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Is it wrong that I really really love the Gap ads? I kind of want to kidnap both Jasons Sudekis and Bateman so I have my own arsenal of cute and funny to molest.

*hands in geek card* I really need to read this. Before I see the movie.

Also, I want Jon Hamm to smile at me. All the time. That man is too many different kinds of gorgeous.

WANT.

I wish I remembered who said it but I have to assume it was around these parts. The comment was "So this is a movie about a bunch of people who can slow down time?"
I think one of my criticisms is that it all looks so glossy. How can Rorshach even exist in a world like that? They better devote some TIME to that guy. I expect a lot from that arc.

I think I did okay, but there's no way to know because you forgot the upside-down answers at the bottom.

The previous trailer used Smashing Pumpkins, from one of the Batman soundtracks I think it was.

And is there a new Star Trek trailer this weekend, or just soon?

Well, the movie site says it'll be there Monday, so I guess it's on a screen somewhere this weekend.

Well, that guy's kind of a dick too, DoubleH.

I feel kind of bad because Watchmen has always been one of those graphic novels that I've meant to read but never have (I know....I know....) and I kind of want to read it before the movie comes out but if I buy it now then the cute cashier boys at Local Independent Record Store (For all you Atlantans: Criminal Records) will think I'm only doing it because of the movie!

Then what will I do with my shattered hipster cred?!!!??

On an unrelated note: Can we start a betting pool for when Alan Moore begins bitching? Or has he started already?

I am with you, Annie_Reckson (teehee, erection). I haven't read Watchmen either, and now I don't feel like I can because everyone will think I am lame for coming late to the party and only reading it to fit in. Ho hum.

Re: Alan Moore; Who knows? Alan supposedly said he was going to quit paying attention to Hollywood and more attention to getting laid. Not a bad idea, IMO.

Oh yeah, my library has Watchmen too, so that's more discrete. And I don't say "poseur", I say "right on!" when the hold requests come in. That teaser with Dark Knight got the action going right away, and I felt proud, as it wasn't a Nicholas Sparks movie stirring up interest. Not this time, Precious! NOT THIS TIME!

They better devote some TIME to that guy. I expect a lot from that arc.

They will. How can't you? He's really the character that hooks most people into the book.

I read some interview with Snyder where he said that he considered Rorschach's background and his interaction with the prison psychiatrist to be one of three main scenes in the book (I forgot the other two). That made me happy. One of my favorite panel sequences of the book is:

*psychiatrist slides a Rorscach painting to Rorscach* The guy asks Rorscach what he sees.

*shot of painting*

*shot of a dead dog with his head cut open and its brains oozing out of its shattered skull*

*shot of Rorschach sitting there expressionless* His reply: "A pretty butterfly."

Love it.

I agree on the voice. I think it'd be near impossible to pull the creepy monotone thing off well. Raspy and angry will have to do.

I love how Dan looks. I kept hearing how Patrick Wilson put on 20 lbs to play the role and everything, but I just kept thinking the guy looked to fresh, clean and handsome to pull it off. He looked perfect.

I don't think I will ever be thrilled with how Ozymandias looks, but, oh well.

I think Ralph Fiennes can do creepy monotone pretty well. He can be a scary dude when he wants to.

I always wanted to read these, but in a passive, wait-till-they-cross-my-path way, rather than in an active go-to-the-library way. Now after a random conversation about comics my boss lent me all 6 books but they are in GERMAN! I hate reading foreign, and I don't remember anything half so well as if I read it in English. So after two books I got lazy and just looked at the pictures and spoiled the ending! Oops
Maybe sort of spoilery question: Do they actually have superhero powers, or are they just well trained and rich enough to afford gadgets? Or is that sort of left unanswered (except in a single unambiguous case).

Boss! Thank you!

Jesus, we need a Little Five Points Pajibacon!

Well I already told people to come to the Star Bar this past Monday night, but nooooooooo! Not even the tantalizing aspect of hearing me sing "Everything She Wants", "Do You Want To Know A Secret?" and "In A Big Country" worked. If you can motivate this ragtag buncha misfits I'm behind you.

Wow. All those Watchmen posters look fucking ridiculous.

Seriously, the Gap ads look a lot less cheesy, and that's saying something.

That being said, I want to jump Jeffrey Dean Morgan's bones. HARD.

Why does that weird blond dude underneath the steampunk batman wannabe look like a dude version of 7 of 9? I got so excited as I scrolled down: blond with not a hair out of place, check!; weird eye thing, bigger than normal but check!; high cheekbones with sour facial expression, double check!; mouthwatering boobs, che-hey, waitagoddamnminnit! Where's the fucking boobs? This isn't Seven, this is some lame-ass knockoff! Boooo!
(Hey, brain, why would Seven even be in some superhero movie? Why self, because those antigravity boobs and the ability to jack directly into computers and assimilate people with nanoviruses and shit would be an awesome addition to the superhero table. And did I mention the boobs?)
At least it's Friday!

Hey, I'm not one to judge. I have NO standards.

i think this this has way too much slo-mo in it. stop with the slo-mo, snyder. he's in love with that shit and it's bad.

i also now think this movie will officially suck, though i will drop the dime on opening night. i like the philip glass song used at the beginning of the trailer though. still gonna suck.

Yes, thank you Jay! It ain't easy living in separate countries. A girl has to get her kicks somewhere, you know!

Good thing he doesn't read this...

Alan Moore bitching

by the way, he has every right to bitch about how Hollywood and DC have treated his creations

i think this this has way too much slo-mo in it. stop with the slo-mo, snyder. he's in love with that shit and it's bad.

Based off the trailer, yeah. But the trailer is focusing heavily on the few action sequences in the movie. That's what trailers do. Hopefully it wont seem excessive over the course of a 2 and a half hour movie.

As it being bad. While, I agree it doesn't really work (and seems completely unnecessary) for this film, it was perfect for "300".

I am not sure I like Ozymandias either. He looks too young, or too small. I am not sure. Also, I am surprised at how Billy Crudup does not sound like Dr. Manhattan. At least, the Dr. Manhattan in my head...

My problem with Rorschach isn't really the raspy voice, it is that he was saying too much. He tended to drop any kind of flourishes, or superfluous words when speaking, almost as if he were speaking in shorthand. I don't pick that up from this trailer.

I am pretty sure all of Rorscach's dialogue in the trailer is almost word-for-word from the comic.

Yes it did Ajax :) Most of that is Rorscach quoting his diary. His a little more eloquent in his diary than when he actually talks.

OK, now I'm a little less scared about what Snyder will do to it, though a lot still depends on what happens when the rest of the characters start to speak. Still, count me in the "guaranteed audience" demographic.