• Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!

Watchmen Trailer

Status
Not open for further replies.
The thing that I'm concerned about, regarding the ending change:

Dr. Manhattan's already left Earth. What will the people of Earth "unite" to do, follow him into another galaxy? Besides, everyone already knows that Dr. Manhattan is invincible and immortal; what good would uniting against him do? A big dumb alien squid is one thing; a god is another.
 
EmCeeGramr said:
The thing that I'm concerned about, regarding the ending change:

Dr. Manhattan's already left Earth. What will the people of Earth "unite" to do, follow him into another galaxy? Besides, everyone already knows that Dr. Manhattan is invincible and immortal; what good would uniting against him do? A big dumb alien squid is one thing; a god is another.
Click to expand...
Ozy almost had it worked out. He at least surprised him
 
EmCeeGramr said:
The thing that I'm concerned about, regarding the ending change:

Dr. Manhattan's already left Earth. What will the people of Earth "unite" to do, follow him into another galaxy? Besides, everyone already knows that Dr. Manhattan is invincible and immortal; what good would uniting against him do? A big dumb alien squid is one thing; a god is another.
Click to expand...
I think it's more of a
"Keep fucking around with nukes and I'll wipe out the rest of you" thing. Either way people are forced into action by fear of an outside force coming down on them.
 
EmCeeGramr said:
The thing that I'm concerned about, regarding the ending change:

Dr. Manhattan's already left Earth. What will the people of Earth "unite" to do, follow him into another galaxy? Besides, everyone already knows that Dr. Manhattan is invincible and immortal; what good would uniting against him do? A big dumb alien squid is one thing; a god is another.
Click to expand...
You missed the last page or two.
 
I can't tell if they are calling this group the watchmen in the movie or just doing it to avoid confusion in the trailers.
 
polyh3dron said:
You just figured this out now... oh and BTW:

There's no alien squid
Click to expand...

It's not like it was confirmed anywhere else. Trailers are usually a splicing of things to make it more understandable.

And I can't tell if you're trying to be an asshole with your second comment or if you just figured this out now.
 
polyh3dron said:
You missed the last page or two.
Click to expand...
Actually, uh, the last page or two was why I made that comment. Most people were talking about
how the plan doesn't make sense because Doc is on the American side, while I thought that the bigger problem was that trying to unite against an indestructible superman is a bit pointless.
 
Mr. Snrub said:
It's not like it was confirmed anywhere else. Trailers are usually a splicing of things to make it more understandable.

And I can't tell if you're trying to be an asshole with your second comment or if you just figured this out now.
Click to expand...
The voiceovers in the second trailer that came out approximately a month ago made it pretty clear that they were referring to themselves as the watchmen. Why do it in the trailer if they're not going to do it in the movie? That would be even more confusing.
 
polyh3dron said:
The voiceovers in the second trailer that came out approximately a month ago made it pretty clear that they were referring to themselves as the watchmen. Why do it in the trailer if they're not going to do it in the movie? That would be even more confusing.
Click to expand...

It's fairly common for footage and lines shown in trailers to not necessarily make it into the feature length movie. Lines and the delivery of lines can be cut or changed completely for a trailer.
 
Now I could understand if
the giant squid were changed to a UFO or something similar. That makes sense. The idea of inventing an alien force is the point, so it doesn't really matter if that alien force is a giant squid or a UFO or a flock of little green men. The Doc Manhattan thing just flat out doesn't make sense seeing as he is on the side of the Americans, even if he does leave them to go to Mars. And as other people pointed out, you can't unite against an unstoppable force. All the firepower in the world can't stop the Doc. He can blink the whole universe out of existence if he wants.
 
Mr. Snrub said:
It's fairly common for footage and lines shown in trailers to not necessarily make it into the feature length movie. Lines and the delivery of lines can be cut or changed completely for a trailer.
Click to expand...
There have been several instances of this though, in the characters' voices as well as in WB publicity materials.

I'm well aware of things in trailers not showing up in the actual movie, like Bond with his MP5.
 
I'm still not buying all of this talk about the ending being changed. I think if they're going as close as they can to the book with everything else, they're going to keep the ending entact. There's no reason not to.
 
JdFoX187 said:
I'm still not buying all of this talk about the ending being changed. I think if they're going as close as they can to the book with everything else, they're going to keep the ending entact. There's no reason not to.
Click to expand...
I'm willing to bet that the rationale behind it was that if they are not going to include the Black Freighter story and the subplot about the writer and artist being missing, then that completly eliminates the foreshadowing for the squid ending and it would come out of nowhere. It's still wrong because they could still make Ozy manufacture any kind of a fake alien invasion causing a catastrophe and it would work fine IMO. But there have been multiple reports of this ending that all match up.
 
StrikerObi said:
Now I could understand if
the giant squid were changed to a UFO or something similar. That makes sense. The idea of inventing an alien force is the point, so it doesn't really matter if that alien force is a giant squid or a UFO or a flock of little green men. The Doc Manhattan thing just flat out doesn't make sense seeing as he is on the side of the Americans, even if he does leave them to go to Mars. And as other people pointed out, you can't unite against an unstoppable force. All the firepower in the world can't stop the Doc. He can blink the whole universe out of existence if he wants.
Click to expand...
also, if this were to happen then the US would simply be losing the very thing that has been deterring the USSR from attacking all this time. It makes no fucking sense whatsoever.
 
