Comments on: More WATCHMEN footage http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:00:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Christopher Moonlight @ Moonlight Art Magazine http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2514749 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:32:31 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2514749 Maybe, we should just play previews of comics before movies. Maybe, we should just play previews of comics before movies.

]]> by: Jason A. Quest http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2513570 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:14:14 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2513570 Gosh, there was (if you add it all up) <i>several seconds</i> of footage in that clip that hadn't already been played before every showing of The Dark Knight. FWIW, there's been a copy of the book circulating around the bar-n-grill where I started working a few months ago. I've seen various people reading it on their breaks. So these ads are working. Gosh, there was (if you add it all up) several seconds of footage in that clip that hadn’t already been played before every showing of The Dark Knight.

FWIW, there’s been a copy of the book circulating around the bar-n-grill where I started working a few months ago. I’ve seen various people reading it on their breaks. So these ads are working.

]]> by: Steve Taylor http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2511438 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:10:43 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2511438 Y'know,...I mean,...as far as I'm concerned. Y’know,…I mean,…as far as I’m concerned.

]]> by: Steve Taylor http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2511435 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:08:16 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2511435 Funny point about the slow-mo. Veidt, The Comedian and Owly-Man all look too young. Other than that,...visually, not bad. I also agree with Mr.(?!) Coatney about people buying the book. Great news. I know my friend's comic shoppe has done well with the various versions of the book that are now stacked around in it. Previously,...for years possibly,...there had been two, unfortunately, well thumbed, copies of the trade that had taken up residence on his shelves. "Man!" I would think, "These cats don't know what they're missing." Those, obviously, are gone, gone, gone and the aforementioned stacks keep getting smaller and smaller. So, if the movie is acting as a twenty million (...or whatever it is,...) dollar advertisement for the book,...fantastic. I will say, it can't compare to reading it in it's original form. The thrill of getting each new issue,...well,...hard to beat. Only League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen comes close. Funny point about the slow-mo.
Veidt, The Comedian and Owly-Man all look too young.
Other than that,…visually, not bad.
I also agree with Mr.(?!) Coatney about people buying the book. Great news.
I know my friend’s comic shoppe has done well with the various versions of the book that are now stacked around in it.
Previously,…for years possibly,…there had been two, unfortunately, well thumbed, copies of the trade that had taken up residence on his shelves. “Man!” I would think, “These cats don’t know what they’re missing.”
Those, obviously, are gone, gone, gone and the aforementioned stacks keep getting smaller and smaller.
So, if the movie is acting as a twenty million (…or whatever it is,…) dollar advertisement for the book,…fantastic.
I will say, it can’t compare to reading it in it’s original form.
The thrill of getting each new issue,…well,…hard to beat.
Only League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen comes close.

]]> by: Cary Coatney http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2510555 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:30:11 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2510555 At least two people at work I know WHO ARE NOT REGULAR READERS OD COMICS- picked up the Watchmen trade over at the nearby Border's just because of the trailer that was shown before the Dark Knight. I tell them that I read that stuff over twenty years and I get a look of disbelief- like, how can that be?? So - the trailer is out there doing its job - getting newbies into reading comics!! Thank you Zack! ~ Coat At least two people at work I know WHO ARE NOT REGULAR READERS OD COMICS- picked up the Watchmen trade over at the nearby Border’s just because of the trailer that was shown before the Dark Knight.

I tell them that I read that stuff over twenty years and I get a look of disbelief- like, how can that be??

So - the trailer is out there doing its job - getting newbies into reading comics!!

Thank you Zack!

~

Coat

]]> by: Colleen Doran http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2510516 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:11:22 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2510516 I tingle. That's all I care about. I'm selfish that way. I tingle.

That’s all I care about. I’m selfish that way.

]]> by: Christopher Moonlight @ Moonlight Art Magazine http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2510315 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:25:32 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2510315 Sooo, you're not getting a tingle. Sooo, you’re not getting a tingle.

]]> by: The O! Lord http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2510156 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:59:19 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2510156 For me, this "movie" its just a two hours nike's tv spot....pure crap. For me, this “movie” its just a two hours nike’s tv spot….pure crap.

]]> by: Matt Kish http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2509671 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:05:03 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2509671 This movie is going to have to be around 8 hours long since apparently Zack Snyder doesn't know how to do anything but shoot in slow motion. Seriously, I know it's a trailer designed to get people all amped up about the film, but the fact that 95% of the footage we've seen so far is in SUPER DRAMATIC ULTRA COOL MATRIX STYLE SLOW-MOTION!!! I am starting to have some real doubts about how good this is actually going to be. Because, you know, in most movies, even the newly minted Hollywood Golden Calf "graphic novel adaptations," people do have to walk around and talk once in a while. In normal speed. This movie is going to have to be around 8 hours long since apparently Zack Snyder doesn’t know how to do anything but shoot in slow motion. Seriously, I know it’s a trailer designed to get people all amped up about the film, but the fact that 95% of the footage we’ve seen so far is in SUPER DRAMATIC ULTRA COOL MATRIX STYLE SLOW-MOTION!!! I am starting to have some real doubts about how good this is actually going to be. Because, you know, in most movies, even the newly minted Hollywood Golden Calf “graphic novel adaptations,” people do have to walk around and talk once in a while. In normal speed.

]]> by: gianco http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2509621 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:37:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2509621 Rorschach is Spidey in disguise ! Rorschach is Spidey in disguise !

]]> by: Christopher Moonlight @ Moonlight Art Magazine http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2509054 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:08:48 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/22/more-watchmen-footage/#comment-2509054 I would be lying if I said that didn't give me a little tingle. I would be lying if I said that didn’t give me a little tingle.

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