Porbably THE best thing to come out in relation to the Watchmen being turned into a movie...

As you may or may not have noticed, I never wrote a review for "Watchmen." After almost 8 months of posting about the movie, a countdown clock, and shout outs to the cast, I barely even mention that I'd seen it. I'll get into that once I finally write a review, but I just had to share this since I thought it was pretty entertaining.

Watchmen Tour with Malin Akerman from Malin Akerman

Cuz every girl's crazy bout a sharp dressed man

I think I'm on a serious menswear kick after seeing Watchmen & that was the last thing I expected to walk away with from the movie, but Rorschach's trench (and hat) are pretty fab. I doubt that's what John Varvatos had in mind while designing this collection, but that's the first thing that came to mind when I saw it.

More "Watchmen" madness

Last week in between the blitzkrieg of New York Fashion Week posts I inundated you with, I posted about the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly that featured Dr. Manhattan on the cover. Well it turns out that there were actually 6 different covers [featured above] for each Superhero. They're all badass but surprisingly enough I'm not that into Matthew Goode's cover as Ozymandias, mainly because he's unrecognizable.

Anyhoozie, the UK Premiere was last night, which got me excited because it means the US one is not far off and March 6 will finally be here. I'm still not sure whether or not I'm going to see this ouevre at 12:01 AM Friday (it is almost 3 hours long and I have to go to work the next day) or devote my entire Friday evening to it. Either which way I'll keep you posted. Below are some pics from the premiere.

Malin Ackerman and Carla Gugino amongst the general splendour

Jeffrey Dean Morgan as hot as he wants to be


Matthew Goode as "Classy hobo # 2"


Patrick Wilson in all his gorgeous glory

Jackie Earle Haley maxin & relaxin

Billy Crudup finally clothed


The entire cast with Director Zack Snyder and 2 random peeps

Inside "Watchmen"

An entire feature about the making of and all the behind the scenes info you wanted to know about Watchmen is the cover story for this week's Entertainment Weekly. Oh and the movie opens in 2 weeks!

a completely gratuitous Matthew Goode post

this video is heavy on CHEESE so I hope you're not lactose intolerant, if you choose to watch this. "Watchmen" opens in exactly 6 weeks so expect plenty more gratuitous MG posts.

A belated Christmas gift to you nerds out there/ trailer trash redux

If you haven't seen it already, here's the latest Watchmen trailer. Once again it features awesome music, this time from Muse.

OMG!!!!

Watchmen hardcover reissue just in time for Xmas! And no I didn't buy it, though I was tempted too. I also kind of love that "He's Just Not That Into You" was displayed right next to it, and he's probably not that into you because you're not into The Watchmen!

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trailer trash - The Spirit

The Spirit [actual site] is based on Will Eisner's comic-book series of the same name. the film is co-written and directed by the genius that is Frank Miller (the guy who did Sin City,) and stars Gabriel Macht as The Spirit, a rookie cop who was murdered, and returns from the dead to protect Central City (though to be honest it's not too clear in the trailer.) oh yeah, and Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes and Samuel L. Jackson are also in the film, that has an overwhelming film noir aspect to it. it comes out Christmas Day and hopefully won't suck, because it's keeping my distracted til "Watchmen" comes out on 3.6.09.

i'm crazy for comic books...

that are adapted for film or TV, and done well, like "Iron Man," "The Dark Knight" and "Sin City." hopefully "Watchmen" will join the pantheon off amazingly adapted production and apparently the film lives up to the brilliant source material. last week the director of "The Watchmen," Zack Snyder held a preview/short Q & A, for the film, which has only gotten me more excited. for more details and a short yet informative article click here.


but more importantly "Heroes" is back and better than ever. i've been a HUGE fan of the show since episode 1, and truly love and respect the international phenomenon Tim Kring has been able to create, that's not only thrilling and exciting, but incredibly relatable. the show is about people with extraordinary abilities in a modern day society, who are all interconnected. some use their powers for good and some use their powers for evil, while others are just trying to get rid of them. the cast of characters span the planet and are monitored by an organization called "The Company," who actions are sometimes good and often nefarious, but work with people with abilities to stop the world from ending.

