Preparing for the Watchmen Movie

So you’ve seen the trailers, the television spots, and the posters (the many, many posters).  You’ve heard the buzz through news articles, blogs, and friends or family.  You may have heard things like how the original graphic novel was important and groundbreaking and that a movie adaptation was considered unfilmable for years.
So what?
Really, if you’re [...]

Watchmen Multi-Update!

The buzz is building for director Zach Snyder’s Watchmen adaptation, set to hit theaters March 6 next year.  Perhaps the most objective indicator of that is the fact that sales of the graphic novel have increased tenfold just since the trailer debuted last month.  According to this article in the New York Times, last year’s [...]

…Still Watching…

Rather than ammend my previous post again, I’ll just create a new one.
This is for the Watchmen newbies, or those who need a refresher.  Realizing that Watchmen’s popularity is huge, but only among a narrow slice of society, and that before many people will be interested in seeing the movie, they’ll need to get the [...]

Watching the Watchmen

Wow.  It’s finally here and it looks as good as I’d hoped it would.  (Here’s hoping the movie holds up.)
The first trailer for Watchmen has debuted, and it’s pretty incredible.  As my wife commented, it’s possible that it exists mostly for those familiar with the story, and can recognize the various beats in the trailer [...]

Charles Schultz, Meet Alan Moore

For the small segment of those who visit this blog that have read Alan Moore’s and Dave Gibbon’s magnum opus Watchmen, hopefully you’ll get a little chuckle out of the following silliness as I did.
For the rest of you who haven’t read it…shame on you.  Hurry up and do so.    Or at least [...]