Watchmen

Geekyfanboy · January 07, 2009, 04:15:45 PM

Wow.. that was great.. makes me want to see this even more.

wraith1701 · January 07, 2009, 05:13:32 PM

Here's another "behind the scenes" feature. Some background on the earlier generation of Watchmen Heroes; sort of the predecessors to the Watchmen-

Geekyfanboy · January 16, 2009, 10:44:02 AM

Update: Warner Bros. and Fox Settle Watchmen Dispute
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
January 16, 2009

Warner Bros. and Fox have resolved their dispute over Watchmen, with the studios scheduled to present the settlement to Judge Gary Feess on Friday morning and request that the case be dismissed, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Terms of the agreement will not be disclosed, but it is said to involve a sizable cash payment to Fox and a percentage of the film's box office. Fox will not be a co-distributor on the film, nor will it own a piece of the Watchmen property going forward. The studios are set to release a joint statement announcing the agreement Friday.

Fox sued Warners in February of 2008, claiming copyright infringement based on agreements the studio had with producer Larry Gordon. Feess ruled on Dec. 24 that Gordon did not secure the proper rights to Watchmen from Fox before shopping the project and eventually setting it up with Warners. Feess' decision prompted settlement talks to heat up because Warners faced the prospect of an injunction stopping its March 6 release of the $130 million comic book adaptation.

While Gordon is not a party to the case, Warners is said to be pursuing the producer and his attorneys to reimburse it for the costs of the settlement.

UPDATE: Here is the official statement from both studios...

Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox have resolved their dispute regarding the rights to the upcoming motion picture Watchmen in a confidential settlement. Warner Bros acknowledges that Fox acted in good faith in bringing its claims, which were asserted prior to the start of principal photography. Fox acknowledges that Warner Bros. acted in good faith in defending against those claims Warner Bros. and Fox, like all Watchmen fans, look forward with great anticipation to this film's March 6 release in theatres.

Rico · January 16, 2009, 10:55:22 AM

FINALLY!

Geekyfanboy · January 28, 2009, 02:39:54 PM

Final poster for Watchman

billybob476 · February 12, 2009, 09:05:35 AM

Here is a review based on a preview screening of the film.

SPOILERS IF YOU READ THIS LINK. BE WARNED

http://latinoreview.com/news/exclusive-first-watchmen-readers-review-6166

Rico · February 12, 2009, 09:12:32 AM

Seeing a lot more commercials lately for it. Still have to reread my graphic novel once more before March 6th.

ElfManDan · February 12, 2009, 11:52:56 AM

You know after having read through the novel enough to know the characters and such, this is really looking exciting.

billybob476 · February 19, 2009, 03:54:49 PM

Wil Wheaton got to see a preview screening and gives his spoiler free review. Also talks about a QA with Zack Snyder after the screening.

I'll just post this:

QuoteI'm not going to discuss specifics, because that would suck for a lot of people, but: PAY ATTENTION, MY FELLOW GEEKS: YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

(Did I just all-cap and bold that? I guess I did. What is this, MacWrite in 1986? Whatever. I'm leaving it, because it's that important to me that my fellow geeks read it.)

http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2009/02/spoiler-alert-watchmen-is-fraking-awesome.html

Meds · February 20, 2009, 04:06:35 AM

I'm so glad they are saying that they have near enough filmied it from the comic book just like they did with 300.

KC · March 05, 2009, 07:15:59 PM

Felicia Day just posted this Youtube link on Twitter and I just about died laughing! :D

Saturday Morning Watchmen

Meds · March 06, 2009, 01:23:27 PM

Got my tickets booked (well my mate booked our tickets) and we're going to a cool cinema on wednesday called the Electric and we've got sofa seats called Hardy (they have sofas called Hardy, laurel, Bogart etc etc). here is the link to the cinema, check it out.

http://www.theelectric.co.uk/

Rico · March 09, 2009, 10:39:09 AM

Saw it yesterday. I'll talk more on the next podcast about it but I liked it quite a bit. I read the comic when it first came out and enjoyed that too. They are different, but have much in common. Yes, some things are missing and altered, but that's to be expected. I think it captured a lot of the essence of the comic. Very good film. Might see it in IMAX soon too.

X · March 09, 2009, 10:52:35 AM

I was headed to see it today, but paused due to snow, rain, and mixed reviews by some I trust. None have said that the movie was bad, but none have said that it was great either. Then add to that, the fact that their will be an extended DVD director's cut released in June and I quickly became even more hesitant to brave the weather to see it.

I guess part of me is most hesitant at investing 3 hours in something that's just very good. I want to be blown away if I am going to put that money into seeing it. (money being to pay for the sitter, then the movie, concessions, and dinner out that we normally do when seeing a movie.)

I guess, what I want to know, is it $75 good? That's the average price I have to shell out when seeing a movie with just me and the wife. For those on the boards that have seen it, is it?

Rico · March 09, 2009, 11:42:30 AM

$75 dollars good?!?!? No. Little will be worth that. But for my $5, it was well worth it.