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Saturday, June 07, 2008
Watchmen Spoiler Zone
Posted by Cybergosh on 06/07 at 11:00 PM
Ever since Zack Synder slipped that one-frame-long image of Rorshach into =
the=20
300 trailer, the internet=E2=80=99s been filled with non-stop =
speculation on the=20
first film adaptation of Watchmen. Even fanboys like =
myself, who=20
have never read one issue, have felt themselves pulled into the =
hype. =20
Which could only mean one thing - time again to compile a list of some =
of the=20
known spoilers and rumors for what is one of the most eagerly =
anticipated film=20
events of 2009 and the movie that some feel will be the best comic book =
film to=20
date.
Confirmed:
- Overall, the film makes slight changes for awesomeness, but sticks =
panel=20
by panel to the book otherwise.
- The film will most likely receive an R rating.
- The frame of Rorschach in the 300 red-band trailer was a =
test by=20
Snyder where he was trying to figure out costumes and look. One of =
300=E2=80=99s=20
producers played Rorschach. It was shot in Pasadena, California =
just down=20
the street from Synder=E2=80=99s house. (DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com)=20
- Carla=20
Gugino has explained her part of the the sixty-seven-year-old =
incarnation=20
of Sally Jupiter will be in =E2=80=9Cfull prosthetics=E2=80=9D, and =
has confirmed the Edward=20
Blake rape scene will be =E2=80=9Cpretty crazy.=E2=80=9D The actress =
has also confirmed that=20
the title sequence of this movie is going to be =
=E2=80=9Cextraordinary=E2=80=9D and that it=20
=E2=80=9Cincorporates real history and the fictitious world of =
Watchmen, and so it=E2=80=99s=20
very cool. We meet Nixon and all sorts of people.=E2=80=9D (SuperHeroFlix.com)=20
- According=20
to Larry Fong, the film=E2=80=99s Director of Photography, there will =
be photographic=20
differences in time periods but =E2=80=9Cnot in the expected =
way.=E2=80=9D
- Also according to Fong, there will be less greenscreen than Zack =
Snyder=E2=80=99s=20
=E2=80=9D300.=E2=80=9D
- While Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and Elvis Costello are all =
referenced in=20
the book, there is no word on if these will be included in the film or =
on the=20
film=E2=80=99s soundtrack. However, Tyler Bates, the composer of =
Synder=E2=80=99s=20
=E2=80=9C300=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9CDawn of the =
Dead,=E2=80=9D has been confirmed for the film=E2=80=99s=20
original score.
- The first two movie tie-in collectibles will=20
be Rorchach and Nite Owl and will become available from DC Direct in =
January=20
of 2009.
- Zack Snyder is also directing a separate-but-related picture that = Warner=20 plans to distribute exclusively on DVD. The second film, = tentatively=20 called =E2=80=9CTales of the Black Freighter,=E2=80=9D follows = a side =E2=80=9CWatchmen=E2=80=9D=20 storyline about a shipwreck and will arrive in stores five days after = the main=20 movie rolls out in theaters. The DVD will also include a = documentary-style=20 film called =E2=80=9CUnder the Hood=E2=80=9D that will delve = into the characters=E2=80=99=20 backstories. (The=20 NY Times)
- The first teaser trailer appeared online on July 17, 2008. = It can be=20 seen HERE.=20
- Zack Snyder is also directing a separate-but-related picture that = Warner=20 plans to distribute exclusively on DVD. The second film, = tentatively=20 called =E2=80=9CTales of the Black Freighter,=E2=80=9D follows = a side =E2=80=9CWatchmen=E2=80=9D=20 storyline about a shipwreck and will arrive in stores five days after = the main=20 movie rolls out in theaters. The DVD will also include a = documentary-style=20 film called =E2=80=9CUnder the Hood=E2=80=9D that will delve = into the characters=E2=80=99=20 backstories. (The=20 NY Times)
Rumored:
- The supplemental material at the end of the individual issues of =
the comic=20
