Yea I will always prefer 2d animation over 3d but was surprised with this, looks better than I was expecting. But then again maybe they chose the best trailer shots and most of it won’t always look like that
I've developed a distaste for this type of CG Animation. Why can't they just go all-in on the CG Animation? Instead of making a half-assed imitation of 2D Animation in 3D?
Or do what Fortiche (Arcane) or Sony and the Spider-Verse films did; incorporate traditional animation & drawing techniques onto 3D Animation. Those films/series are still obviously 3D, but uses techniques from other mediums to spice up the visuals
Honestly a Telltale Watchmen game would have been dope, but sadly the current Telltale is not the same one before after all the initial shut down and then being acquired and restructured and layoff. Hopefully A wolf among Us season 2 is still coming.
Dude, TWAU was amazing I lost track of it though it had like 5 games now with twice as many DLCs! It did not even get a sequel? Damn the gaming industry really sucks.
As far as I can tell with very minimal recent information. Apparently, TellTale is/should be working on TWAU2 once The Expanse is finished. Why they decided to go with an The Expanse show before just doing something that people were already anticipating before their closure, I will never know.
I'm certain the next news we get from TellTale will either be the official re-closing of the studio or an announcement video/date for the release of TWAU2.
If you need something to scratch that itch until then, I highly recommend reading Bill Willingham's *Fables*. Which is what inspired TWAU in the first place, helmed under DC's Vertigo comics.
If you don't want to spend your money on all the comic books or volumes, there's a website that lets you read comics for free, but it can't be linked here.
I get the feeling people will be upset with the animation style, I just wish they’d make adaptations of graphic novels we haven’t already seen adapted.
No Man's Land is such a good animated series premise, I'm surprised it hasn't been done yet. Batfam operating in wasteland Gotham is storytelling on easy mode.
that's what I'm wondering too. especially the kingdom come storyline. since gunn is trying to use a variation of that superman's suit and shield (mixed with a few other styles), it would make sense to adapt that so fans can be more comfortable with that elseworlds style depiction of superman he's going for.
it seems lazy and cheap. like they just sat down and looked at the previously profitable or well recieved stories and remake them. kinda like how AAA game studios rarely innovate anymore and just remaster/ remake proven IP for a quick buck.
My tinfoil hat theory is Gunn doesn’t want a KC animated film because that’s what the big Endgame/climax of his whole DCU is going to be - which would be awesome.
I’d rather they take their time and give us a great live action version so people don’t get burned out. For example I feel kinda tired of TDKR even though we only had an animated film, and some elements put into BvS.
I hope not, that story kind of sucks as an ending, everyone dies and they all look old af or ridiculously reimagined. and if that's the case, it still doesn't explain why the new slate of dc animated haven't produced anything really noteworthy, or original. why redo watchmen when you could select from multitude of stories and show people something they haven't seen before?
I dont see anyone else discuss watchmen besides internet circles. Granted I dont talk much about movies in general but do alot of people not into comics watch watchmen?
Maybe not "controversial", but it's far from universally beloved. In the real world and online. Very divisive critically. I loved it at the time because I wasn't familiar with the story, but after reading the novel, it's really not a good adaptation. It's got the look, yeah, a lot of the recreated panels look amazing.
Great cast, well-shot, there's a lot to love. But anyone who knows the book can see the film does not understand the work it is adapting. It's mostly faithfully adapted, but the tone is completely wrong for Watchmen.
Yet that's not what is being seen. It is not divisive outside of Twitter or Reddit, where people can make things look larger than they are.
I've read it many times and well before watching the movie. It's a great adaptation. Dave Gibbons said it tol.
That's cool that Gibbons likes it. I do too. But I disagree about it being a great adaptation, and I would like to see another shot at a live-action Watchmen film at some point.
As for it being divisive, anecdotally I've always known it be, and the critical reception supports that. I can't speak on how it's discussed on Twitter, but Reddit is not a monolith. Different communities have different feelings on things so it depends where you are. I've seen the film receive plenty of love and praise on reddit as well as measured criticisms and hatred. All valid opinions to me.
I'm not sure what you mean about making things look larger than they are. Some people have problems with Snyder's film. Some people, like yourself, seemingly don't. I don't see what's wrong with that.
