25 Things You Missed In Zack Snyder's Watchmen (2009)
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Published 2019-11-06
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With HBO’s Watchmen series coming to us at full force, what better time than now to look back at Zack Snyder’s Watchmen. The seminal 1985 graphic novel, written by Alan Moore and inked by Dave Gibbons, changed comic books forever. It challenged what we thought was possible with visual storytelling and inspired countless, more thoughtful graphic novels in its wake. The Zack Snyder adaptation, released in 2009 was well-known for sticking close to the source material. Of all things, the truest part of the adaptation from book to film is probably the fact that both versions of Watchmen are full of Easter eggs and hidden gems. Join ScreenRant as we go over these 25 things you may have missed in Zack Snyder’s Watchmen.
Whether it’s references to U.S. history or comic book history, Zack Snyder and company had a lot of fun fleshing out the alternate timeline of Watchmen. There’s connections to be found in Watchmen’s use of music, including several of Bob Dylan’s classics. There’s a ton of visual cues associated with the Comedian, Sally Jupiter,Nite Owl and Doctor Manhattan. Plus, there’s the many appearances of Hollis Mason’s book, “Under the Hood.” Maybe you eagle-eyed fans noticed the Big Foot reference in found footage of Rorschach or perhaps you saw Batman’s origin in the opening credits sequence. Did you catch the nods to the Last Supper, the Outer Limits, Rambo, Elvis, Neil Armstrong, or JFK? We’ll go over all these and more in the following video. Who watches the Watchmen? We do.
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All Comments (21)
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I love how Rorschach is always seen walking around in the background watching without his mask.
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The Comedian has a line " I haven't had this much fun since Woodward and Bernstein" implying he killed the 2 reporters who broke Watergate, allowing Nixon to amend the constitution and win 4 terms
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The music in this movie , the colouring and the action scenes were seriously amazing !
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I don't care what anyone says, I LOVE THIS MOVIE! There, that felt good to say.
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"None of you seem to understand, I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me" - Rorschach (2009)
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The whole movie is massively underrated in my opinion. Not without its flaws, but then neither was the comic. The decision to change the nature of Ozymandias' plan was absolutely the right one. And it has, without doubt, one of the greatest opening credits sequences in the entire history of film.
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Imagine being Zack Snyder and achieving this level of perfection only on your third film. I love this film, and all these little awesome details make me love it more.
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Even in the mcu age of films the watchmen movie is still bad ass , it will always be , it’s a timeless production
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I don’t care what anybody says but I like Watchmen. It’s one of my favorite superhero movies
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Best comic book adaptation. The music was awesome.
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The greatest comic book film of all time! Zack is a visionary director!
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The opening scene is the best intro in cinema. My opinion of course but so much went on and the song choice perfectly matched the scenes.
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My favorite line: Rorschach: "You don't seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you... (in his Batman voice) You are locked in here with me!"
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“None of you seem to understand..I’m not locked in here with you, you’re locked in here with me!” My favorite moment
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Fun fact: In the scene were Gotham is mentioned. Fledermaus is German for Bat.
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This movie is phenomenal.
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Regarding the reference to 'The Last Supper,' it could also be interpreted as Sally's fetus (Laurie) being Jesus, in the sense that she was Dr. Manhattan's (God's) remaining link to humanity, or as Sally sacrificing her costumed career as a step toward mankind's salvation (in which case Comedian's mirroring of Judas would make more sense)
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i love how zack really does his homework with these type of movies. and all the references he uses are well placed and just make the movie so much more fun to watch.
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The number 300 is on the comedian's apartment door. You can clearly see it when the coffee mug smashes into it.
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This movie. ...I love it. ...thanks
