Friday afternoon videos: The WATCHMEN trailer

4 comments July 18th, 2008

Debuting before THE DARK KNIGHT, here’s the trailer for the eagerly awaited (at least by me) film adaptation of arguably the greatest super-hero comic book ever created, WATCHMEN. Fans of the comic, which arrived way back in 1986, will be able to spot just about every moment in the trailer and know how it fits into the grand scheme — director Zach Snyder is obviously being very, very faithful to the original work. I still have no idea how they’ll fit all that plot (plus the flashbacks, flash forwards, digressions and other bits of business) into a single movie’s running time, but I’m tentatively hopeful.

Anyway, in case you haven’t seen it yet, here it is …

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I’d be curious to hear reaction from people who’ve read the comic book and people who have no idea who these characters are. Does it look intriguing to you?