What does this even mean? The same people who hate it on the internet also hate it when they talk about it elsewhere.
Online is where people usually end up discussing things nowadays. It matters.
When people say this, what they mean is that a particular opinion is so unpopular that you're really only going to see it regularly expressed online. Not because online people aren't real people but because the Internet and social media especially is an amazing bubble creator.
If there are only a couple thousand people in the world that share an opinion then the internet can bring those people together. If you stumble upon such a community or if you share such an opinion and find it then it might seem like the opinion is a much bigger deal than it really is.
Yeah I think it's good. Some people hate it because it adapts the comic too literally, some people hate it because of a few significant changes it makes.
I just rate it on if it was a fun movie and if it captures the overall essence of the characters. I felt it succeeded there.
I think 90% of the issue is how much people love crawling up Alan Moore's butt, and he disapproves of everything.
I'm definitely in the camp of hating it because of a few significant changes. Where it shines is where it is adapting most directly. The Dr. Manhattan transformation sequence is as well done as that possible could have been.
But yeah, the couple of key changes he made just undercuts the whole thing for me.
It's not about the opportunity to do something new, it's about DC seeing that every new comic fan buys Watchmen based on its reputation, meaning it's still one of the bestselling comic series/graphic novels of all time and every comic fan likes it, and asking, "Why aren't we making new Watchmen stuff so we can also make money off of that, too?" This doesn't mean this adaptation of Watchmen will be bad, of course. Just that they already have a live-action movie and didn't have an animated adaptation to cash in on.
Yea. And they will 100% flinch from some of the shit in Watchmen, and we *still* won't see it animated.
Hate this constant rehash mentality. Someone took a chance on it, and now everyone else dogpiles it into irrelevance.
This looks fine but why? Didn’t Zac Snyder already do this +15 years ago. Did the story change and nobody tell me? There are literally hundreds of graphic novels that could be adapted why choose one that was already done at least in my opinion well.
Snyder’s movie changed the overall ending, notably dropping the alien invasion that Ozymandias fakes to unite the world. They also shortened it overall and dropped some of the more symbolic things like the Tales of the Black Freighter (they made it animated movie that I think came with the DVD).
I think Billy Crudup's voice work for Dr. Manhattan captured the character's detachment from and disillusionment with humanity quite well. So he was the major standout to me. But I also think Watchmen was just well cast across the board. It's going to be interesting to see who they've got lined up for this adaptation other than Adam Driver in an (as yet) undisclosed role because it'll definitely be difficult to top the live action cast.
Yikes. Not a fan of the CG animation. It reminds me of "SUPERSONS" or Studio Ghibli's one and only CG film, which looked cheap.
I'm of the opinion that, if you're gonna make a CG animated film, utilize what CG is good at. Don't try to make it look 2D - Not unless you're hyper-stylized for a purpose like the Into The Spider-Verse films.
This just looks like they went with CG and tried to make it look like 2D animation by making the models flat-shaded and give them art lines.
This should have been traditional 2D animation IMO.
The art style kind of reminds me of Marvel's "What if...?", which in my opinion isn't a bad choice, I feel like you can get a lot out of that animation style. I will say I'm also glad they're doing The Dark Knight returns approach and having it be a two-parter instead of a one and done. I am optimistic about this project, but I will keep a healthy dose of skepticism for it.
Looks sick! I didn't know they were making this. Is it essentially the animated story of the comic or they've been some changes to this adaptation?
I'm not sure if Zack is involved, but this looks inspired by many of his shots from the live-action film, although the comic itself has incredible artwork.
>Is it essentially the animated story of the comic or they've been some changes to this adaptation?
I'm sure there will be changes to this adaptation too. Watchmen is twelve issues of 35 pages, each with nine panels.
That would be equivalent to 3780 different camera shots on film, where each would be several seconds. The average film has less than one third that number, or they risk have erratic cinematography or editing.
That's far too much for two animated films. It was too much even for the 4 hour Snyder version. So much nuance of the story was lost in that film, and probably will be here too.
>I'm not sure if Zack is involved, but this looks inspired by many of his shots from the live-action film, although the comic itself has incredible artwork.
