Watchmen (2009)

[DetroitSportsFan]

The movie was just released in theaters a few weeks ago. The rumors say July, but nothing has been confirmed.

By the way, you should change your avatar due to its political nature.

[JTH182]

Is the Black Freighter stuff the same as what's available on disc right now, or something completely different?

What is the Under the Hood stuff? I'm watching the motion comic and I don't think it's in there, is it?

[solarrdadd]

I loved it in IMAX! I can't wait to get this home and roll it on my system! I hope it's in 7.1 and completely in IMAX from start to finish like they should have done the Dark Knight; they should still release a version of the Dark Knight completly in the IMAX format. I hope they do Watchmen right! I also hope by then I'll have my hands on the new Oppo blu player!

FRAKK'EN AY!

[JTH182]

Originally Posted by solarrdadd

I loved it in IMAX! I can't wait to get this home and roll it on my system! I hope it's in 7.1 and completely in IMAX from start to finish like they should have done the Dark Knight; they should still release a version of the Dark Knight completly in the IMAX format. I hope they do Watchmen right! I also hope by then I'll have my hands on the new Oppo blu player!

FRAKK'EN AY!

I don't think Watchmen was shot in IMAX... The version of TDK that's out now is the same exact version as what you saw in the IMAX theater.

[krazyclown]

Credit goes to Bluray.com member Swift1246 copied out of another watchmen thread on this site




Watchmen Blu Ray - Directors Cut - 205 Minutes!

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Zack Snyder is preparing two extended cuts for the DVD/Blu-ray release. The theatrical cut - which you'll be seeing in less than three weeks! - clocks in at 156 minutes. The Director's Cut will run 190 minutes. And then there will be a cut splicing in "Tales of the Black Freighter" that will run a whopping 205 minutes. Wow.

Source : http://www.collider.com/entertainmen...d/10993/tcid/1



Update:

Collider: What is the final running time on the DVD and what can fans look forward to?



Zack: The final running time without the Black Freighter is 3 hours and 10 minutes.



Collider: When you say the Black Freighter, so you’re going to put in some of the animated bits?



Zack: No. The Black Freighter version of the movie, which we call the final cut or the ultimate cut – it has a marketed name that I don’t know exactly what it is. That version of the movie, because when we were up there we physically shot the in’s and out’s, scenes at the newsstand that go into the movie. There’s like scenes where our characters pass the newsstand and then we pick up action at the newsstand and it gets us into the Black Freighter….with shots that go into it and it comes to life and you follow the Black Freighter story and then come back into the movie. That version of the movie is the director’s cut with the Black Freighter intercut. That version sort of traces the structure of the Black Freighter that's integrated into the comic book… So that version is the 3 hour and 25 minute version. So you have all those in’s and out’s…but the director’s cut includes the Hollis death stuff, that’s just a lot more connective tissue…it’s hard for me to even remember exactly what’s in it. But it’s just a lot more.



Collider: So let me ask you, is there footage that isn’t going in this director’s cut that’s sitting on the sidelines…or is this really everything?



Zack: It’s really pretty much everything. The 3 hour version is pretty much everything. There was very little that we shot that I didn’t like or use.

Here’s what Debbie said:



Collider: What is coming on the DVD? Is there a director’s cut? A separate theatrical cut?



Debbie Snyder: They’re all done because we had to finish them all at the same time. We have the 3 hour director’s cut which will be released at the first release of the DVD…which will probably be around Comic-Con of this year.



Collider: Can I ask you, is there going to be a theatrical cut and a director’s cut on the same DVD or are these separate DVDs?



Debbie: I think on one of them, I don’t know if it’s the Blu-ray, I think it does exist together. But don’t hold me to it. We also did the craziest thing ever called “The In-Movie Experience” for Blu-ray which I’ve never seen before…where Zack actually…it’s like a director’s commentary but it’s him and there are all these boxes and they’ll play the movie and he’ll point to a scene and they’ll deconstruct the scene on all these monitors behind him where you can see the green screen version of it. Or if it’s Dr. Manhattan you can see some great effects. It’s kind of like “Minority Report” as it feels very futuristic. And then there will be, I believe, in the fall the Ultimate Watchmen cut which will have the Black Freighter thread through the film which includes the ins and outs that we shot at the newsstand so that’s pretty fun. And another thing is we finished all the versions and it was an enormous amount of money because of Dr. Manhattan. Because if you think about it, it was an hour difference between the theatrical version, so it’s a lot of visual effects on Dr. Manhattan and we finished it at the same quality so we were really excited that they let us do that.

