The only COMIC book to win a Hugo... it looks like they've NAILED the "Watchmen" film. (trailer)

[The Doctor.]

If you've never read "Watchmen" graphic novel, all I can say is that it has as much depth, intelligence, symbolism, and philosophical gravitas as many other great works of fiction through the ages. If you only ever read one graphic novel, especially if you grew up with the constant threat of annihilation during the '80s, this would be the one.

This is the highest quality trailer I could find;

http://www.bordersmedia.com/backlot/watchmen.asp

Do view it full screen!

Watchmen fans rec it up for the non-geeks. Let 'em have a chance to geek-out too!

[Cheap_Trick]

1. According to Kevin Smith

who got to see a rough cut last week, "it's fucking astounding".
http://www.watchmencomicmovie.com/081508-watchmen-movie-kevin-smith.php
"Remember that feeling of watching “Sin City” on the big screen and being blown away by what a faithful translation of the source material it was, in terms of both content and visuals? Triple that, and you’ll come close to watching “Watchmen.” Even Alan Moore might be surprised at how close the movie is to the book. March can’t come soon enough."

Here's a HD quality version of the trailer in QT to download. I've already burned it to DVD and it looks smashing on my 65" HDTV.

http://www.drfoster.f2s.com/trailers_w.shtml

Just scroll down to Watchmen...there's also a couple of featurettes to download.

[The Doctor.]

2. Sweet!

I was amazed at how tight the excerpts look to the storyboards. Obviously they can't get every nuance in, but Snyder is fighting over the running time, and that's a good sign.

It needs to be three hours long because it'll be worth it. If they get everything that belongs into it, people will leave the theatre feeling like like they've left Earth for a day. If they don't, people will just leave confused.

[vixengrl]

3. Everything I've seen from it visually blows me away.

I had to loan my brother a copy of "Watchmen" just so I had another person in my circle "turned on" and as stoked about the movie as me. I'm looking forward to seeing it in a full geek-out, lawn chairs in front of the cineplex, once I've seen it, what will I do with my life, then? kind of way.

And the weirdest thing is, I got turned onto Moore by the screen adaptations of his stuff--especially "V for Vendetta" (LoEG a little less so) recently enough that I knew the movie was percolating before I ever read the graphic novel. So this will be the first time I saw the book first, then the movie. For what it's worth, the filmmakers don't have a choice but to hit this one out of the park--reading "Watchmen" to me was like revisiting comic book history and revisiting the '80's and the Cold War. Faithfulness and tone and pacing are all important issues--but to me--

Kevin Smith calling it "Fucking astounding" is a hell of an incentive to think it might just be as good as I've expected. For one, he knows from movies--for another, he knows from comics.

This is going to be a long seven months.

[Cheap_Trick]

4. Since the trailer

sales on the trade paperback have gone through the roof. Last year, DC sold about 100,000 copies. Since the trailer, they've gone through 1,000,000. Putting it in front of Dark Knight was brilliant, seeing as how many butts have been parked in front of the screen.

V for Vendetta is (right now) my favorite comic book film (Iron Man is pretty close). Funny thing is, I've yet to read the comic. I just never got around to it and now I'm afraid I'll compare it too unfavorably to the film. I know there were quite a few changes from book to film.

Here's hoping that Watchmen goes from the "Citizen Kane" of comic books to the "Citizen Kane" of comic book films.

[semillama]

5. There's a bunch of obvious differences between the comic V for Vendetta

and the movie. It's really just best to view them as two different takes on the same story.

Moore has been famously unhappy with movie adaptations of his works - one look at League of Extraordinary Gentlemen will tell you why. But even the movie "From Hell" - while a decent film - doesn't even touch the amazing work that is the graphic novel.

[edhopper]

6. Saw it

at The Dark Knight. It does look "fucking amazing"! Gibson's art come to life.
It's funny that Moore (genius though he may be) has a problem with peoples interpretation of his work, since his his highly successful League books use other people's characters and re-interpret them.