series will be included in the film in the form of newsreel-style =
reports.=20
Whether these will be part of the opening credits =E2=80=93 as has =
been reported=20
elsewhere =E2=80=93 or interspersed throughout the film, we will have =
to wait and see.=20
(Comicbookmo=
vie.com)=20
- The film will include Kovacs=E2=80=99s tragic childhood faithfully =
brought to=20
life: His whoring mother, the fight with the bullies (with the =
real-life son=20
of Zack Snyder playing young Kovacs) and his eventual employment in =
the=20
garment industry where he comes upon his mask just as described in the =
novel. Rorschach will also be employing his particular =
interrogation=20
techniques in the bar. (Comicbookmo=
vie.com)=20
- The scene between Nixon and Kissinger, discussing Dr. Manhattan =
leaving=20
Earth and the tensions with Russia, has been reproduced using =
prosthetics to=20
make the actors resemble the real-life figures. They hear about a =
potential=20
doomsday scenario for the East Coast of the U.S. and Nixon cackles, =
=E2=80=9CLet=E2=80=99s see=20
those bastards at Harvard figure a way out of that one.=E2=80=9D There =
may actually be=20
a limited nuclear strike. (Comicbookmo=
vie.com)=20
- Kovacs=E2=80=99s unforgettable battle of wills with Big Figure is =
in the=20
film. And Zack Snyder has upped the ante. We all know how =
Kovacs=20
binds Big Figure=E2=80=99s flunky against the cell door, which =
ultimately gets the=20
man=E2=80=99s throat cut. For the film, Big Figure=E2=80=99s other =
murderous henchman cuts the=20
bound man=E2=80=99s arms off with a circular saw in a gruesome scene. =
For the record=20
though, Kovacs affects his escape in the classic manner depicted in =
the novel=20
and Big Figure also meets his demise off-camera in the rest =
room. (
- Veidt=E2=80=99s domed, Antarctic retreat appears in the film but = there is no green=20 house and he does not murder his three accomplices. And poor Nite Owl = and=20 Rorschach will be walking to the retreat from Owl=E2=80=99s ship. No = hover bikes. Nite=20 Owl will have his winter outfit though. Another alteration is = that Dr.=20 Manhattan will crash through the ceiling of Veidt=E2=80=99s retreat, = not the wall, but=20 he will be 100 feet tall. (Comicbookmo= vie.com)=20
- Veidt will catch the bullet fired by Laurie but will not break = Nite Owl=E2=80=99s=20 nose with a plate and does not pin Rorschach to the table. Veidt will = fight=20 Rorschach, Nite Owl and Laurie at the same time. Given Mr. = Snyder=E2=80=99s genius=20 with staging fight scenes, this should be something extraordinary as = we see an=20 outnumbered Veidt wipe the floor with his worthy opponents. (
- Rorschach will meet his explosive demise at the hands of Dr. = Manhattan=20 just as in the book. (Comicbookmo= vie.com)=20
- The squid is definitely in the film! The hideous brainchild of = Adrian=20 Veidt will be unleashed on the city of New York. (
- The film will involve the Minutemen, the first team of superheroes = in the=20 world of =E2=80=9CWatchmen,=E2=80=9D who formed in 1939 and = disbanded ten years later.=20 (Beyond=20 Hollywood.com)
- Many spy pics from the Watchmen set can be seen HERE,=20 HERE= =20 and HERE= =20 and give a great indication of the look of the film.
- Veidt=E2=80=99s domed, Antarctic retreat appears in the film but = there is no green=20 house and he does not murder his three accomplices. And poor Nite Owl = and=20 Rorschach will be walking to the retreat from Owl=E2=80=99s ship. No = hover bikes. Nite=20 Owl will have his winter outfit though. Another alteration is = that Dr.=20 Manhattan will crash through the ceiling of Veidt=E2=80=99s retreat, = not the wall, but=20 he will be 100 feet tall. (Comicbookmo= vie.com)=20
Debunked:
- A contradicting=20
report has claimed that there is no Squid and, instead, Dr. =
Manhattan is=20
harnessed and is made to look like he kills 3 million people, as =
opposed=20
squid.
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