# Watchmen Trailer!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 18, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891 "2008-07-18T00:21:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/141 "2008-07-23T14:41:07Z")
(I want the action figures Adrian was developing.) ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/142 "2008-07-23T15:23:15Z")
[QUOTE=DrFidelius] (I want the action figures Adrian was developing.) [/QUOTE] I’m wondering if there’ll be a fast food tie-in, with little Dr. Manhattan figures with every Happy Meal. And I’m not sure how I’ll feel about it if that happens. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/143 "2008-07-23T15:45:16Z")
[QUOTE=I’m Not Dennis Bergkamp] I’m wondering if there’ll be a fast food tie-in, with little Dr. Manhattan figures with every Happy Meal. And I’m not sure how I’ll feel about it if that happens. [/QUOTE] You could come up with some good ones - Paunchy Nite Owl with every supersize. Rorshach with bonus finger breaking action. Possibly in cans of Heinz beans. Silk Spectre 2 with removable costume. multiple Comedians - flame thrower, bloody face, and retro costume rapist. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/144 "2008-07-23T15:54:50Z")
[QUOTE=I’m Not Dennis Bergkamp] I’m wondering if there’ll be a fast food tie-in, with little Dr. Manhattan figures with every Happy Meal. [/QUOTE] Director Snyder says the movie is absolutely, definitely going to be rated R. So probably no kids’ toys. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/145 "2008-07-23T15:59:05Z")
[QUOTE=WordMan] [hijack to ask trivial-but-nagging question that I may have asked before and can’t remember the answer to - darn it] How do you pronounce “Veidt”? Veet? Vate? Vight? [/hijack to ask trivial-but-nagging question that I may have asked before and can’t remember the answer to - darn it] [/QUOTE] I always pronounced it Veet. I don’t know if that is right or not. ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/146 "2008-07-23T16:08:04Z")
[QUOTE=WordMan] [hijack to ask trivial-but-nagging question that I may have asked before and can’t remember the answer to - darn it] How do you pronounce “Veidt”? Veet? Vate? Vight? [/hijack to ask trivial-but-nagging question that I may have asked before and can’t remember the answer to - darn it] [/QUOTE] I’m pretty sure actor [Conrad Veidt](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891998/)’s last name was pronounced “Vight,” though I don’t have a cite for it. Even if correct, though, that doesn’t necessarily mean that Adrian Veidt’s last name is pronouned the same as Conrad’s, that’s the pronunciation I use when reading Watchmen. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/147 "2008-07-23T16:17:20Z")
[QUOTE=Justin Credible] I always pronounced it Veet. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=I’m Not Dennis Bergkamp] “Vight”…the pronunciation I use when reading Watchmen. [/QUOTE] a-_ **HA** _! So it is not just me! Okay - good to know. as for me - I pronounce it “Veet/Vate/Vight” - seriously; I just kinda mentally mumble all three to myself in an unclear mess and keep moving before I let it bog me down…which, as a strategy, is barely a cut above just thinking of him as “V-Guy” or “Unpronounceable World Domination Dude”… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/148 "2008-07-23T17:00:54Z")
Somehow, “Veet/Vate/Vight” is extra funny coming from **WORDman**. There’s nothing like a man who uses more words than is neccessary. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/149 "2008-07-23T18:47:48Z")
[QUOTE=freekalette] There’s nothing like a man who uses more words than is neccessary. 😃 [/QUOTE] You’ve been talking with my wife, haven’t you? Or my co-workers? My friends? 😃 And yeah, [logorrhea](http://www.yourdictionary.com/logorrhea) (link to [yourdictionary.com](http://yourdictionary.com)) is a chronic affliction of mine… ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/150 "2008-07-23T18:58:51Z")
_Hurm._ Film looks good, pure, righteous. See it. Or I start breaking fingers. Your choice. ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/151 "2008-07-23T19:12:23Z")