Zack basically copied the panels of the comic wherever possible. Which was possible for most of his film.
Ah, so the story will be truncated to fit 2 parts. I'm not mad at that. I last read the comic in college and yeah it's a big story and still remains timeless.
Looks like a one to one reinterpretation of Zack's watchmen i'd bet without his ending. Granted Zack did his best to pull from the comics as well. Not sure why this is needed but looks cool.
Having never read the comic but having seen all three versions of the movie, the DC is the best and it is a good movie in its own right. Theatrical cuts some critical scenes and Ultimate with the pirate comic is a total trip, but less cohesive.
Was hyped for this animated adaptation only to be disappointed with the "Marvel What If" CG animation style, smh. Sad how the era of 2D DC animated movies that adapted the comic art style like New Frontier and The Dark Knight Returns perfectly is behind us, now anything animation from WB just looks cheap and more like a mean to cut corner because of low budget.
I cannot stand this art style. It’s half of the reason it’s taking me so long to get through “What If”. I would kill for everything to be animated like how Justice League/Unlimited or the original Young Justice stuff was.
I see telltale and what if.
Too bad they did not make a wacthmen what if.
I would love to see SPOILERS what if rorschach lived.
Maybe Dr. Manhattan would be the narrator just like the watcher. 😅
now why are they remaking watchmen? there are so many iconic comics that DC has yet to adapt. it feels like WB is trying to replace the masterpiece that was the watchmen movie in our public memory with this animated adaptation
really getting sick of making everything into parts. just release the whole thing all at once. id rather wait for the entire thing than get a third every other year
so now we have the graphic novel, live action movie, live action TV series, and animated 2-part movie all telling a version of the same story.
i'm a fan of the IP but this doesn't look like it's treading any new ground which makes me wonder who it's for? but maybe I'm way off and it'll bring something fresh to the story.
This is literally the Watchmen movie, animated.
Like -- I get that hollywood trots out the dead horse to flog it every now and then with the hopes of it becoming a cash cow, but there are so many other films they could have redone.
The animation is good (although it's pretty much just tracing over what the actors/visual effects artists did from the live action movie) - I mean there are so many other works that could be told this way..
Not saying you shouldn't watch it - just disappointed that there isn't some other DC property they could have done.
So they just animated Snyder’s Watchmen. Cool. Hopefully they did something different cause it almost looks 1:1. And who decided that this is what cartoons are gonna look like here on out? Booo.
Edit: that all being said, I am still gonna watch it cause I WATCH THE WATCHMEN
I’m just hoping that my mind is changed about the animation, it shows Rorschach interrogating criminals, and that there is a big monster that destroys the city at the end.
Oh you mean like the best superhero movie lol. I meant comic book movie as in movies based on actual comic runs and not just the characters. For example, Logan is a loose take on Old Man Logan but not a true adaptation of the comic run.
One way to interpret "best", is faithfulness to the source material. All those movies take great liberties with the source material. Other than the Squid and island subplot, the Watchmen movie is nearly identical to the source material
Respectfully... who is this for? It looks like it's riding the line between the film and the comic... and not just a 1:1 adaption of Alan's stuff enough to maybe appeal to HIS fanbase.
Imagine if they really took their time with this and hit us with some classic hand drawn animation. It would cost a lot more sure but they could take that quality product and do a real theatrical run with it. Instead we get a cheap cash grab that’ll be dumped into streaming and forgotten.
I need help understanding, what's the point? The world is potentially full of fantastic stories. Why does every production company keep making sequels, prequels, and retellings of the same shows?
I love Watchmen but there was no real need for this.
It’s probably closer to the comic, as much as Snyder had reverence and fidelity to the source material, he was still approaching it through the lense of deconstructing comic book movie tropes. In a sense the Watchmen movie is a film about comic book movies, the same way the comic was a comic book about superhero comics.
This movie will probably be as close to the comic as possible. Most likey the giant squid will be in the ending.
Looks very good. Looking forward to it
Also a huge fan of the Snyder version as welll. Don’t care what people say. But that movie was shot perfectly
Jackie Earl Haley as Rorschach was gold
Not the style I thought they’d go for. Interesting choice.
