The Official New Trailer with Quantum of Solace Thread

[Heretic]

Though we "get" why the book was called Watchmen, the general public is too stupid to think about it and would spend the whole movie wondering why the team was called something else. I dont like the change, but Im okay with it for that reason.

Otherwise, I really dont like the trailer. I loved the teasers, but the slow motion is a silly trick that I dont this movie needs, and it just didnt feel like the movie interpretation of the greatest superhero novel of all time. It felt kind of hokey and poorly done.

 

[magicangel1989]

I guess no one is complaining about how the comedian is being portrayed. nice aging effects.

 

[NoTsOsErIoUs]

I like how some assumed how the voices sounded. Like some one said above. Rorschach's voice was kinda like how Alan read it. Raspy and pretty much just like that.

Yes it was kinda like how Alan Moore read it. Apart from being too emotional, not deep enough and not monotone enough. But apart from that.

 

[NoTsOsErIoUs]

I guess no one is complaining about how the comedian is being portrayed. nice aging effects.

But lack of big scar that makes him look like he's always sneering.

 

[cerealkiller182]

Didint like the music

Other than that the plot was more obvious and I think a better sell to non fans. My friends kept commenting how the first trailer which was all visual would have deeper impact if they knew the hows and whys

 

[Solidus]

Yes it was kinda like how Alan Moore read it. Apart from being too emotional, not deep enough and not monotone enough. But apart from that.

Yea but the thing of it is...Alan is not an actor. And just reading Watchmen over the years, of course he sounds "pissed off" and emotional. Just his dialogue always seemed to point to that. Remember the prision scenes? He gets emotional. The actor just picked that up, and went with it. Which was the right thing to do.

 

[Jon1]

I thought pretty much everything in this trailer was spot on.

The shot or Rorshach walking through the street, the shot of him looking around the Comedian's apartment, the photograph of the Crimebusters, Manhattan's "Leave me alone!", the funeral, the attack on the Comedian all look exactly as I wouldve wanted them to.

Rorschach's voice, mannerisms, the mask have all be transferred to the screen with perfection. I just cannot wait for that voice to deliver some of Rorschach's famous lines.

At first I wasn't sure about Manhattan's voice but I like Crudup's delivery more and more with each viewing. I also completely stand by Synder's opinion that even if you were a God-like being you'd still just use your normal voice. Plus, his "Leave me alone!" is perfect. The detail to his face as well is amazing. He looks like a real person while at the same time looking some what other-worldly. Especially his eyes.

Im also pretty much sold on Ozymadias now. He was what I was most worried about casting and costume wise but he has made me pretty optimistic after that split second of footage. The costume looked superb and his accent was superb. However, does he say that line in the graphic novel or is that what Captain Metropolis (is it him?) shouts at them as they all walk out?

I loved the music as well. I like how Snyder has picked songs which give the trailers a really good atmosphere while having the lyrics mean something to the movie.

Well done so far, Mr Snyder

 

[NoTsOsErIoUs]

Yea but the thing of it is...Alan is not an actor. And just reading Watchmen over the years, of course he sounds "pissed off" and emotional. Just his dialogue always seemed to point to that. Remember the prision scenes? He gets emotional. The actor just picked that up, and went with it. Which was the right thing to do.

Yes right thing to do for those particular scenes that warrant it (like the end). But not all the time.

I know Alan Moore is not an actor. But the writing was conveyed in such a way as to make me (and quite a few others) hear it in my head a lot more like the way Alan delivered it (before actually hearing him do it) than the actor has done.

Alot of Rorschach's lines in the comic are laugh out load funny. I just don't see them being that good with the delivery the actor has shown in the clips from the trailer.

I really hope I'm wrong and it's just the way the trailer came across.

 

[Solidus]

Yes right thing to do for those particular scenes that warrant it (like the end). But not all the time.

I know Alan Moore is not an actor. But the writing was conveyed in such a way as to make me (and quite a few others) hear it in my head a lot more like the way Alan delivered it (before actually hearing him do it) than the actor has done.

And that is just a personal imagination. See I pictured it differently. Which is fine on all accounts. But apparently the film makers/actor imagined it this way as well.

 

[Octoberist]

Dan sounds like Kirk Douglas.

"Watchmen are over. What do you EXPECT us to DOOOO about it?"

 

[Hurm...]

ive watched the trailer like 13 times so far

Only?

 

[magicangel1989]

is the guy playing Ozymandias actually british? cause it sounds like he is

 

[Brick]

is the guy playing Ozymandias actually british? cause it sounds like he is

He is indeed.

 

[Hurm...]

I thought pretty much everything in this trailer was spot on.

