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Beaulieu said:
A lot of people are going to go watch this expecting a movie like spiderman or xmen and are going to be pretty disapointed I think
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What actual in-movie footage has actually made you believe this? I've seen tons of viral campaigns that ended up way more awesome than the end product. Or was I watching a different A.I.: Artificial Intelligence?

Especially after flipping through the two behind the scenes books, there is nothing about this movie that will "blow the minds" of your average Spider-Man or X-Men fan. There'll be lots of small details to please those familiar with the work, but the core of the film looks fairly pedestrian.
 
Truant said:
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Don't you get it? He's not stuck in there with them. THEY'RE STUCK IN THERE WITH HIM!
 
My prediction for opening weekend is a moderate take. Say 50-60M. If the quality is there (and I have no reason to believe it isn't) I'm expecting '300'-level numbers eventually.
 
Jackie Earle Haley is a really awesome actor; he's one of the main reasons that I'm really anticipating this film.

To BenjaminBirdie: I think that the core of the film looks really promising, myself. Visually, I think that it'll be stunning; even if the slow motion is overdone, I think that the set design and craftmanship, costume design, and color pallet are all really beautiful looking. The acting appears to be pretty solid across the board, judging from the trailers and the sound bites on the web site. The plot looks like it's being kept fairly in tact from the novel, though I will be disappointed if the ending is not kept in tact; it's not absolutely necessary for it to work, but it would be better if it was left in the film. The music choice for the trailers has been very good so far, and if it is kept fairly in tact (at least in spirit) for the film, I'll have no gripes there.

All in all, I think that the movie looks like it could be a legitimately good film, rather than just a nod to fans.
 
Truant said:
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The film itself is scheduled to be released on DVD four months after Tales of the Black Freighter, and Warner Bros. is thought to be considering releasing an extended version, with the animated film edited back into the main picture.[97] Snyder expected this final version will be three hours and twenty-five minutes long.
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wth is the point of getting this then? I really hope they don't do that because then I'll be pissed.
 
neight said:
Because that's releasing the same thing twice.
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Any movie with any nerd potential is re-released in a thousand different ultra-limited-special-platinum with various features and edits mixed around in different ways.
 
Ventrue said:
Any movie with any nerd potential is re-released in a thousand different ultra-limited-special-platinum with various features and edits mixed around in different ways.
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In the same year?
 
Ventrue said:
Wasn't Cloverfield re-released about 100 times in the year after it came out?
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No.

I can't believe anyone would defend this. I thought the outrage over the Indiana Jones boxset re-release cash-in was infantile but now I understand the outrage.
 
neight said:
wth is the point of getting this then? I really hope they don't do that because then I'll be pissed.
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So you want it separate rather than integrated into the actual thing? Yeah, that makes a lot of sense (non).

Think of that as a Single released by a band. You get an early taste while waiting for the full album. Think of the movie ticket purchase as attending a listening party before the album comes out.

If that makes any sense (which by reading the above conversation, there's a good possibility that it won't).
 
neight said:
No.

I can't believe anyone would defend this. I thought the outrage over the Indiana Jones boxset re-release cash-in was infantile but now I understand the outrage.
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The point of releasing it separately is to make more money. Sucks, but that's how it is. It would be infinitely better to see this integrated into the film, though; I don't care about Tales of the Black Freighter without the rest of the story existing around it.
 
shagg_187 said:
Ummm.. you DO have read Watchmen right? IF you have, you will realize how important the extended version will be... If you haven't, then you can argue all you want and people will just shrug...
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Yes I have read it(and Tales of the Black Freighter not being in an already long movie won't be the only thing that's changed from the comics). But why cash-in so cheaply by having the intention to release it twice from the start. Just release the extended cut then. Although it's too late for that since Tales of the Black Freighter standalone release is all set to go.

Although let's just drop this I didn't expect people to lap this up(I always underestimate what a consumerist age we live in *sigh*), for now let's just wait to see if an extended cut will happen.
 
neight said:
Yes I have read it(and Tales of the Black Freighter not being in an already long movie won't be the only thing that's changed from the comics). But why cash-in so cheaply by having the intention to release it twice from the start. Just release the extended cut then. Although it's too late for that since Tales of the Black Freighter standalone release is all set to go.

