Todd’s Movie Blog

In front of The Dark Knight is a trailer for Watchmen, the highly anticipated adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons seminal and groundbreaking comic book series, and a property thought to be unfilmable.  I have always had my doubts about being able to do the story justice, but now they will give it a try.  The director chosen, Zack Snyder, has shown he can make a hit film based on a downbeat and unfilmable comic book property with 300.  I just wonder if anyone other than comic book fans will want to see this film.  You can say non-comic book readers are flocking to The Dark Knight, but Batman is a cultural icon that has been around for almost sixty years.  He is a known character outside of fandom.  Does anyone who is not a comic book reader ever heard of Dr. Manhattan, Nite Owl or Rorschach?  Hopefully a good promotional campaign can overcome this deficit because I would truly love for this to be a big hit, showing that superheroes can be a viable and serious way to explore complex moral issues, making The Dark Knight the start of something big instead of a fluke.