Just caught the second official TV spot for Watchmen. They go with the "Someone's picking-off costumed heroes" angle this time. Much better than the first advert, I think.
 
Zabka said:
I think it's more of a
"Keep fucking around with nukes and I'll wipe out the rest of you" thing. Either way people are forced into action by fear of an outside force coming down on them.
Click to expand...
That makes no sense at all if you think about it.
Manhattan could make every single nuke on earth vanish with a thought. He'd never need a hamfisted message like that if he decided war was going to end.
 
Freshmaker said:
That makes no sense at all if you think about it.
Manhattan could make every single nuke on earth vanish with a thought. He'd never need a hamfisted message like that if he decided war was going to end.
Click to expand...

I believe it's actually something like 60% of the USSR's nukes he can destroy
 
ChrisGoldstein said:
I'm stoked for the movie. Would it ruin it if I read the graphical novel first?
Click to expand...

There's never a bad time to read Watchmen. Considering that the movie will inevitably fall short of the novel (no matter how good it is), I would guess that watching the movie first will tarnish your reading of the book.
 
ChrisGoldstein said:
I'm stoked for the movie. Would it ruin it if I read the graphical novel first?
Click to expand...
I don't think so... you'll rack your brains wondering how the hell this would even work as a movie and then you start thinking of the possibilities. I'm more hyped for the movie now than I was before I read it.
 
polyh3dron said:
I'm willing to bet that the rationale behind it was that if they are not going to include the Black Freighter story and the subplot about the writer and artist being missing, then that completly eliminates the foreshadowing for the squid ending and it would come out of nowhere. It's still wrong because they could still make Ozy manufacture any kind of a fake alien invasion causing a catastrophe and it would work fine IMO. But there have been multiple reports of this ending that all match up.
Click to expand...
There were reports that the new ending was only a misdirection. If Snyder went forward with his plan for the other stuff on an extended DVD, I could see the original ending being in that for the "ultimate" Watchmen experience if the new ending is correct.
 
Freshmaker said:
That makes no sense at all if you think about it.
Manhattan could make every single nuke on earth vanish with a thought. He'd never need a hamfisted message like that if he decided war was going to end.
Click to expand...
But it's not Manhattan doing it. Ozy fakes the message from Manhattan. Manhattan then goes along with it because revealing the truth would do far more damage.

On top of that, as soon as 1 nuke disappears Russia would launch the rest. He's powerful, but he's not God (yet).
 
Freshmaker said:
Doesn't matter. Even then, folks would still know what he's capable of. It's a very sloppy non solution.
Click to expand...
But he's not capable of that. If he was, he would have done it already for the government.
 
YYZ said:
isn't the decision about this movie supposed to be made today? What happened?
Click to expand...
The hearing was canceled. Fox and Warner Bros. came to an agreement with lots of love and Watchmen fans get our movie this March.
 
99572_Watchmen_122_392lo.jpg


99750_Watchmen_131_122_701lo.jpg


99952_Watchmen_365_122_190lo.jpg


99671_Watchmen_227_122_681lo.jpg


00189_Watchmen_8100_122_570lo.jpg


00124_Watchmen_388_122_1184lo.jpg


00263_Watchmen_6112_122_1066lo.jpg


00424_Watchmen_0121_122_95lo.jpg


00498_Watchmen_4138_122_639lo.jpg


99912_Watchmen_157_122_530lo.jpg


00012_Watchmen_577_122_936lo.jpg


99863_Watchmen_842_122_1lo.jpg


00608_Watchmen_992_122_425lo.jpg
 
shagg_187 said:
99912_Watchmen_157_122_530lo.jpg
Click to expand...
Besides his physique, I think it's his long boyish hair that annoys me the most. I can accept everything else about him, though.
 
Catalix said:
Besides his physique, I think it's his long boyish hair that annoys me the most. I can accept everything else about him, though.
Click to expand...

I think part of the problem with Ozy is they are trying to sell him as being brainy, and in the movie world big and burly and brainiac are nearly mutually exclusive. He has very little time to develop in the comic compared to the other characthers, so the "look" is critical. If you think about it, outside of the murder attempt and the last stanza there is very little room for Ozzy to be developed as the worlds smartest man. In the comics there is the magazine interview that sets him up nicely.
 
99912_Watchmen_157_122_530lo.jpg
Click to expand...

Does anyone else see the love child of Christopher Walken and Jude Law here? Everytime I see him that's all I can think of.... worrying.

My only problem with Ozy is that he looks too young, I know in the comic he maintained his fitness scheme and placed importance on his image, but for someone who should be in their 40s that's pretty optimistic. Maybe Manhttan also helped advancements in facelifts.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

Suikoden Anime Trailer
9
28
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt replied
Lone Wolf Trailer
0
29
Men_in_Boxes replied
Leviticus trailer
13
582
Itchy.Tasty. replied
Saccharine Trailer
3
233
Dirk Benedict replied
Passenger Trailer
3
265
SJRB replied
Top Bottom