Bah. Bah, says I!

Ever have one of those days where you just feel like standing out in a thunderstorm, shaking your clenched fists to the roaring heavens, and shouting, "The fools! I'LL SHOW THEM! I'LL SHOW THEM ALL!!!"?

Perhaps a handy dandy flowchart will help.



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Okay, back to work. Almost done with draft three of the Harvey Dent novel. One big major hump of revision to go.

Man, I still need to figure out a title for the Harvey Dent novel at some point. Simply HARVEY DENT might just be the way to go; sorta like a MICHAEL CLAYTON vibe thing, but I dunno, could be too blah. But so far no titles have stood out.

THE LAST HONEST MAN?

RECIPROCITY?

TWO'S-DAYS WITH HARVEY? Oy, no.

That said, I am sorta leaning towards HARVEY DENT AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD LIFE. But we'll have to see.

"Watchmen Babies, we make our dreams come truuuue! Watchmen Babies, we'll do the same for youuu!"

When someone posted scans revealing a real children's book of Heath Ledger Joker ruining Bruce Wayne's birthday party, one commenter began speculating what would happen if the WATCHMEN movie would also come with kid-friendly stories. Really, what would a birthday party episode of WATCHMEN BABIES be like?

"When are you going to throw my surprise party, Adrian?"

"When? I did it thirty-five minutes ago."

BEST DAY EVER.

"Hurm. Piñata. Piñata with head split in half."

I shared this with Bloo, and soon we found ourselves wondering who would play whom in a Muppet version of WATCHMEN. Our casting has gone as thus:

Rorschach: Gonzo

Dr. Manhattan: Kermit

Silk Spectre II: Miss Piggy

Nite Owl: Scooter

Hollis (and) Mason: Satler and Waldorf

Silk Spectre I (Sally): Miss Piggy (she would insist on double-casting, naturally)

The Comedian: Fozzy Bear (waka waka waka!)

Hooded Justice: Sam the Eagle

Moloch: Beaker

Ozymandias: Animal (all he would say is, "SMARTEST MAN! SMARTEST MAN!")

Any other casting ideas?

By the way, WATCHMEN director Zack Snyder put out a contest on YouTube, inviting people to make their own commercial for Veidt enterprises (circa 1985 or earlier). The best ones will actually be used in the final movie. I've seen a couple, but so far, the only one that truly stands out is this:

Finally, I know a lot of us are still extremely apprehensive about how WATCHMEN is going to turn out, but I am frustrated to see so many people dismissing it outright with such hostility. This film actually does have a great deal of promise. Like, not long ago, I was talking with chickenhat about the film, and he was uncertain, hesitant.

Then I said, "You know who's playing Moloch, right?"

"No, who?"

"Matt Frewer."

"... TICKET. BOUGHT."