New Watchmen Footage From The Spike Scream Awards

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Linky no worky!

But it's up here and it's

http://www.joblo.com/video/player.php?video=scream-watchmen

You can tell it's a comic adaptation because it slows down every time the shot replicates a panel. It's like trying to read a moving comic. What could possibly suck about your comic moving around while you're trying to read?

LOL I think that's just Snyder's style.

I don't get why they're going for style over substance with these trailers. Okay fine, lots of cool shots, but... make me care about this movie, ya know?

Malin Ackerman makes my pants tight.


* super slow-mo's her nekkid scene in "Harold and Kumar" *

You may have noticed that people like you are not the main movie going populace.
People who have read the book, people who want thought provoking cinema make up less than 10% of the ticket sales.

They have to sell this to the crowd that paid for 300.


btw - to Madhammer constantly being on that side of the fanboy discussion lately.

But you know I you pete with all the 'liness my can musterd

Now wait a second... I don't know jack sh*t about Watchmen. Shouldn't I be part of that larger demographic that they're trying to appeal to?

If anything, the Watchmen trailers seem geared towards fans -- the people who already know and recognize these characters. Or is some random egg spaceship coming out of the water supposed to make me go "ooh I'm totally buying a ticket to this"?

I'd agree with this. I think it looks cool and appreciate what's being referenced, but I'm not sure if the average moviegoer thinks it looks good or retarded.

I also agree with this.

I also agree that the spaceship looks like an egg.

I was responding to this...
The public who is expecting to see 300'esqe filmmaking is going to want to see giant blue dude blowing up the Vietcong. They don't care if they identify with the characters (yet).


I think it's supposed to. It's the Owl's ship. And he kind of represents everything "square" and old fashioned.

Is the '300' guy directing this?

*realizes that it probably is*

All I'm saying is that they're relying a lot on iconography for a property nobody knows anything about. Like, you can show a shot of the USS Enterprise in your movie trailer and everyone will be like "ah, Star Trek" and they'll have an idea of what the movie is going to be. Here, it's just totally random stuff -- and as someone who doesn't know this story, I don't think it adds up to anything interesting. Even on a "cool shots" level.

OK - fair enough.


I'm looking forward to it anyway.

BTW - Pete if you still haven't read Watchmen, someone should send it to you... its artsy and ghey in all the ways I think you would appreciate.

My next comic book read is going to be the complete "Bone" since I've seen it at Borders.

Nice! You can't go wrong there.

Hows the movie homework assignment going?

Have you watched DeathNote or IT-Crowd yet?

I have the anime film in the DVD player right now... I keep hoping to have time to watch it uninterrupted.

P.S. it is your fault that I'm all snooty about feelm, you know.

Ah, The Live Action DeathNote movie.

*shudders*

But I fully admit that's a cultural thing on my end. I don't get. And I can't see the Chairman of Kitchen Stadium as a cop. It's weird and it ruins my illusion that Kitchen Stadium wasn't a real thing the Japanese did because they're nuts and have an eccentric billionaire*, and was instead just a really neat premise for a tv show.



And, Pete, if you don't mind being my guinea pig, I'd love to get the reaction of the Watchmen movie from someone who has geek cred, but who hasn't read the comic, yet. And the the reaction to the comic by someone who had only previously seen the movie...you know, for science.












*Yeah, I kinda sorta used to think that...

Anime film?



Oooooh! Tekkon! Hooah!

I did send you the Live Action Death Note didn't I?


And how is your artsy-gheyness my fault? I just fed a preexisting condition.


Wha? It was like 100x better than any of the thrillers (supernatural or otherwise) released in Americ in the last two years.

I can't buy into the premise to start with, so it's a tough sell. I don't know. There's just a wall between me and anime in general. I saw a little of the live action movie, because I do kinda dig the live action original stuff that Viz Pictures puts out - the odd, quirky rom-coms and stuff...but this was still too not my cup of tea.

