorfulness of the costumes working in concert with the neon colors of the 80s and the great range of colors from the graphic novel.

Anxiety said:

lol, name one time i was ever wrong!