First look at Watchmen characters
March 6th 2008 21:37
I'm still undecided about Zack Snyder's new Watchmen adaptation.. I've said before how this is a monumental work of fiction, and to butcher it onscreen would invite midnight sieges by armed comic geeks, armed with whiffle bats and Molotov Mountain Dews.
It's just that I don't have much faith in Snyder... his adaptation of Frank Miller's 300 left me unenthusiastic, especially the dark earthy tones that pervaded the final footage.
New promotional shots for "Watchmen" were released today, showing the actors in their full costumes - the costumes look great, very faithful to the comic, but the lighting and colours make me hesitant to shriek out 'Boo-yah!'. See all the images on First Look.
Here's the Comedian, in all his unfunny glory:
That's a nice shot...Snyder lifted that frame right from the comic, which is a way of sacrificing a suckling pig to the fierce geek tribes.
One factor in the massive critical acclaim of Alan Moore's Watchmen is that the heroes all sound anachronistic, with names that you could imagine from 1950s comics. One of the best characters in the book was Silk Spectre, a superheroine that was passed down from mother to daughter. Both mother and daughter play a pivotal role in the graphic novel, hinging much of the emotional weight behind them.
Will Snyder stay true to those elements? It's hard to say, but he made sure that people like to look at the Silk Spectre, casting Malin Ackerman as the long-legged sex symbol:
Ackerman has previously played crazy women who get naked ("Harold and Kumar go to White Castle", "The Heartbreak Kid (remake)") and while she may look good while being crazy and naked, is she ready for the depth of this role?
It's just that I don't have much faith in Snyder... his adaptation of Frank Miller's 300 left me unenthusiastic, especially the dark earthy tones that pervaded the final footage.
New promotional shots for "Watchmen" were released today, showing the actors in their full costumes - the costumes look great, very faithful to the comic, but the lighting and colours make me hesitant to shriek out 'Boo-yah!'. See all the images on First Look.
Here's the Comedian, in all his unfunny glory:
That's a nice shot...Snyder lifted that frame right from the comic, which is a way of sacrificing a suckling pig to the fierce geek tribes.
One factor in the massive critical acclaim of Alan Moore's Watchmen is that the heroes all sound anachronistic, with names that you could imagine from 1950s comics. One of the best characters in the book was Silk Spectre, a superheroine that was passed down from mother to daughter. Both mother and daughter play a pivotal role in the graphic novel, hinging much of the emotional weight behind them.
Will Snyder stay true to those elements? It's hard to say, but he made sure that people like to look at the Silk Spectre, casting Malin Ackerman as the long-legged sex symbol:
Ackerman has previously played crazy women who get naked ("Harold and Kumar go to White Castle", "The Heartbreak Kid (remake)") and while she may look good while being crazy and naked, is she ready for the depth of this role?
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Comment by Jarrah
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Pessimistic.
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Comment by JohnDoe
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I really believe he has the ability to deliver something exceptional here because the characters are all so brilliantly crafted in the source.
Considering he stuck to his guns and refused to make a PG feature insisting instead that Watchmen could only be done properly with an R rating leads me to believe his on the right track....if only that philosophy had been applied to LXG we might have seen some of the essence of Moore's brilliant story.
I like the pics....
Comment by Cibbuano
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JD, I know you're a fan of Snyder's work, and he is going to extremes to be faithful to the source. I just wonder if he can pull off the depth of the work.
I know what you mean about LXG, though... did those filmmakers even read the comic book?