Watchmen is almost upon us!
Tonight I have advance tickets to watch Watchmen, vastly considered to be the greatest graphic novel story of all time and now adapted to motion picture by Warner Bros. and director Zach Snyder. I read the graphic novel last year and truly think it is something special, a wonderful blending of literary merit and the most interesting of characters and story.
I have my worries about whether this story can be adapted correctly—even the early positive reviews haven’t assuaged my doubts.
For those of you having to wait until Friday at midnight to watch the movie, Warner Bros. has put together montages of each of the main characters, the clips featured during primetime shows and movies to later be posted on the NBC website. These montages will give everyone a better idea of the movie and whether or not it has been done correctly.
At least until we all get the chance to watch the movie!
Here is a listing of those clips with dates and times!
- March 1 - Clip montage featuring Dr. Manhattan airs exclusively during “National Treasure” on USA Network.
- March 2 - Clip montage featuring Rorschach airs exclusively during “Heroes” on NBC.
- March 4 - Clip montage featuring Ozymandias airs exclusively during “Ghost Hunters International” on SCI FI.
- March 5 - Clip montage featuring Nite Owl airs exclusively during “Battlestar Galactica” on SCI FI.
- March 5 - Clip montage featuring Silk Spectre II airs exclusively during “Burn Notice” on USA Network.
- March 5 - Clip montage featuring The Comedian airs exclusively during “30 Rock” on NBC.
Following their network airing, the clips will be available for viewing on nbc.com/watchmen.
Definitely check those out!
And let’s hope Zach Snyder can pull off the miracle known as Watchmen!
Cool, how did you manage to get the tickets?
I really want to see this movie as I've been seeing the previews and it looks really cool. I like superhero movies.
Guess I'll be watching Battlestar Gallitica on Thursday. I'll admit to never having read the comic, but sometimes the movie is as good as the comic. Batman and Superman prove that.
See ya,
Francine
When I accepted this role on Suvudu, I contacted the Hollywood publicists for the Seattle area and let them know I was part of the press. Now I go early to most of the animated or fantasy/sci-fi movies that are released and review them.
The movie was great, by the way. Despite the lack of the squid, it is a very faithful adaptation of the graphic novel. The graphic novel is better, don't get me wrong, but the movie is actually a tighter written story than The Dark Knight and far more graphic. I'll write my review of it later this week when I am allowed to release it.