Comments on: Watchmen Trailer, Shot by Shot with Graphic Novel

By: readwatchmen2much

readwatchmen2much — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:37:37 +0000

i think the part where he’s rebuilding himself in the trailer is actually when he teleports to mars

By: mikemos

mikemos — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:46:52 +0000

Yeah, I’m worried it’s going to be like 300 too. You shouldn’t do that to Watchmen. However there’s something missing in the style. I’m hoping they work more on preserving the premise and the style of the story. I could care less if every scene is in it or they pull off every complex scene from the story.

But, I don’t mind if it goes over the mainstream’s collective heads either, as long as it keeps tearing down the genre throughout, not just bit here and there. Hell, the comic went over peoples heads.

By: Lex

Lex — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:17:18 +0000

I agree with Fentex. 300 was a pretty movie to look at, but the story completely strayed from the tone of the comic (monsters and rock songs in a historical epic? come on). Turning Watchmen (the quintessential graphic novel IMO) into a movie would be like turning The Godfather into a comic. It just wouldn’t be as good as the original.

– Lex

By: Fentex

Fentex — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:35:31 +0000

I don’t think a close match shot for panel is an all good thing. If all the Watchmen movie is, like Sin City and 300, an exhibition of modern technical abilities to reproduce a comic as moving pictures then it isn’t going to be a good movie. Pretty, but not good.

The needs of movies differ from comics and comic pacing and dialogue do not naturally fit with them.

The trailer is spectacular but it doesn’t show us if the movie has a good script, well adapted, from the comic.

By: Billy The Fish

Billy The Fish — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:44:37 +0000

The Smashing Pumpkins song is actually ‘The Beginning Is The End Of The Beginning’, which was used on the ‘Batman & Robin’ soundtrack. Methinks Mr. Snyder is having a laugh with the fanboys here, just as he is when he swaps the assassin’s gun for a walkie-talkie in the Ozymandius scene.
What, you mean you watched this a hundred times and missed that gag?

By: Propane

Propane — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:01:04 +0000

edit: working in the lab*

By: Propane

Propane — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:00:42 +0000

Steve, the scene with 3 Dr. Manhattans from the movie clip is semi-accurate. In the comic, he tries to please her by being two people, she freaks and the two become one. She then opens a door to find a 3rd, who has been working in the lap while she and the other two were in the bedroom. There are three in the comic, just not all in-frame at the same time.

By: hermit

hermit — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:25:09 +0000

crap, damn animated thing is not available in canada

By: hermit

hermit — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:15:00 +0000

so what if it’s the same song from an old crappy batman flick. the song is remixed to death and does not have the same feeling at all.

pleople are complaining for nothing. damn internet, makes you complain because you can.

By: Ned Tugent

Ned Tugent — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:00:27 +0000

The first trailer was for us fans. The next one will be to sell it to the masses.

By: Arby

Arby — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:18:07 +0000

Actually, If I’m not mistaken, they were wondering just what do about Jon’s birthday suit. And I think that’s why we are getting this ephemeral look. Although we still didn’t get a good look, Did we?

By: Kirby

Kirby — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:11:00 +0000

Good comparions, I got the feeling that they didn’t want to show Dr. Manhattan too much. Like they may actually have him be anatomically correct, mabye not though.

By: Will

Will — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:54:14 +0000

Wow nice job with the links! I have to dig around and see if I still have Watchmen in my boxes of old comics so I can read it again. The movie shots look hot!

By: Stephen Schleicher

Stephen Schleicher — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:04:54 +0000

Len: Good catch on both. If you’ve seen the individual shots of the characters from the film, Ozymandias has “bat nipples” on his uniform, which have made quite a few people angry, but as Zack has said, “people don’t get it” either. It’s just like the use of the song.

Oh, and great podcast btw.

By: Len

Len — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:58:05 +0000

Ah, it has been mentioned online:

http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2008/07/watchmen-traile.html

That person didn’t get the irony though. And I think most casual audience members didn’t get it. And that worries me about the film. I don’t know if the casual superhero-watching movie crowd will “get” this film. In my opinion, the deconstruction of the genre has to happen in the first 10 minutes of the film, otherwise all will be lost and the movie will be poorly reviewed.