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WATCHMEN opens today…
by jerry
March 6, 2009 8:15 am


…but you can see it here first:

(Thanks Chogrin)

03/6/09  8:58am
cadpig says:

That’s what Alan Moore sees in his darkest nightmares.

Looks better than the actual movie though,
I’d pay good money to see THESE watchmen.

03/6/09  9:07am
Christopher Cook says:

Hilarious in its deliberate awfulness. That’s how it would look on Disney XD.

03/6/09  9:13am
Eliza says:

This is pretty ridiculously great.

03/6/09  9:24am
J Hobart B says:

You should probably mention in the main text of the post that it contains a pretty big spoiler!

03/6/09  9:34am
TheGunheart says:

You know what I’d pay to see? Watchmen in the style Batman: The Animated Series and Justice League Unlimited.

03/6/09  9:36am
Jesse says:

This is incredible.

Didn’t miss a beat trying to recreate the awesomeness & awfulness of the late 80’s early 90’s cartoons. Brilliant. Spot on.

03/6/09  9:37am
Reestus says:

This is far funnier than any animated segment ever done for SNL.

03/6/09  10:16am
Angela says:

Good Lord. I agree with cadpig - this would give Moore an aneurysm.

03/6/09  10:17am
Siamang says:

You should probably mention in the main text of the post that it contains a pretty big spoiler!

I know. Dr. Manhattan turning into a car is up there with “Luke, you are my Father”.

Or whatever.

(The only “spoiler” I saw was a gag that you wouldn’t know was a spoiler until you saw the film… or if someone told you it WAS a spoiler.)

03/6/09  10:27am
Sean says:

You mean, “Luke, I am your father?”

03/6/09  11:33am
RODAN says:

Uhhh….. Did you make that in your garage last night or what?

03/6/09  11:54am
Jacob says:

That was amazing. If this was a show, I would probably watch it.

03/6/09  12:13pm

I LOVE how Silk Spectre is now playing with the Misfits. I know those hair colours anywhere!
Magnificently funny.

03/6/09  12:58pm
TheGunheart says:

Any word on who made this? The animation is actually pretty good for a fan project, and probably outshines the old cartoons it was parodying.

03/6/09  1:48pm
Chogrin says:

It was made by Harry Partridge. You can view more of his work here:

http://www.youtube.com/harrypartridge

He’s definitely parodying a lot of intros, but specifically I think Ninja Turtles, Jem, and Scooby Soo. It has a great 80’s cartoon feel.

03/6/09  2:09pm
Nick says:

I loved that! It’s exactly how Hollywood sees comics and animation, lol.

03/6/09  2:47pm
Tom says:

Funnier to me than the cartoon references are the intentional betrayal of the characters and themes in the book, from Veidt saving the Comedian, to Rorschach making friends with the dogs, to the Comedian’s crush on Silk Spectre- these are pretty dark jokes, and funny ones at that.

Best web cartoon of its kind I’ve ever seen.

03/6/09  3:00pm
Lucky Jim says:

I don’t think it can be emphasized how accurate this parody is of 1980s animated shows. The creator really managed to hit every stereotype of that horrible, horrible period.

My favorite bit is the Silk Spectre with the 80s girl band; it’s so perfect it hurts.

03/6/09  3:28pm

So how many people who don’t know the subject matter are going to see this clip and then take their kids to the film?

03/6/09  3:36pm
Ryan says:

My favourite’s Roscarch as the “zany” one. Ha ha!

03/6/09  3:37pm
Keith says:

“You mean, “Luke, I am your father?””

Actually he means “No, I am your father.” No “Luke” in there. :)

This was hilarious! AND twisted.

03/6/09  4:08pm
Zack Mays says:

That is why I don’t do drugs !!!!

03/6/09  4:30pm
Dock Miles says:

>Funnier to me than the cartoon references are the intentional betrayal of the characters and themes in the book

I thought these were exceptionally well done, too — in perfect harmony with the loopy spirit of the overall parody.

03/6/09  4:31pm
Roger Freedman says:

Note the scene where the Watchmen are eating pizza — is this meant to suggest this episode was written by a 1980s Mark Evanier (whose trademark is “a pizza in every plot”)?

03/6/09  7:35pm

This should be a bonus on the DVD when it comes out!

03/6/09  7:37pm

I especially like the addition of the crazy comical mascot, what a great poke at one of the most unnecessary cliches in action cartoons!

Listen for the Wilhelm Scream at 1:02.

03/6/09  7:42pm
Iain says:

Very funny video. I also saw the actual movie today, it’s pretty good, but it’s pretty long. I assume the extended edition DVD will be over-kill.

03/6/09  10:57pm

A very spot-on parody of those SatAM shows from the 80s/90s…VERY spot-on. It’s spooky, really.

Very well-animated. Kudos to Harry Partridge.

03/7/09  2:56am

Bubastis and Veidt - have a perfect scooby/shaggy moment with the mummy. And thanks to the wretched ‘pup named scooby doo’ it still counts as eighties!

03/7/09  8:09am
s.w.a.c. says:

So dead on. Love the inclusion of the giant mutant squid!

I think in the comic there’s actually a bit about Ozymandias producing a cartoon (after all, he does make action figures), and this is likely exactly what it would be like.

03/7/09  10:28am
Diana says:

I love the scene with Dr. Manhattan in bed with two of himself, waiting for Laurie.
And Veidt SAVING the Comedian…
If we could get the Alan Moore Simpsons episode, we’d have an Alan Moore Cartoon Carnival!
Promethea, Defender of the Universe, anyone?

03/7/09  2:32pm
Marc Baker says:

That was such a brilliant parody of what ‘The Watchmen’ would be like had they gone through the CBS, ABC, NBC execs for their Saturday Morning lineups. Completely neutered beyond recognition. Allan Moore would’ve been horrified if that ever happened. The addition of the Scooby-Doo like dog mascot was priceless, though.

03/7/09  4:42pm
TheGunheart says:

Anyone else reminded of this?

ttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/watchmenbabies.jpg

03/8/09  6:29am
Hugh says:

lol. this is !@#$inc genius. it’s nearly as bad as the ill fated WildCATS animated series adaptation!

03/8/09  10:03am
MadRat says:

That’s really impressive animation for a guy working by himself, at home, without pay. I saw this on another video blog were one of the commenters said something like this.

With all the positive comments about this video there is probably a network executive on the phone somewhere saying something like, “I just heard about this video on that world wide… uh… interweb, it’s called Watch Dogs or something. People are going nuts for it! Yeah… we need to get it on the air as fast as we can. Of course I saw it, it looks like the perfect kid’s show it’s got everything! Except for that blue guy, make it so he cures cancer not causes it. Geeze what idiot makes a super hero give people cancer as a part of the story line?”

03/8/09  12:58pm
OM says:

“That’s what Alan Moore sees in his darkest nightmares.”

…This is what Alan Moore will have to watch for all eternity when he winds up in that place in Hell reserved for creators with excessively bombastic egos.

03/8/09  5:41pm
Bruno says:

This is no bigger an embarrassment to Alan Moore than the billion dollar turkey now in theatres.

03/9/09  11:50am
KarmaRocketX says:

Dammit.

After watching this I was going to comment “Well… At least it’s better than the movie.”

I should have known that everyone else would be saying the same thing.

03/10/09  4:03am

This is one of the best 80´s shows spoofs I´ve ever seen (and it IS better than the movie)… I would love if Harry Partridge actually made full episodes of the series.

03/11/09  1:45pm
MB says:

Much better than the movie…what a PoS.

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