Watchmen! Rorschach Revealed.

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Although the Watchmen panel itself didn?t yield many answers as to what would be happening with all of the extra footage being shot for Watchmen, such as the Black Freighter comic book and various text essays from the graphic novel, Zack Snyder did end up revealing his current game plan later on in the day at the Entertainment Weekly Visionaries session.

It was already announced that there would be an animated Black Freighter movie being released around the time when Watchmen hits cinemas, but apparently the extent of its involvement in the Watchmen mythology won?t end there. Snyder made mention that they?ve also filmed the transitions featured in the graphic novel that take the main storyline into the Freighter comic. So even though those wouldn?t be a part of the theatrical cut, they would show up the ?super duper director?s cut,? as would the other creations they?ve been working on.

Being that the film is already running at about 3 hours, and Warner Bros. wants to cut it down to 2 and a half, this makes me wonder if they?ll actually be releasing two different director?s cuts: one with the original cut of the film, and one with the extended new cut. If that were the case, that would mean the extended version would probably be running at about 5 hours or more. As much as I love all things Watchmen related, that does not sound ideal. I would love to see Snyder?s full 3 hour cut, but adding in more content beyond that seems excessive. I understand the desire to incorporate the outside footage, but I don?t want to see the flow of the storyline get repeatedly chopped up by hopping between that and stuff that?s only thematically related. I assume it?s issues like these that made creator Alan Moore claim the graphic novel was unfilmable. Some of the things he did with the comic are things you just cannot translate straight to a movie. Which isn?t to say I?m not excited to see the extra footage; I just think the segments will operate more smoothly as its own entity.

When asked about the running time debacle, Snyder had this to say:

?I want to make the best movie I can. I want to put pressure on myself as a filmmaker and say, ?What?s the coolest movie?? And if the coolest movie is 3-hours long then that?s the coolest movie. I understand and respect my partners at Warner Bros. I want them to have financial success with the film. You know, when you look at it that way, they invested a lot of money into it, they want it to be good. But on the other hand, I would tell them that I think the very things they think are too long, or too violent, or too sexy are the very reasons to go to the movie.?

Snyder was also quick to point out a noticeable development since the release of the film?s trailer.

?[The graphic novel] is #1 or #2 on Amazon right now, and that?s awesome. I think that if in the end the movie is a 3-hour advertisement for the book, then so be it. I succeeded.?

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Am I the only one that finds the costumes too much like the nipples on Clooneys Batman?

The whole point really is its set in an earlier time so suits aren't easy to come by so they will look retro.

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Yeah I edited my post after I checked IMDB. But I still say when he's using the flamethrower in the trailer it looks JUST like him (to me).

It's strange actually I always thought they looked alike, my hopes are immensely high for this movie!

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One of the most talked about trailers to emerge from last weekend?s Comic-Con convention in San Diego was the teaser for ?Watchmen.? Now all over YouTube (and playing nationwide in theaters before blockbusters such as ?The Dark Knight?), the trailer features a melancholy, semi-obscure Smashing Pumpkins song titled ?The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning? (not to be confused with the more upbeat ?rock? version, ?The End Is the Beginning Is the End? that appeared over the closing credits of ?Batman & Robin?).

Confused yet?

So are thousands of fans of the storied graphic novel. According to Zack Snyder, who directed ?Watchmen? (and ?300″), the song will not appear in the film. The director says he chose the song for the mood.

Regardless, the response toward the trailer has been massive online ? earning accolades (and a huge iTunes sales spike for the Pumpkins) for how the dark lyrical content and feel of the song meshes with the stunning visuals from the forthcoming film.

We were curious what Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan thought of the attention from both old and new fans (many of whom have been unable to identify Corgan?s signature growl in the tune from just watching the trailer) regarding the resurrection of ?The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning.?

According to Corgan, who responded to questions by e-mail, he has already asked if the band can release the song as a video. More thoughts on the song from

Are you surprised at the reaction online from some young ?Watchmen? fans who have never heard ?The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning,? let alone the Smashing Pumpkins?ginning,? let alone the Smashing Pumpkins?

Honestly, I don?t really keep up on what the world is doing or saying anymore. The word on the street seems to be, from what my friends tell me, that the use of the song in the trailer is intriguing What has been Smashing Pumpkins fan reaction toward the use of the song in the trailer?ction toward the use of the song in the trailer?

My fans seem to be confused when the outside world appreciates ouWhat are your personal thoughts on ?Watchmen??b>What are your personal thoughts on ?Watchmen??

Before this I?d never heard of the ?WatchmWho approached you to use the song and do you think it?s a good fit?approached you to use the song and do you think it?s a good fit?

I just got a call one day asking if I was cool with it, and I was surprised because it?s a version of that song that never seemed to get any notice. Months before the trailer was released I kept hearing from friends in the movie business that they loved how the song worked with the images from the movie. I love the way it?s used in the trailer. I?ve asked the movie people if it?s possible we could release it as a music video. Still waiting on that one. Certainly the massive jump in on-lFinally, when can we expect to hear ?G.L.O.W.? or any other new SP material?lly, when can we expect to hear ?G.L.O.W.? or any other new SP material?

Just finished recording ?G.L.O.W.? in Memphis at the famed Ardent Studios and hope to release it in early September. We feel we have finally turned the corner with these last 2 releases (?American Gothic? and ?G.L.O.W.? to come) where it?s starting to feel like our music again, and not theirs, whoever ?they? might be. Have plans to start recording a new multi-year, multi-release concept album by the end of this year. It will be very trippy and hopefully unique, and we?ll probably keep putting out singles here

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Those posters are awesome!

Does anyone have the Absolute Watchmen version of the book. It's basically the same but bigger, and with updated colouring... even though I have the standard one, I am tempted to get this one.

I have the normal book I paid a fair bit for and still haven't read it!

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