Watching the Watchmen

[sdelmonte]

The first photos of actors in costume for the 2009 Watchmen film have been released. Newsarama has them here.

I can firmly say "meh" to most of them. Will note that we don't really see Rorschach, though. And I think the Comedian is about right. I will also remind all you SPN fans that Jeffrey Dean Morgan is the Comedian, just to mess with your heads.

Comments

[muji]

...That's so messed up.

The JDM thing.

Oh man. *giggles*

[muji]

Also I kinda have to say that these look awesome to me, as a non-comic-faithful person.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

I do like the Comedian costume, but I'm wondering what you would do to change the others and make them less "meh." They seem fairly faithful to the comic.

[sdelmonte]

Ozymandias was a guy dressed like he was going to costume party as a generic ancient leader. There was nothing armored about his look. And while the costume for Night Owl is professional looking, Nigh Owl always had that slightly unprofessional look. He looked almost like a fanboy trying to be Night Owl. In short, these look too good. (This, BTW, reminds me to ask if you read Chabon's essay in the New Yorker about the unreality of the superhero costume.)

Silk Spectre? I think it just looks silly, but then, maybe that is the point in her case.

[wakeupnew]

I'm not so sure about the casting for Veidt or Laurie, just looking at the faces, but dude. As afraid as I am about what this movie is going to be like, it's still so cool to see the characters in 3D. RORSCHACH!

[panther-nesmith.livejournal.com]

Silk Spectre looks pretty good, and I agree with the Comedian being right.

Nightowl is too. . .Batman-y. And Ozmandias was mostly naked.

I'm really curious to see what Dr. Manhattan will look like.