The All-Purpose Watchmen Thread *SPOILERS*

[GoGo Yubari]

The official site is down, so have some Youtube.

Fuck it, this looks amazing. Possibly the first truly good film adaptation of Alan Moore's work ever if the trailer's any indication.

Edited March 6, 2009 by GoGo Gadget Gospel

[livid]

Having not read the graphic novel, I'm not entirely sure what all is entailed in the story but I'd be lying if I said that the trailer wasn't awesome as hell. I'm really interested in this now.

[Benji]

I'll be honest, I hate judging films by trailers, but that did nothing for me, it looked good, visually impressive, but I just got no sense of significance as a film. The fact it boasted the "visionary" director made me feel like maybe the film feels too self-assured (which, considering its source material, it probably SHOULD be). Still, I don't like to judge a book by its cover or a film by one trailer, so I'm still willing to be totally hyped for the film.

Although, maybe it's just the fact it felt dirty using the same theme song as Batman & Robin **Shudder**

[GoGo Yubari]

Eh. It's the first trailer; what I'm assuming was that its intent was to both go "hey hey look at all this cool shit" for people who've never read the comic whilst also going "hey hey look at how we're visually representing shit from the comic" for people who have read it. For a trailer which had a clear, simple intent of just showing how visually impressive the film's going to be, I think it was hugely successful.

Agreed on the "from the director of 300" thing, though. That didn't really light up my life, but eh.

[Benji]

Eh. It's the first trailer; what I'm assuming was that its intent was to both go "hey hey look at all this cool shit" for people who've never read the comic whilst also going "hey hey look at how we're visually representing shit from the comic" for people who have read it. For a trailer which had a clear, simple intent of just showing how visually impressive the film's going to be, I think it was hugely successful.

Agreed on the "from the director of 300" thing, though. That didn't really light up my life, but eh.

Yeah, maybe it's because I was hoping for something as thrilling as TDK in terms of trailerage, but like you say, it did its job and I'm not going to judge properly until I've seen the film anyway.

[TheRyno]

I'm really fighting back the urge to watch this right now, since they're supposed to be running it before The Dark Knight.

[GoGo Yubari]

I'm really fighting back the urge to watch this right now, since they're supposed to be running it before The Dark Knight.

Yeah, I'm probably not seeing TDK this weekend so I didn't feel bad about jumping the gun. It should be fantastic to watch on a big screen.

Edited July 17, 2008 by GoGo Yubari

[livid]

Well seeing as how it's looking extremely bleak on The Dark Knight department, I decided to give it a look as well.

Otherwise I probably would've waited.

[TGC]

Watchmen trailer was magnificent on the big screen. I already was hyped, but that did the trick in making me very giddy for next March. Speaking of which, I am shocked it's a March movie and not an early summer release.

[Pepsi]

Looked fantastic. I loved the song they used as I always felt it was a great Pumpkins song just no one remembers it because it was on a terrible movie soundtrack.

[zero]

Watchmen trailer was magnificent on the big screen. I already was hyped, but that did the trick in making me very giddy for next March. Speaking of which, I am shocked it's a March movie and not an early summer release.

I would assume because it's an untested comic project - 300 got released in March and Sin City was in April.

Still, it was a fantastic trailer, and using "The Beginning is the End is the Beginning" was just an awesome touch.

[Pepsi]

Watchmen trailer was magnificent on the big screen. I already was hyped, but that did the trick in making me very giddy for next March. Speaking of which, I am shocked it's a March movie and not an early summer release.

I would assume because it's an untested comic project - 300 got released in March and Sin City was in April.

Still, it was a fantastic trailer, and using "The Beginning is the End is the Beginning" was just an awesome touch.

Plus if Snyder is to be believed, they didn't change anything about the ending and that ending is sure not going to be regarded as a "summer movie ending".

[LL!]

I was disappointed cause they didn't show this trailer before my showing of TDK. (Terminator Salvation teaser looked fantastic on the big screen though) So, I just got finished seeing it on here and the movie looks great. Gives me another movie to get hyped for.

[TGC]

New photos released by Warner can be found here.

I really am excited for this movie now.

[RoyWill Rumble]

Fuck if that ain't cool. I'm going to The Dark Knight today, so hopefully The Watchmen trailer will play beforehand. If not, I know what I'm doing when I come back.

I am incredibly hyped about this, because fuck if The Watchmen isn't one of the best comics of all time. In fact, dare I say, it's one of the best novels of all time. Yeah, I went there.

[Crybaby Bunting]

Someone's terrifying Thom Yorke

I'm halfway through the book so i can't work out who that is >_<

[DMN in the House]

Teej has directed me to pick up the graphic novel, and after watching the trailer last night (which even had my parents, who had no idea what Watchmen was wanting to see the movie), I'll be doing so today, if at all possible.

[Crybaby Bunting]

If you're from the UK, play.com has it for a tenner

[the machine]

Oh man I love Rorschach! This movie could be complete and utter dogshit, but if they have even 50% of the completely nuts, over-the-top shit Rorschach does on a regular basis, this movie will be outstanding.

"What do you see?"

"Dog. Dog with head split in half."

"And, uh, what do you think split the dog's head. In half?"

"I did."

[DMN in the House]

If you're from the UK, play.com has it for a tenner

I am not, but I picked it up at Barnes and Nobles for $19.99. Not a bad price, I don't think. Got it and Sun Tzu's 'Art of War' for about $30 total.