WATCHMEN - A History of Cancelled Movies 

CHAPTER 1: [00:09] Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons' Watchmen CHAPTER 2: [03:40] Terry Gilliam's Watchmen CHAPTER 3: [14:23] David Hayter's Watchmen CHAPTER 4: [20:49] Darren Aronofsky's Watchmen CHAPTER 5: [22:04] Paul Greengrass' Watchmen

I heard Robin Williams as Rorschach and went “What the-?” Before almost immediately going “. . . Hey, whoa.” That is super interesting. He was a fantastic dramatic actor, so there’s something about that idea that just hits me right in the intrigue nerve. Robin was incredible at portraying an almost pathetic vulnerability and that constant underlying feeling of isolation that hits Rorschach perfectly (e.x. One Hour Photo). So to add a real edge to that? To think how he would’ve handled the VOICE? Damn.

Ok, I like the version we got, but now I’m kind of wishing I got to see Ron Perlman as Comedian

“Then the setting was changed to 2044, the Comedian served in Iraq, Iraq and then Iraq.”

I'd actually think David Bowie would have been a better Ozymandias than Rorschach. In the Snyder film, the character actually looks like him.

Greengrass's version had some great casting, jude law would've been perfect as Ozzy, and Ron pearlmen would've made a great comedian too

Pretty cool seeing Bruce Wayne as Nite-Owl and The Punisher as Rorschach. 😄

I absolutely adore Zack Snyder's Watchmen, I'm a Darren Aronofsky fan, would've loved to see his version. I like that Aronofsky mentioned that he's a fan of Snyder's Watchmen and Man of Steel, hope to see him in a DC film. I hope he does Constantine.

If I ever become a filmmaker one day, I want use Paul Greengrass's script for a miniseries with documentary style camera work.

Imagine if they had given Terry Gilliam the budget he wanted...

In the movie the scene when Dr Manhatten is born is really well done, the musical score is perfect. Thats the best part of the movie for me.

10:13 Apparently Alan Moore had either never seen or heard of the episode in question, The Architects of Fear, or if he had, he'd been so young that he'd forgotten all about it. Somebody pointed out the similarity in the concept before Watchmen had finished it's original 12 issue run so he added the bit with the episode on TV at the end of the last issue as an acknowledgement. I can't remember where I read that but it was somewhere.

Cool video on what would have been. Zack Snyder is the reason I even know or care about Watchmen. Watchmen is my top 3 G.O.A.T comic book films. Change my entire view of comic book films. And I cant unsee what I saw. Thank you Zack.

even though it never got past early talks, words cannot describe how completely filled with rage the idea of "Tim Burton's Watchmen" makes me

Someday HBOMax will give us the Watchmen series this material deserves.

God, I remember when all of this was happening. Sam Hamm's script was one of the first scripts I ever read! It was definitely the first "superhero" script I ever read and even though I didn't care for it, I followed the project for almost 20 years. I really couldn't avoid it. Every time someone new jumped on board, every movie mag would cover it! It really looked as if it was never going to get made. Anyhow, thanks for another great video!

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Zack Snyder's Watchmen is my favorite comic book movie of all time. But I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't be interested in seeing Paul Greengrass' take.

Paul Greengrass' Watchmen sounds like a great film it would have updated it but kept the spirit of the story

Everyone: "Doctor Manhattan was always gonna be a challenge" Zack Snyder: "Hold my gigantic CGI blue penis"

In the scene from David Hayters Watchmen, we get a crossover between Bruce Wayne and the Punisher.

I remember loving Watchmen as a kid/teen, but when I actually read the graphic novel years later, I understood why the movie was so heavily criticized. It reallt did miss the point of the book.

It’s content like this that makes me hit the sub and bell. Great video. Agree with most as well, would love to see the Paul Greengrass/updated version; would be REALLY cool.

Is it possible to do documentary on George Lucas' version of Star Wars Sequel Trilogy and Ghostbusters 3?

I’m really glad we didn’t get the tim burton version.

The Rorschach in Hayters test footage might be my favorite rendition of the character, despite the cheap Halloween costume. It focuss on making the character unnerving rather than badass like in Snyder's version (which completely misses the point of the character). The hayter rendition actually tries to portray how unhinged he is

