Watchmen

By Meredith Woerner If this is done well, it could mean more cable miniseries, which would be a good thing, The Prisoner notwithstanding. After all, we all know Watchmen would have been a brilliant miniseries. But let's hope this big project opens doors for more.

By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) This Week in DVD & Blu-ray: Up, Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut, and MoreCool Stuff: Watchmen: The Ultimate CutVOTD: Snoop Dogg Faced With Watchmen Question on Who Wants To Be A MillionaireRumor: New Godzilla Movie in Discussion Stage at Legendary Pictures? /Filmcast Ep. 62 - G.I. Joe: Ris...

By Graeme McMillan Sure, movies like Iron Man and The Dark Knight have proven that superheroes can work on the big screen, but sometimes only comics can offer longjohned epics so large-scale that they'd break Hollywood in half through special effects budget alone.

By Matt Holmes J.J. Abrams is admitting defeat with The Dark Tower. He's bailed out. Done. Star Trek II: The Return of Khan, or whatever he ends up doing with the new Trek saga is his immediate film future, as well as producing another Mission Impossible with Tom Cruise. For now, Stephen King's magnum opus goes b...

By Matt Holmes J.J. Abrams is admitting defeat with The Dark Tower. He's bailed out. Done. Star Trek II: The Return of Khan, or whatever he ends up doing with the new Trek saga is his immediate film future, as well as producing another Mission Impossible with Tom Cruise. For now, Stephen King's magnum opus goes b...

By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) Notable Extras: DVD & Blu-ray – 2 all-new audio commentaries with director Zack Snyder and illustrator Dave Gibbons, over 3 hours of special features (”The Phenomenon: The Comic that Changed Comics”, “Real Super Heroes, Real Vigilantes”, “Mechanics: Technologies of a Fantasti...

So who REALLY ruined comics? Was it former DC executive editor Dick Giordano? As the DCU show runner from 1983-93, Giordano oversaw the comics during the rise of the direct market, the widening of DC’s material, and the twin peaks of DARK KNIGHT and WATCHMEN. But reached in retirement, he h...

By Elisabeth Rappe This project is in pre-pre production right now, so it's hard to get too excited as to how (or if!) it will end up on the big screen. But it's great to see more and more of Ellis' work being picked up for adaptations. Let's hope it meets better fate than most of Alan Moore's work.

By Brian Warmoth Check Jimmy Palmiotti off your list of comics creators still looking for a Halloween costume. According his tweets, he's got his Comedian outfit from "Watchmen" all taken care of—even if he's still working on growing out his mustache.

By Troy Brownfield Nite Owl II: I have more . . . Nite Owl II: Cut that out! Dr. Manhattan: Sorry. He has yet to stop. Nite Owl II: Sorry . . . NRAMA: Dr. Manhattan? Nite Owl II: How old were you? Dr. Manhattan: Dress. on. your. face. Rorschach: Cheap shot. Nite Owl II: Stop that! Dr. Manhattan: Nothing. Halloween is fun.

By Elisabeth Rappe As we know and lament often, studios are never content to release a DVD just once, and any special edition is just a precursor to a bigger and better version somewhere down the road. Just a few months after we enjoyed Watchmen: The Director's Cut comes Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut, which hits s...

By Elisabeth Rappe The dust hasn't even begun to settle on the Marvel / Disney deal before DC Comics decided to engage in some major overhauling on their own. Deadline Hollywood Daily broke the news that Warner Bros had taken over DC Comics and created a new brand called DC Entertainment. DC Comics' president P...

By Marc Eastman There’s a joke in Watchmen which Rorschach enters into his journal.  It’s an idea that’s been around forever, but it’s summed up well in the quick delivery of a none-too-funny joke.  Basically – A man goes to a doctor and complains that he’s depressed.  The doctor says the cure is quite simple...

By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) The Jody Hill Interview Part 2: Observe & Report, the “Sex Scene Controversy,” Mall Hate, Parents, The Foot Fist Way, and a “Southern Godfather” /Filmcast Ep. 57 - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (GUEST: Quint from Aint It Cool News)Watchmen’s Maximum Movie Mode Could Be The Bes...

By Kirsten Anderson And fun is what “Watchmen” is all about. By the way, this isn’t the last you’ll hear of ”Watchmen.” An “ultimate” version is going to come out (surprise) around Christmas, something to keep in mind for you completists. Snyder says that will have additional features. Soon you’ll know mor...

By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) Zack Snyder did promotion yesterday for the Blu-Ray release of Watchmen, and quite a few small tidbits of news came out of his various interviews. He talked about the theatrical release of the Watchmen Director’s Cut, which will hit four theatres, the future of his next film Sucker Punch,...

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By Sarah Jaffe Yes, that’s Gambit. Shut up, I’m a Gambit fangirl.) My moviegoing companion, not a comics person but yet the friend who’s accompanied me to every comic movie I’ve seen in the last year, enjoyed Wolverine more than she did Watchmen. I don’t know if I’d go that far–or perhaps, if the metric is “en...

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By Chris Marshall So you’ve seen the Watchmen movie and you’ve read the Watchmen trade paperback and are now longing for more. Well there’s no better place then to start from the beginning; with the Charlton Heroes characters that Watchmen were based upon. Today on the show I go over where you can find Captain...

By Erik Davis If you're looking to kill a couple hours this weekend, might I suggest listening to the latest podcast over at Slashfilm. This week writer/director/actor (and geek expert) Kevin Smith came on as a guest to review Watchmen with podcast regulars David Chen, Peter Sciretta, Devindra Harda...

