Comments on: First Look: ‘Watchmen’ Characters

By: Bill Ruy

Bill Ruy — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:21:35 +0000

Are they supposed to look cheesey?

Only Rorschach looks badass

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By: tstar69

tstar69 — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:06:50 +0000

Yo, the Comedian looks awesome! Rorschach is slightly disappointing, I can’t wait to see that mask morph!, the others don’t quite seem to fit their characterization in the comics. Nite Owl seems too cool, the Spectre seems too hot. I can’t wait to see Dr. Manhattan! Still – it’s looking great – after the Wachowskis, Snyder would be my pick to bring Watchmen to the big screen.

By: MikeonTV

MikeonTV — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:54:57 +0000

Where is Doctor Manhattan? Ohhhh he could be anywhere!

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:15:39 +0000

So I’m assuming Dr. Manhattan’s look will be done via post-production…

By: Jerry

Jerry — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:24:14 +0000

Looks like this might be good.

By: mo

mo — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:56:47 +0000

looking more and more like league of extraordinary gentlemen…

By: NeverWanderer

NeverWanderer — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:39:38 +0000

I think they look pretty damn cool.

Many people are comparing them to the Schumacher Batman costumes, and I wouldn’t necessarily say that comparison is unfounded… But think about it… Those costumes (minus the “sexualizing” of them) were actually kinda cool! Well-sculpted, well-designed. I still consider Robin’s second costume to be the coolest and closest we’ll ever get to an honest-to god Nightwing costume on screen. Shitty movies… GREAT costumes.

It’s not in line with the realistic approach most comic movies take today, but I’m… actually okay with that. As far as I’m concerned, this movies is riffing on the classic image of the movie superhero just like the original comic riffed on the classic image of the comic book superhero.

As for Ozy’s nipples, if you know the character and his background, the costume makes more sense. I actually consider this to be a more faithful respresentation of the character’s theme than the original gold getup.

(his head is a bit small, though…)

By: Bobarobes

Bobarobes — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:29:18 +0000

Who let Ozymandias have the batman nipple suit? I didn’t realize Joel Schumacher was involved with Watchmen. Ugh.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:47:04 +0000

Honestly, I think the characters look good, and faithful to the original artwork. Alan Moore probably will bitch about this movie like he does with everything based on his stories, but I think/hope it will kick arse.