It took me until early this year to finally get around to reading “Watchmen,” the seminal graphic novel. Up until that point, I was intrigued, but couldn’t make time for it (which is funny, considering some of the other crap I made time to read). Since I read it, I know what the hype is all about, and it’s well-deserved. It’s maybe one of the most intriguing and depressing alternate-history tales ever told.
A movie is in production, which is the kind of thing that strikes dread into the heart of a true graphics novel (or comics) fan. Look what happened to “V for Vendetta!” But I have to admit, the trailer looks pretty damn awesome. I think that Zack Snyder (whose work I admire tremendously, see Dawn of the Dead [2004] and 300, for example) is the perfect person to bring this story to the screen.
I’ve heard the trailer might appear before the new Batman movie, but it’s online now anyway. Watch the trailer here, and feel the hairs stand up on your arms and the back of your neck.
