Comments on: CryptoCinema To Shine in ‘09?

By: MonsterMash

MonsterMash — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:11:42 +0000

I agree: Watchmen has little to do with cryptozoology. Mothman is shown in a photo in the movie, as seen in pre-release images, but it’s not known if he’ll show up in any capacity, or if his name will even be mentioned. One movie isn’t enough to cram in all of Watchmen’s back story.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:39:34 +0000

The images of Nite Owl II were properly identified soon after this posting went up on the 1st. However, in the admin resizing of the images, an unfortunate deletion was made in a caption. That has been caught, so please, everyone, the error has been corrected and recorded.

By: robbo

robbo — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:25:42 +0000

The scientifically advanced world of Watchmen allows for the uber-rich Ozymandias to have exotic (genetically sculpted) animal breeds as seen in this poster, here.

By: MattBille

MattBille — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:40:53 +0000

Oops. On remakes, how can I have forgotten King Kong, a delicious exercise in cinematic excess? The science was bad and the ending went on forever, but the film was a wonderful visual creature-fest.

By: HulkSmashNow

HulkSmashNow — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:23:52 +0000

If Watchmen makes it out of the gate this year because of the Fox/WB case, I’d be surprised. And frankly, I wish it had never been made. There is no way that a 12-issue maxi-series (that’s what Watchmen is, not a graphic novel), can be condensed down to two and a half or three hour movie and keep any of the real substance or nuance that Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons painstakingly created.

Personally, I’m looking more forward to Transformers: Rise of the Fallen and G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra. But, that’s just the child of the ’80s cartoons and toys talking.

By: MattBille

MattBille — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:53:13 +0000

Watchmen sounds very promising but may not come out on schedule, thanks to Warner somehow dismissing the little fact that Fox owned the rights to distribute any Watchmen film. The others - well, we'll see. The people behind The Wolf Man certainly make it sound promising as well, but when was the last time a remake of a "creature" horror film was good? The most recent example I can think of is The Fly, and that was made 23 years ago. Those two wretched TV adaptations of 20,000 Leagues may have made the thing unmarketable as a film remake. Others in 2009, from Wikipedia and a quick trawl of other movie sites: There's another chapter of Underworld due out for werewolf fans, plus a new animated Ice Age film and a movie about an albino sign-language-capable gorilla for a young audience. Cool creatures will no doubt be on display in the next Harry Potter film and in James Cameron's Avatar. There is Piranha 3-D, set in Arizona. Really. Cloverfield seems likely to have a sequel, but it seems unlikely to make a 2009 release date.

By: krootasaurusrex

krootasaurusrex — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:48:14 +0000

I’m sorry, but the Watchmen doesn’t have much to do with cryptozoology. Except for a secondary character called the Mothman, who in the comic, is featured in a flashback and mentioned to be institutionalized after suffering a mental breakdown and alcoholism.

Still, I was pleasantly surprised that movie of Where the Wild Things Are is being made. And Monsters Vs. Aliens is on my watch list.

By: LiberalDem

LiberalDem — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:39:32 +0000

I, personally, can’t *wait* for the release of Watchmen!

By: sschaper

sschaper — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:27:34 +0000

Well, the Founding Father’s had the 2nd Amendment as the answer to the question “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”, I look forward to these movies. Thank you for reporting them.