Watchmen Blu Ray - Directors Cut - 205 Minutes! - Blu-ray Forum

Swift1246 · 02-18-2009, 06:44 PM

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.

jono_0101 · 02-18-2009, 06:48 PM

thats a hell of a lot of extra footage, i dont even really know anything about the watchmen, but seeing the trailers it looks really cool, and im definitely going to go see it, one thing i was wondering though, whats that guys deal that looks an awful lot like batman? is that kind of a rip off, or am i just looking at it wrong?

TauHeel05 · 02-18-2009, 06:48 PM

Nice.

snoman_99 · 02-18-2009, 06:49 PM

well if they splice that in.. it will be just like the book thats for sure, and i'll definately pick it up!!!!!

Kyo28 · 02-18-2009, 07:09 PM

205 minutes? That must be some kind of record! I was already planning to pick this up (and 156 minutes was pretty long already) ... now, I can't wait for the blu to be released! I just hope the additional footage will add to the story and not slow down the pacing too much.

bypass · 02-18-2009, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Kyo28

205 minutes? That must be some kind of record! I was already planning to pick this up (and 156 minutes was pretty long already) ... now, I can't wait for the blu to be released! I just hope the additional footage will add to the story and not slow down the pacing too much.

LOTR: Return of the King comes in at a hefty 251 minutes!

Tcan21 · 02-18-2009, 08:38 PM

I definitely will make one of my rare appearances to the theater to see this movie and then the blu-ray with all these different cuts

kdn1221 · 02-18-2009, 07:11 PM

Even though I don't know anything about Watchmen, the trailers seems interesting. I'm thinking of catching this on IMAX. If it's good, I like the idea of having the extended cuts. This is how movies should be when they are set for Blu.

I like to get my movies complete without missing parts deleted for time's sake. Hope the studios keep this in mind when they release their movies.

Dubstar · 02-18-2009, 07:28 PM

I've seen running times for the theatrical cut being 163 minutes.

Darkhawk9587 · 02-18-2009, 08:00 PM

Heck yes! That is awesome. I will definitely hold off for the 205 minute one. Hopefully there will also be a ton of special features on the disc as well.

vanishingpoint · 02-19-2009, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by jono_0101

thats a hell of a lot of extra footage, i dont even really know anything about the watchmen, but seeing the trailers it looks really cool, and im definitely going to go see it, one thing i was wondering though, whats that guys deal that looks an awful lot like batman? is that kind of a rip off, or am i just looking at it wrong?

The Watchmen are based on Charlton Comics characters, which DC Comics aquired in 1985. Alan Moore had originally wanted to use the exact characters themselves, but when DC found out that many of them would be killed or rendered unusable after the story was over, they suggested using original creations.

Believe it or not, Nite Owl is based on Blue Beetle rather than Batman.

For the full story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen

DaveFi · 02-19-2009, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanishingpoint

The Watchmen are based on Charlton Comics characters, which DC Comics aquired in 1985. Alan Moore had originally wanted to use the exact characters themselves, but when DC found out that many of them would be killed or rendered unusable after the story was over, they suggested using original creations.

Believe it or not, Nite Owl is based on Blue Beetle rather than Batman.

For the full story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen

As long as you're going into that, The Black Freighter section comics that the kid was reading is based off the old horror tales of EC Comics of the '50s. Great stuff.

Can you say Tales From the Crypt? I thought you could.

FYI: Black Freighter 720p trailer up:

LINK

bluskies · 02-19-2009, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanishingpoint

The Watchmen are based on Charlton Comics characters, which DC Comics aquired in 1985. Alan Moore had originally wanted to use the exact characters themselves, but when DC found out that many of them would be killed or rendered unusable after the story was over, they suggested using original creations.

Believe it or not, Nite Owl is based on Blue Beetle rather than Batman.

For the full story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen

Actually, two Nite Owls were based on two Blue Beetles. Rorschach is based on The Question, The Comedian on The Peacemaker, Dr. Manhattan on Captain Atom, and Ozymandias on Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt.

Seretur · 02-19-2009, 07:15 PM

I just hope Warner have their encoding game down pat when it comes time to release Watchmen. Fingers crossed.

I'm seeing the movie again in 14 hours, just so you can hate me more.

DetroitSportsFan · 02-19-2009, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seretur

I just hope Warner have their encoding game down pat when it comes time to release Watchmen. Fingers crossed.

If not, I read that Paramount is releasing it in the UK.

Moefiz · 02-18-2009, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swift1246

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

Talk about dedication to your source material.

I can't wait to see this movie.

dahoover · 02-18-2009, 10:04 PM

Awesome! I already can't wait for the theatrical version and now I am anticipating the bluray release before the movie is even in theatres.

Oh well, the bluray will definitely be a day 1 purchase for me.

Col. Zombie · 02-18-2009, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swift1246

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.

The total runtime for Tales From the Black Freighter is 62 minutes, so obviously they won't be splicing the entire film into this cut of Watchmen.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=19841

I guess they will be splicing scenes from TRTBF that were included in the original graphic novel.

So I'm left wondering if they will also include the full TFTBF in the Watchmen's Blu-ray realease as an extra?

reginaroadie · 02-18-2009, 11:01 PM

I'm going to hold off on getting anything WATCHMEN related until the end of the year with what will probably be a massive Blu-Ray that throws in the kitchen sink as well. I MAY get the complete Motion Comic if it's not included in the big massive Blu-Ray of it.

