I'm not sure about my ability to sit down and really watch Watchmen again when it comes out on DVD and Bluray a little more than two months hence. With my full undivided attention, I mean. I suppose I could half-watch it -- i.e., write the column while running it in the adjacent living room as a kind of white-noise distraction, eyeballing it from time to time. But I do that all the time anyway.

The Bluray Director's Cut edition (out 7.21) contains an extra 25 minutes of footage (including "more Rorschach" and "a scene of Hollis Mason's death") for a grand total of 186 minutes. But the big attraction is an expanded capability sidelight called Warner Bros. Maximum Movie Mode along with a live Bluray/Facebook hookup that I don't want to know about.
The MMM thing, however, includes (a) director walk-ons (i.e., Zack Snyder) with scene analysis, (b) picture-in-picture video from the cast and crew, (c) side-by-side comparisons of the graphic novel and the film; (d) timeline comparisons of our world events to those from Watchmen; plus (e) intersting docs and photo galleries. At least it's a full-load package. Not bad for $36 and change.
(I would have included art of the Watchmen Bluray, but the wifi in the apartment is so weak and crappy that file transfers don't work.)
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on May 12, 2009 at 9:30 PM
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scooterzz
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there are so many things not included, it makes me think a 'very special' edition will be coming sometime down the line....
Posted by scooterzz
at May 12, 2009 10:36 PM
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actionman
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can't wait to see the extended cut.
Posted by actionman
at May 13, 2009 5:29 AM
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Mowkeka
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I wouldn't spend another 30 seconds watching that piece of garbage.
What a waste of my time...
Posted by Mowkeka
at May 13, 2009 7:13 AM
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Sabina E
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I will rent it, but I won't buy it.
Posted by Sabina E
at May 13, 2009 7:31 AM
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