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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I finally picked up a copy of the graphic novel and I'm three chapters in, so I'll stay away from the links just now. But, I'm super pumped about the movie's release. It looks amazing, and I'm pretty sure it'll live up to the standards of the book.
I just hope this lawsuit with Fox doesn't tie things up and delay the release!!
Finally finished it. I've gotta say, it was an odd ending. I'm still absorbing it, I suppose. I'm still hyped about the movie, I just...don't really know about that ending.
We'll have to discuss outside the blogosphere...
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