Watchmen

We did! Went to a screening a few days ago at WB. The movie turned out great. Anyone who's read the book knows how complex the plot is, so that in and of itself is a challenge, but really what makes the book great are the characters. Each of the Watchmen has multiple layers themselves.
Throughout the book you learn more and more about their motivations and how they ended up where they are. Its like the slow peeling of an onion, and getting this across in a film is a tough feat.

Zack and crew managed to do just that. The way they handled Rorschach and Manhattan felt the best to me, as these two characters I feel are the most interesting in the book. Rorschach is amazing because he is very one track. His sense of justice is absolute, and never falters from that. With Manhattan, you're asked an important question. What if you had the power to save the world, but didn't want to? You will feel sorry for this man with infinite powers, yet no desire to use them.

They also amped up the action sequences, which was a smart move. In the book, you get a sense that even though the Watchmen aren't true "super-heroes" in the expected sense, they know how to fight. These fight scenes and the violence overall are brutal and bloody. I'm really looking forward to seeing the movie in a real theater when it comes out to hear the reactions from the audience on some of these shots.

I think you guys will really love the movie.

In other news, we've been writing for the past week. Things have been moving fast, and are feeling really good. I think we'll soon be hitting our stride, and can't wait to see what comes out of that.

Oh and check out Flower on PS3. If you ever feel the need to get away from the world, load up this game. Take to the winds and enjoy.

Here's a great close-up of Mikey's bass from the video! All the work done on the guitars and drum kit was by G, Frankie, Mikey, Bob and myself. I think we did pretty all right!

Mikey, in between takes...

As promised, heres another photo I took on the set...
more coming
G

Cuz that shit is AWESOME
I'm so glad it's finally out... when we originally shot the video we were really excited to talk about it on the blog but figured we had to wait until it was released. We had taken a ton of photos and wanted to share them so I'm going to be doing that over the course of the week. Serious life-long dream to be a part of this film in some way, and we were lucky enough to have Zack direct it. He did a bang up job. Everyone on the set did...
Some of my favorite people on the set were the guys that played the "Knot-Tops", which is a street-gang from the comic. So I snapped a picture of them hanging out...
I would say this is in continuity...
Enjoy the video.
G

The title of this blog is inspired by a text sent to me from Mikey Way. Willow, for some reason, is a movie we constantly talk about in the MCR camp, and watch from time to time. I literally remember us watching it one night before playing a show, and what proceeded was a bunch of very obscure in-jokes during the set. There are actually lots of those weird little things in the set.

I wanted to take a minute to thank everyone for bidding on the Ebay auctions...it's really going to be a big help and we were amazed at how many people stepped up to bid on the items. You guys are great.

So lets see, what's been going on...
I miss blogging.
Lindsey and I went to the Sequoias (those trees are HUGE!)
We are gearing up to get together again and start rocking some more.
Ray just informed me that Watchmen is coming out on time, which is great news.
I have obviously been watching Rock Of Love Bus. And I love it.

More blogs today?

I think so.

G