Seven days to Comic-Con in San Diego – and 230 days until Watchmen.

With The Dark Knight in US movie theaters today (another week for us to wait here in the UK – thanks, don’t tell me) it seems about the right time to release a movie trailer for Watchmen, doesn’t it?

Go see it right now in HD over at Apple. (And thank God it isn’t hosted on Yahoo!.)

Then come on back; I’ll be waiting.

Try and tell me that doesn’t look like a faithful adaptation of Watchmen – at least with the right beats, the iconic moments from the original. I could probably go through and count the number of shots in there that look practically lifted from the comic, but instead I might as well share my favourite:

Yes. Those of you who have read Watchmen will know just who that is and just what happens next… and I won’t spoil it for those of you who haven’t. (But dammit people, this just won’t fly! You’ve got 230 days – pick up a copy! It don’t read like War & Peace!) Continue reading →