[Batman]

Link.

Billy Crudup is Dr. Manhattan:


I guess he'll do.

Matthew Goode is Ozymandius:

I didn't see much of a resemblance when I first saw his picture, but now, looking at them side-by-side. . . he really has the nose doesn't he?

Patrick Wilson is Night Owl:

I presume he promised to gain twenty pounds for the role.

Jeffrey Dean is The Comedian:

Ha, looks like he's already acting out the death scene there. (Sadly, that picture was a victim of hotlink-nazis.) Nice resemblance, anyhow.

Malin Akerman is Silk Spectre"

A little . . . blonde, but, eh, she's hot. They can die her hair.

And, best for last, Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach:

Does he look the part, or what? The eyes. The ears. Awesome!

[The Canadian Content]

Wow. I've never heard of a single one of those actors.

[OpTard]

HA! i was about to say the same thing.

[The Canadian Content]

I just realized that Malin Akerman was in Harold & Kumar. Here's the NSFW goodness.

[Pun]

You never saw the original Bad News Bears?!?!? Jackie Earl Haley was the man - Kelly motherfuckin' Leak!

[The Jewish Cunthead]

LET THEM PLAY! LET THEM PLAY!

[Pun]

Don't even try to lump Breaking Training in with the greatness that was Bad News Bears.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Are you kidding? I love Matthau but Breaking Training had JR Richard and Cesar Cedeno spouting off gems like "Cmon, let the kids play."

Plus it had Scott Baio....'s younger brother Jimmy as Carmen Ronzonni.

[Pun]

You LOSE!

Jimmy Baio was Scott's cousin.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Two things:

A) I'm sorry you know that.

B) You can be on our team for the WSOPC.

[Batman]

Sad, futile attempt to wrench this back on-topic:

I think they figure the movie won't need stars (300 did fine without any) and they're saving the money for effects.

[Batman]

Also, you can get really strong resemblances if you're not constrained by needing to choose name actors. Some of those resemblances are really striking.

[Evil Scotty]

watchmen website

[Lucky]

I really don't give much fo a shit about the physical resemblances. Michael Clarke Duncan pretty much proved that's not necessary with Kingpin as long as you can grab on the basic essence of the character. So while none of the basic physical appearances move me one way or another... and really, Dr. Manhattan, Night Owl, and Rorshach will all theoretically get makeup/costume treatment... having no real familiarity with any of them leaves me quite cold as to how they'll be able to do.

Crudup is the one actor I know (Sleepers, Almost Famous) and of course he's playing the cold, emotionless blue guy.

Actually I DO know Jeffrey Morgan. He was the father on Supernatural. You know what? Perfect. I love him for the Comedian.

I've no idea who the other 3 are but all strike me as a bit young. But presuming they have to do the old days of masked heroes along with the present setting of the story I guess it makes more sense to have younger folks playing old than older folks playing young. Rorschach and Comedian are clearly older but I guess that makes sense, if I remember the story right. Comedian was a sidekick of the 1st gen and Rorschach's a mystery anyway. Spectre and Owl are the 2nd generation heroes so they should be a bit younger, I guess. I should probably reread the book. Presuming I can find it.

As far as name power, I'm not sure its absent. Morgan was a regular on Grey's Anatomy as well as Supernatural and Weeds. Wilson has Emmy and Golden Globe noms from Angels in America. Haley apparently was nominated for an Oscar in a movie I never heard of (that Wilson was apparently in as well). And Crudup had Almost Famous. Goode and Akerman seem to be the nobodies, but they're pretty. The cast certainly isn't filled with star power but its folks who are probably recognizable to many.

Comedian's perfect and Spectre's hot. Otherwise I am unaffected.

[Pun]

luckylopez said:

I've no idea who the other 3 are but all strike me as a bit young.

Fuckin' A, Lucky! You're the baseball guy! I would have thought you of all people would have known Jackie Earl Haley.

[BTR]

The movie that Patrick Wilson and Jackie Earle Haley were in was Little Children. It was my 2nd favorite movie of last year, behind The Departed. Also a solid book (although a rare instance where the film is better.) I also reviewed it for Daddymonkeylives.com, if anybody wants to Netflix it or something. I highly recommend it.

I can't believe people care about the fucking ears and noses on actors matching the characters. Like Lucky said, you can get away from the physical characteristics as long as they have a good feel for it. My favorite character in the X-Men movies is Magneto. Sure, Ian McKellen is old, but he's not Jewish and he doesn't have the physical presence that Magneto has in the comics. Of course, he's also a phenomenal actor, but that just shows they got the casting right. Some of these Watchmen guys--the ones I know--are very good. And the ones I don't at least look nice shirtless and straddling a chair.

[OpTard]

the whole look like thing is fucking retarded. who cares

[Batman]

Good resemblances helped make Sin City work so well.

There's a big difference between doing an interpretation of a giant super-hero franchise like Batman or Spider-Man and adapting one particular story, like Sin City or Watchmen. A big part of the fun of an adaptation like that is being able to say, "hey, I remember that exact panel."

It's still just a bonus, if the resemblances hadn't been strong I wouldn't care that much. But I'm glad Rorschach is ugly.

[Stu]

Carla Gugino is Sally Jupiter/Silk Spectre I
www.superherohype.com/news/watchmennews.php?id=6175

[Batman]

??? I just said that resemblances are only a bonus to me and that they aren't really that important. But I hate when pretty people play ugly. Or is Silk Spectre I supposed to be hot now?

The whole point of those characters is that the mom always tried so hard to be a sex symbol, but wasn't really hot, but then had this daughter who was super-hot, and she doesn't want any part of trying to be a sex symbol. At least that's how I always looked at it.

So is she going to be in the flashback scenes only, or are they going to use old-age makeup?

[Batman]

Then again, give her an orange poodle-perm wig and she'll probably be fine.

[Lucky]

I never was under the impression that Spectre I was supposed to be unattractive. She was elderly in the present setting and she was middle aged in some of the flashbacks. But in her prime I was always under the impression she was a legitimate sex symbol. She was a stripper and then a model. She obviously was completely shameless in exploiting herself but I was never under the impression that she was supposed to be failing. Her daughter was just hot in her own right and completely ashamed by the risque behavior of her mother. Which her mother then forced upon her despite her feminist ideals and modesty. Being hotter than her mom never even occurred to me as an element.

[Batman]

I'm looking at the pictures from the clippings from her youth, and I have to concede that you're right. She is supposed to have been good-looking when she was young. But I don't think there are actually any scenes from that era, just a few photos. She's middle-aged in the Minutemen-reunion scenes, and old in the present-day scenes.

[Lucky]

Well there's at least one big flashback from when she and the Comedian were both young. But the book obviously tells most of her stories from her perspective or her daughter's. And the theme there is of the old woman who still revels in her sex symbol status to the utter embarrassment of her daughter. So I'd guess that's where you got the idea from. But I haven't read the book in quite awhile.

[Batman]

Man, I was thinking that the rape scene was from the Crimebusters meeting from when they were middle-aged. But, no it was from a Minutemen meeting from the old days. So, yeah, that's her in her younger days.



Not exactly all that.