July 22nd, 2008A Tale of Two Trailers
It was the best of times.
It was the worst of times.
The Watchmen trailer looks great. There are so many ways that this could go wrong (The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, anyone?), but so far, so good. Several of the scenes seem taken straight from the comic’s panels, and they managed to get the cheesy costumes just cheesy enough without offending modern sensibilities too much. And “The End Is the Beginning Is the End” is a nice touch. Take that, Batman & Robin.
I only have a couple of concerns, which is a good thing.
- I do wish that the trailer showed us a more out-of-shape [read: chubby] Nite Owl, but that might be asking too much of Hollywood, even if that aspect is essential to the character and story.
- “From the visionary director of 300“. Maybe they’ll add in some gay Persians for The Comedian to bash just for the hell of it.
The Caprica trailer is not good. It’s not bad. It’s just there. It looks like it would be an interesting movie in and of itself, but I don’t get a BSG-vibe from it, other than the music. In all fairness to the show, think back to some of the old BSG promos that the Sci Fi Channel put out. I love you guys for giving me hours of Saturday morning entertainment (e.g. Rock Monster), but BSG is not a Tom Cruise movie from the 80s.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Not that you guys respond to the comments section of your own Website any more. But I kind of liked the “Caprica” promo. Mostly because I LOVE POLLY WALKER - the actress who SUBLIMELY PLAYED “Atia” in the HBO Rome Series. Polly Walker plays a monotheistic possibly secret terrorist who’s the head of some kind of institution - I don’t have all the details. I love the idea of experiencing the proto-cylons. Caprica just might make it despite the annoying and untalented Esai Morales.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:50 pm
I think that Zach Snyder is going to completely screw up “Watchmen”. Alan Moore already laid the smackdown on Snyder in a recent interview. Alan Moore called “300″ racist and homophobic. Moore also said that from what he’s heard and seen, he doesn’t hold any hope for the “Watchmen” movie.
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Well, that’s not very nice. ;)
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July 25th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
See, I’m not expecting Moore to live Watchmen. I think, after LXG, the best we can hope for is that he doesn’t hate it. That said, I’m (tacitly) excited. The cast looks excellent, and they’ve really put a huge amount of attention into the production design. But I think Oz looks too evil from the outset.
July 26th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
The Watchmen trailer has prompted me to re-read the book, and that’s worth something, at least.
July 28th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
This looks totally amazing, though I’m nervous because it’s such a hard movie to make. Also 300 was horribly homophobic - I’m assuming the gay subplot will vanish from the film and I sincerely hope that’s the worst thing that happens on the gay scale.
August 2nd, 2008 at 3:40 am
Alan Moore has commented on the homophobia and misogyny in 300.