Watchmen: Tales Of The Black Freighter on DVD Today

I wasn't too impressed with the Watchmen movie. I think Zack Snyder did the best he could with it and it could have been a helluva lot worse, but I certainly didn't love it by any stretch.

Obviously, due to time constraints and more importantly trying to make the narrative of a film version as non-confusing as possible the comic within the comic was cut. Warner Bros. does fanboys everywhere a solid though and has released Watchmen: Tales Of The Black Freighter on DVD today. Judging by the above clip I'd say this looks pretty fucking rad. The animation looks beautiful and I'm guessing it will be a pretty faithful adaptation.

If you've seen this already or end up seeing it in the near future, let us know how it is.

- TFM

The New Frontiersman

Oh sweet, sweet viral marketing. The Watchmen's marketing team been kicking serious ass. The fictitious newspaper from the novel now has a Flickr stream with some delicious, Dr. Manhattan-filled photos. Between this and the fake news casts (see below, holy cats) I am officially beyond excited for the movie. I was once an unbeliever, but now...now...

-AR

"...and I will whisper, 'No.' "

Thank goodness for The Floronic and Negative Men, I have been so bad about updating. Stupid real world getting in the way of my internet life!

Here's my pull list for this week:

Ex Machina #39 (finally!)
Fantastic Four #561
Goon #30
Scalped #23

Brief, but solid.

Upon TFM's recommendation, I read the first two issues of Greatest Hits and, I have to say, I am very excited to see what the series will bring. Superhero version of the Beatles...the concept warms and tingles my heart.

In other news, I will be the first to admit that since the beginning I was a staunch naysayer of the Watchmen movie. Boy have things changed. Watching the newest trailer, I actually teared up. Actually, I'm going to watch it again right now.

Ahhh...still so good. Expect me nerding out in line opening day.


-AR

Will non-comic readers watch Watchmen?

While I have to admit that I'm not exactly counting down the days until Watchmen hits theaters (I'm on Alan Moore's side when it comes to his work being made into movies), I'm still going to be one of the first in line to see it. Zack Snyder has agreed to stay pretty true to the text, so that's good news for us nerds. But what does that mean for non-comic reading fans? Sci-Fi has put together a list of ten reasons why Watchmen potentially might not appeal to everyone:

1. It's an alternate-history Cold War period piece.
2. Ridiculous-looking costumes.
3. Old Folks.
4. Zack Snyder.
5. Flashbacks and Allegories.
6. Lack of Familiarity.
7. Lack of Star Power.
8. Length.
9. A Lot of Exposition.
10. The Ending.

Do yourself a favor and click over to the article to read the explanations for each.

I do love this picture though:



Silk Spectre II, you are a stone cold fox!

- TFM