If you're like me, you're eagerly anticipating next March's release of Watchmen, the Zack Snyder-directed film adaptation of the seminal graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. No matter what the movie turns out to be like, you can bet the entire Interweb will crash for at least 48 hours from the sheer volume of "It's awesome and perfect"/"Zack Snyder raped my childhood!" sniping sure to result. Me, I'm hopeful, and the tone of the trailer attached to The Dark Knight this summer encouraged me in my hope. It remains to be seen whether a story so tied to mid-eighties Cold War tension will be any kind of success with the young moviegoing public of today, but hey, as long as it's coming out, right?
Anyway, there have been a great series of articles written in recent days by Daniel Manu and Zach Oat over at Television Without Pity's new "Movies Without Pity" section, focusing on a recent screening of sample footage. Spoilers abound, of course, so tread with caution (only those familiar with the book will be truly safe from plot spoilers).
First, they describe the footage in detail. Then, they give us Q&A transcripts with director Zack Snyder and co-creator Dave Gibbons, before finally getting together to discuss their feelings about what they saw at the screening.
Sure, it's five months away, but I'm getting pretty geeked-up already.
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