Warner Bros. Pictures' synopsis of Watchmen

[Shifty]

http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=21117

"Watchmen" is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" – which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union – is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion – a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers – Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity... but who is watching the watchmen?

Whenever I introduce Watchmen I just tell the story about heroes being killed and they try to solve this problem and its set in an alternate 1985 and let the reader find the surprise that there is more to just someone wanting revenge, it leads to this huge world wide conspricacy. That and how important and how its viewed in the comic book industry.

But WB went the extra mile to include the conspiracy.

They didn't name the the 'superhero' group, "The Watchmen" or "New Watchmen" as they were apparently in some recent drafts of the script.
Maybe they've come to their senses.

 

[WalterKovacs]

gives away little more than id like but pretty col nonetheless. it sounds like they get it. it sounds like theyre gonna market it as what it is.

 

[CARNAGE-COMETH]

It's pretty good I have to admit it's hard not giving too much away but they did a good job.

It's almost as if the synopsis is a mystery in it self the way it's worded kind of leaves average people curious.

All you really can do is just set up the time period that it takes place in and mention a superhero murder investigation and use the word "conspiracy". When describing this story to anyone.

I'm dying to see the posters for this movie I wonder how cool Dr. Manhatten and Rorshach posters will look.

 

[Comic Book Boy]

What a poorly written synopsis. I know and worship WATCHMEN but even this synopsis makes me want to pass on this film. I know Snyder will do a great job but someone needs to hire a new synopsis guy. How about just mentioning that someone is killing off the costumed heroes. They needn't have gone into much more than that.

 

[Compi716]

Hurm...well, it seems faithful enough. I just hope the actual movie is.

 

[Johnichi Chiba]

Sounds okay, but I did cringe at the use of the word "rag-tag" and how they made Rorschach out to be the lead hero trying to save the day.

 

[WalterKovacs]

I'm dying to see the posters for this movie I wonder how cool Dr. Manhatten and Rorshach posters will look.

lol, me too. the sole idea of them in live action is awe inspiring but then posters? i expect something cool. maybe like the psoters for the new charlie and the chocolate factory movie but for watchmen.

 

[3 Dev Adam]

Remember that leaked Rorschach image?

 

[WalterKovacs]

Remember that leaked Rorschach image?

yeah, and i still cant get my head around it. msj said about casting daredevil that he always just imagined the characters from the comics in his mind and its the same thing for me. i just cant wait to see that in motion. it get goosebumps because its so jarring.

 

[3 Dev Adam]

yeah, and i still cant get my head around it. msj said about casting daredevil that he always just imagined the characters from the comics in his mind and its the same thing for me. i just cant wait to see that in motion. it get goosebumps because its so jarring.

And it's not even official. They just did that on the spot.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Whenever I introduce Watchmen I just tell the story about heroes being killed and they try to solve this problem and its set in an alternate 1985 and let the reader find the surprise that there is more to just someone wanting revenge, it leads to this huge world wide conspricacy. That and how important and how its viewed in the comic book industry.

Exactly. When I first started reading Watchmen I thought it was about someone killing superheroes. You know, with some corny final scene where it turns out to be an ex-supervillain who is mad because....You catch my drift. That's why the climax is so suprising and utterly disturbing.

 

[Dr. Chaos]

Rorschach, washed up?

I don't know who wrote that synopsis but I'm pretty sure he's a witch and should be burned at the stake immediately.

 

[CobraCommander]

I don't see any problem with that synopsis. If you had to relay Watchmen to someone without giving away all of the surprising things that really make it great, that's pretty much how you'd start off.

 

[Captain Carnage]

It's up here at SHH , too (links to the ComingSoon article):

http://www.superherohype.com/news/watchmennews.php?id=6013

...being touted as an official synopsis direct from Warner Bros (and just how many times have we heard that word bandied about in connection with Watchmen before now, eh?)

Whilst somewhat reserving judgment on the authenticity for now... this bothers me:

They're by and large NOT superheroes... with one notable exception. 'Masks' or 'costumed adventurers' are not terms that we're gonna be hearing a lot of, here.

As Rorschach "...reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion - a ragtag group..." Huh?

"Their mission is to watch over humanity..." Please.

And, of course, THE zinger - "but who is watching the Watchmen?" (wave good-bye to The Minutemen, folks...)
***EDIT*** The point I was trying (and clearly failing) to make is the fact that by using it in the context of a proper noun, "Watchmen" here indicates to me that there's indeed a strong possibility of The Minutemen of the comic being renamed The Watchmen in the movie, as per the recent script draft. Replacing Watchmen with Minutemen in this synopsis ISN'T what I'm gettin' at... sorry.

