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

[thehefner]

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."

Comments

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

God, I know, right? Playing off the Rorschach/Moloch scenes with Gonzo and Beaker is just a source of pure delightfulness.

Oh my god, THANK you. What the fuck is with the whiners and bitchers on the daily scans when it comes to Barry? I just wanna give 'em all a collective slap! "Wah, death is meaningless!" WELCOME TO COMICS. "Wah, I want Bart back!" Me too, and what's that have to do with anything?!?! "Wah, Barry's boring!" Dude, it's almost not even worth saying there no bad characters, just bad writers. I'm almost at just collectively saying STFU, which does nobody any good. Gah, I need a cookie.