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Watchmen Video Bonanza
Mar 9th
Yes.
Yes.
YES!
I saw Watchmen the other day.
And it is not shit!
Hooray!
In fact, I think that it’s a pretty good adaptation of the comic graphic novel. They let a few things out (like a third of the book. Or half, to be honest, but it’s pretty, pretty good. This movie might even make it onto my DVD shelf. I haven’t bought a DVD in years. Seriously. That’s how good it was. I’ll let Jon do the extended review, he is much better with words and stuff than me.
Instead, I have picked some cool Watchmen videos that you will probably have seen already some place else, but now you can watch them here. On your favourite site (that would be commandsheep DOT COM). How very convenient.
Watchmen Cram Session
The story behind WATCHMEN’s journey to the big screen is just as complex as the WATCHMEN story itself. Marc Istook breaks down the movie’s long and winding road to the big screen in this Cram Session!
Beyond The Trailer: Watchmen
Is 300 director Zack Snyder truly a visionary, or just a one hit wonder? Beyond The Trailer host Grace Randolph finds out what moviegoers think of this silver screen adaptation of the greatest graphic novel ever written: Watchmen!
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Make Your Own Watchmen Rorschach Mask Effect
Mar 4th
This is a pretty cool DIY filmmaking video from Indy Mogul showing you how you too can make your own Watchmen Rorschach mask effect for just under $20.
Erik from Indy Mogul recreates the inkblot effect from Rorschach’s mask in ‘The Watchmen’ movie and for those who are too lazy for their own inkblot animation there’s a free animation for the effect that you can download from IndyMogul.com and use in your projects. That’s what I call quality service.
La Tentacion de R2-D2
Mar 3rd
This is, by far, one of the bestest Star Wars picture mash-ups ever. EVER!!!!
Of course, as any art loving Star Wars geek will be able to tell you, this is a parody [or shall we say hommage (or dare we even say pastiche?)] of Salvador Dali’s The Temptation of St Anthony. Google it. Otherwise you might not get the full awesomeness of the hommage. Or maybe you do, WTF do I know.
If you’re click-lazy like me you’ll probably appreciate a link to it, including some sort of interpretation which you can find for example here.
Now. The following, absolutely mind-blowing, uber-awesome, re-imagining of the classic Dali artwork in Star Wars style, plus a cool bonus image, can be seen after the jump.
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‘Watchmen’ darker than ‘The Dark Knight’
Mar 3rd
Here’s a pretty little snippet from some sort of Watchmen press thing.
You know, the stuff the studios end up cramming as extra features on the DVD for the collector’s edition.
Which is of course the stuff nobody but die-hard fans watch.
And we only watch it to distract from our disappointment because the comic graphic novel didn’t live up to our expectations.
I love the Watchmen comic graphic novel but am already utterly disappointed. No octopus monster. How dare they? Meh.
The cast of new movie ‘Watchmen’ say their comic-book based fantasy flick goes even darker than ‘The Dark Knight.’
Melt your brains! Melt them to mush!
Mar 2nd
Do you know what’s important in life?
It’s not how many friends you have, or if you achieve a state of mental bliss.
The most important thing in life is to watch crazy, stupid stuff on the internets. Obviously!
This short little video was done by Cyriak, animation genius with a demented sense of reality. Or maybe he has escaped from a mental institution. It really doesn’t matter.
After watching this video, all those years of therapy, self-reflection and analysis will be for nothing. Your brain will turn into a mushy mess. Lovely!
