WATCHMEN

 - Alan Moore knows the Score

Monthly Archives: February 2009

I got my Watchmen film tickets

I had to bit the bullet as there were no showing, it would appear, at my local Cineworld. Duly I’m going to Glasgow on Thursday the 5th of March @ Glasgow Renfrew Street cinema - the 11:45 showing. Am made up - drive home will be a bit of a pain but gettign to see [...]

Tales of the Black Freighter Trailer DVD Trailer

Here’s the Tales of the Black Freighter Trailer
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You can preorder the BlueRay/DVD of Tales of the Black Freighter over at HMV.com; £6.99 for the DVD and £9.99 on BlueRay is a decent discount when the RRP is £9.99 and £14.99.

Tales of the Black Freighter DVD

Alongside the release of the Watchmen Film (only a week to go) Paramount are releasing the an animated version of “Tales of the Black Freighter” on DVD. It also includes the Hollis Mason (the first Nite Owl) tell all story “Under the Hood”. 
Both these story lines were core components of the original Watchmen comic book. [...]

Watchmen - No IMAX Version in Scotland

For a long time the Glasgow Science Centre have been advertising that they will be showing the IMAX version of Watchmen. Lo and behold they’re now not showing it. I gave them a call and spoke to a very nice, polite young lady who said they couldn’t reach an agreement with the distruibutor. 
I think this [...]

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Since the time of the ancient greek the concept of “Who watches the watchmen?” has been in use. And the concept has never been more needed than just now.
Juvenal is credited with initially using the phrase “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” - literally “who guards the guards themselves”. Ever since the phrase has constantly been re-used [...]