watchmen, alan moore, comic book, dave gibbons, inkblots, rorschach, zack snyder

Does This Inkblot Resemble a Pyromaniac?

Zack Snyder reports that the "20 years in the making" Watchmen film is now in the can, although there's still the entire arduous process of post-production ahead. Given that master-of-space-and-time Dr. Manhattan is bright blue and nude half the time in the graphic novel, post-production is not an enviable task. We just hope they make antihero Rorshach's blots move around via some CGI techno-jiggery, because we need to see roving oil slicks to make us swallow this thing. Snyder posted the above image as a gift, and while it doesn't look identical to the comic panels, it's close enough to the storyboards. Just keep your fingers crossed for this comic book flick. Watchmen Wrapped [Thanks Timothy]

8:40 AM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By Kevin Kelly
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PVIII at 09:03 AM on 02/20/08
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Looks great. Just hope Zac keeps the ending. Anyone know if he's cutting the comic within the comic?
SuperUnison at 09:08 AM on 02/20/08
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@PVIII: I seem to remember hearing that black freighter was going to be a separate release on DVD.
C-J at 09:18 AM on 02/20/08
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Zack Snyder said "maybe" in a fan Q&A. [www.watchmencomicmovie.com]
Garrison Dean, King... at 09:29 AM on 02/20/08
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Connectedness Index: 140

Boy am I excited for this. Every shot I see looks picture perfect.
@PVIII: Yeah Supervision is right.. they were trying to do the Black Freighter as an animated film on the DVD. It gives me hope that he understands all the importantance of the media in the story, even if it can't all be included.
Niteowl at 10:26 AM on 02/20/08
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Looking forward to seeing my namesake, and Archie.
Plague at 10:34 AM on 02/20/08
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Please don't let me down, Mr. Snyder.
PLEASE.
goldfarb at 10:52 AM on 02/20/08
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some friends of mine are working on Watchmen...I'll try to get info and pass it along when I can...NDAs etc...
CapnCalamity at 11:58 AM on 02/20/08
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Black Freighter is boring.

I know, I know...heresy.
Cacafuego at 07:33 PM on 02/20/08
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"I'm not locked up in here with you. YOU'RE locked up in here with ME."
futurpunk at 09:07 PM on 02/20/08
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If this is true to the original it will be BY FAR the best superhero movie to come out since the whole idea became fashionable/trendy again in Hollywood.
Teaflax at 11:27 AM on 02/24/08
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Much as I love The Watchmen, I'd rather see it retold FOR THE SCREEN, than just being a shot-by-shot replica of the comic book. I quite enjoyed 300 as a comic (although I felt it was flawed), but the film is one of the worst pieces of cinema it's ever been my misfortune to sit through.

I don't hold high hopes for this, to be honest.