Oh to have the ability to just poke a hole in parallel universes and pluck Blu-Rays because all those potential takes are fascinating. I genuinely had no idea on most of these and the more details I got the more I wanted to see these versions that sadly will never be. Even if bits are recycled in later versions they just won't hit the same. Like a Burton in his prime version and a Ultra grounded 9/11 take, and even Robin Williams! They're bizarre and different in the best of ways. Noticed I always appreciated comic movies that stray away from the source material and aim to be more innovative and awesome takes even if they're not "the best" there's a charm to them. Prefer them to have roots and flavoring of the iconic but still go all out on an ideas and be a movie first, like how Batman 89, Batman Returns, classic Superman , 2000s Fox, Universal, Paramount, and Sony Marvel movies and MCU phase 1 were handled, Man of Steel, BvS, and Joker. Even something like the bubble gum pop style of Suicide Squad has something I enjoy all be it feeling too soft for a film about murderous flamboyant psychopaths While having no intrigue on the Disney MCU and post Zack Snyder DCEU. I've read the books and wanting the exact same beats from would be selfish in a way and also while the idea that everyone in the audience is a die hard fan of the source is a romantic idea it's mostly a lie because of trends that results in watered down very bland movies people could pretend to enjoy. Wish we could drop the act and let go all out again.

Can you do on Hollywood’s attempts making a live action Akira?

This is one my favorite Channels on RU-vid. This was a great update to you all Watchmen Documentary. Please keep them coming.

Iain Glen as Nite Owl is just top tier casting

The Hayter version seemed so great, he was one of the few that understood that a faithfull adaptation wasn't just copying imagery from the comic panels, but rather understanding the meaning and impact of those panels. It's a shame we never got to see neither Greengrass' or Hayter's vision and that instead we got Snyder's sterilized adaptation.

I actually kinda like the test footage guys Rorschach voice. Jackie Earle Haley's is far superior but that guy pulled it off well, just more bass-y and less gravelly.

a modern watchmen sounds so interesting

David Bowie would had nailed as Ozymadias Nightowl maybe Kevin Costner but Robin Williams that would had been insane.

I want to live in the world where Sir Jorah got to play Night Owl 2, he looked and sounded great.

This was such a great documentary man, well done!

Wow, what an awesome documentary... Thank you so much for this.

Loved to have seen Greengrass take.

please do a video on Stanley Kubrick's unmade project "Napoleon"

I love that Snyder got to direct it. But damn, some of those earlier casting proposals would have been awesome. Robin Williams, Jude Law, yes please.

Even while I love Zack Snyder's take on Watchmen, I'd have love to watch Paul Greengrass' version.

Zack did it justice. He used the comic as the storyboard. Now there can be some debate on the execution of some scenes, but over all? The best.

Gilliam's Watchmen would've been amazing. I'd personallycast Liam Nelson as Rorschach.

I'm actually happy with the version that we got. I think Watchmen is Zack Snyder's best film I especially love the director's cut!

Very informative. I really enjoyed it. Keep up the good work.

damn alan moore would have written a dope script

All of this already happened in the X-Men comic books

I've read the comics and I loved Snyder's version . In today's age of web-series I think he would have done it better than the current series if he was given more time to explore the world.

14:46 Snake? Snake!

whoa the guy who plays Nightowl also plays Bruce Wayne on Titans, pretty rad

Do cancelled Star Wars movies and X-men movies as well if you want to

19:31 heyyy that guy from Game of Thrones....

Wow, this looks like a lot of work, and I learned a bunch, thanks for your hard work.

Snyder really did a great job with Watchmen. One of my favourite comicbook movie adaptations.

I love the way Snyder changed the alien squid into the S.Q.U.I.D. energy project. Made MUCH more sense.

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Tremendous work! Thanks.

Excellent work!

@Supervoid Cinema - nice work. Please equalize volume throughout - it's a lot of work to keep adjusting volume. Also, zero music is nice but that's me - I'm a composer and three seconds of "somebody else's choice" makes my body hurt.

I really wish that they would put the david hader unreleased version out for streaming or on dvd. This scene was awsome.

I will always maintain that Philip Seymour Hoffman would have been the perfect choice for Night Owl -

I would’ve preferred seeing David Bowie as either Ozy or Dr Manhattan

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I had an issue of Wizard magazine from like 2003 with an interview of a guy who spent years trying to pitch a watchmen adaptation in Hollywood. I forgot his name but was he mentioned in this video?

YES just what i needed. Premium content.

David Bowie as Rorschach certainly would be interesting. I just keep thinking of a codpeice

33:40 this part got me to watch the film Threads, based on the clips shown and how Greengrass described it… I regretted it immediately after I was done watching it. Damn you Supervoid Cinema & Paul Greengrass lmafo 🤣. Keep up the good work tho for real!

The fact that the voice of Solid Snake is a credited screenwriter on Watchmen is incredible to me.

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Paul Greengrass chilled out with the shaking camera, which I think was good cause Bourne 2 I couldn't watch. To much shaky cam, Bourne 3 was a good balance.