By Christopher Campbell What is worse about the now-infamous Watchmen sex scene (watch it here), the distracting soundtrack or the explosive metaphor at the climax? Even if intended to be funny, and regardless of its (more-subtle) appearance in the graphic novel, the fire blast as stand-in for ejaculation is...

By Scott Eric Kaufman That is to say: Tales of the Black Freighter reflects for readers of Watchmen the process by which cultural artifacts acquire meaning in the larger world.  The message here is quite direct: escapist literature tells us something about the world readers want to escape.  To wit:

By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) In this very special episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Peter Sciretta, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley are joined by writer/actor/director Kevin Smith to discuss Zack Snyder’s Watchmen. In this epic, 1 hour and 45-minute long discussion, the five of them delve into the faithful...

By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) The more I talk with people about Watchmen, the more I realize that every person has some opinion about how they wish Snyder had done a specific scene a certain way, or added in something that was excised for the purposes of the film’s running time. I also often think back to San Diego Comic Con...

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By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) All that being said, I love this movie. Snyder and screenwriters David Hayter and Alex Tse have managed to approximate the dense plotting of Moore’s original graphic novel. When characters come to blows, the fight sequences are well-choreographed and the blood and guts on the screen don’...

Friday, March 6, 2009 I watched the Watchmen and couldn't believe my eyes... I have a confession, I've already seen an advanced screening of Watchmen on Tuesday, so today is the second time I've watched the movie. With that in mind I think I have a better perspective after a second viewing and I h...

By Christopher Campbell “If you take your kids to see ‘Watchmen,’ you’re a moron,” writes conservative commentator Debbie Schlussel, on her own site. “It’s rated ‘R’–which should kinda sorta be a hint–but it really deserves an ‘NC-17″…Oh, and don’t forget another superhero’s swinging computer-generated pe...

By Kevin Buist The economy may be failing, but Hollywood’s hype machine has been working overtime. It’s latest manufactured frenzy has finally reached a crescendo: Watchmen hits theaters today. Does it live up to the hype? Does it live up to the graphic novel? Does it live up to its own three hour run time?...

By Kevin Carr Films Reviewed this Week: Watchmen. Segment 2 [10:40] - Review of Watchmen Segment 3 [12:45] - Box Office Predictions and the a discussion of how Watchmen will do with the mainstream Show Links: FSR’s Weekly Report Card for Watchmen Give the Fat Guys some love: Subscribe in iTunes

By Alan Kistler As the story goes, Moore intended to write the characters’ swan song when DC bought the rights to Charlton heroes like “Peacemaker” and “Captain Atom” in 1983, but ended up creating a new team of characters based on Charlton’s roster for the story he had planned — a story that eventually be...

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By Meredith Woerner The horrific visions that open the final chapter of Alan Moore's Watchmen haunt you long afterwards. But Zack Snyder's movie tones down that imagery, and screenwriter David Hayter says it's because of 9/11. Spoilers below. How did artist Dave Gibbons, the gifted artist behind the graphic...

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 - Above we see a photo posted on the Flickr page of The New Frontiersman, the right-wing rag featured in the comic book. Alongside is this caption: The best ...

By Todd Brown So it turns out all that legal nail-biting was just posturing on the part of Warner Bros., which is finally starting to talk settlement in this whole brouhaha. A timely release is once again looking possible, and the fan-legion is pleased.34Iron Man 2

By Chris Marshall On the show this month, host Chris Marshall talks with George Khoury. This December George presents us with a revised edition of The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore - Indispensable Edition. George also talks about other hot Alan Moore related topics such as Miracleman and The Watchmen!

By Charlie Jane Anders Gibbons also reveals which Watchmen easter eggs he came up with, like the repeated references to the Gordian Knot, which provide a bit of a hint as to how Ozymandias plans to "solve" the problem of the Cold War nuclear standoff. (By cutting the Gordian Knot, essentially.)

By Kevin Buist Karina Longworth and Kevin Kelly give us the scoop on early footage from Watchmen. Will it live up to the hype? 32:57 - Thoughts on the Watchmen teaser footage filmcouch-92 Oliver Stone's W., media diet with Quint from Ain't it Cool News, reactions to early Watchmen footage.

With Gustav gone, the Showcase gang is still scattered to the four winds, and it will be a few weeks before Blake and Chase can get together to record again. In the meantime, Blake brings you this hiatus mini-episode to tell you how all of your favorite geeks made out during the storm... and just s...

NEWS Watchmen Movie in Trouble Linkage Interview: Matthew Sturges Matthew Sturges is an American writer of comics, most noted for the Eisner-award nominated Jack of Fables from DC/Vertigo. He currently writes Blue Beetle and House of Mystery for DC Comics.

By Graeme McMillan It's already calling itself the movie adaptation of "the most celebrated graphic novel of all time," but if a certain group of masochistic fans have their way, "visionary director" Zack Snyder's version of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' comic may also be the longest comic strip movie ever...

How else could we follow up the longest Showcase podcast ever? With the second longest Showcase podcast ever! Last week, Chase and Blake took apart ever Marvel Comics movie to date, and this week, they do the same for DC. Everything from Superman and the Mole Men and the Adam West Batman to lo...

Episode 25 Part 4 of 4:. This is the Fouth of our 4 part Mega Anniversary Special. This episode we will be reviewing Watchmen 5-12. We get in some forum comments on Watchmen, do our first spoiler free summary, and get a great audio comment from Geekspeak and Comic Timingâs Ian Levenstein. Thank y...