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Solo said:
This trailer played poorly at my TDK screening. Then again, everything did. Terminator, Body of Lies, this, nothing got a reaction.
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Trailers barely ever get a reaction at the theaters I go to. *shrugs*
 
I guess thats true for the most part. Its usually comedies or big franchise movies that get a rise out of people.
 
If we want to talk about audience reactions to trailers, The Love Guru and Don't Mess with the Zohan have received the best from everything I've seen. Lots of people are stupid. There are also lots of people with taste that aren't whoopin' and hollerin' after each trailer ends like a drunk frat boy.

BenjaminBirdie said:
There are Watchmen fanboys?

I guess there were just 300 diehard fanboys who thought the movie was overblown ridiculous shlock. Not people with objective opinions of cinema. Just fanboys of comics like 300 and Watchmen.
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300 was overblown ridiculous shlock, no matter what the source material waslike.

But I'm sorry, making "objective opinions of cinema" based on a teaser trailer is preposterous, especially when people start coming to conclusions about story and pacing. That's what I'm calling out. If people want to mince words over the costumes, casting and perhaps slow-motion, then at least you have some footage to begin to base that on. But there are some select people in this thread making massive assumptions about other things that could never be drawn from the teaser.
 
BlueTsunami said:
The Trailer was even better in Theaters :D :D :D
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I still believe that the trailer looks like shit, but it was slightly better in theaters.

Oh, and I actually like one part of the trailer. The part with Dr. Manhattan building his fortress on Mars with Silk Spectre.
 
Yeah, I'm not too thrilled by that trailer. Snyder's style worked for 300, but it's really out of place for Watchmen. And how hard would it have been to paint a man blue and create a glow around him instead of creating this cg thing that's obviously cg?
 
DevelopmentArrested said:
I guess I should watch the movie before I read the book?
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No. Read the book for sure. See the movie if you feel like it after. The book is perfect as it is and the movie will probably be an inadequate adaptation.
 
There was a loud applause during last night's midnight showing for the Dark Knight and I heard some person say, "Man, maybe I should read that book."
 
AniHawk said:
Yeah, I'm not too thrilled by that trailer. Snyder's style worked for 300, but it's really out of place for Watchmen. And how hard would it have been to paint a man blue and create a glow around him instead of creating this cg thing that's obviously cg?
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You're kidding me right?

Instead of being made to actually look radioactive, you would prefer he looked like:

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bengraven said:
You're kidding me right?

Instead of being made to actually look radioactive, you would prefer he looked like:
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yeah, i wasn't sure what to make of that comment. doc manhattan is radioactive and composed primarily of energy at this point, right? so if he looks a little surreal and computer generated, that sorta fits, you know?
 
Pumpkins, moody, dark, beautiful, heavily evocative of the source imagery... yeah, I was happy.

But that's all superficial, and we'll see how well the substantive elements play out.
 
God, this is one of the few trailers that I've watched multiple times and it never gets old.

Seriously, kudos to the person who made this trailer - possibly Snyder - the music, mood and imagery is so tantalizing. I know next to nothing about watchmen, but this trailer almost wants me to get in to it.

Also, can somebody tell me what is this slower-paced version of this song called? My searches lead me only to the faster paced Batman and Robin version.
 
dmshaposv said:
Also, can somebody tell me what is this slower-paced version of this song called? My searches lead me only to the faster paced Batman and Robin version.
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The Beginning is the End is Beginning
 
^edit: The Beginning is the End is the Beginning

The single featuring these two songs plus two instrumental versions is actually really good, barring the Batman & Robin related cover art.
 
Dan said:
^edit: The Beginning is the End is the Beginning

The single featuring these two songs plus two instrumental versions is actually really good, barring the Batman & Robin related cover art.
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They still don't beat Soul Coughing's "The Bug" from the soundtrack, which is their best non-album released track I'd say.

But anyway, Watchmen!

;D
 
Love the motion comic. Kinda proves that they should just do a direct animation of the comic, full length, etc. I'd buy it.
 
I was sooooo pissed that my Batman didn't have this. What the FUCK were they thinking? Bolt? The Mummy? ARGHHHHH!!!!!
 
Meier said:
I was sooooo pissed that my Batman didn't have this. What the FUCK were they thinking? Bolt? The Mummy? ARGHHHHH!!!!!
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happened at my showing too. made even more annoying by brendan fraser's melvin haircut.
 
I just re-read The Watchmen recently and I think the trailer looks awesome, especially on the big screen, can't wait to see this.
 
The trailer was good! I had some goosebumps in the beginning of trailers, but it died off towards the end. Also I really liked the music in this trailer.
 