[QUOTE=Boozahol Squid, P.I.] Considering that they’ve cast someone as Dollar Bill (Bill Payne, per IMDb) , I imagine they’ll have to. The death itself wasn’t in the comic book, but was only referred to as part of Night Owl’s memoirs. Hard to imagine how they can include that stuff (some of which is pretty important to the understanding of the plot) without a fair bit of added dramatization. [/QUOTE] “Under The Hood” is going to be a bonus feature on the “Tales of the Black Freighter” DVD which is supposed to be released at the same time the movie comes out. If I understand correctly, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/152 "2008-07-23T19:53:27Z")
Not reading this thread in case of spoilers… just wanted to say I am on Chapter IV of _The Watchmen_ right now and it is making me really excited for the movie. (I saw the trailer before reading the graphic novel, so my reaction to the trailer was largely ??? WTFglowyblueman!!! But now… yeah, I’m totally psyched. And FYI this is my first graphic novel unless you count _Maus._ ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/153 "2008-07-23T20:04:21Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] Not reading this thread in case of spoilers… just wanted to say I am on Chapter IV of _The Watchmen_ right now and it is making me really excited for the movie. (I saw the trailer before reading the graphic novel, so my reaction to the trailer was largely ??? WTFglowyblueman!!! But now… yeah, I’m totally psyched. And FYI this is my first graphic novel unless you count _Maus._ [/QUOTE] ah - but how do you pronounce “Veidt”? 😉 And yeah, I hope the Watchmen buzz gets folks reading the original before/after they see the movie. If that is all the movie does - increase readership for the original - then that’s a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/154 "2008-07-23T21:04:13Z")
Really, no votes yet for “vate”? I took that sound as my foregone conclusion when I was reading; interesting. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/155 "2008-07-23T21:04:32Z")
I’ve decided that I am not going to re-read the GN until after I see the film. (I know it was a mini, but it has been bound long enough to be considered a GN. Plus, most of Dickens’ stuff was serialized!) The clip has me jonesing to read it, but I don’t want the film competing with the book. I just re-read it late last year. I can hold off until March. (Of course, each new clip will push me further and further to my bookshelf!) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/156 "2008-07-23T21:50:40Z")
[QUOTE=WordMan] ah - but how do you pronounce “Veidt”? 😉 [/QUOTE] The German way, with a long ‘‘I’’ – almost like ‘‘Fight’’ but with a sort of ‘‘d’’ and ‘‘t’’ hybrid sound thrown in for the t. I took German once, a long time ago, and the one thing that always sticks with me is the way they pronounce words. To this day I still can’t help but pronounce ‘‘Wagner’’ as ‘‘Fawgner’’ … ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/157 "2008-07-24T00:34:48Z")
UGH…a prequel video game. [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GAMES\_WATCHMEN?SITE=WCMHTV&SECTION=ENTERTAINMENT](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GAMES_WATCHMEN?SITE=WCMHTV&SECTION=ENTERTAINMENT) ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/158 "2008-07-24T02:17:57Z")
[QUOTE=freekalette] UGH…a prequel video game. [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GAMES\_WATCHMEN?SITE=WCMHTV&SECTION=ENTERTAINMENT](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GAMES_WATCHMEN?SITE=WCMHTV&SECTION=ENTERTAINMENT) [/QUOTE] I just saw that on Yahoo! news and came running over here to post it. Now this, this, is discouraging news. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/159 "2008-07-24T02:45:42Z")
Neener, I beat you to it! 😛 Oh, wait. I shouldn’t be proud of that. I agree, it can’t be a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891/160 "2008-07-24T03:36:37Z")
This thread has caused my desire to read Watchmen to reach critical mass. It’s been mentioned around here often, and I was always somewhat curious, but now I have tracked down a copy and read it. Interestingly enough, the local bookstores have been selling out, so that’s a good sign. Anyway, even after knowing a bit about it in advance, it still kicked my ass all over the place. Watchmen is absolutely outstanding. I’m a bit worried about this proposed different ending mentioned in that EW article. It seems that the bad guy will meet the same fate, but maybe he has a different grand scheme or something? How in the hell is that supposed to work? The one in the book is already gloriously fucked up, and certainly cinematic enough for film. Maybe the original ending was deemed too weird. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-trailer/456891.md?page=9)