# New Watchmen Trailer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-watchmen-trailer/472640 "2008-11-14T01:23:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bobthebuilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobthebuilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobthebuilder)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-watchmen-trailer/472640/21 "2008-11-14T18:44:57Z")
I really am not really sure if a movie version of Watchmen can be good. The graphic novel is told through so many different internal mediums that would not translate to a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-watchmen-trailer/472640/22 "2008-11-14T19:02:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Interesting use of Philip Glass’s Koyaanisquatsi soundtrack. I also like their choice of Muse, even if they chopped it all to hell. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-watchmen-trailer/472640/23 "2008-11-14T19:07:47Z")
> [@bobthebuilder](#): > > I really am not really sure if a movie version of Watchmen can be good. > The graphic novel is told through so many different internal mediums that would not translate to a movie. I know it’s only one element of that complexity, but so you’ll know: _Tales of the Black Freighter_ is being done as a direct-to-DVD tie-in separately, possibly to be folded into an extended DVD release later, I’m told. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-watchmen-trailer/472640/24 "2008-11-14T19:18:11Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I know it’s only one element of that complexity, but so you’ll know: _Tales of the Black Freighter_ is being done as a direct-to-DVD tie-in separately, possibly to be folded into an extended DVD release later, I’m told. With Gerard Butler (King Leonidas in _300_) as the narrator. Should be good. Crossing my fingers and toes… ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-watchmen-trailer/472640/25 "2008-11-14T19:37:49Z")
Alright…I _own_ The Watchmen, but still need to actually read it before this movie comes out. Especially since mu buddy is asking to borrow it so _he_ can read it before the movie comes out. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-watchmen-trailer/472640/26 "2008-11-14T20:43:44Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > …In fact, most of the dialog in the trailer bugged me - though I hope it’s just out of context. So I’m not the only one; most of the dialog bothered me too. Well, we’ll see. :dubious: Oh, incidentally, that’s the first good look I’ve gotten of the guy who plays Dan, and I think the casting was just right. He has the nebbish look down pat. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-watchmen-trailer/472640/27 "2008-11-14T21:42:06Z")
Like the previous trailers, this one _looks_ very cool, and I continue to be encouraged by how faithful the visuals are. But I must agree with some of the nitpicks mentioned already in this thread, e.g. Rorschach talking about “The Watchmen” and Laurie’s “Save it for me” line. Combined with the gossip from a few weeks ago that they changed the ending, I am beginning to get a little pessimistic again. Re: Rorschach’s voice: while I agree that the book describes it as a monotone, I feel it was the correct choice not to adhere too closely to that. I just directed a play were one of the characters literally has no emotions and it was extremely challenging to make such a character compelling. Add in the fact that you can’t see Rorschach’s (or Kovacs’, to be more precise) face 99% of the time, and I think it likely would have been tedious. I don’t mind Doc Manhattan’s voice either - remember he was a pretty dweeby scientist before he was transformed, so that’s OK with me. My biggest problem with the trailer was as soon as the Comedian’s door opened and they showed the shadow of the person who was about to defenestrate him, I could tell who it was by silhouette. I hope that’s not true for those who don’t already know who it is. The thing I liked about it best was the emphasis on the mystery story. Someone is killing/attempting to kill masked adventurers, but who and why?? That’s what drives much of the plot and I’m happy to see it maintained. ---
**Author:** ![bobthebuilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobthebuilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobthebuilder)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-watchmen-trailer/472640/28 "2008-11-15T04:37:03Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I know it’s only one element of that complexity, but so you’ll know: _Tales of the Black Freighter_ is being done as a direct-to-DVD tie-in separately, possibly to be folded into an extended DVD release later, I’m told. wow that is pretty cool. I cautiously wait for this movie. (note: didn’t the author say he thought it could never be made into a movie well?) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-watchmen-trailer/472640/29 "2008-11-15T05:27:52Z")
> [@bobthebuilder](#): > > …(note: didn’t the author say he thought it could never be made into a movie well?) Yes, repeatedly. He’s been burned by Hollywood before. From Wiki: _[Alan] Moore has stated he has no interest in seeing [director Zack] Snyder’s adaptation; he told Entertainment Weekly in 2008, “There are things that we did with Watchmen that could only work in a comic, and were indeed designed to show off things that other media can’t.” While Moore believes that David Hayter’s screenplay was “as close as I could imagine anyone getting to Watchmen,” he asserted he did not intend to see the film if it were made._ ---
**Author:** ![wunderkammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@wunderkammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wunderkammer)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-watchmen-trailer/472640/30 "2008-11-15T05:46:20Z")
> [@Headrush042](#): > > I also like their choice of Muse, even if they chopped it all to hell. I thought the switch was a bit too jarring. I love them both, but one at a time, please. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-watchmen-trailer/472640/31 "2008-11-15T07:24:08Z")
Personally, I believe Moore has a complete collection of all the film tie-ins to his work, and watches them all the time. Then he casts chaos magic spells on the directors. ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-watchmen-trailer/472640/32 "2008-11-15T08:09:12Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > The guy who is playing The Comedian looks a lot like Robert Downey Jr. I thought it was him at first until I looked it up on IMDB. And they really need to change Dr. Manhattan’s voice. It just doesn’t fit at all. C’mon, can’t you just hear it? Having your intrinsic field shattered…unimaginable horror. The alienation of all of whom you ever cared about…thoughts of exile. Saving the thermodynamic miracle of humanity? Priceless. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-watchmen-trailer/472640/33 "2008-11-15T15:56:26Z")
> [@bobthebuilder](#): > > wow that is pretty cool. I cautiously wait for this movie. > > (note: didn’t the author say he thought it could never be made into a movie well?) Elendil is right. Basically, Alan Moore hates the film industry when they try to convert comics to film. I heard him on NPR, where he was discussing his belief that comics can be superior to films for some stories, mainly because the reader fills in the motion between panels in their head. Watchmen would have been nearly impossible(or actually impossible) as a straight-up novel, and he feels a film version will weaken it as well. While I think he’s right, I still think Watchmen can work in a limited way as a film, if they are very loyal to the book. ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-watchmen-trailer/472640/34 "2008-11-15T16:04:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > While Moore believes that David Hayter’s screenplay was “as close as I could imagine anyone getting to Watchmen,” he asserted he did not intend to see the film if it were made.\* So Solid Snake wrote an early draft of the script? Awesome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-watchmen-trailer/472640.md?page=1)