Watchmen the Movie: Criticizing the Character Costumes

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There’s really no need to introduce Watchmen. For any fan of comics, Alan Moore’s creation is coming to the big screen in 2009. Watchmen symbolized the pinnacle of graphic novels and turned the tide for a comic book series to actually win a Hugo Award and a Time Magazine 2005 “the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present.”

So the behind the scenes Flickr page is up and we have some character pegs of the costumes for Ozymandias, Rorschack, The Comedian, Nite Owl and Silk Spectre. I do want you to decide for yourself but as a fan of Moore’s original work, don’t the costumes look a bit too bad ass? Part of why I loved Watchmen was how crude and realistic everything looked. Like okay – in the original, Nite Owl looked like he was going to fall over his huge ass armored cape (and looked rather silly with the utility glasses) while Ozymandias was a perfect replica of Alexander the Great. In these pegs, Nite Owl’s costume looks too kick ass like Batman’s while Ozymandias is screaming emo.

I kinda like The Comedian’s leather armor get up (played by 300’s Leonidas!) though he’s reminding me more and more of The Punisher. I guess Rorschack’s costume is the safest – because you can’t really be too creative with an ink-blot mask and a trench coat.

Too bad ass? Or it’s just a realistic way to keep up with the times? Would love to hear your thoughts on how this novel-to-film adaptation will come to life and speculation is all we have.

On the flipside, we have another set of Watchmen character pegs you may also enjoy. 🙂

Comments

6 responses to “Watchmen the Movie: Criticizing the Character Costumes”

  1. Juned Avatar

    LOL. The Rorschak and Snoopy bit I liked.

  2. Ade Avatar

    WTF? Nipples on Ozymandias’ costume?!

  3. Jayvee Avatar

    @Ade: exactly.

  4. Japser Avatar
    Japser

    Ozymandias’s costume was my favourite in the comic, so I’m very dissapointed.
    Plus I want to see nite owls cape running from the top of his mask down in a triangle, his “new” cape looks to regular to me, dang…

  5. Badong Avatar
    Badong

    I don’t think “the Comedian” was portrayed by 300’s “Leonidas”. He’s not Gerard Butler..That’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

  6. Jayvee Avatar

    correct you are — i had thought he was initially cast in the roster but jeffrey dean morgan took his place if im not mistaken. 🙂

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