Although let's just drop this I didn't expect people to lap this up , let's wait to see if an extended cut will happen.
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Well it's not just Tales of the Black Freighter, it's Under the Hood as well. That would be my main reason to get it.
 
Tales Of The Black Freighter and Under The Hood existed merely to drop little tidbits of character exposition throughout the book.
The Black Freighter is to foreshadow TEH SQUID, and Under The Hood to give some important Silk Spectre and Nite Owl backstory.
They were meant for you to read portions of them throughout the story to build up to events that took place in the actual story. Seeing Tales Of The Black Freighter in its entirety without Watchmen chapters surrounding its passages makes it kind of pointless.
 
Well, I don't think Black Freighter specifically foreshadowed / was symbolic of the method of attack. The only specific tie in was its author, who helped make the thing.
 
polyh3dron said:
Tales Of The Black Freighter and Under The Hood existed merely to drop little tidbits of character exposition throughout the book.
The Black Freighter is to foreshadow TEH SQUID, and Under The Hood to give some important Silk Spectre and Nite Owl backstory.
They were meant for you to read portions of them throughout the story to build up to events that took place in the actual story. Seeing Tales Of The Black Freighter in its entirety without Watchmen chapters surrounding its passages makes it kind of pointless.
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Come on, man. It's pure fanservice.
 
JayDubya said:
Well, I don't think Black Freighter specifically foreshadowed / was symbolic of the method of attack. The only specific tie in was its author, who helped make the thing.
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Honorable man gets delusional and ends up doing terrible things despite good intentions.
 
JayDubya said:
Well, I don't think Black Freighter specifically foreshadowed / was symbolic of the method of attack. The only specific tie in was its author, who helped make the thing.
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Yes it does. The whole story is an extended metaphor for what happens at the end of the main storyline.
 
JayDubya said:
Not the who. The who is very much so foreshadowed / relevant. The how.
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He keeps himself and his sanity afloat on the bodies of his fellow human beings. There's other visual clues too. It's also a metaphor for the how as well.
 
Also, if they were to recut the movie and include the Black Freighter passages where they're supposed to go in the story,
wouldn't that make a non-alien attack such as the framing of Dr Manhattan seem out of place
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Gryphter said:
facebook is blocked here at my work, can anyone tell me what this is? unless that would ruin it, I'll wait til I get home if that's the case.
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ill rehost it, hold on.
 
neight said:
No.

I can't believe anyone would defend this. I thought the outrage over the Indiana Jones boxset re-release cash-in was infantile but now I understand the outrage.
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i dont see the outrage at all.

some people might want to see the black freighter as a stand alone.. and some people might want to see it spliced into the movie. Not everyone is willing to sit through a 3-4 hour movie.
 
Zyzyxxz said:
can't wait for this to hit the IMAX, my local theater got one recently.
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It wasn't shot on IMAX film so it won't look like the Dark Knight's IMAX scenes. It'll sound great in the IMAX theater though.
 
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/02/06/watchmen-apple-store-appearances/

They're holding events at 3 Apple Stores.

/film said:
Warner Bros is holding Watchmen events at a few Apple Stores in New York and California. Here are the details:

Apple Store SoHo (NY) - Friday, February 6th at 7:00pm: Dave Gibbons will discuss, demonstrate illustrations and answer questions about Watchmen.
Apple Store San Francisco (CA) - Tuesday, February 17 at 7:00pm: Dave Gibbons will discuss, demonstrate illustrations and answer questions about Watchmen.
Apple Store Santa Monica (CA) - Tuesday, February 17 at 7:00pm: Zack Snyder and visual effects supervisor John “DJ” Des Jardin will discuss the creation of the CG character Dr. Manhattan
in the new film.
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shagg_187 said:
Theatrical cut: Two hours and 35 minutes
Director's cut: Three hours and 10 minutes.
Director's cut w/ Tale of the Black Freighter - approximately 4 hours and 30 minutes (planned)
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That's going to be a long wait until August when they release the Blu-Ray. I just hope they don't pull some shit like New Line Cinema did and release the basic movie on DVD and then release the special editions six months later.
 
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