Watchmen: New Photos, EW Cover, Walkie-Talkie CG and Comic Book Comparisons

Posted on Thursday, July 17th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta

Since the Watchmen trailer broke earlier today, the web has been going Watchmen crazy. First up, Watchmen graces the cover of the Comic Con edition of Entertainment Weekly (seen above), and is accompanied by a feature article with a bunch of new photos (like the photo below) from the film. Read that article now on EW.com.

Meanwhile, MTV sat down with director Zack Snyder who points out some of the secrets in the trailer. For example, in a sequence where Ozymandias avoids an assassination attempt, the MPAA forced Snyder to digitally remove the gun out of the hand of an assassin. Apparently, the MPAA prohibits any shot of a gun pointed directly at the audience. Snyder had the gun replaced with a walkie-talkie, a reference to Steven Spielberg’s 2002 rerelease of E.T. Check out the shot below to see the digitally added walkie-talkie.

How funny is that? Even funnier is the fact that the next cut in the trailer actually shows the assassin with the gun in his hand. Apparently the MPAA has no problem showing a gun if its not pointed at the audience. How strange

And the guys at Ropes of Silicon have done a few comic book to film comparison shots, some of which are surprisingly similar. Head on over to ROS for more.

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  • MIND DANCER
    I'm loving all the material teases pumped out for this project. Snyder seems to have proven with 300 how faithful he can be to his source material. Everything revealed so far backs up that reputation. I'm hoping that the final cut is epic and in the three hour range. Needs to be that long to contain the material.

    I'm jealous of Zach's seemingly successful efforts thus far.
  • Brian
    Im hoping they keep the 3hr cut but after reading the article and finding out its going to be closer to 2hrs 24mins Im just wondering how much of the graphic novel was kept in the movie. And am I the only one who thought that maybe there should have been SPOILER warning to that article. Now I know because of that thing that the attack on New York is going to be different. Thanks Entertainment Weekly!
  • joshmayhood
    Once again, the MPAA proves to be insane.
  • Jerry crack corn and I don't c
    Never read this, but that Owl guy looks mighty ridiculous.
  • Jerry crack corn and I don't c
    also the guy with the black markered paper towel over his face. Next->
  • andy
    what IS that thing (photo on the bottom of the article, right)?
  • As someone who likes comic book movies but doesn't enjoy reading actual comics, I have a feeling people are going to disagree with what I'm about to say, but oh well. The costume design in the trailer really puts me off. I realize they're probably be faithful to the source, but it's much easier to make someone in a ridiculous costume look cool in a drawing compared to putting a real person in the said costume.
  • MIND DANCER
    @ Brian

    The costumes in the comic were glamorized and a bit ridiculous ... as are the translations seen in promotional materials.

    Alan Moore's Watchmen material takes jabs at the whole superhero culture. The costumes are designed to be almost satirical. The comic commentates on superheroes, almost attacks the world of superheroes, and explores their absurdities. The screen translation seems to be in the same vein, and the costumes are a small reflection of these simple themes.

    Yea, man ... I'm weary about that 2hrs 24 minutes. Too much material to cram into that space. The depths of the characters might be lost, comic spends so much time delicately scanning across each character. Who knows though, too early to put together any kind of solid appraisal. DVD release will hopefully be more epic and glorious ... studio probably not going to allow theatrical release to be overly lengthy as to not hurt sales to more general audience.
  • fred said
    Isn't Zack Snyder the one who wants to direct Millar's Superman reboot? That sounds damn good to me.
  • Captain Awesome
    This looks fucking great. Right now my mind is at ease after seeing the new trailer. When this was shown before TDK. The whole house went fucking NUTS.

    It looks amazing on the big screen. I can't wait to see what it looks like a year from now. Snyder is giving me the goods here and is proving himself to have a solid and great track record.
  • Captain Awesome
    "Snyder had the gun replaced with a walkie-talkie, a reference to Steven Spielberg’s 2002 rerelease of E.T."

    Fucking lol
  • theFish
    I've personally have had to deal with a similar situation with the MPAA at work and it just caused more and more headache. Seriously when are these people going to quit the bullshit and let cinema be cinema.

    On a lighter note, the trailer looks awesome and I can't wait. It should be fun one to go see.
  • It's got the visuals no doubt but that's probably the easiest part.
  • Jeffypop
    Malin Ackerman looks damn hot it that latex outfit! I'm sorry, but it's way hotter than the comic book costume!
  • chris langston
    Looks Awesome
  • bUTTON pUSHER
    to Brian and Jerry,
    Speaking to mind dancer's point read a bit of the background info on the story and you will understand the cheesyness of the costumes is purposeful and a main point of the theme of the movie.
    I was into comics when I was younger and remember a couple of my friends liking this series when it dropped. I bypassed it unfortunately and after seeing the trailer regret it. I need to read it ASAP. This looks totally epic!
  • walter kovacs
    does the picture of ozymandias about to own that assasin look like the heath ledger joker to anyone?
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