But I'm glad to hear that even with the theatrical cut that it delivers on what we're hoping for it to be. It's nice to know that me taking the day off to go see it will be worth it.

Anyone else taking the day off as well? And the day before, I'm going to bring in an ice cream cake that has the smiley face with blood logo on it into work for everyone.

DaveFi · 02-18-2009, 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Col.Zombie

The total runtime for Tales From the Black Freighter is 62 minutes, so obviously they won't be splicing the entire film into this cut of Watchmen.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=19841

I guess they will be splicing scenes from TRTBF that were included in the original graphic novel.

So I'm left wondering if they will also include the full TFTBF in the Watchmen's Blu-ray realease as an extra?

Actually, the entire running time for TFTBF is more like 25mins and Hollis Mason's: Under the Hood is 35. You can read it off the jacket art on the net if you can find it.

Seeing as he said he's using all the parts he thought was good to begin with, I doubt he'd even bother including the full cut as an incentive and a bonus (and a way not to piss those off) to those consumers who purchased the standalone release earlier.

02-18-2009, 06:44 PM	#1
Swift1246 Active Member Member since:Jun 2008 Location:San Antonio, TX 4K collection:261 Blu-ray collection:1025 DVD collection:5 Trading Score:7	Watchmen Blu Ray - Directors Cut - 205 Minutes! 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. Last edited by Swift1246; 02-19-2009 at 02:39 PM. Reason: Update

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02-18-2009, 06:48 PM	#2
jono_0101 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2008 Location:St. Louis Blu-ray collection:164 Trading Score:7	thats a hell of a lot of extra footage, i dont even really know anything about the watchmen, but seeing the trailers it looks really cool, and im definitely going to go see it, one thing i was wondering though, whats that guys deal that looks an awful lot like batman? is that kind of a rip off, or am i just looking at it wrong?

02-18-2009, 06:48 PM	#3
TauHeel05 Power Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:North Carolina 4K collection:2599 Blu-ray collection:8144 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:23	Nice.

02-18-2009, 06:49 PM	#4
snoman_99 Expert Member Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Your Momma, Oklahoma 4K collection:524 Blu-ray collection:3423 DVD collection:48	well if they splice that in.. it will be just like the book thats for sure, and i'll definately pick it up!!!!!

02-18-2009, 07:09 PM	#5
Kyo28 Power Member Member since:Jun 2008 Blu-ray collection:446 Blu-ray reviews:12	205 minutes? That must be some kind of record! I was already planning to pick this up (and 156 minutes was pretty long already) ... now, I can't wait for the blu to be released! I just hope the additional footage will add to the story and not slow down the pacing too much.

02-18-2009, 08:38 PM	#7
Tcan21 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Carrollton, Texas Blu-ray reviews: 4 Trading Score:353	I definitely will make one of my rare appearances to the theater to see this movie and then the blu-ray with all these different cuts

02-18-2009, 07:11 PM	#8
kdn1221 Senior Member Member since:Oct 2008 Blu-ray collection:499 DVD collection:673	Even though I don't know anything about Watchmen, the trailers seems interesting. I'm thinking of catching this on IMAX. If it's good, I like the idea of having the extended cuts. This is how movies should be when they are set for Blu. I like to get my movies complete without missing parts deleted for time's sake. Hope the studios keep this in mind when they release their movies.

02-18-2009, 07:28 PM	#9
Dubstar Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:down at Fraggle Rock Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:201 Blu-ray collection:1953 DVD collection:304 MA collection:4 Digital collection:33 Trading Score:29	I've seen running times for the theatrical cut being 163 minutes.

02-18-2009, 08:00 PM	#10
Darkhawk9587 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Wisconsin 4K collection:66 Blu-ray collection:487 Trading Score:30	Heck yes! That is awesome. I will definitely hold off for the 205 minute one. Hopefully there will also be a ton of special features on the disc as well.

02-19-2009, 07:15 PM	#14
Seretur Special Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:An Island in the Adriatic Blu-ray collection:521 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:2	I just hope Warner have their encoding game down pat when it comes time to release Watchmen. Fingers crossed. I'm seeing the movie again in 14 hours, just so you can hate me more.

02-18-2009, 10:04 PM	#17
dahoover Expert Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Bloomington, Indiana Blu-ray collection:230 DVD collection:107 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:25	Awesome! I already can't wait for the theatrical version and now I am anticipating the bluray release before the movie is even in theatres. Oh well, the bluray will definitely be a day 1 purchase for me.

02-18-2009, 11:01 PM	#19
reginaroadie Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 4K collection:171 Blu-ray collection:600 DVD collection:75	I'm going to hold off on getting anything WATCHMEN related until the end of the year with what will probably be a massive Blu-Ray that throws in the kitchen sink as well. I MAY get the complete Motion Comic if it's not included in the big massive Blu-Ray of it. But I'm glad to hear that even with the theatrical cut that it delivers on what we're hoping for it to be. It's nice to know that me taking the day off to go see it will be worth it. Anyone else taking the day off as well? And the day before, I'm going to bring in an ice cream cake that has the smiley face with blood logo on it into work for everyone.

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