Sure, no prob. I was thinking about picking up the comic but I won't do that now.

OK so you are reacting to the Anime primarily. It's good as far as Anime series go but the movie is much better.

As for the premise - its no worse than the premise of some kid being bitten by a radio active spider or Big Naked Blue dork guy killing off the Viet Cong. (see I'm staying on topic)

But the character psychology that builds off that premise is what's interesting.

Light's Move towards evil was infinitely more believable than say Peter Parker's in SM3 or Aniken's in SW3.

and LOL to Viz's Rom-Coms - did you like Love/com?

No, I know my wall is irrational. But there it is.


I haven't seen that one. I dug "Train Man."

to the swear filter filtering out my Big Blue P E N I S man comment.

My problem with anime is its (seemingly inherent) coldness. It's beautiful to look at but not emotionally engaging for me. Perhaps that's a function of the technically precise Japanese style.

Although, maybe I just haven't seen enough anime.

I'm not sure if the animated movie I sent you is going to cure that... although I found it strangely moving.

I would love that, really. To be moved by an anime film, that is. I find it a terrible shame that such beautiful animation (a medium I am quite passionate about) is so often used to such little emotional effect. There's such potential there. And it's not like Japanese cinema doesn't have the capability.

Barefoot Gen is a fantastically moving piece of anime...and this from someone who doesn't really like anime.

ETA: I think the Warner Bros. marketing department needs to read this thread.

"Hey, look! Watchmen."
"Huh, that's neat. Who wants to talk about anime?"

I've found a couple of Miyazaki's films to be moving.

Really? Which ones?

I find Miyazaki to be a prime example of the Beautiful but Cold aesthetic...

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/watchmen.html?showVideo=1

F*cking hell.

Yeah, that's better.

Way better.

(See, now I'm excited.)

Apparently some Warner Exec thought that "scratchy voice" was the reason the Batman flicks brought in the cash..."we need more of that!"

I noticed that too... Whatev, it takes nothing away from the story and that's the real reason I want to see this.

Really, I don't get anything. At all...



And the film itself - I dunno, I'll see it, but more to see if it's done how I wanted. I'm not that excited about it
Really dislike Rorschach's voice in this though...

it sounds cooler than Batman's voice in TDK (and no that is not a TDK rip)

I think the difference is that geek-leaning audiences are used to Batman having a voice. But no one's ever "heard" Rorschach speak before, and I think very few people imagined demon scratchy voice Rorschach in their head as they read.

But since you've never read the book, you've got nothing stopping you from saying, "Oh, Rorschach has a scratchy voice. Sure thing."

I suspect, Pete, that you will like the film much more than many other geeks will as a result of going in as blind as you are.

I am predicting much angst as a result of this movie.

I understand how that goes, though. I was highly critical of Lord of the Rings -- or at least I was ready to be -- because I'd read the book for 20 years prior to the films coming out. I had my Sam and my Frodo and my Gandalf and everyone else all in my head, and dangit, I didn't want that to be messed with. Fortunately, Peter Jackson mostly did a great job with the movies.

This is the first I've been in this thread.

My wife and I saw Quantum of Solace tonight, and a new Watchmen trailer before it. Even after seeing something with a better explanation, my immediate thought was, "This is so not going to do well at the box office." There's just...no way I see this film connecting to casual film goers.

I have Watchmen on my computer (someone gave it to me) but I have yet to read it.

But the new Star Trek trailer...holy crap, I am excited. And I've never been excited about a Star Trek movie. Friggin' whales.

The Voyage Home > (.Y.)...well, not actual (.Y.), just DN.

I've been to the aquarium they shot Star Trek IV at. It is not in San Francisco, and no Humpback Whales could possibly be contained there - Movie Magic that is somehow more interesting to me than spaceships or teleporters.

Weird how my brain works sometimes.

I'm not saying I hate all of them, but the one I do like don't make me excited in the pants.

I love that place - and there are quite a few good resturants nearby.