It all sounds just a little too, too... Hollywoody for me.
And with stereotypical Hollywood razmatazz usually comes a stereotypical Hollywood ending... i.e. the 'bad guy' is toast (dead Veidt comin' right up!)

Now we wait.

 

[Shifty]

It's up here at SHH , too (links to the ComingSoon article):

http://www.superherohype.com/news/watchmennews.php?id=6013

...being touted as an official synopsis direct from Warner Bros (and just how many times have we heard that word bandied about in connection with Watchmen before now, eh?)

Whilst somewhat reserving judgment on the authenticity for now... this bothers me:

They're by and large NOT superheroes... with one notable exception. 'Masks' or 'costumed adventurers' are not terms that we're gonna be hearing a lot of, here.

As Rorschach "...reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion - a ragtag group..." Huh?

"Their mission is to watch over humanity..." Please.

And, of course, THE zinger - "but who is watching the Watchmen?" (wave good-bye to The Minutemen, folks...)


It all sounds just a little too, too... Hollywoody for me.
And with stereotypical Hollywood razmatazz usually comes a stereotypical Hollywood ending... i.e. the 'bad guy' is toast (dead Veidt comin' right up!)

Now we wait.

Well I don't recall graffiti of 'Who Watches The Mintuemen?' and by throwing in Minutemen that's jut going to confuse people who've never read the book.

The CS! link is to the film's database page, and the number of hits the page boosts the ranking on most looked at pages and will bring curious people to know about the movie.

 

[Tighelander]

I thought I read that Sally Jupiter, and Molock were to be cast, so I guess the Minutemen will be in it. The sad thing in the Watchmen is that the heroes are washed up, but they don't know it.

I feel like I own something really valuable, like the Mona Lisa, because I have the 2-page spread where the original Nite Owl dies. I'm always afraid that it's going to get damaged.

 

[SilentType]

It's up here at SHH , too (links to the ComingSoon article):

http://www.superherohype.com/news/watchmennews.php?id=6013

...being touted as an official synopsis direct from Warner Bros (and just how many times have we heard that word bandied about in connection with Watchmen before now, eh?)

Whilst somewhat reserving judgment on the authenticity for now... this bothers me:

They're by and large NOT superheroes... with one notable exception. 'Masks' or 'costumed adventurers' are not terms that we're gonna be hearing a lot of, here.

As Rorschach "...reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion - a ragtag group..." Huh?

"Their mission is to watch over humanity..." Please.

And, of course, THE zinger - "but who is watching the Watchmen?" (wave good-bye to The Minutemen, folks...)


It all sounds just a little too, too... Hollywoody for me.
And with stereotypical Hollywood razmatazz usually comes a stereotypical Hollywood ending... i.e. the 'bad guy' is toast (dead Veidt comin' right up!)

Now we wait.

You are just getting silly at this point.

It’s a synopsis. Something written by the studio to sell the movie.



Here, if you prefer it:

"Watchmen" is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed adventurers are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" – which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union – is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present costumed adventurers. Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Who is watching The Minutemen?"


I realize you say you have this later edition of the script, but your militant attitude toward everything in this film makes me highly wary of not only the authenticity of it, but every opinion you have put forth regarding it.

 

[StorminNorman]

This description is pretty damn perfect and fills me with even more hope.

All of teh complains made before this post, yes I have read, and you need to get over yourselves

 

[StorminNorman]

Also - they never mention a "magnificant blue wang" in the synopsis. On second though this move is sooooooo going to blow

 

[ToddIsDead]

Sounds okay, but I did cringe at the use of the word "rag-tag" and how they made Rorschach out to be the lead hero trying to save the day.

He's the most marketable character. That's what it comes down to.

 

[Johnichi Chiba]

He's the most marketable character. That's what it comes down to.

Yeah I understand that, and really, I'm not all that worked up about it as I may have seemed, its just every day I'm craving some new info on the movie and I'm starting to become rabid, so I go crazy over the tiniest of morsels like the synopsis we got.

 

[Captain Carnage]

Jeez Louise, it's an opinion on a message board.

"...your militant attitude..."

I'm not planning on suicide bombing Comic Con here, folks... honestly!

 

[Shifty]

He's the most marketable character. That's what it comes down to.

Plus he's the one that introduces all the characters and is determined to figure out who killed The Comeidan.

 

[cookiva]

Also - they never mention a "magnificant blue wang" in the synopsis. On second though this move is sooooooo going to blow

DAMN DAMN DAMN!

 

[ToddIsDead]

Plus he's the one that introduces all the characters and is determined to figure out who killed The Comeidan.

That too. He's the lynch pin of the story. He's what brings it all together.