[Porkchop Express]

For those who want to blind buy, go see the movie already!! It's definitely worth the ticket price.

[LeBougre]

Originally Posted by Porkchop Express

For those who want to blind buy, go see the movie already!! It's definitely worth the ticket price.

+1 !!! Can't wait for the blu-ray probably in July !

Too bad the movie didn't work as well as Warner (and surely a lot of people including me) expected ...

[monkeyjb1988]

Will get this. Loved the movie so much, it inspired me to get and read the comic. Maybe wait for the X-mas Ultimate everything but the kitchen sink edition, but I'll definitely rent the Blu in July.

[CrystalLake]

Cant wait for this!

[jmwent25]

I was never in to comics and such. Sin city was alright but to many people died it was funnier than anything. Now with watchmen coming out I have been trying to see what it's all about reading up on some of the comics. I feel like a nerd. I'm waiting til it comes out on blu ray, cant wait for those CGI parts!

[Ernest Rister]

Waiting for the full version, I'm still on the fence about how Watchmen worked as a movie. I'm not sure adding more footage is going to solve that problem. I'm happy with the theatrical, but I'm going to rent the other versions before I decide to buy any of them.

[Brandon]

The theatrical version was already long enough…I’m not a big fan of the trend for 3+ hour movies nowadays. I can barely sit through a 2+hour movie. I guess it would be cool to have a DC that goes into more depth and just watch it in two sittings. The extended cuts of LOTR take me like 3 sittings

[P@t_Mtl]

I will wait to purchase the final release later in the year, probably in November

[Red Hood]

I wanted the super duper version but now I'm thinking about just going with the theatrical. It's long enough and I don't know if the extra stuff will be worth it, already own the black freighter.

[The Guilty Party]

Thanks for all of the info on this but I am slightly confused.

If we're being told that the initial release will include a 205 minute DC (3 hours and 25 minutes long) AND we're being told by Snyder that the version WITH all of the Black Freighter stuff will clock in at 3:25.... then doesn't mean that we're getting the best possible version with the initial release???

While I loved this movie and thought it was amazing, I don't believe it met box office expectations for the studio. The budget for the film was $150MIL and as of today, the dometic gross is at $103M with the total worldwide gross at $170M.

Besides NOT being a huge success there's also the issue of the settlement between Fox and WB to release this film. While releasing an ultimate edition may have been the plan before the theatrical release, I wonder if the lack of American interest has changed that plan.

[LeBougre]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

I will wait to purchase the final release later in the year, probably in November

So, what will be the blu-ray in July ? and the one in November ?

Thanks

[krazyclown]

Originally Posted by The Guilty Party

Thanks for all of the info on this but I am slightly confused.

If we're being told that the initial release will include a 205 minute DC (3 hours and 25 minutes long) AND we're being told by Snyder that the version WITH all of the Black Freighter stuff will clock in at 3:25.... then doesn't mean that we're getting the best possible version with the initial release???
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The Director's Cut will run 190 minutes
The Black freighter Cut will run 205 minutes

[krazyclown]

Originally Posted by LeBougre

So, what will be the blu-ray in July ? and the one in November ?

Thanks

The one in july will prob be the theatrical 156 minutes / Directors cut 190 min

The end of the year one will be the directors cut with the black freaighter stuff spliced into the movie 205 min

[The Guilty Party]

Originally Posted by krazyclown

The Director's Cut will run 190 minutes
The Black freighter Cut will run 205 minutes

Ahhh.... in that case I'll be holding out for the 205 edition. Hopefully we can get this in a normal size case and NOT one of those ridiculous collector's boxes that WB likes to put out (see: I Am Legend & Casablanca).

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by The Guilty Party

Ahhh.... in that case I'll be holding out for the 205 edition. Hopefully we can get this in a normal size case and NOT one of those ridiculous collector's boxes that WB likes to put out (see: I Am Legend & Casablanca).

I hope WB as heard you, I don't need these stupid ultra expensive releases