Published: Wednesday, 8th October, 2008 12:30
Watching the Watchmen
By NarinBahar
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For a film that's been in development hell for eons, Watchmen suddenly seems to be everywhere.
After getting a chance to see Dave Gibbons at the weekend's Birmingham International Comic Show
my appetite was definitely whetted for one of the most long-awaited comic adaptations - and certainly
one of the longest coming, with it being over 20 years since the comic's first appearance.
of a showing of 20 minutes of completed footage and a chat with director Zach Synder and Dave
Gibbons this week (the man gets around!) is a bit lukewarm but I can't wait to see this seminal
comic on the big screen.
It's debatable to see if it can live up to the hype - but
from what Dave Gibbons was saying at the weekend the film is very faithful to the source material,
right down to the inkblots on Rorschach's face being taken from the original inkblots that Dave himself
made when prepping for drawing the comics.
Meanwhile, when asked about Alan Moore's lack
of involvement in the film - the notoriously Hollywood unfriendly writer has refused all approaches
from the film company involved and asked for his name not to be associated with the film at all -
Dave explained how much fun Moore was having at the consternated execs' expense. "He said 'Dave,
you can't buy this kind of entertainment! They can't understand that I don't want money, I don't
want fame.'"
With the ongoing legal tussle about the rights for the $100 million film (Twentieth Century Fox
filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. seeking to stop Watchmen’s release in March 2009
claiming it still owns the rights to the comic) set to continue, and the internet fanboys getting
ready to rant, it could be that Nite Owl, Silk Spectre and the gang could be overshadowed by some
real life drama for some time to come.
But if you've not seen the trailer, check it
out - don't you think this looks like it's worth waiting for?:
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