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what more do you need to know about Watchmen other than it's about superheroes?

Posted by pigby (aka chris) Feb 15 '09, 20:11

trying to explain much more than that about the plot in a one or two minute trailer would just confuse you further

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Yeah, calling it a superhero movie would be misleading. Maybe a psychological murder thriller about people in masks. -- nm - Mop Feb 15, 20:34 3
- Sounds like a marketing nightmare - no wonder it's taken so long to happen. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 15, 22:22
- Watchboy = Eyes Wide Shut? -- nm - Qale Feb 15, 20:42 1
  - er Watchmen. -- nm - Qale Feb 15, 20:42
so Hellboy=Catwoman=Watchmen? -- nm - ty97 Feb 15, 20:21 1
- trailerwise, pretty much -- nm - pigby Feb 15, 20:23
But it claims to "not be just another superhero movie" (or something like that in the trailer) and it looks like... - Cuzzin Todd Feb 15, 20:14 1
- word. -- nm - kelly Feb 15, 20:16
Jeffrey Dean Morgan. -- nm - loosilu Feb 15, 20:14 11
- Oh yeah baby -- nm - Epiphany Feb 15, 20:16
- spoilers! (*snicker* since his character always dies, of course) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 20:15
- and we know what happens to him. -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 20:14 8
  - the purpose of JDM is to die tragically and beautifully. -- nm - loosilu Feb 15, 20:30 2
    - *sighs and contemplates the worthlessness of it all* -- nm - Trish Feb 15, 21:18
    - his very next role -- nm - James Mason Feb 15, 20:32
  - No - we don't but you can tell us. tell us slowly - with naughty words - Epiphany Feb 15, 20:17 3
    - well it starts with a bathrobe. -- nm - Remlik Feb 15, 20:41 2
      - *presses 1 to hear more* -- nm - loosilu Feb 15, 20:45 1
        
        *giggles* I can totally see us each with an ear pressed to the same telephone - Epiphany Feb 15, 21:00
  - His ghost has sex with Izzy? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 15, 20:15
You are smart. - Spawn Feb 15, 20:13 1
- you are smart -- nm - pigby Feb 15, 20:16
Since I don't much like superhero movies, I need something to see that I like, a Joker or an Xavier. -- nm - Qale Feb 15, 20:13 2
- Then I bet you would like Watchmen. -- nm - Spawn Feb 15, 21:11 1
  - Watchmen has a really low bar set since the last superhero movie I saw was The Spirit. -- nm - Qale Feb 15, 21:51

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what more do you need to know about Watchmen other than it's about superheroes?

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