Terry Gilliam's Watchmen...

[Sawyer]

How do you think Gilliam's Watchmen would have been?

And, better yet, what does he think of Snyder's? I'm betting he hates it...

 

[FamilyGuy827]

Or moreover, what would Aronofsky's Watchmen have been?

 

[Sawyer]

Or moreover, what would Aronofsky's Watchmen have been?

Sure...

 

[the_tortel]

Gilliam...Gilliam... isn't he the guy who did the Brother's Grimm?

 

[Sawyer]

Gilliam...Gilliam... isn't he the guy who did the Brother's Grimm?

Yes.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

I believe Gilliam was the one who said that if Watchmen was going to be filmed properly it would cost a million dollars a page.
He also said that it couldnt be done as a movie but had potential as a twelve part TV miniseries... And he may still be proven right.

 

[Gilpesh]

He also said that it couldnt be done as a movie but had potential as a twelve part TV miniseries... And he may still be proven right.

Gilliam making a Watchmen movie? (I thought I had heard he was going to use one of those bad drafts, but I could be wrong)

Gilliam making a Watchmen mini-series?

 

[the_tortel]

Yes.

Neat, I guess.

Haven't seen any of his other works, anybody got a good word about this guy? I'm not exactly familiar with his style from just seeing 1 of his movies.

 

[Wesley Dodds]

Yeah, his Watchmen Miniseries would've been pretty special all right.. No doubt about it.

 

[CelticPredator]

Terry Gilliam's Watchmen....hehe.

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[The Guard]

I suspect his WATCHMEN would have been a lot more comic booky than anything we're going to see.

 

[Gilpesh]

anybody got a good word about this guy?

12 Monkeys
Brazil
Time Bandits
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The hilarious little short before Monty Python's Meaning of Life


All of them great. He would make a great adaptation of Watchmen.

 

[the_tortel]

12 Monkeys
Brazil
Time Bandits
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The hilarious little short before Monty Python's Meaning of Life


All of them great. He would make a great adaptation of Watchmen.

Cool, thanks, Haven't seen me a Python in a loooong time...

 

[Sawyer]

Gilliam making a Watchmen movie? (I thought I had heard he was going to use one of those bad drafts, but I could be wrong)

Gilliam making a Watchmen mini-series?

I do believe that Warner Bros. had the Sam Hamm draft in mind when he was on board, but I recall Gilliam reading it and hating it. He then supposedly brought in one of his collaborators, I think it was Charles McKeon, to do rewrites.

 

[Gilpesh]

Cool, thanks, Haven't seen me a Python in a loooong time...

FYI (if you didn't know... which I doubt you don't): He did all the animations... all of em for all of Monty Python.

I do believe that Warner Bros. had the Sam Hamm draft in mind when he was on board, but I recall Gilliam reading it and hating it. He then supposedly brought in one of his collaborators, I think it was Charles McKeon, to do rewrites.

Thank god. But at least my memory isn't too crappy. Cause I knew that he was on board when there wasn't a very good script.

 

[Dr. Manhatten]

Terry Gilliam's Watchmen....hehe.

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Hurm.

I'm pretty sure if he did it, I would've hated the movie. I dislike his style of filmmaking and for something like Watchmen, I think the style of the comic and his style would've clashed and burned

 

[flickchick85]

A Gilliam Watchmen mini-series would've been amazing, imo. He's kind of a mad genius. Very hit-and-miss, but that's one of the things I like about him - he never plays it safe, which is why studios are scared of him and actors want to work with him. Brazil and 12 Monkeys are 2 of my favorite movies of all-time. Gilliam also co-directed Monty Python and the Holy Grail with Terry Jones, fyi, and of course, as Gilpesh pointed out, he did all of the animations, as well.

He wouldn't be as slavishly faithful to the source material as Zack, though. The guy's imagination works overtime, which is why he would need it to be a miniseries - to flesh out the universe with his own little crazy ideas. But one thing's for sure - with Gilliam, there would be Squid. He would relish the opportunity to create that thing on screen, and nothing is too weird or "out there" for him. He also has a seriously obsessive attention to detail which would've served the series well.

And for the record, I'm sure it wouldn't have looked like his Monty Python work. Its "look" would probably have been more similar to (while not exactly like) 12 Monkeys (ignore the random music):

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[david icke]

Gilliam said one of the reasons he took on 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' was because people said it was unfilmable, he liked the challenge. That was a short book though so the reasons , as said, length, was why he kb'd Watcvhmen. He also came to this decision after having a meeting with Alan Moore who persuaded him it could not be done in movie form.
Considering the bang up job he did on adapting Fear and Loathing , I think Gillam could have done a very good Watchmen, although back then I don't know how he would have done some of the effects, primarily Doctor Manhatten, a blue man group guy would not carry the same gravitas as the character from the book i imagine.

 

[OctaviusINC]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is one of my favorite movies EVER, and he stuck closely to Thompson's book. In fact, if the deleted scenes were added in the film it would basically be a perfect book to screen translation. Maybe he'd do the Watchmen justice or maybe he'd screw it up entirely. I like what I'm seeing with Snyder though.

 

[BirdsDoThus]

Or moreover, what would Aronofsky's Watchmen have been?

There would have been mass suicides after. What is there to live for after you've seen the single greatest movie man is capable of creating? Nothing.

 

[Solidus]

Though its hard to say with these "what if" kind of things.

But to do a 400 million dollar 12 part series. Honestly I think Terry was going over board and a half. I know some like to think so, but there is no way Watchmen could make a 12 hour movie, or even a 5 hour movie. You would have to stretch a lot of the material IMO. And a million per page would have him spending 200,000 dollars on a toilet seat. To me it was just his wishful thinking. And yea he's done some great movies but I think Terry would have not done the best job. But of course this is a "what if" thing and I could never say. But from what little he said, I never was confident of him doing this. But of course I could see why many would, he has made some great movies. He truly is though a hit and miss guy.

 

[dr.strange]

either straight to dvd or hbo to keep the edge.some of these comicbook properties deserve a shot at least.

 

[goh78]

An HBO miniseries would be amazing, and I would prefer it to one Hollywood movie. Everyone they put out - Band of Brothers, John Adams, Generation Kill, etc - is impressive to say the least.

 

[Closerframe]

Terry Gilliam would have made a Watchmen film that was filmed on varies locations he wouldn't have taken the green screen path. Also Dr. Manhattan would probably be a man painted blue, Nite Owl would have been really fat, Sally would have looked like a train wreck, Adrian would have dressed like an Egyptian pharaoh, and Rorschach would look probably the way he does in the current movie. And he would have definately kept the whole "alien" ending.

Darren Aronofsky would have made the film have a bunch of quick shots, close up shots, and screen cuts. The CGI would have no doubt been beautiful (The Fountain proved this) he would have probably focused more on the love triangle between Sally, Nite-Owl, and Manhattan. Rorschach's voice would have been less raspy and more deep and low pitched with the camera only facing the top portion of his face the entire time. The final moments of the film would be depressing and drawn out with shots going back and forth from each character's prospective. And the music would be less rock and more classical opera.

 

[Changeling]

Theres a picture that shows all of the directors choices casting wise