Watchmen

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

Looks an awful lot like they got Manhattan right to me. At this point I'm placing my faith in Snyder. Homeboy is batting 2/2 thus far. I sooo expected Dawn Of The Dead & especially 300 to be Wackola. They both weren't.

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

[center]New Watchmen Footage Seen
Source: Cinemablend

Zack Snyder showed up this morning at the San Diego Comic Con, with nearly all of his Watchmen in tow, to talk about the film and show off amazing new footage. He dropped news on the song everyone’s been talking about in the soundtrack, which we reported here, and we’ll have a full report of the panel, including photos, later this week. But there’s no way you can go on living without at least some clue of what Snyder showed us.

The footage he played lasted about 60 seconds. Like the trailer which you’ve by now already seen, it’s mostly a collection of images and scenes. In fact, Snyder used several scenes which you’ve already seen in the trailer, only giving a more extended look at them.

It started with a closeup on Rorschach’s mask, and launched into a series of mind-blowing shots, some lifted straight out of the comic. Here’s a quick breakdown on some of the amazing footage we saw:

- Closeups on Rorschach’s shifting, changing, inkblot mask
- Long sequence of Manhattan disintegrating multiple Vietnamese soldiers with a wave of his hand. Much more graphic than anything you see in the trailer. He points, and they disintegrate in a gory mass of exploding flesh.
- We see Rorschach in the Comedian’s apartment searching for clues. There’s a picture on his dresser. Is it Silk Spectre? Rorschach finds Comedian’s costume, behind a secret panel.
- Malin Ackerman in full costume, opening her blouse. Footage cuts away just before reaching the nipple threshold.
- Longer, much more graphic version of Manhattan’s first disintegration. We see everything. His skeleton, his eyes in their sockets. Pieces, all going to pieces.
- Nite Owl and Silk Spectre kissing in front of an expanding mushroom cloud.
- Long slow shots of the Smiley face, and its infamous drop of blood. Dripping, falling.
- We see Dan in the rain.
- Dan sitting in a chair next to his costume, distraught. Head in hands.
- Shot of Dollar Bill dead and bloody, with his cape caught in the revolving door.
- Giant size Manhattan, his hand reaching into a building and snatching someone, almost King Kong style. [/center]

Sounds on point like a muthafukah thus far!!!

[sloindahed]

I wonder if Nite Owl is going to be overweight (or with a gut) in the film like in the novel. It doesn't look like it in the teaser and I know it's a minute detail but it's part of his character and one of his problems that he has to deal with.

And based on the description of the scenes shown at Comic-Con, this looks to be a hard rated-R film (which it deserves to be). Does anyone know what rating Snyder is aiming for?

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

A "Hard R". Check the links of him Talking Watchmen & 300 @ the Saturn Awards (There are 2 clips) in the Random News thread,Slo.

[sloindahed]

Based on the teaser and these posters that they're giving out at Comic-Con, it seems like the marketing for this film is really using the graphic novel as a source of inspiration to the fullest extent. I mean, just look at these posters! Can you pay respect to the source much more than that?
(I think that's out first view of Bubastis!)

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

[center]A Pin-Up of Carla Gugino as the original Silk Spectre


Speaking of Silk Spectre, I knew i recognized the second Silk Spectre a/k/a Malin Akerman!!!

She played Freakshow's HOTT wife in Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle.
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[Bastard Brigade]

She played Freakshow's HOTT wife in Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle.

She was Ben Stiller's wife in The Heartbreak Kid as well. She has no hang ups about nudity and sex scenes which is refreshing.

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

Very Refreshing indeed.

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[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

[center]Kevin Smith says: "Watchmen' is fucking astounding!"
Source: Hollywood Insider

While comic book aficionados wonder if Warner Bros. will release its controversial superhero flick Watchmen as scheduled next March, one famous fan of the groundbreaking graphic novel says he’s seen Zack Snyder’s $100 million opus, and judging from his reaction, it appears all the fuss the film has stirred up is worth it.

Clerks helmer Kevin Smith (pictured) — who apparently was invited to see the film at Snyder’s invitation shortly after Comic-Con last month — has posted an unabashed rave for Watchmen over at MySpace: “I saw Watchmen. It’s f---ing 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.”

Of course, depending on how you felt about Sin City, Smith’s assessment may or may not strike you as impressive. So EW.com asked Smith — currently prepping his R-rated lewd laugher Zack and Miri Make A Porno for a Halloween premiere — to expand just a smidge: “My God, the flick is amazing.” Okay. And? “Anything more and I start getting phone calls.” Fair enough.

Smith’s gush might be encouraging for those who’ve long doubted that even a good film could be distilled out of Watchmen’s dense, complex story, let alone one that’s “f---ing astounding.” But there is still reason to worry: as EW reported in July, Snyder is currently endeavoring to trim a nearly three-hour version of Watchmen (which is believed to be the iteration Smith saw) down to two hours and 25 minutes, the studio’s desired running time, even though Snyder’s preference is that the movie be released as long as possible.

In the wake of Twentieth Century Fox’s lawsuit against Warner Bros. over Watchmen’s distribution rights — a complaint that seems to be valid, based on available court documents — some fans fret that Snyder might be asked to cut even more to improve its chances at being profitable. The angsty logic, expressed on a different geek hub message boards, goes like this: if Warner Bros. has to settle with Fox, or is forced to share revenue with Fox, the $100 million movie becomes even more expensive for Warner Bros. Sure, Watchmen might be great at 145 minutes, but if it’s good enough at a shorter length, which could generate an extra showing per screen, per day, that’s more money for the studio. (We tried to run that bit of thinking past Snyder himself, but he declined to comment.)

As Watchmengate — perhaps the priciest whoopsie! in Hollywood history — continues to obsess fans and bloggers, there’s been much speculation about how much money might be at stake here. The Hot Blog’s David Poland at moviecitynews.com theorizes that Warner Bros. might have to fork over $25 million to settle with Fox. Then again, Fox might get even more if it becomes a profit participant in the film, provided the movie does blockbuster business, and especially if Fox gets dealt in on after-theatrical revenues like DVDs. Indeed, Warner sources indicated to EW last month that the property’s above-average potential as an ancillary media cash cow was a big reason why Warner Bros. greenlit the picture. Already, the studio could milk Watchmen for at least three different DVDs: the already-announced The Black Freighter companion disc, an animated film based on the graphic novel’s comic-within-a-comic; the theatrical version of the film; and possibly a separate director’s cut that restores Snyder’s three-hour vision and integrates the Black Freighter story into Snyder’s narrative, a kind of “absolute edition” of Watchmen: the movie the director is very keen on making available to fans.

Regardless, even Kevin Smith believes that no matter how the Warner Bros./Fox flap resolves itself, fans will be able to see Watchmen on March 6, 2009. “Nah,” Smith tells EW.com. “There's no way that situation doesn't get ironed out.”

“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.”[/center]

[Deepak]

This movie actually looks really interesting to me.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4blSrZvPhU