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"i thought this was kind of neat http://www.watchmen-the-movie.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/watchmen_comp_big.jpg "

A lot of people hate Kevin Costner, but I can actually see a Costner Nite Owl. Heh.

Robin Williams = Rorschach? WAT.

7/22/2008 10:25:24 AM

terry gilliam on his previous involvement watchmen

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"In interviews while Munchausen was being released, Gilliam was seen to wear the famous blood-stained smiley badge familiar to fans of graphic novel Watchmen. Says Gilliam, "What happened was, Watchmen came along. Joel Silver came along and convinced me there was this 'go' project, and they had a huge budget and all that stuff, and I like Watchmen a lot; I think it's really good. And so I got caught up in that thing, and I was actually terrified of it because it was going to be one more monstrous project. But we went along with it; it was weird, because I was sort of propelled forward because it was subject matter I liked a lot, and I knew I could do it, I recognised that I was about the only person who could do it well, and then I didn't get the money. So I was 'saved' from that one." Gilliam worked with Charles McKeown on this movie, adapting the script created by Sam Hamm, but producer Joel Silver failed to raise the finance to make this picture. "However, I was contacted by the new owner of the rights in January [1996], wanting to know if I was still interested. I think it's going to be impossible to make as a film, unless you make it three and a half hours long, which most people aren't going to want", said Gilliam."

7/22/2008 10:28:06 AM

7/23/2008 9:54:03 PM

am i crazy or did someone post some analysis of watchmen in this thread? i've gone through like ten times.

7/24/2008 12:00:49 AM

^^ that's awesome

7/24/2008 7:20:40 AM

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"that's awesome"

+!

7/24/2008 9:56:59 AM

^^^I think they posted it in the Batman thread. Probably fairly shortly after it came out for reference.

7/24/2008 11:40:25 AM

awesome pic Lewizzle!

i hope as more details come out about the movie, the more justice they seem to do. from the trailer I can't say anything worth of value negatively.

7/24/2008 3:51:42 PM

Just finished reading it for the first time

<3

7/31/2008 10:29:52 PM

Curious to see how they will do it. Just seems way too epic of a story for some 2-3 hour movie, itll either bomb horribly or be awesome.

8/1/2008 12:42:17 AM

chud.com has some great interviews from the San Diego ComiCon with the case and director
haven't read em all, but the CHUD guys rule and are kinda in love with the Watchmen project

Snyder
http://chud.com/articles/articles/15768/1/SDCC08-ZACK-SNYDER-INTERVIEW-WATCHMEN/Page1.html

Night Owl, Silk Spectre I and II
http://chud.com/articles/articles/15768/1/SDCC08-ZACK-SNYDER-INTERVIEW-WATCHMEN/Page1.html

Comedian and Rorschach
http://chud.com/articles/articles/15770/1/SDCC08-JACKIE-EARLE-HALEY-amp-JEFFREY-DEAN-MORGAN-INTERVIEW-WATCHMEN/Page1.html

Dr. Manhattan and Veidt
http://chud.com/articles/articles/15759/1/SDCC08-BILLY-CRUDUP-amp-MATTHEW-GOODE-INTERVIEW-WATCHMEN/Page1.html

[Edited on August 1, 2008 at 8:50 AM. Reason : a]

8/1/2008 8:50:30 AM

good interviews, i am pumped to read this now.

8/1/2008 4:28:12 PM

after seeing the trailer I little bit ago, and hearing my bf talk about this, I really want to read it. Should I bother doing so before the movie comes out?

8/1/2008 4:47:33 PM

yes.

8/1/2008 5:11:39 PM

it is definitely worth the read. obviously the art in pretty intense as well. I need to re-read.

8/1/2008 5:46:29 PM

haha, I wouldn't read the mathew goode interview if you haven't read the book.

8/6/2008 2:17:31 PM

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"I saw Watchmen. It’s fucking astounding. The Non-Disclosure Agreement I signed prevents me from saying much, but I can spout the following with complete joygasmic enthusiasm: Snyder and Co. have pulled it off. Remember that feeling of watching Sin City on the big screen and being blown away by what a faithful translation of the source material it was, in terms of both content and visuals? Triple that, and you’ll come close to watching Watchmen. Even Alan Moore might be surprised at how close the movie is to the book. March can’t come soon enough."

-Kevin Smith

oh shit son

8/15/2008 6:42:49 PM

Now I've really got to buy the graphic novel.

8/15/2008 7:02:48 PM

you damn right

8/15/2008 7:18:16 PM

Is it like one collection of stories, or is it a series of books?
And where's the best place to get them--I'm getting really excited about it, and I've heard so many good things about it.

8/15/2008 8:24:39 PM

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0930289234/ref=sr_1_olp_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218846415&sr=8-1

It was originally a series of individual books, but it hasn't been sold as such for a long time. You can get a copy from amazon for a little over $10.

8/15/2008 8:29:15 PM

^ done and done. Thanks

ooo, and The Killing Joke. yum.

[Edited on August 15, 2008 at 8:40 PM. Reason : ]

8/15/2008 8:34:56 PM

http://www.amazon.com/Watchmen-Absolute-Alan-Moore/dp/1401207138/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218982165&sr=1-4

there's also this bad boy, but it's $texas

8/17/2008 10:10:35 AM

why can't we see this until march if kevin smith has already seen it????

blerg.

8/17/2008 10:16:58 AM

i thought i heard it wasn't even near done

8/17/2008 11:38:33 AM

^^^That's the one I borrowed from the library. If you're still at state, try DH Hill. I got lucky though, I was reading it and then the trailer came out and the next day I got notices saying the book is on hold so I had to turn it in early. I don't know if all the extras really justifies the price.

