According to Bleeding Cool Watchmen 2 might be one step closer to becoming a reality. According to solid rumors it seemed as though the greatest block to a sequel for the 2009 hit, was former DC Comics Publisher and President Paul Levitz. His concerns that a sequel would be against writers Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ wishes and his doubts on the film’s financial viability put a stop to any plans for Watchmen 2. As irony would have it, however, the Watchmen comic became DC’s best selling publication of all time after the movie put a spotlight on it. Read the full story

Zack Snyder’s anti-superhero epic was released back in March and was met with a rather mixed response. While many seemed unimpressed by Snyder’s ambitious and faithful adaptation, the director’s cut improves upon many aspects, adding to an already excellent film that did the same thing the graphic novel did for its medium. Watchmen is an entertaining and rich film that delivers on almost every level. The original cut did have it’s flaws, mostly narrative wise, this cut makes most of those issues perish.

The story follows practically the exact same narrative as the graphic novel and it works. Most of the events and character arcs are still the same, except Dr. Manhattan. It still opens with The Comedian’s murder which leads to Rorschach who starts investigating. He sets out to spread the warning, first going to his old partner Nite Owl aka Dan Drieberg. Dan lives an isolated life now and is left without a sense of purpose. Adrian Veidt, former superhero Ozymandius, is now the world’s smartest man and one of the richest. He doesn’t believe in the masked killer theory and is more worried about the world problems to come. The only one with real super powers is Dr. Manhattan who is continually drifting away from humanity. His only connection comes from his relationship with Laurie Jupiter aka Silk Spectre II. Laurie feels as if she is living a lie considering she was forced into this profession of vigilatism due to pressure from her mother.

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By Dan Mecca

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been watching these clips Warner Bros. have been putting out, and the whole thing’s just not registering with me. Having read the graphic novel (very recently), I am still reeling from the effects caused by what Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons offer the reader throughout the entire narrative, up to and most definitely including the brilliant finale. By book’s end, there is so much to consider and think about; so much to discuss with your friends.

And why? Because the picture the novel paints, literally (and psychologically), is so vivid and real that it forces the reader to take Watchmen seriously.

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Well, this doesn’t look good. As reported by Jeff Wells on Hollywood Elsewhere. Read the short review here. I’ve read the graphic novel and love, but actually prefer Dave Gibbon’s artwork to Alan Moore’s writing, which is at times overwraught and self-serving. I’m curious to see how these moments will be adapted on screen.It looks as the though the novel has been visually preserved. And the casting in general appears solid. Line delivery, however, is something no one can be sure of until the film is released. According to Wells, it was, for the most part, pretty lifeless and uninvolving, citing that only Billy Crudup’s and Jackie Earle Haley’s performances as “registering at all.”

My biggest problem with anything I’ve seen from the film is the apparent over-use of slow motion, which Zach Snyder was guilty of doing in 300 as well.

What do you think? Are you excited for Watchmen? Do you think it will be a “staggering failure”?