Comments on: Watchmen Trailer #2

By: Luo Xingming

Luo Xingming — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:22:45 +0000

It’s Take a Bow, from Black Holes and Revelations.

By: Take A Bow

Take A Bow — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:15:45 +0000

The song is Take a Bow, off of Black Holes and Revelations.

By: Henrik

Henrik — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:40:51 +0000

Rorschach doesn’t sound like a guy with a gruff voice, it sounds like a guy with a normal voice, doing a gruff voice. Which doesn’t make sense to me. He is supposed to be monotone, not throaty. Maybe they should have hired Ja Cheel?

And Dr. Manhattan doesn’t sound like a normal guy at all! He sounds like a timid boy, which he doesn’t act like, so feels out of place. I think he looks pretty perfect, but maybe the CGI mouth thing is putting me off? It was laughable in the trailer.

I reluctantly had to admit that the first trailer worked for me, but the more I see, the dumber it looks. I mean Ozymandias in this? When you see him can you take him seriously?

By: Liney

Liney — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:13:42 +0000

On the subject of recycling soundtrack music, Clint Mansell must be able to retire a million times over from the royalties he will have received for the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack. I still hear the main theme used everywhere, from other film trailers, to football (soccer) coverage, to the X Factor (UK equivalent of American Idol) etc etc. It’s literally everywhere, but then I was annoyed back when it came out that the soundtrack didn’t win an Oscar.

I’m surprised so many people haven’t heard of Muse…

By: Goon

Goon — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:38:21 +0000

“Is it only me that find the voices of Rorschach and Dr. Manhattan impossible to take seriously?”

They’re cartoonish, but I find them appropriate. That voice is exactly what Rorschach wants to be, and I always figured Manhattan just sounded like a regular dude. I know some people always thought he’d have some big booming voice, but I don’t see how that can be reconciled with how he handles himself amongst others.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:22:41 +0000

Um….fucking rad. Although I admit, as soon as the trailer ended i played “The Beginning is the End is the Beginning.” I’m a sucker for Billy Corgan…. well Matt Bellamy too.

Not hear of Muse?? Wow…that makes me sad…

By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:15:22 +0000

I’ve had never even heard of muse before, they remind me of queen

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:26:47 +0000

Oh it is Philip Glass and Muse … cool. Just so long as he doesn’t use that Cloudscape track. I want to use that one someday for some kind of fantastical airship heavy adventure tale. This trailer probably does little more to elucidate the uninformed viewer and to be honest it still doesn’t tell me if this Snyder guy has a reasonable handle on the material. So far he’s put together 2 great trailer filled with great trailer moments but a good movie is more than just explosions, screaming, and tough looks.

By: paulieq

paulieq — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:06:18 +0000

holy crap now i want to see this movie……..

By: Henrik

Henrik — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:52:02 +0000

Is it only me that find the voices of Rorschach and Dr. Manhattan impossible to take seriously?

I like Starlight.

By: Ryan M.

Ryan M. — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:34:12 +0000

@Sean: Yeah, that’s Koyaanisqatsi! I have my Father’s old vinyl…sad that millions of people will see the trailer and think that’s the original soundtrack for “Watchmen”…because apparently music will be regurgitated so many times that eventually no one will know who wrote the original piece!

Never heard of Muse…*googling*

By: Goon

Goon — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:24:21 +0000

Muse is a great choice for the trailer.

Guitar Hero helped, but Muse generally simply improved since their debut when they seemed like an earlier-era Radiohead ripoff. That and word of mouth. Muse are one of the best live bands I’ve ever seen. Saw them at V-Fest a couple years ago, I went to their set thinking they were just okay, and that I just wanted to be in a good spot for Gnarls Barkley and the Flaming Lips later, but ended up really impressed and became a big fan because of it.