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I never argued any differently to what you just said, I was just making a point, the movie may not be (of have been, as of me writing the post you’re quoting) a big money maker when it opens.

That said, considering all this legal buzz going around right now, when the movie does open, it likely will open bigger than before simply because some people will have heard of the lawsuit.

The “average person on the street” also doesn’t know what the movie “Milk” is yet it’s up for Acadamy Awards. Watchman is the comic book worlds “Milk”. It’s hardcore comics so any studio getting to lay claim to its creation is, like Acadamy Awards movies, more of a pin to brag about than a money maker.

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I knew this would happen; just look at how this country is going: deficit is through the roof, we are becoming more scialist day after day, housing market is shot (well, it’s on it’s way back up), now this. This movie will get shown and Fox will get millions without lifting a finger in it’s production; WB, hopefully, will make a profit.

I don’t think “Screw Fox” is a strong enough phrase.

I’m just glad I’ve ordered the Watchmen graphic novel for Christmas. (still waiting)

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And really, who cares about all of this but those of us who care about the movie? I don’t see this creating any extra buzz among people who weren’t already wanting to see it.

This case isn’t over yet,,,

Also Kofi, the ruling on Wednesday only gave FOX the distribution rights. I don’t believe the case is completely settled…

My prediction is that the two studios are gonna play this out and use it as hype to bring in a huge opening weekend crowd. The rest will mostly be settled behind the scenes.

The film will come out as scheduled, and become a huge hit partly because of all this legal hype.

Mind you, I don’t get why both these studios seem to thin Watchmen is the Holy Grail. They both seem to think this may be as lucrative as The Dark Knight and I don’t see that happening at all. Even if Watchmen is as good as The Dark Knight as far as quality goes, TDK had much better marketing going for it and also had the added bonus of a) being a sequel to a really good movie and b) being a Batman film… almost everyone knows who Batman is. This ensured the success of TDK, but now everyone’s thinking “Oh, because of TDK, comic book movies may actually bring in more money!” and frankly, Watchmen won’t.

Outside of comic book fans, the average person on the street has no idea what the Watchmen is. Same person knows exactly who Batman and Spider-man are (as for Ironman, that had Robert Downey Jr as it’s selling point). Watchmen has almost nothing going for it, from the trailers we’ve seen, we’re seeing no big stars, the premise hasn’t been laid down and the story seems pretty average (yes, for those of us who’ve read the comic book, it’s far from average, but to someone who’s simply seen the trailer and knows nothing of the books… average). Why exactly would the average movie goer want to see this movie? The action? The trailer showed a lot of it, but they’re going to be disappointed with the actual movie when they see it then (if Snyder has stuck closely to the source material, which we’re told he has). Frankly, the movie will likely be a success as far as making back three times its budget goes, but I doubt it’ll be more than a sleeper hit that’ll achieve the same cult status the comic book has instead of the movie going event of the year like TDK.

Honestly, I wouldn’t worry. I imagine it gets released on time. FOX execs are just counting the days now as well. That’s all that changed…