GalacticAE said:
No. Read the book for sure. See the movie if you feel like it after. The book is perfect as it is and the movie will probably be an inadequate adaptation.
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All adaptations are inadequate. That doesn't mean the movie won't be great.
 
DoctorWho said:
All adaptations are inadequate. That doesn't mean the movie won't be great.
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I know. I'm looking forward to this movie. I just said it because I think the comic is the only way to get the story completely.
 
bengraven said:
You're kidding me right?

Instead of being made to actually look radioactive, you would prefer he looked like:

Blue-Man-Group.jpg
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I would've preferred effects on an actual person instead of a purely cg thing. I was thinking more along the lines of Mystique (and a lighter color) though, since she doesn't have a gloss. :P

But that's just a small part of how that trailer so doesn't look like Watchmen to me. Watchmen isn't some stylized thing. I always thought it gritty, and more along the lines of a Nolan Batman film or something.
 
Saw it for the first time last night at the IMAX for TDK. Looks awesome.

The music in the trailer is just perfect. Really got me hyped.
 
GalacticAE said:
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The rape sub-scenario better be in there.
It's one of the themes that surprised me the most in this comic. It's so far-away from conventional comics.

Just like Snyder said in an interview: "In my movie, Superman hates humanity, Bruce Wayne can't get it up and the villain wants world peace." ;-)
 
AniHawk said:
Watchmen isn't some stylized thing. I always thought it gritty, and more along the lines of a Nolan Batman film or something.
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Watchmen has very stylized art and art direction. I don't get why people are saying otherwise. Dave Gibbon has even gone on about how meticulously crafted the style and paneling was. I am sure Alan Moore would too, if he, you know, talked about Watchmen anymore. Fuck, this is the comic that had the visually symmetrical issue, and you people are trying to say it's not stylized? Also, Snyder appears to be using multiple (possibly many--can't tell off a trailer) direct framings from the comic book, re: Sin City. The only real complaint I have is the oft-mentioned Ozy one.

Also, are you saying that Nolan's Batman movies aren't stylized? Huh? Batman Begins would probably be one of my most noted recent examples of a movie that effectively conveys a consistent aesthetic style.
 
SketchTheArtist said:
Just like Snyder said in an interview: "In my movie, Superman hates humanity, Bruce Wayne can't get it up and the villain wants world peace." ;-)
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did he really say that? god..way to sell the movie for cheap, asshole
 
White Man said:
Watchmen has very stylized art and art direction. I don't get why people are saying otherwise. Dave Gibbon has even gone on about how meticulously crafted the style and paneling was. I am sure Alan Moore would too, if he, you know, talked about Watchmen anymore. Fuck, this is the comic that had the visually symmetrical issue, and you people are trying to say it's not stylized? Also, Snyder appears to be using multiple (possibly many--can't tell off a trailer) direct framings from the comic book, re: Sin City. The only real complaint I have is the oft-mentioned Ozy one.

Also, are you saying that Nolan's Batman movies aren't stylized? Huh? Batman Begins would probably be one of my most noted recent examples of a movie that effectively conveys a consistent aesthetic style.
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One of these days I'll know exactly what I want to say before I say it.

Watchmen, to me, always felt like, "what would happen if there were heroes (and superheroes) in real life?" 300 is a sort of take on legend. It's over-the-top on purpose. So seeing the former's story in the latter's style is pretty jarring to me.
 
Trailer looks great. I'm superbly excited to watch Watchmen fanboys flip out every step of the way. Why are you guys so sensitive? The movie won't ruin the book's greatness.
 
eXxy said:
Trailer looks great. I'm superbly excited to watch Watchmen fanboys flip out every step of the way. Why are you guys so sensitive? The movie won't ruin the book's greatness.
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Don't generalize. Many of us fanboys are excited, even if thinking it won't match the comic (and how could it?)
 
Ignatz Mouse said:
Don't generalize. Many of us fanboys are excited, even if thinking it won't match the comic (and how could it?)
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Point taken. This is a message board. I'm of the same attitude. Synder cares about the comic. Just seeing some of the scenes realized in live action is what I'm looking for.
 
Anasui Kishibe said:
did he really say that? god..way to sell the movie for cheap, asshole
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From EW:

In the Entertainment Weekly cover story that comes out Friday, Snyder threw down the gauntlet. ''In my movie, Superman doesn't care about humanity, Batman can't get it up, and the bad guy wants world peace.''Will Watchmen be the end of superhero movies? Probably not. But it sure will kick them in the gut.''
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Lakitu said:
I think graphic novel OGs should probably avoid watching their movie counterparts, they're never going to be happy.
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They're just taking a que from the author himself, whom is not satisfied, nor will he ever be satisfied, with any film adaptation of his amazing works.
 
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