Don’t Miss ‘Tales of The Black Freighter’
As someone that read the graphic novel, I was really looking forward to seeing how the animated story-within-a-story titled “Tales of The Black Freighter” would play out in the movie. Unfortunately early reports indicated that it wasn’t part of the final cut of the film…so even as I silently visibly reacted at Jackie Earle Haley’s frighteningly awesome representation of Rorschach, I felt a tinge of disappointment knowing an important piece was missing.
But you know what? It’s ok. I got over it. Here’s why: “Tales of The Black Freighter” has just been released today on Blu-Ray, DVD, and On Demand, and features stunning animation voiced by the most badass Spartan of them all: Gerard Butler. If that’s not enough to pique your interest, the release also comes with Hollis Mason’s “Under The Hood” which features Nite-Owl’s firsthand account of his generation of masked crime-fighters.
It’s settled, I definately think I could leave work a bit early to pick this up today. Between watching this, and my new Netflix arrivals (Sunshine & Quantum of Solace) I think I’ll easily have enough excellent material to veg out to for the rest of the week.
Details @ theWorldofWatchmen.com
Apparently the directors cut will have Black Freighter and more of the Newspaper Dude incorporated. But maybe I’m drunk. Let’s wait and see when the DVD comes out.