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Please do a segment on the stunning lack of Historical epics involving Africa or black people. Toussaint Louverture and the Haiti Revolution by Glover is the only one I can think of that I've recommended already

They was gonna cut the best stuff!! The comdien death scean is one of the very best action fights in film ever 💯🤯

This ist a great Channel ! Is IT more to come ??

Way awsome to see Sheffield on here. My city. Threads is great for sure.

learned a lot, thanks

That Greengrass cast was on point.......

Great video

I love the idea of doing an more updated take on the source material. And I don't mean the way HBO did with making it all about Race. It was interesting, but failed to really captivate me. Make it based and revolve around a post Trump era. Maybe make the alternate history one where the January 6th insurrection of the capital actually started a civil war or something

gilliam would have made a wild ass watchmen movie id have paid to see

People like Moore and Ennis tend to overthink the effects of literal Godlike beings in the modern society. Often veering into self-parody due over reliance on grittiness and grand conspiracies.

That test footage was amazing

Are you the same guy from Good Bad Flicks? Maybe is my non-native english ear, but you sound a lot like him. And your concepts and format are similar. Just curiosity! I love your channel and your extensive research work.

Idk if he would have played it better than Jackie Earl Haley but Bowie definitely looks like comic Rorschach in the face and he had the red hair for it at that time so it would have been interesting

Watchmen movie really makes me want for JDM to play Thomas Wayne in a live action Flashpoint

One and possibly the only lacking thing in your wonderful documentaries is volume normalisation - some interviews and dialogues are very quiet, some are loud while all of that should optimally be on the same volume level as your narration.

Paul Greengrass' Watchmen sounds amazing

Ouch, Jorah Mormont's American accent is rough in that test film. I love Ray Stevenson but I don't see him in that role (think he might could do the Comedian justice though). The 80s version had a killer cast but the script probably wasn't that great from the sound of it and they wouldn't have been able to do the necessary special effects. 80s effects would have looked pretty cheesy imo (I say this as a 41 year old man who grew up with this stuff). I think the version that we ultimately got has a great presentation and looks almost perfect. Snyder is good at presentation, can't knock him there. If Snyder and the writers only would have understood the underlying themes of the story on more than a superficial level it could have been awesome. I'm not even saying that it wasn't "intellectual" enough, I mean the comic practically beats it's themes over your head so you don't exactly have to be a big brain to see what Moore was going for. Snyder just totally missed the mark for whatever reason. Looks great tho.

Great movie

7:13 Holy shit 7:22 Holy shit

this made me miss robin williams so bad even though he was only mentioned briefly one time. i wish i could bring him back. he brought so much joy to the world, though he was suffering. i guess its better off that he doesn't have to suffer anymore. rip.

When's the new video

Snyder's adaption was fine overall. But, unfortunately, his involvement in the watchmen project ruined his artistic vision he used to have when he did the 300 film, which was a masterpiece. Now he can't do anything else without referencing or paying homage to it. Like he did with Superman and Batman.

Snyder didn't understood Watchmen. He was more into slowmotion scenes and explotions. He started with giving all the "heroes" in the film superpowers. Right in the first scene, where in the book the murder of Comedian is only mentions in flashback. Snyder had to ruin it all by showing a fight between two person with superhuman strength (smashing their fists through walls etc) that is the opposite of what the comic was about. Snyder also thought that Rorscach looks cool in his mask and fedora. Lets make him the misundertstood hero of the watchmen, a working-class-Batman. So he took out some of his lines and make him more "human".With Superpowers of course. Rorscach in the comic is a highly antisocial individual. A dangerous psychotic with personality disorders. But Snyder just makes him look misunderstood with cool lines and a little bit of PTSD maybe. Snyders other big mistake is that he made Adrian into a boring Bond villain. In the comic, Adrian is really sad by the murders he committed and even doubts his own plan. He is a philanthropist and a utilitarian. And a very complex character. But Snyder made him into a one-dimensional Bond villain. In my opinion Darren Aronofsky could had made a great adaptation in the form of a miniseries. Which we eventually we got but with only a few of the original characters who was completely out of character. BTW, excuse me for my bad English. I am from Sweden.

I have never heard the term “Western Asia” before

tfw Solid Snake carried the hell out of this film and tried to get it done.

A young Jamie Lee Curtis in latex. Hubba Hubba! 😛

I cannot see Williams nor Bowie as Rorschach, but Bowie would've been a great choice for Ozymandias.

I love Snyder's Watchmen. Still believe it to be one of the best comic book movies ever. But I also wish to have Watchmen with Ray Stevenson as Rorschach. Rest in Peace, Ray Stevenson. You never gave us your Rorschach in full power, but you still gave us a lot of amazing performances Titus Pollo, Punisher, Volstagg to name a few. Rest in Peace

Could you ever talk about the decon frost solo movie