The Watch-kids

[blind_fury]

Is the cast is too young. I thought they were middle age superheroes past their prime?

 

[Crook]

It is.

But it's also about middle aged superheroes past in their prime, WITH flashbacks of their prime.

This has been discussed already, but it's much easier to make younger people look older than it is vice versa.

 

[R0rschach]

Let's just wait and see what make-up will do.

 

[Lobster Charlie]

Even though there are flashbacks, we spend more time in the present, don't we?

I just hope everyone puts on the appropriate weight. Comedian and Ozy are sure going to need some bulking up. Dan is going to have to pork up a little as well.

I'm actually interested in who will be playing Janey Slater, Night Owl 1, and Sally Jupiter.

 

[theJust]

Zack Snyder did get the boys in shape for 300..but i just feel that this cast is too inexperienced, young and good looking to perform these complex characters, with the exception of Crudup and Haley. im really angry this morning at this.

 

[logansoldcigar]

Like the 31, 32 year old Hugh Jackman was when he got cast as Wolverine?

Just two Australian movies and some TV/theatre work to his name work

Or the 26 year old Brandon Routh was when he got cast as Superman?

 

[blind_fury]

Like the 31, 32 year old Hugh Jackman was when he got cast as Wolverine?

Just two Australian movies and some TV/theatre work to his name work

Or the 26 year old Brandon Routh was when he got cast as Superman?

Bad examples.

The way they wrote X-men, Wolverine's age wasn't a factor. As long as he was 10 years older than Rogue it was fine. We already know Watchmen is supposed to be much closer to the source material.

Routh looked like a kid compared to Christopher Reeve.

And Ozy isn't supposed to look like someone who's in college. He had a lengthy past as superhero before he reaches his status.

Don't get me wrong. I think these actor have the perfect features. But some of them look like teenagers when they should be playing mid-thirty superheros who retired early.

 

[cookiva]

Read any thread in this forum, and you will read that its easier to make younger people look older than older people look younger. Its true.

 

[Overman27pj]

Wait for the makeup...Hollywood magic.

 

[blind_fury]

Read any thread in this forum, and you will read that its easier to make younger people look older than older people look younger. Its true.

Couldn't they cast different actors for the flash-back/flash-forward roles like in Superman the Movie and avoid cheesy old people make up all together?

 

[cookiva]

Couldn't they cast different actors for the flash-back/flash-forward roles like in Superman the Movie and avoid cheesy old people make up all together?

They could, but when the flashbacks, aside from comedian, are within 8 years of eachother, its not really needed.

 

[BAMFaly]

I'm not too familiar with the cast to be completely honest, but I do prefer when the casting of these movies are based on the actors abilities to capture the character as opposed to just getting the look right... We'll just have to wait. Unfortunately.

 

[Figs]

I'm just going to wait til I see the film to judge. I'm glad they didn't get big time stars for the roles. Most of the actors they picked are people I'm not entirely familiar with, that is a good thing for me. Make it easier to believe in them as the character than Hollywood just getting some faces to fill seats.

 

[Caliber]

Until any of us see any offical pics then its too early to judge.

 

[Sun_Down]

Couldn't they cast different actors for the flash-back/flash-forward roles like in Superman the Movie and avoid cheesy old people make up all together?

Wait, so make-up is cheesy now? Once again, you've topped yourself. It's not that hard to make people appear older without looking "cheesy". You're really reaching for things to complain about.

 

[blind_fury]

Wait, so make-up is cheesy now? Once again, you've topped yourself. It's not that hard to make people appear older without looking "cheesy". You're really reaching for things to complain about.

I have a valid point.

and FYI, I'm on the fence whether the actors are too young or not, I'm just playing devil's advocate regarding the "make up" option.

so why don't you go play "thought police" somewhere else?

 

[logansoldcigar]

Bad examples.

The way they wrote X-men, Wolverine's age wasn't a factor. As long as he was 10 years older than Rogue it was fine. We already know Watchmen is supposed to be much closer to the source material.

Routh looked like a kid compared to Christopher Reeve.

And Ozy isn't supposed to look like someone who's in college. He had a lengthy past as superhero before he reaches his status.

Don't get me wrong. I think these actor have the perfect features. But some of them look like teenagers when they should be playing mid-thirty superheros who retired early.

Im commenting on thejust saying that they are too young and inexperienced, not the ages of the characters they play. the fact that people here are saying that 29 year old matthew Goode looks like he is barely out of college proves one thing: you cant necessarily judge someones age by the way they look. If Veidt is meant to be the peak of natural humanity, having trained himself to reach phyical perfection, isnt it more than feasible he would look younger than his chrionological age? So, with just a smidgeon of old age make up, the 29 year old Goode suddenly looks mid-late 30s, and thats fine.

Look at the age range Ewan Macgregor played over the prequels. over the space of 6 years worth of filming, his character covered about 20 years. all that changed was his hairstyle and beard trim. The difference in the way the Hayden Christensen walked and carried himself. i dont hold the prequels up as paragons of film making and acting, but in the second one he looked like a surly teen. in the 3rd he didnt. its all about the way people walk, the way they carry themselves, augmented with a smidgeon of make up in the right places.

 

[Shifty]

Well I suppose its a better route than an unknown who becomes "The Smartest Man in the World" instead of Jude Law just being a *****e in Antarctica.

 

[Steelsheen]

Is the cast is too young. I thought they were middle age superheroes past their prime?

i half expected this, Snyder did the same thing with the casting for 300, did the same thing with the age of the characters too.

 

[Sandman138]

Well I suppose its a better route than an unknown who becomes "The Smartest Man in the World" instead of Jude Law just being a *****e in Antarctica.

Law was so perfect for that role. It's criminal that he didn't get it.

 

[Katsuro]

I'm sure Snyder knows what he's doing. Think about it, who did he actually cast at the right age? Manhattan, who never ages, and Rorschach, who's face we never see in flashbacks. Everyone else is cast young, because they need to appear young in the flashbacks. Make up will take care of the rest.

 

[Sandman138]

Couldn't they cast different actors for the flash-back/flash-forward roles like in Superman the Movie and avoid cheesy old people make up all together?

It takes a really experienced director to maintain the continuity of performance between two actors, and that's not just one character either. Snyder would have to convince the audience that ten different people are actually five. That's not an easy thing to do, and Snyder is still new to directing and his talent is in the visuals, he still needs work directing actors. He made the right choice to age them with makeup.

 

[Katsuro]

It would be kinda silly to cast two different actors to play someone in their 20's and 40's. I mean really, how much do people change between those ages?

This isn't like S:TM where we're going from a teen to an adult, in which case the changes in appearance are drastic.

 

[X-Punisher]

Make up could do good. At their age they can play anything from a young adult(18-19) to Middle aged people (whatever defines middle age anymore)

 

[JBElliott]

The cast is young, but the comic shows a lot of different eras, so the young cast will work easily for the flashbacks and have to be "aged" the rest of the time.

There are a few things to remember: (1) all actors work to look younger than they really do when being photographed so they'll probably look older than you think they do and (2) it's easier to "age" people to middle age with make up and lighting than it is to make them young.