Alan Moore may be “spitting venom” all over Zack Snyder’s production of WATCHMEN, one of Moore’s many genius works, but from where I’m sitting, nothing is gonna stop Snyder from making the thing anything less than awesomesauce.

Earlier today, the Twitterverse went a little mad over the new WATCHMEN trailer’s internet debut. Having taken a minute out of the day to finally watch it, I must say it’s worth all the hooha.

The first tease of the filmic WATCHMEN was mind-blowing. The use of Smashing Pumpkins “Beginning is the End is the Beginning”(Blipped for your convenience) was nothing less than perfect. Faithful Viewers noticed scenes from this trailer matched the book shot for shot. I thought Snyder must have blown his wad on making a trailer so kick-ass that the movie had no hope of living up to the hype.

This second trailer has erased all doubt of that. Effective utilization of Muse’s “Take a Bow”(Blipped again), more dialogue hinting at actual story, and enough action shots to overload your average Dead Space player.

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