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Hot off the presses are the new new images from the Zack Snyder adaptation of Alan Moore's Watchmen. I was and still am more than a little apprehensive about this graphic novel/comic book being brought to the screen. watchmen is the best of a medium, hands down a perfection of the superhero comic. its an incredibly dense piece of fiction, complex, grandiose and emotional and deserves and adaptation that hits all of those notes square on. and its one of my favorite books ever. with these first set of images it looks like at least visually were stepping in the right direction. the real deal breaker will be to see how they realize dr. manhattan, the oft naked bald light blue god like superhero.

THE COMEDIAN


NITE OWL

this costume is a great interpretation of the source material, really filling in details that werent present before while keeping with the style and feeling of the original costume. the tiny feathers serving as chain mail are a nice touch, and shout pout to Archie in the back, i see you son!

OZYMANDIAS

while the costume for some reason feels a lil batman forever-y to me, im still loving this image for the lighting and the expression on Ozymandias' face. if youre familar with the story his look betrays the intensity and focus of the character. but at the same time we dont get the likeable gregarious superstar side of him. at some point tom cruise's name was thrown around for this role and while he could clearly nail the superstar, uber man, child of privilege side of Ozy. i don't know if he'd quite get that disturbingly icy stare down cold.

RORSCHACH

this is straight out of the source material. dead on. i really hope they incorporate cgi to animate his ever changing mask.

THE SILK SPECTRE II

looks a lil off broadway cabaret performance, but so did her outfit in the source material so i guess its all good