Ugg...Zack Snyders"Watchmen"

WATCHMEN director Zack Snyder confirmed rumors that the ending of the film is not the same as the graphic novel.There was a meltdown among hardcore "fanboys" when a test screening of the film in Portland, depicted an ending that does not include the squid-like creature of the comic book.

"The one thing that was cool was that anyone who had read the graphic novel who was at the screening rated the film 'excellent' - for me I'm like 'I'm done'. The fans, God love 'em, they're all up in arms about the squid. What they should be up in arms about are things like shooting the pregnant woman, 'God is real and he's American', whether THAT'S in the movie. That's my point of view, maybe I'm crazy."

"The squid was not in the movie when I got the script, the squid was never in any draft that I saw. My point is only that there was this elegant solution to the squid problem that I kind of embraced."

Asked about the new ending he said: "I won't say exactly but Doctor Manhattan has a certain energy signature, it's clearly his thing."

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Ozymandias detonates bombs in major cities around the world that have the same energy signature as Dr. Manhattan thus uniting the world against a common enemy(Dr. Manhattan) and eliminating the threat of nuclear war between Russia and the USA.

Call me a "fanboy" but I dug the original ending and can't stand the glossy Batman & Robin (1997) styled costumes (with nipples) they went with. I'm with Alan Moore on never watching it but if I do, I'll catch it on TV. Thanks Zack.

David Gibbons On The Watchmen Film

Dave Gibbons, the artist of the graphic novel Watchmen, did not think his work would be translated to the screen while he was drawing the book alongside writer Alan Moore.

Gibbons said he would have been "quite happy for Watchmen just to be a graphic novel" as it was "the way it was conceived".

And he appreciates that the big screen adaptation is being handled by fans of the story.

"Now that it's being made into a movie, I'm really glad that the people who are doing it really get it and are putting the same passion into it that [Alan and I] put into the comic," he told New York magazine.

Gibbons, who has been working with director Zack Snyder on the film, revealed that he is pleased to have been approached for his input.

"Considering that Alan and I sold all our rights to DC way back when we first did the book, and the fact that the movie people really have no obligation to consult me at all, I'm delighted that they have done so," he said.

Via: Digital Spy