I just found out the Watchmen trailer is up at Empire Online.
I’m not a super-fan of the comic, but I can understand why some people are. In its day, it must have been the most amazing thing ever. Some of the freshness has worn off now that we’ve seen its techniques used by more recent graphic novels. Kind of like how the ending of Hamlet—big fight, everybody dies—seems like something we’ve seen before.
I’m wondering how they’ll condense the story to fit a couple of hours. Anybody know if the pirates are still in it?
Check out the trailer at Empire Online.
The pirates had to be cut from the movie for length, however there is a separate promotional DVD that will be released just after the movie, that will contain the full animated “Tales of the Black Freighter”. Then after the initial watchmen DVD release, there will be a ultimate edition release of the film with the black freighter movie integrated into the watchmen movie as was originally intended.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/business/media/26retail.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
It’s going to be really, really long, isn’t it?
Thanks for the information.