Written by Charlie Mihelich

So every once in a while, I get super excited about a movie.  Go ahead and add “The Watchmen” to that list.  I’m always down for a great dystopian future movie, but the trailer that went online yesterday got me so amped that I can’t wait for this movie to come out.  Can’t can’t can’t can’t can’t can’t wait.  Well, to add to your (read: my) excitement, some new “Watchmen” stills have gone online.  Additionally, there’s a “Terminator: Salvation” still and a “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” still thrown in for good measure.

“The Watchmen” stills show this movie to be the ultra-vibrant, Ayn Rand, Gotham-esque (the Tim Burton and the animated series Gotham, with Art Deco set pieces and pastel colors that provide contrast to the dark tone) with unusual characters and sinister villains.  You’ve got Jeffery Dean Morgan as The Comedian, Carla Gugino as the original Silk Spectre, Patrick Wilson as Nite Own II, Malin Akerman as Silk Spectre II, Jackie Earl Haley as Rorschach and Billy Crudup as Jon Osterman.  Get hyped, and then wait till 2009 to see this badass movie.

I really am glad to see the “Terminator” project coming along nicely.  I am a huge “Terminator” fan (yes, I even watched the entire first season of “The Sarah Connor Chronicles”, and it’s actually not bad at all), and Christian Bale is an infinitely better choice for grown up John Connor than Edward Furlong (who was originally announced to be reprising his role as John Connor, which would have assured this one a fast track to the “straight-to-DVD” bargain bin), and this still looks gritty and awesome (although it DOES show Bale standing over a dead Terminator robot still fully intact with a helicopter on top of it, which is only slightly impossible if you’ve watched the first 3 movie and the show, but I’m sure they’ll explain it just fine). 

The “Harry Potter” image is typical “Harry Potter”, with Harry and a Professor standing in a Hogwarts classroom.  You’ve seen it before, you’ll see it again.  That’s not to say that the movie won’t rock, because each “Potter” film is better than the one before it.  I love the dark tone they’ve developed to match the later books, so I say keep it coming.

Click on any image for high resolution

 

 Billy Crudup as Jon Osterman 

 

Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach Watchmen

 

 

Jeffrey Dean Morgan as The Comedian and Carla Gugino as the original Silk Spectre

 

Jeffrey Dean Morgan as The Comedian

 

Patrick Wilson as Nite Owl II with Malin Alerman as Silk Spectre II

 

Jim Broadbent as Professor Horace Slughorn and Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter

 

Christian Bale stars as John Connor in Terminator Salvation