Who Watches the Watchmen?

I do!!!

Another reason to go see The Dark Knight (as if you needed one)? The first Watchmen trailer. Sure, you could watch it online, but I'm glad my first glimpse was in the theatre. I got a little bit excited about the film when Jeffery Dean Morgan (Supernatural) was cast as Edward Blake/The Comedian. I got a little bit more excited when a sepia-tinged class photo of the Minutemen was released for promo. I got rather excited when the news broke that director Zack Snyder would be creating a short film of The Black Freighter and a live documentary of Under the Hood as a companion DVD to coincide with the film's release. Now that I've seen the trailer, I can't imagine how it could possibly not do the book proud. At the very least, it's visually perfect - the reason CGI was created was clearly to render Dr. Manhattan (and his Martian lair), we got a good view of Nite Owl's airship, and a second-clip of Eddie Blake in Vietnam had me wiggling with delight. Even if it turns out to be a travesty of all style and no substance, it'll still be a good watch, and most likely the highlight of next summer.

And you can bet the teenage posers won't be there. The philosophers behind us demonstrated this by outragedly pointed out that Nite Owl looks like a rip-off of Batman. A certain bit of apocryphal sarcasm directed at Sherlock Holmes comes to mind.