Watchmen: A critical Flop Blockbuster

Watchmen will be another paradox in film history. Already early reviews are condemning it for being everything from weak on character development to campy and weak on special effects. Even the fight scenes are getting panned.

So why will this film be a blockbuster? For the same reason Star Wars made money. The hype and the background of the story. Look at the Harry Potter films. Are they that exciting to watch? You never feel any anticipation of sitting on the edge of your seat. But if you've read the book (graphic novel) you want to see it come to life.

Watchmen has had fans and faithful waiting forever to see actors dressed in their favorite character costumes. People have wanted to see if a director would remain faithful to a blue man with his penis exposed. Watchmen is a film that fans must have. Watchmen is the final chapter in the story of Watchmen. But watch and see what happens after this film's first week at the box office. The word will get out and Watchmen will be ridiculed and relegated to a failure in film making. Yet it will have made a bundle of money.

What is sad is that Watchmen set the stage for everything we now see in Super Heroes. Even the movie The Incredible's owes it's premise to Watchmen by the foundation of political and social expansion of how Super Heroes would really fit in the real and modern world. Stories written 20 years after Watchmen such as the entire Marvel Civil War pull from the ideology of Watchmen. Watchmen changed how Super Hero stories are written to this day. If you never read any other Super Hero graphic novel, read Watchmen and you'll gain a new appreciation for everything you could possibly read after.

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ROOFTOP RESCUE (First Officially Released)



DANIEL - A GOOD FRIEND



THERE IS NO NEED FOR VIOLENCE



COMEDIAN BREAKS UP FIRST MEETING



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-Lars Hindsley

You Can Now Watch 'Watchmen" - Fox and Warner Brothers Settle!

The story ends folks. PCM has been watching the Watchmen saga for weeks now and in perhaps a bigger story than the movie itself, the two movie houses Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Brothers have come to terms avoiding a court decision which would ultimately be complicated and counter-productive to both parties.

The terms have not been made public. Some details are known. Judge Gary Feess is positioned to dismiss the case as Fox and Warners have agreed to a large settled payout (and box office percentage) instead of Fox being a co-distributor of Watchmen.

These two titans in the movie industry have been knocking heads over Watchmen for sometime and this settlement as practically an 11th hour decision as Watchmen has already begun releasing pre-movie release licensed sale items and the film's release date is March 6th.

The crux of the matter is that Fox had questionable rights to the story and did not exercise any claim on the film until after it was completed. Essentially Fox decided there was money to be had by playing it's card of rights ownership and they won. Fox is now about to gain money for nothing. ...Except for what the lawyers earned. They are always the true winners.

Why You May Never See Watchmen

Oh my... A judge has ruled on the Watchmen case. What! You say? You didn't know there was one? It's complicated. Two studios are at war and a judge which no one thought would make a ruling on it, has. What is more amazing is it is a ruling no one expected, not even the studio that the judge ruled in favor of. Sound familiar in today's society? Here is what you should know. The current ruling now puts the release of the movie in question--not just the release date.

The crux of the matter is 20th Century Fox has won a claim against Universal which now gives Fox a copyright interest in the Watchmen. Why? Because Warner Brothers should have never started filming Watchmen without the rights issue resolved prior. Fox has been attempting to halt the release of Watchmen and now they can. Will they? Money is involved so you bet it may happen.

What if the film is released later? Fanboy's should still care. Fox is well known for tight budgets and keeping films short on running times. Watchmen is complete, so budget is no longer at issue. But Watchmen is currently 2.5 hours long. Watchmen faithful may already be upset by the new ending of Watchmen, but to hack up the film after production is complete may cause a rift in viewership. Early word already is fans may boycott Wolverine in protest of the studio infighting.


Is it possible the most of Watchmen you may ever see are trailers like this one?



As a footnote, the current ruling is a short version. The judge in the case will offer a longer detailed ruling. What this means to us common folk is that this gives the judge some time for perspective which offers clarity to the implications of his ruling. A judge can then craft the more detailed ruling to force both sides to play nice and settle the matter. The judge may even issue a ruling that the film release and date are permitted and the money issue can be resolved after. But now with a ruling in place, both studios are most likely going to resolve the matter between themselves.