The shot or Rorshach walking through the street, the shot of him looking around the Comedian's apartment, the photograph of the Crimebusters, Manhattan's "Leave me alone!", the funeral, the attack on the Comedian all look exactly as I wouldve wanted them to.

Rorschach's voice, mannerisms, the mask have all be transferred to the screen with perfection. I just cannot wait for that voice to deliver some of Rorschach's famous lines.

At first I wasn't sure about Manhattan's voice but I like Crudup's delivery more and more with each viewing. I also completely stand by Synder's opinion that even if you were a God-like being you'd still just use your normal voice. Plus, his "Leave me alone!" is perfect. The detail to his face as well is amazing. He looks like a real person while at the same time looking some what other-worldly. Especially his eyes.

Im also pretty much sold on Ozymadias now. He was what I was most worried about casting and costume wise but he has made me pretty optimistic after that split second of footage. The costume looked superb and his accent was superb. However, does he say that line in the graphic novel or is that what Captain Metropolis (is it him?) shouts at them as they all walk out?

I loved the music as well. I like how Snyder has picked songs which give the trailers a really good atmosphere while having the lyrics mean something to the movie.

Well done so far, Mr Snyder

Summed up my own thoughts perfectly.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

At first I wasn't sure about Manhattan's voice but I like Crudup's delivery more and more with each viewing. I also completely stand by Synder's opinion that even if you were a God-like being you'd still just use your normal voice.

hmmm. I didn't know that was his personal take on Manhattan's voice. Interesting.

I happen to disagree. The voice bubbles in the book make it clear Manhattan's voice, just like his appearance, has an outer-world effect.

If Doc chose to make his voice normal then wouldn't he make his appearance normal as well?

 

[Motown Marvel]

a handful of my friends who are familiar with the book and were excited to see the film are now less excited after seeing this trailer.

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

Only?

haha! i just watched it like 4 more times since i woke up!

heres The Trailer on youtube (posted by me )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gyP1UTFAh8

 

[Carmine Falcone]

a handful of my friends who are familiar with the book and were excited to see the film are now less excited after seeing this trailer.

Okay.

 

[Reptile]

I love the trailer except for one thing
showing the bomb go off in downtown new york

 

[Jon1]

hmmm. I didn't know that was his personal take on Manhattan's voice. Interesting.

I happen to disagree. The voice bubbles in the book make it clear Manhattan's voice, just like his appearance, has an outer-world effect.

If Doc chose to make his voice normal then wouldn't he make his appearance normal as well?

I agree that Crudup's voice is not as I imagined it when reading the comic. I didnt necessarily read it as 'other worldly' but Ive always heard it deeper,more God-like and sort of disconnected from emotion etc etc.

But I think that Crudup's performance of the voice is down to his delivery. Eventhough his voice doesnt sound as i imagined, some of Manhattans lines will be difficult to deliver and keep them sounding good. If they had tried to mess with his voice digitally i think we wouldve lost a lot in his delivery. Also, making Manhattans voice as I, and a lot of others, hear it could make it just seem like a drone and no one wants the audience to drift off while Manhattan is talking.

I wasnt saying he chose to make his voice normal. I presume thats just how he would put it back together. I always saw Manhattans appearance as being a side effect of what happened. He has to piece himself back together bit by bit and comes out as he is. Still the same face, so why not still the same voice? Manhattan doesnt care about what he looks/sounds like. He isnt bogged down by such minor thoughts.

 

[Steyin]

I forgot to say, After hearing the Muse track (of which I have never heard any of their music before), I can now see where Radiohead got some influence for Kid A.

Also, I never once imagined Veidt having an accent of any kind when reading the novel, but oh well.

 

[Motown Marvel]

I forgot to say, After hearing the Muse track (of which I have never heard any of their music before), I can now see where Radiohead got some influence for Kid A.

Also, I never once imagined Veidt having an accent of any kind when reading the novel, but oh well.

i think its pretty safe to say that muse was far more influenced by radiohead.

 

[hatebox]

I forgot to say, After hearing the Muse track (of which I have never heard any of their music before), I can now see where Radiohead got some influence for Kid A.

I may have interpreted that wrong, but you're not suggesting Kid A was influenced by Muse are you?

 

[Jonathan Crane]

Very good trailer.

But the music is terrible. Not the music itself, but this music with this trailer.

 

[CaptainGenerica]

I think that if people's complaints about Manhattan and Rorschach consist of "Well I always imagined it differently", then we have very little to worry about.

No one goes to see a Watchmen adaptation for surprises. You go because you want to see the the graphic novel come to life or because you want to see what the big deal is about the source material.

Speak for yourself MD. I, like CarmineFalcone, think that adaptations would be pretty pointless if the filmmakers didn't bring something of their own vision to the table and switch things up a bit. Last thing I would want is another Harry Potter-esque bit of fan-service drivel.