Watchmen Trailer!

[Captain Russ]

*Not hyperbole*

The opening credits of Watchmen will do the following:

1) Cure sexual disfunctions of all kinds.
2) Give you a serious case of the swass/douche chills.
3) Invade your personal space and ask for an Andrew Jackson for the lap dance it hasn't even done yet.
4) Shake your hand then steal your car and go on a 3-week bender in TJ. But it will refill the tank before returning it.
5) Make an arbitrary and unfunny list of things it will do for you because it ROCKS THAT FUCKING HARD.
6) Kill that Jonas Bros. movie.

[Abraham Smashington]

The intro was indeed perfect. Sets up the movie perfectly in my opinion.

[Captain Russ]

Just saw that clip for the fiftieth time, and it still hits me in the pit of my stomach as soon as Bob's song cues up to Nite Owl decking someone for the cameras.

[Abraham Smashington]

link link.

[patronsaintofcheeseburgers]

Can't fucking wait...I'm buying tickets for Wednesday night. Should be safe right?

[PHEDG]

The opening credits of the WATCHMEN movie are a spectacle to be enjoyed on the big screen. Or an IMAX if you get the chance. Set to the iconic Bob Dylan song “The Times They Are A-Changin,’ the audience receives a quick run down of several very stylized time periods starting in 1939 with the Minutemen and ending in 1985 with the public uprising over masked vigilantes. L.A. production company yU+Co had the joy of creating the WATCHMEN opening credits despite having one of the worst flash sites as their portfolio. That aside they did a fantastic job with the graphics in the credits. The entire 6-minute piece is almost a work of art in itself.
From the yU+Co release:

The challenge for yU+co. was integrating titles into an already edited six-minute sequence that was built without the placement of titles in mind. In order to make the titles feel like an organic part of the sequence, Yu and his creative team wove meticulous detail into the type design. Rather then simply lay 2D type onto the foreground of the live action, it is incorporated in 3D into each scene.

The first time I remember seeing this effect was in the opening title for Panic Room.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqIclb4qsJI

[gravedigger]

Have you guys been following the huge-ass post release thread at CHUD? The two and half pages about when Laurie was conceived gave me such a fucking headache. I would post this there but I don't want to bring it up again-

I seriously question whether or not the people who think Laurie was conceived during the attempted rape understand how intercourse and conception work. There is no way that scene was presented that could lead anyone with at least one high school biology class under their belt to believe there was any penetration. To get technical about it, the Comedian barely got his belt open before Hooded Justice barged in and he never ripped off Sally's panties. Couple that with the flashback at the end where we hear the full text of Sally's argument with Schexnayder and it's obvious there was a consensual tryst at some later date that led to Laurie being conceived.

Do all this idiots think the Comedian is a two-pump chump or something?

So, yeah...

Oh, here's another small nitpick about a change from the book- after Hooded Justice stops the rape, he tells Sally to cover herself up. I always took this to mean that HJ thought Sally was asking for it. It was a total low-blow considering the situation and I really think it showed how Sally wasn't really respected as a hero. You think Hayter removed that line because it's so chauvinistic and victim-blaming? I imagine the backlash from women's groups would be intense. Actually, I think the movie takes a much more benevolent view of Sally overall than the book did, including the Last Supper homage from the amazing opening titles.

Oh, and it was a girl who brought up the Hooded Justice line to me so don't go thinking I get all rapey on the weekends.

[Ari]

How the hell can anyone think that the attempted rape got Sally preggo? Wow.

I realized Hooded Justice's line was missing too, but did you see the way he and that blond hero (his name escapes me, Capt. Something I think) were looking at each other in "The Last Supper" photo? I love how that was placed in there.

How do you guys think The Comedian found out about Adrian's plot? That's the only question about the film that's really been bugging me.

[Abraham Smashington]

The same way as in the book? He was working with the government wasn't he?

[Ari]

Yeah, but in the book, it was the island he discovered, right? It just seems like the movie scenario would have been more difficult to figure out.

[Abraham Smashington]

Unless the government was looking into the Pyramid company? I dunno. I'm assuming it was nearly the same as in the book. As for the line missing from Hooded Justice, it irked me a bit because like you said, it was the final turn of the knife. Like Sally "wanted" it. And who knows, maybe she was in to that sorta of shit. You have to be fucked up to dress in costume and fight bad guys. Either way, the fact that people are debating wether or not the Comedians sperm could impregnate Sally without any touching is fucking stupid and that whole thread over there makes my fuckign head hurt.

Yes this film isn't perfect, but it's goddamn great. Just enjoy it.

[Ari]

Some people just refuse to accept the fact that this film was made and it turned out fantastic. I call them Alan Mooreians.

[Nathan]

I'm getting the impression that in the book the characters are even more screwed up/crazy than in the movie. Like a lot more. Right?

[Abraham Smashington]

Indeed regarding a few of them. They are just more nuanced in the book. Rightly so.

[Ari]

The book just has more time to flesh 'em out. The film portrayed a few of the characters insanity perfectly. Especially The Comedian.