Comments on: Warner’s Watchmen DVD Plans

By: Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut Due November 3 » DVDs Worth Watching

Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut Due November 3 » DVDs Worth Watching — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:32:11 +0000

[...] originally discussed in May 2008, Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut will be arriving on DVD on November [...]

By: Mabel

Mabel — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:09:47 +0000

Oh I loved the comic and the movie. It would be great to have the Black Freighter and the newsstand woven into it, but I would like to also have the movie the way I saw it in the theater without paying for two different DVDs separately. So hopefully the Ultimate edition will have all that.

I hate to wait, but I guess I’ll have to.

By: Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter / Under the Hood » Comics Worth Reading

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:19:52 +0000

[...] fans to pay this much (list price: $28) for promotional material, even if it does serve as an ad for the movie, is annoying. A key question for potential customers: even if you want to see it, would you ever [...]

By: Watchmen Promotional Efforts Increase » Comics Worth Reading

Watchmen Promotional Efforts Increase » Comics Worth Reading — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:01:25 +0000

[...] of DVDs, in addition to the Watchmen motion comic DVD, Warner has followed up on plans announced last May to put out the animated Tales of the Black Freighter, due out March 24. Also included on that disc [...]

By: Non-Summer Big Superhero Movies » Comics Worth Reading

Non-Summer Big Superhero Movies » Comics Worth Reading — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:02:26 +0000

[...] meta-commentary that made the book unique. I’m not really interested. Especially since the eventual DVD sounds like the thing to wait for, with the different layers of [...]

By: Charles RB

Charles RB — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:51:45 +0000

I initially misread that and thought they meant they wanted a _Black Freighter_ franchise…

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 28 May 2008 08:15:16 +0000

So, to decode, they’re essentially saying that the actual film is missing so many bits that they have several hours worth of footage to fill in.

It reminds me of all the Matrix-based webisodes oh, and the Star wars ones… etc. they were OK, but nothing more that supportive fluff – it stops the hardcore fans from whining too much.

…and I like the use of the term ‘property’… it asserts ownership.

By: Nat Gertler

Nat Gertler — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:32:36 +0000

I suspect Moore put too much effort into grid design for the book to consider that appealing or devotion.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:42:09 +0000

Well, I’m sure someone reading the book to you as it goes by in a slideshow should appeal to purists and Moore himself. There’s a lot of loud people who want that kind of groin-grabbingly slavish devotion to the source material.

By: Nat Gertler

Nat Gertler — Tue, 27 May 2008 03:38:57 +0000

Look at The Godfather. Sequels, action figures, video games, planned comic books. And yet, it hasn’t removed respect from the original novel or the first movie.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 26 May 2008 21:48:57 +0000

Three words, nay, letters for ya:

L!
X!
G!

By: James Schee

James Schee — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:55:51 +0000

Well they are already making Watchmen toys. I can see it now

Little Jenny “Momma, Jimmy’s blue guy toy has something that my Ken doll doesn’t when you take off his clothes.”

If the movie is successful I could see Watchmen sequals, cartoons, shirts, etc. It wouldn’t be the first adult themed property to get franchised, look at the first Ghostbusters movie for an example.

Of course I’d be sure to stay away from Moore if I was involved in any of it.

By: John

John — Mon, 26 May 2008 12:55:23 +0000

“The überfans of this property are going to go crazy for that.”

I’ve always liked the comic/graphic novel a lot, but I’ve never thought much about the “property” . . . this is the problem with entertainment today. The director of a film is speaking about properties. Directors have become marketers who see world building as another money-making opportunity in synergy with all the other mediums.

Thanks, George Lucas, that’s your real contribution to movies and storytelling.