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Watchmen theatrical release about 40 minutes 'too short'?

Martin Anderson


A huge chunk of Watchmen will only be available on the extended DVD edition, says Snyder...

Published on Feb 19, 2009

Given the climate of fannish pedanticism, wherein Watchmen fans practically threaten to shave their heads about the missing squid, it was surprising to read at Collider that the director's cut edition of Watchmen will run at 3hr 10 as opposed to the 2hr 36 of the theatrical release.

Zach Snyder, in a press junket, told Collider the runtimes of the varying editions. A third version will also be available that includes the 'Tales of the Black Freighter' segment currently gearing up for its own bit of marketing spin, and this will run at 3hr 25m.

Commenting on the forthcoming DVD editions, producer Debbie Snyder said; "They’re all done because we had to finish them all at the same time. We have the 3 hour director’s cut which will be released at the first release of the DVD…which will probably be around Comic-Con of this year."

The difference in runtime between theatrical and directors cut is pretty significant. Does this mean that Watchmen theatrical is Watchmen 'lite', or that the director's cut is Watchmen 'bloated'? Given studio pressure to sell pop-corn, I'd guess the former.

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Re: Watchmen theatrical release about 40 minutes 'too short'?
Posted By DamonD 1 February 19, 2009 10:39:17 AM

I've never even read the book, so no head-shaving instincts here...but I just don't have a good feeling about this. Little snippets of information here and there just sound a bit ominous, and when you're adapting something much-loved to a different format it's no easy task in the first place.

Re: Watchmen theatrical release about 40 minutes 'too short'?
Posted By AlexMay 1 February 19, 2009 09:17:32 PM

Fair enough about leaving out the pirates, but anything more and it's far too slim! I look forward to the complete version

Re: Watchmen theatrical release about 40 minutes 'too short'?
Posted By Riggaman 1 February 19, 2009 09:54:23 PM

I remember being confused by the Lord of the Rings trilogy because of certain details the left out, only to have them explained in the extended addition (for example: the cloaks that proved to be so important in protecting Sam and Frodo, and tracking Merry and Pippen). I have a sinking feeling that something similar will happen here.
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