Terry Gilliam's WATCHMEN (1986-1987)
>Doctor Manhattan, Silk Spectre, Nite Owl, Rorschach, Ozymandias, The Comedian and Captain Metropolis are a superhero team called Watchmen. After they accidentally blow up the Statue of Liberty while fighting terrorist, the government enforces the Keane Act, which forbids them from fighting crime.
>Ozymandias’ masterplan is to open a portal to the past and kill Jon Osterman before he becomes Doctor Manhattan, blaming his existence for escalating tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of World War III, but Doctor Manhattan vaporizes Ozymandias before he can shoot his past self through the time rift.
>As the nuclear missiles begin flying, Doctor Manhattan realizes Ozymandias was right, journeys into the past and merges with his human self, triggering a chain reaction that resets the timeline. Rorschach, Nite Owl and Silk Spectre are too close to the portal, launching them into a parallel universe: The “real world” where they are comic book characters. Rorschach announces humanity will have to accept their presence… Or else.
Intended cast
>Arnold Schwarzenegger as Doctor Manhattan.
>Michelle Pfeiffer as Silk Spectre.
>Kevin Costner as Nite Owl.
>Robin Williams as Rorschach.
>Richard Gere as Ozymandias.
>Gary Busey as the Comedian.
No offense, sounds awful
Yeah, I like Gilliam for the most part but he might as well have made a completely original script instead of a Watchmen adaptation.
He didn't write the script, it was Sam Hamm, who wrote Batman '89.
Gilliam revised the script, eliminating the meta ending, but reportedly kept Veidt's plan being to kill Osterman in the past, which would set up a chain of events that results in Osterman becoming Doctor Manhattan in the first place, making it a stable time loop.
Still retarded and has nothing to do with the comic.
The squid was too high concept for the time.
It's not even the squid. Going back in time is practically a useless plot. Framing Manhattan by detonation bombs with his signature is at least not needlessly convoluted and follows the outline of the comic even if it has issues.
That was too high concept and not the last 3rd of the movie turning into a time travel plot with merging with younger versions of yourself and parallel universes
Paul Greengrass's WATCHMEN (2004-2006)
>Set on present day.
>Doctor Manhattan has transparent skin, leaving his skeleton and internal organs visible. He has also altered Silk Spectre’s DNA to give her the ability to release small bursts of electricity, and she goes by the name “Slingshot”.
>Ozymandias’ masterplan is to detonate a series of bombs mimicking Doctor Manhattan’s energy signature in order to frame him for turning against the world.
>In the first draft of the script, written shortly after 9/11, the studio demanded a happy ending. Ozymandias kills Rorschach, and Nite Owl kills Ozymandias by crashing his ship on him before he can detonate the bombs. Nite Owl and Slingshot then broadcast to the world computer-generated simulations of the destruction World War III would cause, along with an appeal for peace, which, coupled with Doctor Manhattan’s departure from the planet, convince the United Nations and the Soviet Union to cease hostilities.
>In the second draft of the script, Ozymandias successfully detonates the bombs and frames Doctor Manhattan for turning against the world. Doctor Manhattan disintegrates Rorschach to protect Ozymandias’ secret, and although Nite Owl and Silk Spectre (the Slingshot subplot was scrapped) agree to keep it, Nite Owl kills Ozymandias with his “owl-rang” to avenge Rorschach.
Intended cast
>Denzel Washington as Doctor Manhattan.
>Hillary Swank as Silk Spectre.
>Joaquin Phoenix as Nite Owl.
>Paddy Considine as Rorschach.
>Jude Law as Ozymandias.
>Ron Perlman as the Comedian.
Now I understand Moore. Look at what they tried to do with his work.
He liked the Saturday morning cartoon.
Yeah, because it was just a fun animated parody, not something that tried to be serious.
He also voiced himself in a Simpsons episode, making fun of how people don't really care about "serious" comic books.
>2004 Jude Law as Ozymandias
I could see this casting work.
Tom Cruise was considered too.
AYO LIL NIXON
Makes you feel glad that we ended up with the version we got.
Fuck, both would have been better than the charisma hole they went with. Ozy's role is not meant to be obvious!
My issue with both these casts is that they're too young by at least 10 years, same as with the Snyder cast with the exception of Jackie Earle Haley, who is some of the best casting in any comic book movie. A big part of what makes Watchmen special is that it focuses on older heroes, people in their 40s, 50s and 60s who are well past their crime fighting days. Hollywood insists on everyone being young and sexy, so we get prime Patrick Wilson instead of the paunchy, schlubby middle- aged man that Nite Owl is supposed to be, and a twink playing Ozy instead of the refined older gentleman he is in the comic.
JDM was a good the comedian and Gugino was a good SS
Pretty good casting. The 87 one seemed to just pick whoever was popular at the time regardless of if it matched or not.
Genuinely atrocious plot, Jesus Christ. Up to the ending it was a retarded adaptation but breaking the 4th wall is absolutely bonkers.
>Arnold Schwarzenegger as Doctor Manhattan
What the fuck? Kek
He was the only one with the body for it, and the Terminator proved he could do emotionless detachment well enough.
>Snyder does an almost scene for scene adaptation.
>Vividly replicates the most signature frames.
>Only changes the squid crap and puts the sailor story/magazine stand plot into extras.
>People still shit on it.
Ridiculous
It lacked soul.
>Only changes
Right? The completely neuter Adrien and made him a more obvious villain. The dude was Mr.Fantastic, Superman, the leader type of the group that knew all the answers and was beloved and respected. Not a sickly faggy schemer. It nearly breaks the man that he feels the only way to save the world is to kill so much. For peace that lasts.... how long even? A generation? A thousand years? Who knows.
It was masturbatory gore porn that vividly and imbecillically missed the message of its source material. Snyder followed this turd with the river of diarrhea that was sucker punch and people think those movies are bad for identical reasons
>Moore: This is Rorschach. His stoic neo noir detective monologues are betrayed by his internal fury. Initially the reader is seduced by his gritty realist Travis Bickle-esque worldview until they learn his origin; that he comes from a broken home with an abusive prostitute single mother. He’s not a moral absolutist because he read The Fountainhead and loved it, he’s one because it’s a reductive philosophy perfect for a deranged middle aged man in a state of arrested development. In other words, it’s the only way he can make sense of the world. When a situation that’s a genuine area of moral grey presents itself he throws an autistic tantrum because he can’t accept it not falling within the binary of good and evil. The journey the audience takes with Rorschach should be the one they have internally: they begin with reverence for this kind of person and finish with the revelation that he’s pathetic, angry, sad, and selfish.
Snyder: I love Ayn Rand. Look at this guy fight super cool haha he’s just like me because we both love Ayn Rand. I wish my daughter was still alive.
Michael Bay's WATCHMEN(kino)
>Watchmen are known for blowing stuff up
>huge explosions
>hot but weird girl superhero
>hot girl love interest
>brainlet ''plottwist'' everone saw coming
i'd watch it
>a couple years ago OP had to write it himself
>today he can just use chatGPT
Is it the end of creative writing?
>Robin Williams as Rorschach.
Is this the reason Robin Williams took the role in ‘The Secret Agent’ ?
Williams wanted to be “edgy” but he didn’t get his chance ?
PRODUCED WATCHMEN ADAPTATION
Damon Lindelof's WATCHMEN (2019)