Don’t worry I doubt you need to fear small children channel surfing across Silk Spectre’s rape or Rorshach and the doggies anytime soon. This Watchmen Cartoon intro is a fan creation by UK fanboy Happy Harry – a.k.a. Harry Partridge. It combines his passion for “the comic genius (?) that is Alan Moore and the other being kids programming from the late 80s which I would say is his biggest animation inspiration.”
Thanks for the heads up frogboy!
Here is another slightly disturbing cartoon from the mind of Harry Partridge….
I saw Watchmen last night at a 7:00 special advance screening sponsored by the Cartoon Art Museum. I went with a group of great gay comic book fans from the Castro’s own gay-owned comic book store, Whatever Comics at 548 Castro Street.
Since Watchmen just comes out today, I will save more spoilerific discussion for conversational replies to comments and future posts. Let me just say it was an epic experience. The about 2 hour and 40 minute movie is a perfectly cast, beautifully filmed and amazingly faithful (while still managing to sneak in a story-appropriate surprise or two) adaption of the greatest serialized graphic novel ever. The actors performances are all spot on and it really is the first Drama (with a capital D) that happens to be about superheroes. Congratulations to director Zach Snyder on successfully filming the supposedly unfilmable.
But I must mention the CGI eyecandy of Doctor Manhattan swinging some serious blue pipe. I’ll have to find some images! (If you see any PLEASE send me some or add link in comments – I plan a Doc Manhattan Gallery) He sports an uncut cock, a flawless musclegod bod and the face of Billy Crudup. Nite-Owl has the kind of great meaty ass you just wanna reach out and grab, and I think his costume is pretty damn sexy – true to the original in ways – but hotter. Gratuitous nudity is almost all male! But only Doc M’s CG cock is seen (but it is seen often – most cock I’ve ever seen in a film that wasn’t gay porn ).
I MUST see it again immediately. I wonder if those unfamiliar with the original story enjoyed it as much? Go see it and then come on back and tell me what you thought!
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Watchout. The fullscreen button on these interviews seem to stick.
Four Watchmen stars talk lube, latex, gay superheroes and going on dates in a cape. If this is how they are for our Unscripted interview, imagine what the sex … set, we mean set, must””ve been like.
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I got you boys a link to the DVD compilation of all 12 chapters of the Watchmen Motion Comics… marked down to $22.19 from the regular list price of $29.98. Buy it now!.
Motion Comics are a somewhat new art form that lies between full blown animation and a traditional comic book. They have the same look and feel as comics, sometimes even taking a previously published work and adapting it to the Motion medium by incorporating voice over talent and a musical score. Animation is minimal and is generally limited to pans, zooms and minor character or object movements.
The Watchmen – Motion Comic takes viewers through the critically acclaimed DC Comics and Hugo award-winning graphic novel by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. Set in 1985 at the height of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union, costumed avengers have been banned and with the exception of two – The Comedian and Rorschach. During this time the mysterious murder of a United States government official named Edward Blake occurs in New York, possibly by Soviet Communists. It is later confirmed that Blake is actually a costumed avenger – The Comedian. The news of the murder is discovered by his fellow costumed avenger, Rorschach, who sets out to discover the murderer.
During his search viewers discover whether Rorschach is really insane or if he’s uncovered a plot to murder super-heroes and, even worse, millions of innocent civilians. On the run from the law, Rorschach reunites with his former teammates in a desperate attempt to save the world and their lives. But what they uncover will shock them to their very core and change the face of the planet. Following two generations of masked superheroes from the close of World War II to the icy shadow of the Cold War comes this groundbreaking comic story — the story of The Watchmen.
Posted in Feature Film on 02/21/2009 11:37 am by fanboi
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I cannot wait until the Watchmen is released om March 6th and since it is drawing nearer with each an every moment, I thought it was about time for a countdown and megapost on the epic film based upon the most important and widely read graphic novel of all time.
The Desktop files are really big so bear with the download time – they are worth it.
And here are a series of stills from the movie. It looks like they have gotten a number of major moments just right. I AM SO PSYCHED TO SEE THE SUPPOSEDLY UNFILMABLE GRAPHIC NOVEL ON THE SILVER SCREEN THAT I CANNOT EXPRESS IT WITHOUT ALL CAPS!
Many are excited about the impending release of Watchmen, but did you know they are also releasing Tales of the Black Freighter, the pirate comics story within the story on DVD and BluRay March 24th? (though why they did not arrange release BEFORE or same day as the movie is beyond me. Gerard Butler (King Leonidas of 300) provides the voice for the main character, The Mariner.
Tales of the Black Freighter is a fictional comic-within-a-comic from the Watchmen universe. Issues 23 and 24, comprising the story Marooned, are included within Watchmen itself. They are read by a teenage boy named Bernie, who sits outside a newsstand through all his appearances.
During the course of events of Watchmen, a teenage boy named Bernie reads a story called “Marooned” from issues 23 and 24 of Tales of the Black Freighter that reflects certain elements of the main plot.
The adaptation runs 30 minutes — and oddly is carrying a PG-13 rating (Blu-Ray is currently Unrated) despite previous reports that it would be R.