if you even kind of like "X-Men" the show is reminiscent of that in the smallest regard, but needs to be scene to be fully understood. to be honest i was beyond excited for the show's premiere, but couldn't remember all the minutiae from last season, due in part to the writer's strike, so i kinda had no idea what was going on with some characters, and felt really disconnected from what was happening on screen. though last monday night's episode was fantastic and had an epic explosion ( i'm talking "24" kind of huge.)

episodes of the show, along with more bonus features than you ever thought imaginable, is available to view on NBC.com/Heroes, and i recommend at least checking them out, rather than attempting to dive into the show all at once, though it is really great. each season of the show is technically a "Chapter" within a larger graphic novel inspired format. season 3/"Chapter 3" is entitled "Villains" so there's a lot of naughtiness going down from highly entertaining evil-doers. but the best part about all of this is the casting choices the show has made since there are so many different bad guys, that not so coincidentally played villains on the previous shows they were on, like David Anders (who played Sark on "Alias") and Jamie Hector (who played Marlo Stanfield on "The Wire.") anyway, if you're not a super geek, this show is still totally accesible and worth checking out.

bordering on obsessive

there is no one else (in terms of actors) on my radar right now that deserves the props i'm giving this guy. sadly he doesn't have a new movie out for another 6 months so you will all have to bear with me. "The Lookout" is on again and i felt compelled to post about him and share some interviews that give you an idea of who he is (which is clearly downright adorable.)

here is an interview with him for The New York Times Magazine, upon the release of "Brideshead Revisted."

and another at Comic-Con on " Watchmen"

an unbelievably gratuitous Matthew Goode post

"Light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Ma-tthew Goode: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three on the teeth. Ma. Tthew Goode."

ok that was blatantly and completely the opening prose of Vladamir Nabakov's Lolita, but this guy just makes me want to say brilliant things. you can read his filmography here, but i'll just let you know he's pretty talented, pretty damn handsome and the fact that he's going to be in "The Watchmen" and the star of "The Brideshead Revisited" is proof enough of his ability to make a serious artistic contribution on some incredibly major motion pictures. the shots above are from a New York Times Magazine photo shoot, while the photos below are from the ad campaign for Hackett menswear.

there are a thousand other things i could say about Matthew Goode, but for now i'll just say watch "The Lookout" to actually see him do some acting, or you can admire his beauty as Scarlett Johansson's fiance in "Match Point." either which way we're all going to be seeing a lot of this guy (i hope) once[/if] "Watchmen" is released on March 6th, 2009.

trailer trash "The Watchmen" (movies I'm excited about and hope they don't suck...)

So this post is (hopefully) the first of many in a series i have entitled "movies i'm excited about and hope they don't suck." time and time again we have all sat down to watch something hoping it would be entertaining, interesting but more than anything, good. that's how i felt about "Wanted," granted it wasn't terribly but it wasn't amazing.

"The Watchmen" hugely popular comic book series is coming to the big screen! though i'm only mildy familiar with the source material, i'm well aware of how important and revolutionary the comic was. this movie is going to be so big (for the nerd & special effects community) that massive amounts of press coverage is being shared now and the movie doens't come out until March 2009. my interest in the film arose becasuse of my utter and complete infatuation with Matthew Goode - who also happens to be in another movie i'm really excited to see this summer, "The Brideshead Revisted" that's based on an incredible book.

anyway "The Watchmen" has an incredibly talented (and attractive) cast plus it's directed by Zack Snyder who also did "300." MTV has an interview and trailer for the movie which can be seen here, while Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive first look as well, and you can either see the 1st trailer before "The Dark Knight" which opens today or you can check it out right here. i'm pretty sure (well i'm hoping at least) this movie may be the coolest thing since sliced bread, but i guess i'll found out for certain in march.

UPDATE: i've opted to call this series "Trailer Trash"