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See, that's a really, really good point. If they're adapting this entire book for fluid webcomics. How can they possibly have changed the ending? Did they bring Gibbons in to do new scenes? Are they going to stick with the ending and say, 'Hey, look at how much we changed it. Did we fuck up DVD audience?'.

Interesting.

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I'm getting in the queue for a download link if anyone cares to PM me. Curse you iTunes!! [shakes fist]

Hi i just joined cause i felt i needed to answer this question, to change the riegion in i tunes simply open your itunes account and click on the itunes store, then you must scroll all the way down to the bottom of the store and you will see a little box that is centered. By simply clicking on the box you can choose which country you want your store to be. I would recommend that you go to the american store, because thats where i got mine.

Now i must say the motion comic has been very well done. It's more like a cartoon then a motion comic just animated in the style of the graphic novel. I thought the voices were well done i just hate the fact that there done by one guy so they all have a simillar feeling, the worst thing about it is deffinetly Laurie's voice WHOO! that was weird! it basically sounds like a middle aged man trying to do a woman's voice but fails. Like wasn't there a lady in the room at the time that could have done her voice anyways, the motion comic/cartoon is very cool and i just love that fact that soon i can have the entire watchmen graphic novel all on my ipod!

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WATCHMEN (Theatrical)
Overall 6.8/10

WATCHMEN (Directors Cut)
Overall 8.8/10
Surprisingly a vast improvement!

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"HEY, man, I ain't buyin' THIS! Ripoff story ain't go no ENDIN'!"

I agree. I think that Tom Stechschulte, an actor who's done a ton of audiobooks (http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/gvpages/A1500.shtml) and films (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0824264/) does a reasonably good job of bringing out the characters here. Bearing in mind that he isn't quite *performing* the roles as much as simply narrating them, he's great as Rorschach -- his treatment seemed quite similar to JEH's and Alan Moore's reading of the character, which seems like a good thing -- and I'll be interested to see what he does with Dreiberg and Dr. Manhattan as the series progresses. The preponderance of Noo Yawk accents and gruff, streetwise types could get to be a bit overwhelming and samey as we go on, as well as the emergence of multiple female characters. He gives Laurie a good attempt, but it's still a bit jarring to hear a man's voice coming out of her mouth. Then again, she does smoke like a chimney...

Since we're about six months out from the actual film, I'd love it if they brought out one of these every two weeks or so up until the release -- maybe they could hold the last couple of chapters up until after the movie comes out, so as not to "spoil" the ending (which has technically been "spoiled" since October 1987 for those of us who read...), but I'm just happy to see these made and released in any way.

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Is the first video basically the first chapter of the book? What's the duration?

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About a half hour. So, if the movie were filmed with strict adherence to the graphic novel, it would probably be six hours long. *phew!*

Oh, and is anyone else curious about how they'll handle Black Freighter?

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This is truly a madhouse. And I'm the lunatic running it. I've spent three years wondering if I should be proud or ashamed.

I can't get iTunes because I don't have a credit card, can anybody put this on megaupload or something like that?

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You can download Itunes, its free. Its free to set up an account there. They only need credit card info if you accually want to buy something. I never use a CC for itunes, too much chance of info getting stolen. I use itunes gift cards.

Oh and the watchmen comic is free.

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Very impressive, they put a lot of work into this. I wouldn't recommend it for someone who hasn't read the book though. It's just something fun that fans can enjoy.

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So I take it your Tom, one of Tom's relatives? Because if not, why do you know so much about him?

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HA! Nothing but the magic of The Google, my friend. If you plug the guy's name in, the Audiofile and IMDB profiles come up in the first three hits. I didn't recognize the name right off myself until I saw that he did the audiobook for Cormac McCarthy's The Road, which I enjoyed immensely.

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"The light is taking me to pieces, and I'm afraid I just blue myself."

I'm trying to download the web comic from the UK - No luck - Tried to change store settings to US - still no joy - Any helpful tips or info ?

Wait til its on youtube...
then send the link to me

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I still can't get a copy of this. It's so annoying.

Found this though http://youtube.com/watch?v=2fQgQmdYE6I

got to say i didnt like it ... the voice was good, but the animation is terrible ... dont see the point in actually paying for this

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Thanks for linking to this, it's excellently done!

running, they're obviously limited by the 2D nature of the artwork. I think it's unrealistic to expect Akira-quality animation with 30 year-old 2D art scanned from a comic book.

Just got done watching it. Animation was cool. It was a lot better than what I was expecting. The voices were grotesque, though. One voice actor for them all? Even Laurie? It's like a very bad joke.

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The tone of it feels all wrong. The music doesn't seem to fit right, and the dialogue is terrible. It's just... silly. I pray no one who hasn't read the book watches this.

What's funny is to hear this guy deliver the "i'll whisper no" line, and then hear Haley in the trailer. Haley sounds awesome, this guy is abysmal.