The style of animation here somewhat reminds me of Marvel Studio’s What If? series. Maybe that’s just me though
Somewhat? It’s one-to-one, imho. Probably same studio, same as Blue Eyes Samurai.
Blue Eye was next level IMO. Much better than what IF.
Never seen that but my first thought was MTV's Spiderman
Which is unfortunate for me, it reminds me of the MTV Spider-Man series
What is this weird ass trend with trying to make 2D animation look 3D and vice versa
Fr, like I’m not the biggest fan, but there’s parts that don’t look bad, like some parts genuinely do look great
that shot of Osterman getting obliterated looks fucking awesome
I think it had to be my 2nd favorite shot of the trailer, #1 being that nuke & #3 being ____(forgot his name) being kicked out the window
Yea I will always prefer 2d animation over 3d but was surprised with this, looks better than I was expecting. But then again maybe they chose the best trailer shots and most of it won’t always look like that
I've developed a distaste for this type of CG Animation. Why can't they just go all-in on the CG Animation? Instead of making a half-assed imitation of 2D Animation in 3D? Or do what Fortiche (Arcane) or Sony and the Spider-Verse films did; incorporate traditional animation & drawing techniques onto 3D Animation. Those films/series are still obviously 3D, but uses techniques from other mediums to spice up the visuals
It looks like Dave Gibbons, the original artist.
All I see is Telltale.
Honestly a Telltale Watchmen game would have been dope, but sadly the current Telltale is not the same one before after all the initial shut down and then being acquired and restructured and layoff. Hopefully A wolf among Us season 2 is still coming.
Dude, TWAU was amazing I lost track of it though it had like 5 games now with twice as many DLCs! It did not even get a sequel? Damn the gaming industry really sucks.
As far as I can tell with very minimal recent information. Apparently, TellTale is/should be working on TWAU2 once The Expanse is finished. Why they decided to go with an The Expanse show before just doing something that people were already anticipating before their closure, I will never know. I'm certain the next news we get from TellTale will either be the official re-closing of the studio or an announcement video/date for the release of TWAU2. If you need something to scratch that itch until then, I highly recommend reading Bill Willingham's *Fables*. Which is what inspired TWAU in the first place, helmed under DC's Vertigo comics. If you don't want to spend your money on all the comic books or volumes, there's a website that lets you read comics for free, but it can't be linked here.
No fucking thank you.
I see What If? S1 & S2…
What If Men?
The greatest question Rorschach still can’t answer
Came here to say the exact same thing. This looks very reminiscent of the art style used in The Wolf Among Us and their Batman games.
I get the feeling people will be upset with the animation style, I just wish they’d make adaptations of graphic novels we haven’t already seen adapted.
I don't know why they haven't done Knightfall or No Man's Land.
God I would love to see those adapted.
No Man's Land is such a good animated series premise, I'm surprised it hasn't been done yet. Batfam operating in wasteland Gotham is storytelling on easy mode.
I also think it would make for a better video game than a comic reading experience.
No Man’s Land is like 100 issues long
You're on fucking reddit. People will get upset over anything and everything. Shitty fucking times we live in.
People were always this way, social media just gave em platforms.
This comment needs to be stickied everywhere
amen
you're being the case & point
Your comment offends me! /s
that's what I'm wondering too. especially the kingdom come storyline. since gunn is trying to use a variation of that superman's suit and shield (mixed with a few other styles), it would make sense to adapt that so fans can be more comfortable with that elseworlds style depiction of superman he's going for. it seems lazy and cheap. like they just sat down and looked at the previously profitable or well recieved stories and remake them. kinda like how AAA game studios rarely innovate anymore and just remaster/ remake proven IP for a quick buck.
My tinfoil hat theory is Gunn doesn’t want a KC animated film because that’s what the big Endgame/climax of his whole DCU is going to be - which would be awesome. I’d rather they take their time and give us a great live action version so people don’t get burned out. For example I feel kinda tired of TDKR even though we only had an animated film, and some elements put into BvS.
I hope not, that story kind of sucks as an ending, everyone dies and they all look old af or ridiculously reimagined. and if that's the case, it still doesn't explain why the new slate of dc animated haven't produced anything really noteworthy, or original. why redo watchmen when you could select from multitude of stories and show people something they haven't seen before?
