Who watches the Watchmen? Not Me! BANG!

Man! Is it me or there something wrong and weird going around?
Ponder on this...

Eugene (KMTR) – A man shot himself to death in a Eugene movie theater just after midnight Monday morning.

Police say about 10 patrons were in an auditorium at Regal Cinemas watching the movie “Watchmen.” About midway through the film some of the moviegoers told the manager they heard a “popping” noise like a gunshot. A 24-year-old man was found in the rear of the auditorium with a gunshot wound to the head.

Police say the man shot himself and was dead when they arrived.

The patron closest to the man was sitting two rows away.

Holy Crap! This guy must have really hated "Watchmen"! Or probably Rorschach got to him! Or Dr. Manhattan's junk!

Who Watches the WALL-E?

What if the WALL-E trailer was made in the same style as the "Watchmen" trailer was?
Here are the results...



Compelling, isn't it?

Thanks to Lord Cybron for this one!

And the Box Office Champion this week is...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – "Watchmen," an unorthodox superhero movie that took two decades to reach the big screen, took the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office in North America on Sunday, but fell a little short of expectations.
The adaptation of a cult comic book series sold an estimated $55.7 million in tickets in its first three days, distributor Warner Bros. Pictures said, becoming the biggest opening of the year.
But pundits had expected an opening in the $60 million-plus range, and the tally was considerably lower than the $71 million start two years ago for "300," the previous film from "Watchmen" director Zack Snyder. The ancient battle epic holds the record for a March opening. "Watchmen" ranks at No. 3.
"Our expectations were met," said Dan Fellman, president of domestic theatrical distribution at the Time Warner Inc-owned studio.
He said the film's 161-minute running-time inevitably affected business, restricting theaters to one main evening screening. Male moviegoers accounted for about two-thirds of the audience, with the "sweet spot" aged between 17 and 35, Fellman said.
The occasionally gruesome film, which cost about $120 million to make, revolves around a team of crime-fighters targeted in a dastardly plot with dangerous implications for mankind.
OBSCURE ACTORS, CHARACTERS
A relatively unknown cast plays a similarly obscure lineup of characters, including the vigilante Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley), the naked blue giant Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), and the occasionally topless Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman).
The project is based on the sprawling 1980s "Watchmen" comic books by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, which were long considered unfilmable because of their multiple characters, violence, digressions and abundance of dialogue.
That did not stop studios such as Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount Pictures from attempting adaptations. Warner Bros. came aboard in late 2005, and brought on Snyder who was working on the effects-heavy "300" at the time.
But all the hard work on "Watchmen" was almost ruined earlier this year by a last-minute legal challenge from Fox, which claimed it held the distribution rights. Under a settlement announced in January, the News Corp-owned studio will take 8.5 percent of gross profits.
Warner Bros. is already sharing profits with closely held financier Legendary Pictures, its partner on "The Dark Knight," and foreign distributor Paramount. The Viacom Inc-owned studio opened the film simultaneously in much of the world. Sales data were not immediately available.
Top critics were largely underwhelmed by "Watchmen," according to Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com), a web site that aggregates reviews.
After two weekends at No. 1, "Madea Goes to Jail" slipped to a distant No. 2 with $8.8 million, taking its 17-day haul to $76.5 million, a record for prolific actor/writer/director Tyler Perry. The black-themed comedy was released by Lionsgate, a unit of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
Fox's unstoppable Liam Neeson thriller "Taken" rose one place to No. 3 with $7.5 million in its sixth weekend. It has earned $118 million to date.

Was there any doubt?

"Watchmen" Saturday Morning Cartoon!

My friend Charleson Mambo showed me this You Tube video. It looks that it's a DVD copy from an original VHS from a TV show in the 80's. Yes, they committed the ultimate sacrilege. They made a 'Watchmen" Saturday Morning cartoon. This is the opening.






Actually it's a parody made by Harry Partdrige. He is very talented. The funny thing is, if Alan Moore would have sold out in the 80's, this could have been a reality!

Happy Watchmen day!

Watchmen - Japanese Movie Trailer

How come the Japanese have a cooler "Watchmen" Trailer?




Is it cool or what?

At 10 years of Dr. Manhattan...

We all live in his shadow! Watch this NBS broadcast from March 11, 1970



Watchmen

03-06-09

New Watchmen Pictures!

Here are a few production stills from the new "Watchmen" movie

Coming to you on March 6, 2009.

Enjoy!

"Watchmen" Film in trouble!

Zack Snyder's adaptation of Alan Moore's and Dave Gibbon's graphic novel "Watchmen" is embroiled in a legal row, that might delay the flim release, schedule for March 06, 2009.

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The film adaptation of Alan Moore's and Dave Gibbons's Watchmen has been mired in production problems since the comic was published in 1986.

Years later, on the verge of release, Watchmen is facing production obstacles. 20th Century Fox is pursuing an order to delay the film's release.

Fox is claiming that it never fully relinquished the rights to the comic and so Warner Bros. Watchmen is copyright infringement.

U.S. District Court Judge Gary Feess agreed with Fox and said that he plans on holding a trial January 20th.

Warner Bros. is putting up a fight, claiming that Fox isn't entitled to distribution.

Reminiscent of a comic book plot we will have to stay tuned to find out whether or not Watchmen will see its March release date!

Will this controversy help or hurt the film?

Stay tuned!

The Watchmen Cometh! Or "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"

At last! The best graphic novel ever made, comes to the screen under the helm of Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead, 300). Written by Alan Moore and drawn by Dave Gibbons, this is probably the best comic book series of the twentieth century.

Watch the clip and enjoy!