PREVIEW: Watchmen (Coming 2009)

After Comic-Con 2008, the only real news that anyone cares about is the "Watchmen" movie. If you don't know the "Watchmen", I recommend doing yourself a favor and giving the graphic novel a try. It is written by one of the most influential comic writers in history, the strange reclusive genius Alan Moore. If you are a nerd, you need to do yourself a favor and pick that book UP. Both the writing and the artwork are some of the best in the spotty history of serious comic books.

So "Watchmen" was and still holds up as an excellent, intelligent superhero story. Obviously, studio logic would dictate that it is time to be made into a movie. The "Watchmen" movie has taken a long time to be successfully adapted into film because it is so long, dense, and vast in scope (Mars, Antartica, other cool shit). Even my boy Terry Gilliam turned it down, deeming the comic "unfilmable". But in the age where literally 4 out of 5 movies is based on some sort of comic book, it was unavoidable that "Watchmen" would catch the money-symbol eyes of Warner Bros. and their helpful little asset, DC Comics.

Reasonable. Now everyone and their mother has probably seen the "Watchmen" trailer before "The Dark Knight", and nerds have leaned over and explained what the fuck the movie is about to the uneducated masses. The only issue I have with the whole project is the director: Zack Snyder? Who is he to think he can pull this off? He probably weaseled his way into this movie knowing the already-established fan base and well-regarded storyline (the only graphic novel on TIME's Best 100 English-Language Novels Since 1923). Anyway, here's the trailer:

The song is "The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning" by the Smashing Pumpkins.