# Day Watch (Sequel to Night Watch) Opens in the US 6/1/07!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2007, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-watch-sequel-to-night-watch-opens-in-the-us-6-1-07/399283 "2007-04-09T07:31:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-watch-sequel-to-night-watch-opens-in-the-us-6-1-07/399283/1 "2007-04-09T07:31:01Z")
[Day Watch](http://imdb.com/title/tt0409904/) is the sequel to the ubercool [Night Watch.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=333904) You’ll have to watch the trailer via IMDB or Apple’s site as Fox’s screwed up the web page for the flick so it doesn’t load (or at least it doesn’t in Opera). Woo doggie! Does this look to be an intense film! Lot’s of trippy effects in the trailer, and the shot of the chick driving what looks to be a Mazda RX-8 along the _side_ of a building, 10+ stories up is just freakin’ mindblowing! Then there’s the scene of the dude getting hit by the bus. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-watch-sequel-to-night-watch-opens-in-the-us-6-1-07/399283/2 "2007-04-09T14:42:34Z")
I’ve seen it in Russian with English subtitles. I liked Nightwatch, but I thought Daywatch was vastly better. Not only was the production much better, the story is deep, and actually makes sense. One scene in particular (the confrontation at the party, he said vaugely) powerfully demonstrates the ultimate depravity of evil. Music is pretty good too. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-watch-sequel-to-night-watch-opens-in-the-us-6-1-07/399283/3 "2007-04-09T14:50:37Z")
Nightwatch was fun but pretty nonsensical. If Daywatch holds up better that’s good. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingDragonFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@FlyingDragonFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingDragonFan)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-watch-sequel-to-night-watch-opens-in-the-us-6-1-07/399283/4 "2007-04-09T16:10:50Z")
I loved _Nightwatch_, and the trailer for _Daywatch_ looks great. I really enjoy the little details, like the rider covering his horse’s eyes before busting through the wall. It all seems very gritty and dirty and connected to the real world, not like it’s taking place in some idealized version of reality. People’s teeth are bad, their clothes are dirty, and their hair is messy. Totally looking forward to this. ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-watch-sequel-to-night-watch-opens-in-the-us-6-1-07/399283/5 "2007-04-09T17:31:20Z")
[QUOTE=athelas] I’ve seen it in Russian with English subtitles. I liked Nightwatch, but I thought Daywatch was vastly better. Not only was the production much better, the story is deep, and actually makes sense. One scene in particular (the confrontation at the party, he said vaugely) powerfully demonstrates the ultimate depravity of evil. Music is pretty good too. Good stuff. [/QUOTE] Cool, that was what I was sort of hoping to hear. I’m looking forward to this - I hope the local theater release is in Russian again. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-watch-sequel-to-night-watch-opens-in-the-us-6-1-07/399283/6 "2007-04-09T19:40:47Z")
Am I the only person who read the title and expected a new Terry Pratchett novel? ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-watch-sequel-to-night-watch-opens-in-the-us-6-1-07/399283/7 "2007-04-09T19:56:34Z")
I did at first, then squee’d when I realized what was trully being talked about! I loved Nightwatch, and came out thinking, “It’s too bad… Even if they make a sequel, we’ll never see it in the US.” Woooooo! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-watch-sequel-to-night-watch-opens-in-the-us-6-1-07/399283/8 "2007-04-09T20:24:28Z")
Huh, I didn’t even realize they made movies out of these books! ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-watch-sequel-to-night-watch-opens-in-the-us-6-1-07/399283/9 "2007-04-09T20:47:02Z")
Are they still making the “3rd” movie that is actually just a big budget remake of the first two? ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-watch-sequel-to-night-watch-opens-in-the-us-6-1-07/399283/10 "2007-04-10T00:10:02Z")
But everyone knows the Day Watch is filled with incompetent boobs unfit to shine Commander Vimes’ boots! ---
**Author:** ![FlyingDragonFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@FlyingDragonFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingDragonFan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-watch-sequel-to-night-watch-opens-in-the-us-6-1-07/399283/11 "2007-04-10T14:24:49Z")
[QUOTE=Necros] Huh, I didn’t even realize they made movies out of these books! [/QUOTE] Have the original novels been translated into English? ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-watch-sequel-to-night-watch-opens-in-the-us-6-1-07/399283/12 "2007-04-10T14:51:27Z")
[QUOTE=FlyingDragonFan] Have the original novels been translated into English? [/QUOTE] Definitely both Night Watch and Day Watch have been. I just finished reading Day Watch. Both are available in softcover from Mirimax books. ---
**Author:** ![yastobaal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/258eb7/32.png) [@yastobaal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yastobaal)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-watch-sequel-to-night-watch-opens-in-the-us-6-1-07/399283/13 "2007-04-10T17:45:01Z")
[QUOTE=Push You Down] Are they still making the “3rd” movie that is actually just a big budget remake of the first two? [/QUOTE] Is that true? I know that as Fox are funding the third movie that it’s going to be in English which I personally think is setting a bad trend for how the rest of the movie might go. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-watch-sequel-to-night-watch-opens-in-the-us-6-1-07/399283/14 "2007-04-10T17:58:29Z")
Interesting trailer, also available on [youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOesGgsjFY8). The cast seem to have a penchant for running through walls a lot 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-watch-sequel-to-night-watch-opens-in-the-us-6-1-07/399283/15 "2007-04-13T14:28:25Z")
[QUOTE=FlyingDragonFan] Have the original novels been translated into English? [/QUOTE] Night Watch (which is actually three stories, one of which has been adapted to the movie Day Watch) and Day Watch have been released in English. The others are coming. ---
**Author:** ![Gulo\_gulo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gulo\_gulo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gulo_gulo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-watch-sequel-to-night-watch-opens-in-the-us-6-1-07/399283/16 "2007-06-06T21:25:57Z")
[Day Watch playing at Seattle Film Festival](http://www.seattlefilm.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=26219&FID=32)