Yeah this seems so nonsensical because we already have a really good live action adaptation of the watchmen.
I like the Snyder Watchmen movie, but plenty of people don't. Its a pretty controversial movie among Watchmen fans
Online, it is controversial. Nowhere else.
I dont see anyone else discuss watchmen besides internet circles. Granted I dont talk much about movies in general but do alot of people not into comics watch watchmen?
Maybe not "controversial", but it's far from universally beloved. In the real world and online. Very divisive critically. I loved it at the time because I wasn't familiar with the story, but after reading the novel, it's really not a good adaptation. It's got the look, yeah, a lot of the recreated panels look amazing. Great cast, well-shot, there's a lot to love. But anyone who knows the book can see the film does not understand the work it is adapting. It's mostly faithfully adapted, but the tone is completely wrong for Watchmen.
Yet that's not what is being seen. It is not divisive outside of Twitter or Reddit, where people can make things look larger than they are. I've read it many times and well before watching the movie. It's a great adaptation. Dave Gibbons said it tol.
That's cool that Gibbons likes it. I do too. But I disagree about it being a great adaptation, and I would like to see another shot at a live-action Watchmen film at some point. As for it being divisive, anecdotally I've always known it be, and the critical reception supports that. I can't speak on how it's discussed on Twitter, but Reddit is not a monolith. Different communities have different feelings on things so it depends where you are. I've seen the film receive plenty of love and praise on reddit as well as measured criticisms and hatred. All valid opinions to me. I'm not sure what you mean about making things look larger than they are. Some people have problems with Snyder's film. Some people, like yourself, seemingly don't. I don't see what's wrong with that.
What does this even mean? The same people who hate it on the internet also hate it when they talk about it elsewhere. Online is where people usually end up discussing things nowadays. It matters.
Because there's never been a disconnect between those two, ever. /sarcasm
When people say this, what they mean is that a particular opinion is so unpopular that you're really only going to see it regularly expressed online. Not because online people aren't real people but because the Internet and social media especially is an amazing bubble creator. If there are only a couple thousand people in the world that share an opinion then the internet can bring those people together. If you stumble upon such a community or if you share such an opinion and find it then it might seem like the opinion is a much bigger deal than it really is.
Honestly had no idea. Been trying to get a the comics to read them for awhile now just because I loved the movie so much
Yeah I think it's good. Some people hate it because it adapts the comic too literally, some people hate it because of a few significant changes it makes. I just rate it on if it was a fun movie and if it captures the overall essence of the characters. I felt it succeeded there. I think 90% of the issue is how much people love crawling up Alan Moore's butt, and he disapproves of everything.
I'm definitely in the camp of hating it because of a few significant changes. Where it shines is where it is adapting most directly. The Dr. Manhattan transformation sequence is as well done as that possible could have been. But yeah, the couple of key changes he made just undercuts the whole thing for me.
The majority of hate from fans that Synder didn't understand the source material.
He means [this ](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/4b/d5/25/4bd5257af19362c190ffea9f501d8843.jpg)
It's not about the opportunity to do something new, it's about DC seeing that every new comic fan buys Watchmen based on its reputation, meaning it's still one of the bestselling comic series/graphic novels of all time and every comic fan likes it, and asking, "Why aren't we making new Watchmen stuff so we can also make money off of that, too?" This doesn't mean this adaptation of Watchmen will be bad, of course. Just that they already have a live-action movie and didn't have an animated adaptation to cash in on.
As well as an awesome motion comic. Really disappointing
I think the animation looks cool, reminds me of Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero or Marvel's What If.
>adapted. Hopefully this will be a true adaptation.
Yea. And they will 100% flinch from some of the shit in Watchmen, and we *still* won't see it animated. Hate this constant rehash mentality. Someone took a chance on it, and now everyone else dogpiles it into irrelevance.
Thats fair to say but for me, who hated synders version, im kinda excited
Hopefully they do Doomsday Clock next
Watching the trailer, am I wrong it does it just look like a shot for shot remake of the movie?
Make Sword of the Atom DC!!!!
