Saturday, February 7, 2009

Dave Gibbons and Watchmen's Squid

Supposedly, the ending of "Watchmen" the movie will not be exactly the same as the graphic novel. Not to spoil anything, let's just say there is a giant squid in the ending of the comic, and it is believed that Zack Snyder has no squid in hs film.

At the New York Comic-Con, Dave Gibbons spoke more about this change.

According to First Showing, "Artist Dave Gibbons appeared at the New York Comic-Con earlier today during Warner Brothers' Watchmen presentation and fielded questions from fans after sharing some new footage. When asked about the squid, Gibbons tried to dodge the answer, but did eventually say 'the outcome is exactly the same as the novel.'

Gibbons added that 'the McGuffin is different in the movie and I think you know what I mean.' He's obviously talking about the squid. 'I think it has to stand as a good movie… The reality is you have to make changes, and I think it's been done very well.' What Gibbons is saying, basically, is that the final outcome in the end will be the same as the graphic novel, in theory, but the squid won't be the way it gets to that end."

So if you read the comics, do you think a change for the film is due? For those who haven't read the comics, this probably isn't that big of a deal to you, but heck, it is news.
More news to come! Catch ya' later!

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