Just came across this post from Hardcore Nerdity today. David Hayter, the screenwriter for the recently released motion picture Watchmen, has an urgent request. There's something he wants everyone who saw Watchmen last weekend to do--watch it again this weekend:
"Please go see the movie again next weekend.
You have to understand, everyone is watching to see how the film will do in its second week. If you care about movies that have a brain, or balls, (and this film's got both, literally), or true adaptations -- And if you're thinking of seeing it again anyway, please go back this weekend, Friday or Saturday night. Demonstrate the power of the fans, because it'll help let the people who pay for these movies know what we'd like to see. Because if it drops off the radar after the first weekend, they will never allow a film like this to be made again."
He's calling on his hardcore fan base to see this movie not once, but twice in a week's time. Here's what he's really saying:
"Because if it drops off the radar after the first weekend, they will never allow a film like this to be made again. This film is important! A film about superheroes! With emotional conflicts! A film that I screenwrote! The adaptation was so strict to the graphic novel that I didn't really do that much! For the love of all that is good and holy, there's a giant penis in it! Give me 14 more dollars!"
This coming on the heels of Eliza Dushku pleading with viewers to stick with Joss Whedon's widely panned Dollhouse for six poorly scripted episodes before the series "took off." Gee whiz, guys, I've got an idea: why don't you make shows and then we'll tell you if they're worth watching (twice).
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