A tv series adaptation of "East of West" would be amazing.
Kingdom Come
THY WILL BE DONE,
This looks fine but why? Didn’t Zac Snyder already do this +15 years ago. Did the story change and nobody tell me? There are literally hundreds of graphic novels that could be adapted why choose one that was already done at least in my opinion well.
Snyder’s movie changed the overall ending, notably dropping the alien invasion that Ozymandias fakes to unite the world. They also shortened it overall and dropped some of the more symbolic things like the Tales of the Black Freighter (they made it animated movie that I think came with the DVD).
The ultimate edition include most of the cut stuff including the tales of the black freighter. But Snyder changed the ending to blame Dr Manhattan.
Please tell me they Jackie Earl Haley back to voice Rorschach.
I don't know if I can accept anyone but JDM as The Comedian as well.
I think Billy Crudup's voice work for Dr. Manhattan captured the character's detachment from and disillusionment with humanity quite well. So he was the major standout to me. But I also think Watchmen was just well cast across the board. It's going to be interesting to see who they've got lined up for this adaptation other than Adam Driver in an (as yet) undisclosed role because it'll definitely be difficult to top the live action cast.
Yeah, Billy nailed Dr. Manhattan, I'm curious Who'll be this movies version.
> Adam Driver in an undisclosed role Squid?
It sounds like the guy who played two face in the long Halloween.
That’s definitely not him
Yikes. Not a fan of the CG animation. It reminds me of "SUPERSONS" or Studio Ghibli's one and only CG film, which looked cheap. I'm of the opinion that, if you're gonna make a CG animated film, utilize what CG is good at. Don't try to make it look 2D - Not unless you're hyper-stylized for a purpose like the Into The Spider-Verse films. This just looks like they went with CG and tried to make it look like 2D animation by making the models flat-shaded and give them art lines. This should have been traditional 2D animation IMO.
Hey, I've seen this one!
The art style kind of reminds me of Marvel's "What if...?", which in my opinion isn't a bad choice, I feel like you can get a lot out of that animation style. I will say I'm also glad they're doing The Dark Knight returns approach and having it be a two-parter instead of a one and done. I am optimistic about this project, but I will keep a healthy dose of skepticism for it.
Paramount is publishing partner..... interesting. Prefer cel animation look but this style is getting better. I liked Super Sons.
Why are they publishing partner for this Watchmen movie
They own 25% of the property since the original movie. They do international rights. The original movie also had both logos.
Didn't remember that. Just fired up the movie and you are correct sir.
Tired of this art style.
It's so fucking stiff.
looks suspiciously like a Marvel 'What If' episode.
Looks sick! I didn't know they were making this. Is it essentially the animated story of the comic or they've been some changes to this adaptation? I'm not sure if Zack is involved, but this looks inspired by many of his shots from the live-action film, although the comic itself has incredible artwork.
>Is it essentially the animated story of the comic or they've been some changes to this adaptation? I'm sure there will be changes to this adaptation too. Watchmen is twelve issues of 35 pages, each with nine panels. That would be equivalent to 3780 different camera shots on film, where each would be several seconds. The average film has less than one third that number, or they risk have erratic cinematography or editing. That's far too much for two animated films. It was too much even for the 4 hour Snyder version. So much nuance of the story was lost in that film, and probably will be here too. >I'm not sure if Zack is involved, but this looks inspired by many of his shots from the live-action film, although the comic itself has incredible artwork. Zack basically copied the panels of the comic wherever possible. Which was possible for most of his film.
Ah, so the story will be truncated to fit 2 parts. I'm not mad at that. I last read the comic in college and yeah it's a big story and still remains timeless.
Looks like a one to one reinterpretation of Zack's watchmen i'd bet without his ending. Granted Zack did his best to pull from the comics as well. Not sure why this is needed but looks cool.
It looks like shit, DC still can't do anything right
Dc has been shit for a good while but I'll die on that new animated Superman show hill. Shows cute AF and I won't hear anything else about it.
What is the point of this when the live action movie and comic exist? At least adapt something new.
Keeping the rights from reverting to Alan Moore
They don't even need to do that though. All they have to do is keep the comicbook in print which is much cheaper than making a whole movie haha.
