Omnibus Post: Ice And Fire; Wheel of Time; 2012; Watchmen

"but at least there's new footage"

Yes, like the blue energy burst in the city that isn't in the comic, that apparently confirms the exact nature of the changes* in the film version.

And they throw in Muse's Take a Bow, with it's utterly unnuanced line of "You will burn in hell for your sins" but they take out the Black Freighter bits? Le sigh.

(Actually, explicitly calling each other "Watchmen" is an even bigger dumbing down.)

Then again, all it takes is Rorsharch's tear pattern as he mentions that someone is picking off costumed heroes to forgive Snyder...

The blood spot on the Comedian's badge is wrong.
*Pushes glasses up bridge of nose*

Strangely enough...all you get when you Google search 2012 is information about whether Sarah Palin will run for President. So if I'm looking into the future correctly:
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December 2012: End of world.
November 2012: Election of Palin.
October 2012: One hell of a party!

WHOA ASOIAF TV MOVIE

If they butcher I will be... not all that that surprised, actually. My disappointment will have a familiar flavor.

/fingerscrossed

The link didn't say when it would come out - is it still uncertain or just not mentioned?

Oh by the way Lev - like what we've already SCENE? Is that a bad pun or a typo?

As Tom Shaw pointed out, they actually use the words Watchmen. Which should be the ultimate no-no, but I'm hoping it's some trailer trickery to appease the civilians and get the hardcores in a mouth foaming frenzy to stoke interest.

But I'm not hoping for the ultimate adaptation, just praying for a worthy companion piece to the One True Watchmen. When I think of it like that, I'm liking what I'm seeing.

@ alekshy, I think you're onto something with that 2012 Palin thing. I think that was a wave of fancy Alaskan pageant walking destroying that monastery.

I would guess that if GAME OF THRONES is picked up for a full season, it would be set to air sometime in early 2010, with the pilot filmed over the summer of 2009.

The executive producers, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, are participating on the larget Ice and Fire fan forum, and are soliciting casting suggestions from fans. The site's at http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?showforum=25

And yes, Lev, a zillion people have taken up the call for Peter Dinklage as Tyrion.

I know, I know, but it's not that weird to make "Watchmen" the in-movie version of "Masked Adventurers." It rolls off the tongue better for one.

Remember, this is going to be the movie version of the comic, so it's going to reference movies where the original did comics (which is why the Black Freighter stuff was jettisonable. I just hope there's a marquee somewhere that has a pirate flick.)

(Besides, if you're going to nit-pick: Why does Nite Owl wear a cape? Huh?)

Nite Owl _does_ wear a cape in the comics, despite the point made about the danger of cape-wearing in said comics. I think it was Dollar Bill who got his cape caught in a door, giving bad guys the opportunity to shoot him, if I remember correctly.

Ooh, thanks for the link, Rananar.

@rananar Yeah, that was an in-comic critique. Never got that.

Was it a short cape then? I'm afraid I don't have a good eye for visual details and never will.

It was shorter that Dollar Bill's, certainly.

Wait, a single movie for the entire Wheel of Time series? You'd need a movie for each of the good books, and a season on TV for each of the bad ones (you know, break them up into hour long segments to make it bearable).

And also, does Snyder have a fetish for outsized, tumorous abdomen muscles? I mean come on, in some scenes the blue guy looks like a meat accordion, for crying out loud.