8/17/2008 3:47:35 PM

8/18/2008 9:08:53 AM

I'm getting so psyched about this movie.

8/18/2008 9:21:42 AM

I wonder if they'll show Silk Spectre's boobs?

I wonder if they'll show Dr. Manhattan's dong? (I'm pulling for boobs over dong)

8/18/2008 9:24:04 AM

I'm pulling dong, too.

8/18/2008 9:32:42 AM

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"I wonder if they'll show Silk Spectre's boobs? I wonder if they'll show Dr. Manhattan's dong? (I'm pulling for boobs over dong)"

considering that girl has shown her tits in everything she's ever been in, i'm guessing they do.

they show dong in the trailer.

8/18/2008 9:53:41 AM

if they change "35 minutes ago" I will destroy the scriptwriter.

[Edited on August 18, 2008 at 2:39 PM. Reason : .]

8/18/2008 2:37:16 PM

i don't know why they would, unless they write ozy's part to be dumbest man in the world

8/18/2008 2:55:23 PM

8/18/2008 3:42:32 PM

^^i've heard the ending is different, hopefully that's not true, it's not like i heard it from a super credible source or anything.

I could definitely see hollywood fluffing shit up and trying to make it happier and less ambiguous by not killing mr. coolest character or some bullshit, but it seems like that isn't the case from Kevin Smith's write-up.



[Edited on August 18, 2008 at 6:16 PM. Reason : fdf]

8/18/2008 6:11:53 PM

^ they both need to be in...the story ends with a whole string of shit that is cold-blooded

i loves it

8/18/2008 6:12:55 PM

for sure, lots of people hate the ending but I <3's it as well.

8/18/2008 6:16:17 PM

I hope rorschach opens a chuck e. cheese's franchise at the end of the movie

hollywood knows how to make good ideas better

8/18/2008 8:10:06 PM

8/18/2008 9:04:21 PM

Poster comparisons. http://www.plasmicstudio.com/watchmen/poster_comparisons/

8/18/2008 11:54:47 PM

BTTT

if you havn't been following the whole Fox news.

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/09/your_watchmen_movie_update_still_screwed.php

And to answer your dong questions

http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/09/12/billy-crudup-on-working-with-the-green-screen-for-watchmen/

And rape question

http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?p=2410

9/15/2008 12:19:47 AM

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"I could definitely see hollywood fluffing shit up and trying to make it happier"

haha, funny you should say that......

SPOILER ALERT






http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/11/director-confir.html

Director Confirms New Watchmen Ending

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"As yet another teaser poster arrived for Watchmen, featuring the ever-perky Rorschach (right), director Zack Snyder confirmed that the new ending for the film (screened in previews for eager fans) is indeed the version headed to theaters (if 20th Century Fox's ongoing copyright lawsuit allows for the premiere). According to Dark Horizons, the new conclusion controversy deals with Snyder removing the manufactured giant alien squid that attacks New York at the end of the original graphic novel. The resulting destruction and terror of the staged event is intended to bring the world together in the face of a would-be alien invasion. But, Snyder's version will include a new, potentially more upbeat ending. In fact, Snyder denies the squid's existence: "The squid was not in the movie when I got the script, the squid was never in any draft that I saw. My point is only that there was this elegant solution to the squid problem that I kind of embraced." Hollywood is expecting several rallies by protesting squid later this week."

I'm officially on the fence about seeing this now.

11/13/2008 1:29:27 AM

I heard there would be no squid at least a month ago.

11/13/2008 4:43:57 AM

that's been confirmed.

11/13/2008 8:30:37 AM

^^^that really really sucks

[Edited on November 13, 2008 at 9:55 AM. Reason : makes me ]

11/13/2008 9:55:10 AM

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"Quote : "I saw Watchmen. It’s fucking astounding. The Non-Disclosure Agreement I signed prevents me from saying much, but I can spout the following with complete joygasmic enthusiasm: Snyder and Co. have pulled it off. Remember that feeling of watching Sin City on the big screen and being blown away by what a faithful translation of the source material it was, in terms of both content and visuals? Triple that, and you’ll come close to watching Watchmen. Even Alan Moore might be surprised at how close the movie is to the book. March can’t come soon enough." -Kevin Smith oh shit son"

haha, remember when kevin smith had an orgasm about revenge of the sith? Uhhhh..yeah

11/13/2008 4:29:16 PM

Someone pls post that "The world will look up and shout save us and i'll whisper...you're balls are showing" gif. That shit is funny to me.

11/13/2008 4:54:54 PM

Spoilers

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"According to all the spoilers that are leaking out of the Portland screening, Ozymandias no longer creates a squid and teleports it into New York City; instead, Ozymandias tricks the all-powerful Doctor Manhattan (the big blue guy in the trailers) to help him create a device that mimics Manhattan’s powers under the guise of creating clean, renewable energy for the world. Ozymandias than uses the device to blow up various cities around the world, thus framing Doctor Manhattan and achieving the same goal as the squid idea — by forcing the warring nations of the world to unite against a common enemy: Doctor Manhattan."

http://www.beyondhollywood.com/watchmen-movie-ending-spoilers-alternate-ending/

[Edited on November 13, 2008 at 5:22 PM. Reason : link]

11/13/2008 5:21:12 PM

how is that a better ending?

11/13/2008 6:38:17 PM

I think we've all heard of the controversy about the changed ending, but I didn't see anything being confirmed until a couple of days ago. I had even heard that they were screening multiple endings and gauging reaction from each one to see how much they could get away with changing

11/13/2008 6:40:05 PM