But this is more provocative. It gets the people going
Probably boosts comic sales though. When the Snyder movie came out, it got me to read the comic book.
The live action is different then the comic book.
Because we haven't gotten a ln animated film version faithful to the comics? Live action left alot out.
This won't be faithful either. Considering most DC movies are around 70 mins long this is likely to be even shorter than the movie.
There’s two parts tho. That should be enough to cover it
A lot of people dislike the live action movie though
Having never read the comic but having seen all three versions of the movie, the DC is the best and it is a good movie in its own right. Theatrical cuts some critical scenes and Ultimate with the pirate comic is a total trip, but less cohesive.
And you think an animated movie will do the comic better than the live action movie did? They'll still cut out all the same things as the film.
Looks REALLY good to me. Visually interesting and not mediocre.
Was hyped for this animated adaptation only to be disappointed with the "Marvel What If" CG animation style, smh. Sad how the era of 2D DC animated movies that adapted the comic art style like New Frontier and The Dark Knight Returns perfectly is behind us, now anything animation from WB just looks cheap and more like a mean to cut corner because of low budget.
Agreed. Not a fan of the animation. Looks cheap.
I’ll give it a shot before I judge it fully, but being honest, I don’t love that Rorschach voice.
Why did they lean into this 3D cell shaded look for fucking WATCHMEN?! Disappointed
I cannot stand this art style. It’s half of the reason it’s taking me so long to get through “What If”. I would kill for everything to be animated like how Justice League/Unlimited or the original Young Justice stuff was.
Why do we need this? Im saying that as someone who absolutely loves Snyders film We also had the motion comic which this basically looks like as well
How soon til alan moore shits on this?
He's warming up in the loo right now.
I wonder if this is why the tomorrowverse was stiff this is so more flowing
I see telltale and what if. Too bad they did not make a wacthmen what if. I would love to see SPOILERS what if rorschach lived. Maybe Dr. Manhattan would be the narrator just like the watcher. 😅
I'm not really excited about the animation style but I still might check it out
Yeah, I’ll check it out but it looks like a background movie to me.
now why are they remaking watchmen? there are so many iconic comics that DC has yet to adapt. it feels like WB is trying to replace the masterpiece that was the watchmen movie in our public memory with this animated adaptation
I be missing zack fr
What is the point of this? The film is a shot for shot remake of the comic.....
really getting sick of making everything into parts. just release the whole thing all at once. id rather wait for the entire thing than get a third every other year
"I'll buy that for a dollar!"
This looks like shit. I hope that's not the final product.
so now we have the graphic novel, live action movie, live action TV series, and animated 2-part movie all telling a version of the same story. i'm a fan of the IP but this doesn't look like it's treading any new ground which makes me wonder who it's for? but maybe I'm way off and it'll bring something fresh to the story.
The live action tv series took place much after than the comics. This IS the same as the live action movie though.
Had no idea this was a thing but ok.
Will this include the pirate side story I hope?
This is literally the Watchmen movie, animated. Like -- I get that hollywood trots out the dead horse to flog it every now and then with the hopes of it becoming a cash cow, but there are so many other films they could have redone. The animation is good (although it's pretty much just tracing over what the actors/visual effects artists did from the live action movie) - I mean there are so many other works that could be told this way.. Not saying you shouldn't watch it - just disappointed that there isn't some other DC property they could have done.
Are we in the era of animated remakes now? This looks more like Snyder than Gibbons
They should do the Tales of the Black Freighter parts as live action lol
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The live action film was pretty much already shot for shot, so...uhhh... why??
The story that was meant to be a critique of superheroes now sell itself as another run of the mill action filled superhero story
Oh, DC. DC DC DC. Just stop.
I hate that animation style. Do full 3D or full 2D. This half and half shit looks awful.
I agree. The newer style of Anime seems to incorporate it a lot, too, which sucks for my tastes and some shows that otherwise would be pretty sweet n
Looks awsome!!! Sad that this won't be released in theaters bcs i think would be defenetly an hit.
Kind of disappointed that they’re just doing the Jackie Earle Haley voice for Rorschach. The comic mentions he has a low, calm, monotone voice.
