The Watchmen

I'm also pretty psyched about this being made into a film. It seems as though they've pulled frames directly out of the graphic novel and put them into the film. For those commenting on the CGI-- you're wrong about the desintegration of Dr. Manhattan at the beginning, if you get a chance to watch the full trailer they showed at Comic-Con, you get a couple more seconds of the effect (it shows too many bones/organs so they weren't allowed to show it in the regular preview) and believe me-- it doesn't look cheap at all. Also, Dr. Manhattan (the blue guy) and the watch/ship on Mars at the end of the trailer may look slightly cheap to some because what I believe to be a lack of textures, however this is probably an artisitic choice based on the fact that Dr. Manhattan is supposed to be completely perfect, God-like, without any imperfection (no pores) and that the ship at the end is supposed to be made out of a perfect glass-like substance. Don't mistake it for cheap graphics, when you see it all up close I think its going to look pretty sweet. Moving on... the costumes do look a little cheesy, but they are really staying true to the original character designs in Watchmen...except for Silk Spectre II, for some odd reason, because in the original comic, her costume is much more revealing...I just find it strange that they would decide to cover her up more for a more mainstream audience. Rorshach looks pretty sweet, you can't really tell in the short trailer, but they actually have his ink blot mask constantly changing patterns, as if it were made out of the futuristic viscous material, as stated in the comic. Anyway, I'm glad to see that they're sticking so close to the original comic, however, the one shot of Ozymandias seems a little over-done...but it may just be the actor's pose.

edit: usually don't let my inner nerd out this much, but The Dark Knight got me excited about comic-based films again.
 
...usually don't let my inner nerd out this much, but The Dark Knight got me excited about comic-based films again.
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And I was thinking that The Dark Knight nuked the fridge for comic films.
 
That ugly whatever it is rising from the water nuked the fridge for the The Watchmen trailer.
 
Here you go... a nice comparison for you.

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KOHR said:
Rorshach looks pretty sweet, you can't really tell in the short trailer, but they actually have his ink blot mask constantly changing patterns, as if it were made out of the futuristic viscous material, as stated in the comic.
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I was wondering if they were going to do that. I liked how that happened in the novel, and was curious as to how many masks they'd have to make fo the movie. I figured it'd just be one design.

Also, after looking at the stills vs. the comic, they totally didn't grab the right stills. There's some that are identical to the movie still, but totally grabbed a wrong page. Eh, tomatoes, potatoes.
 
Hawk Teflon said:
I was wondering if they were going to do that. I liked how that happened in the novel, and was curious as to how many masks they'd have to make fo the movie. I figured it'd just be one design.
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Search Comic-Con Watchmen extended trailer, there are a couple places that still have the shaky-handycam footage of the trailer that shows a great example of how the mask design actually moves. Its pretty impressive.

This is the best I could find-- you used to be able to find the entire trailer leaked online, but it appears they've pulled it down. Anyway, you get to see some of the motion on his mask---obviously shakey and low res but still cool.
 
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Ive never read the Watchmen comic series, nor was I even familiar with the books until I heard about the movie. That said, from what Ive seen in the trailers, the CGI, especially the scenes depicting some blue energy type character, look incredibly lame. It never ceases to amaze me what these multi-million dollar productions think is good CGI.. or maybe they are aware it looks like **** and dont really care.
 
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