Also on the DVD is the Hollis Mason tell-all, Under the Hood. A combination of CG and live action, it sees all the necessary Watchmen actors reprising their roles to tell the history of the first costumed adventurers, the Minutemen. DVD extras on both regular and Blu-Ray include a first look at The Green Lantern (it is not specified whether it is the much hoped for live-action version, or a preview of the animated film), and Story Within A Story: The Books of Watchmen.
Good news for you Watchmen fans who were worried that all the anticipation would be for naught. The movie will be released as scheduled. According to CBR and the Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox presened a settlement to Judge Gary Feess at 9:30am this morning and requested that the case be dismissed.
Although the terms of the agreement are not to be officially disclosed, details began to leak even before their court appearance this morning.
The New York Times’ Carpetbagger blog reports Fox will get a cut of gross receipts of Watchmen or any sequels or spinoffs — as much as 8.5 percent — which could end up amounting to tens of millions of dollars. The studio also will recoup its development costs and legal fees, which amounts to millions of dollars more.
The lawsuit, filed in February of 2008 claimed that Fox has held the film rights to the DC Comics 1986 12 issue Maxi Series since the late 80’s when they were acquired for producer Lawrence Gordon.
Gordon is not a party to the case, but Warners is said to be after the producer and his attorneys to reimburse the studio for costs of the settlement. During the litigation, Gordon’s then-attorney admitted that he negotiated the producer’s 1994 separation from Fox without knowing about a 1991 agreement on which Fox based its lawsuit.
The project was not produced at the time, and was considered by a variety of studios over the ensuing 20 years until finding a home at Warner Brothers. The main point of the suit was that Warner Bros never obtained the necessary rights from Fox.
Judge Feess ruled in Fox’s favor. His Dec. 24 ruling stated that “Fox owns a copyright interest consisting of, at the very least, the right to distribute the Watchmen motion picture.”
Within days and ahead of a decision expected Jan. 20 from Feess on whether Fox could block the movie release, attorneys for the two studios began settlement talks because Warners faced the possibility of Fox actually stopping the scheduled March 6 release of the $130 million comic book adaptation.
The news of the day and final word is that both studios released the following joint statement…
Warner Bros. and Fox, like all Watchmen fans, look forward with great anticipation to this film’s March 6 release in theaters.
Who watches the Watchmen? Noone, if 20th Century Fox has anything to say about it. They want a piece of the pie or they may shut down the planned March 6th release of the epic comic book movie based on the most popular graphic novel in comic book history. Fox alleges alleges that they retained distribution rights to the graphic novel through a 1991 claim. The judge has refused a motion to dismiss and a trial date has been set for January 6th.
A federal court in Los Angeles on Monday refused to dismiss the Fox lawsuit — meaning Fox can proceed with an attempt to shut down Snyder’s movie in court. The ruling offered no comment on the quality of Fox’s case or its potential for success, but clearly the judge found enough merit in the rights claim to let Fox’s lawyers take it up a notch.
Most of the buzz suggests that Fox will most likely keep up the pressure until a settlement is made that allows Warner Brothers to distribute The Watchmen and rewards Fox with some of the profits.
Everything old is new again. Warner Brothers has released seven movie posters for The Watchmen. These are directly based upon a series of full page ads that DC Comics ran in their August 1986 issues to tease the then-upcoming 12 issue maxi-series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Some are commenting that the staging of the drawing is incomplete in that there are small details in the drawings that are clues that foreshadow some important events of the story, but these details have been left out of the photos.
Here are 6 of DC Comics’ original house ads by Dave Gibbons to which the movie posters pay (apparently incomplete) homage.
DC Direct finally unveiled their verison of omnipotent Watchmen beefcake Doctor Manhattan in both statue AND action figure form at 2008 SDCC. I’m not surprised they chose to go with his black speedo instead of capturing his later free balling phase for posterity.
Posted in Comics, Trailers on 07/17/2008 07:57 pm by fanboi
The eagerly anticipated Watchmen trailer at last! “From the visionary director of 300″ comes the silver screen adaption of the “most celebrated graphic novel of our time.” Damn they know how to sling some hype. But it is deserved.
The trailer is just enough to give you a taste of the richness of the world that has been created here. I haven’t looked forward to a movie this much since I heard X-Men 3 was the Dark Phoenix story – but this time I don’t think there will be soul crushing disappointment.
and be sure to check out amazingly well-designed Official Watchmen Site. It is also a thing of beauty.
Posted in Action Figures on 07/01/2008 02:06 pm by fanboi
Those of you who were hoping for versions a bit more like the 1950s watchmen are in luck… The modern Wave of Watchmen action figures due out on January 28th 2009 will be followed closely (February 25, 2009) by wave 2, which will consist of 4 classic-era figures… Silk Spectre, the Comedian, Nite Owl and Dr. Manhattan (who has yet to be revealed – but I’m betting will be sporting his classic swimsuit instead of the modern free-balling version – just don’t see DCD sculpting a little blue penis on him).
Any of you eagerly anticipating next years Watchmen movie will want to see this… A prop those who read the original should recognize the photo of the 1940 original lineup of The Minutemen – the predecessors to the Watchmen – taken right before Comedian’s attempted rape of Silk Spectre.
From left to right: SILHOUETTE, MOTHMAN, DOLLAR BILL, NITE OWL, CAPTAIN METROPOLIS, COMEDIAN, SILK SPECTRE and HOODED JUSTICE.
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