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Watchmen Trailer
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ChoklitReign
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Is that the newstand guy at 2:00? Awesome viral marketing there.shagg_187 said:
Ignatz Mouse
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shagg_187 said:
shagg_187 said:
Waaait. Did they publicly mention there was a scientific accident that transformed a man in the comic book?
Auron_Kale
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Been on a small media blackout (more unintentional than anything) but seeing the stills makes me really happy.
Nite Owl is one of my favorite characters from Watchmen and seeing Patrick Wilson in these shots is great because he looks exactly like Dan Dreiberg.
Nite Owl is one of my favorite characters from Watchmen and seeing Patrick Wilson in these shots is great because he looks exactly like Dan Dreiberg.
BenjaminBirdie
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Auron_Kale said:
He really does look great out of costume.
Ignatz Mouse
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AlexMogil said:
I don't remember, but it's conceivable. He revealed his ID after his father died.
Particle Physicist
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Catalix said:
i think it adds the the overall 'young' look he has. he should look older.. but after hearing him talk on the website, im pretty convinced he will be fine.. those clips sounded really really good.
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Davidion said:
it's exactly the same except for the ending.. though i am now hearing that the end might actually be the same and it was all a ruse.
my name is ed
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After the death of Manhattan's father.AlexMogil said:
StrikerObi
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Nite Owl looks too awesome. Dreiberg looks fucking super-nerd perfect!
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shagg_187 said:
WARNING.. Spoilers in the comments section. people are douches.
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AlexMogil said:
yeah. it might have been in one of the in between chapters.. not sure what you call them.. i remember the specific line. "superman is real, and he is american"
Callo Merlose
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Dr. Manhattan's powers allow him to see the future, not change it.
Catalix
And on the sixth day the LORD David Bowie created man and woman in His image. And he saw that it was good. On the seventh day the LORD created videogames so that He might take the bloody day off for once.
Impressive. I see they've updated the New Frontiersman site too.shagg_187 said:
Pai Pai Master
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StoOgE said:
Which trailer? I wanna take a closer look if you can point me to it, or if you can post the still.
polyh3dron
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holy shit that video is awesome.
Buttonbasher
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Pai Pai Master said:
I don't think it's there. It seems like a rumor that people think is true, despite the famed "still" never being posted. If that kind of thing was real, you would know about it by now.
Big Chief Crazy Cone
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I'm just now reading Watchmen for the first time (I'm up to chapter VII), and I must say, it is incredible. The characterization is excellent, it really does deserve to be called a novel. The tightly interwoven storylines within each chapter are gripping and impeccably written. I'm on an almost-blackout for the movie... but from the one trailer I have seen (and read in this thread), it looks to be shaping up quite nicely.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
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StrikerObi said:
You know, this was the only thing that really popped out at me in that TV spot. Absolutely fantastic casting on Dreiberg.
Rorschach is also great.
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Catalix said:
I've gone from skeptic to totally fucking hyped.shagg_187 said:
DrForester
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Movie Fails, not scientifically accurate. Looked like it was going to have a nice run, but don't see how they can recover from this.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/22/watchmen-they-need-my-help/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/22/watchmen-they-need-my-help/
A lot of people are getting pretty fired up about the Watchmen movie coming out any year now. This movie is based on the epic superhero graphic novel (comic book series to you) by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. I read it, and its pretty good. I had some problems with the ending, but Ill save my comments for when the movie comes out.
Anyway, a new image was just released by the producers of the movie, and it shows a picture of Neil Armstrong on the Moon taken by Dr. Manhattan, an ex-human who, through an atomic accident, became a glowing blue being of pure energy:
Pretty cool, eh? Yeah, but the debunker in me just has to point something out
See the out-of-focus Earth on the left side of the picture? From the Moon, the Earth is about 2 degrees across, roughly four times the size of the Moon as seen from Earth. In the picture you can see the Earth is only a degree or two off the lunar horizon.
But thats wrong! The Moon always shows one face as seen from the Earth, and that means the Earth is always in roughly the same part of the sky from a spot on the Moon. To see the Earth that close to the horizon means the Apollo 11 landing would have to have been very close to the Moons north or south pole (hard to tell which; the features on the Earth are too blurred to get a direction).
However, Apollo 11 landed almost exactly on the Moons Equator. To Buzz and Neil, the Earth was high overhead, difficult to see at all from inside the spacesuits.
Obviously, the Watchmen picture is faked.
[Update: Max Fagin in the comments makes a good point: there is a circle around the Moon where the Earth would be near the horizon, the divider between the near and far side of the Moon. But landing near there would be dangerous; for your first landing you want to be sure you are in direct visual contact with Earth, otherwise you cant communicate. That means landing near the center of the Moons face. Assuming this was Apollo 17 (see below) changes that, but then why would Manhattan be there to take a picture of the 11th or 12th guy on the Moon? I dont buy it.]
A nice touch is the code on the side of the picture: AS17-137-20990. Thats the coding NASA used for the pictures taken on the Moon. But AS17 was used for Apollo 17, not 11. In fact, there is an Apollo picture taken with that code, and its a famous one, showing orange dust on the Moon. The orange color is from tiny glass particles that are volcanic in origin (the story of them finding the orange dust is pretty cool, and you can read about it on the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal).
I dont know if the movie guys put that particular number there on purpose or not, but they screwed up the code.
Im sure if I analyzed the picture more Id find more stuff, but my geekery does have limits. Of course, if someone wants to examine the geometry of Dr. Manhattan holding the camera waist-high and the resulting tilt and angles of the picture, be my guest. Ill just wait for the movie and think its cool either way.
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what a bunch of nerdsDrForester said:
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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March 3rd. Also includes sneak peak at the "prison break" sequence and admission ticket to the movie. The price: $34.99 or around $27 when it goes up for pre-order.
EDIT: Pre-order price at amazon is $24. Thanks Costanza!
More images from the art book (pre-order here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1848560680/?tag=neogaf0e-20:
EDIT: Pre-order price at amazon is $24. Thanks Costanza!
More images from the art book (pre-order here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1848560680/?tag=neogaf0e-20:
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shagg_187 said:
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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As far as I heard, Yes. Will be announced real soon.Costanza said:
The thing about questioning the scientific accuracy of Dr Manhattan taking pics of men on the moon is, in the comic, Dr. Manhattan's existence changed the entirety of human history from the day he appeared. Because of that, man easily could've landed anywhere they damn well pleased on the moon... he could've helped make a better suit, new alloys, or even just teleported the whole dang expedition.
He helped us win in Vietnam!
He helped us win in Vietnam!
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Did they actually spring for more than one voice actor? Otherwise this thing's a ripoff.shagg_187 said:
AndresON777
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Finished reading it yesterday, so awesome.
Well why does Rorschach have a sort of 'bat voice'?
I think they did a good job casting too. That girl that plays Laurie is so hot.
Well why does Rorschach have a sort of 'bat voice'?
I think they did a good job casting too. That girl that plays Laurie is so hot.
Auron_Kale
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Oh yeah, I picked this up recently but forgot to take some pics (got it about 2 weeks ago).
It's a really cool coffee table-style book that's filled with really great photos from Dave Gibbons' personal work and his notes on the making of the Watchmen graphic novel.
It's a really cool coffee table-style book that's filled with really great photos from Dave Gibbons' personal work and his notes on the making of the Watchmen graphic novel.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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The Lamonster
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I feel like such a badass now for making my own quality Rorschach costume.
I feel like such a badass now for making my own quality Rorschach costume.
fallengorn
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Is that the deluxe Rorschach mask? I guess my ebay investment was a good one.
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