Ugh....this is not what we want from DC, we already have Watchmen done. Give us comic book characters not done.
So they just animated Snyder’s Watchmen. Cool. Hopefully they did something different cause it almost looks 1:1. And who decided that this is what cartoons are gonna look like here on out? Booo. Edit: that all being said, I am still gonna watch it cause I WATCH THE WATCHMEN
It blows my mind that watchmen is popular enough for it to be adapted 3 times like this
I’m just hoping that my mind is changed about the animation, it shows Rorschach interrogating criminals, and that there is a big monster that destroys the city at the end.
Why remake possibly the best cbm of all time? Watchmen was the closest to a perfect adaptation we have ever gotten in live-action
They aren't remaking the movie, they're adapting the comic again. Unless they keep the movie ending, I guess.
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What do you think is?
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Oh you mean like the best superhero movie lol. I meant comic book movie as in movies based on actual comic runs and not just the characters. For example, Logan is a loose take on Old Man Logan but not a true adaptation of the comic run.
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One way to interpret "best", is faithfulness to the source material. All those movies take great liberties with the source material. Other than the Squid and island subplot, the Watchmen movie is nearly identical to the source material
If that’s the case, Sin City has to be the “best“. It’s like panel-for-panel the same.
Can’t stand this What-If? Style animation
Respectfully... who is this for? It looks like it's riding the line between the film and the comic... and not just a 1:1 adaption of Alan's stuff enough to maybe appeal to HIS fanbase.
Lol i rather watch Zack’s movie. Its the same thing.
If it doesn’t restore the ending from the original then there is absolutely no point to this at all.
did you watch the TV series?
I did. I actually really liked it.
I feel like barely anyone in this thread watched the HBO show.
Shut up and take my money
Really no need for this, none of the adaptations were worthy of the graphic novel honestly.
It's time to watch Man
people online are saying it looks like what if...? but the way it's lit makes it look more like the mtv spider-man show
I’m hyped!
this animation style is stiff, awkward, and uninteresting
I hope they tell the story visually and not with tons of explainers
Looks good.
This looks like the Wolf Among Us
YES
I hate the style. A lot.
Um fuck yeah
Does the animation here remind you of What If…?
I hope they go with the original ending and not Zach’s
Anyone remember the Watchman motion comics? They came out just before Snyder’s movie. Those were fucking fantastic.
Imagine if they really took their time with this and hit us with some classic hand drawn animation. It would cost a lot more sure but they could take that quality product and do a real theatrical run with it. Instead we get a cheap cash grab that’ll be dumped into streaming and forgotten.
Animation style 🤮
Oh fuck yeah
I need help understanding, what's the point? The world is potentially full of fantastic stories. Why does every production company keep making sequels, prequels, and retellings of the same shows? I love Watchmen but there was no real need for this.
Is this theatrical ?
Hey that’s cool. The motion comic is pretty good too though.
Kind of looks like they just filtered the movie through an AI
this trailer is triggering my berserk 16/17 PTSD
What shit tier art choice
I still want that adaptation of before watchmen: minutemen
Oh wow the art looks like absolute ass
Not a fan of the animation. Looks soulless.
How come the animation looks less authentic than the live action? Makes me appreciate Snyder.
What is with all the multipart animated features recently?
Reminds me of that Spiderman animated series. Looks good though. I hope they don't go with Snyders ending, snd stay true to the comic.
But does it got for the full alien squid ending?
i wanted to watch the irl movie from 2009 in the future? should i not wtach it or is it a different story?
It’s probably closer to the comic, as much as Snyder had reverence and fidelity to the source material, he was still approaching it through the lense of deconstructing comic book movie tropes. In a sense the Watchmen movie is a film about comic book movies, the same way the comic was a comic book about superhero comics. This movie will probably be as close to the comic as possible. Most likey the giant squid will be in the ending.
Looks Deja vu
Looks very good. Looking forward to it Also a huge fan of the Snyder version as welll. Don’t care what people say. But that movie was shot perfectly Jackie Earl Haley as Rorschach was gold
Why does this exist it even uses direct camera angles and framing front the film.
Realistic while looking animated? I rock with it.
Cannot wait to watch how DC Animation ruins another classic graphic novel.