So, are you all geeked up about the upcoming “Watchmen” movie? Well this will warm your heart. You can feel safe that if you decide to bring your kids to the epic comic book movie they won’t learn to smoke.
According to Director Zack Snyder, Warner Brothers outlawed a female character Laurie Juspeczyk from smoking in the movie as she did in the comic book.
According to Io9
Q: Where were Laurie’s smokes, Zack?
A: “Yeah, Alan hates smoking. Alan Horn – the head of the studio – that’s his biggest, biggest thing. The Comedian can smoke, because he might be a bad guy, he’s the bad guy, but that’s it. That was the line that he drew…I was sad, but it was either that or…the movie wouldn’t have been made, literally.””
So there’s no smoking in the movie because Warner Bros. has a conscience. How nice. Now, just to be clear – what Warner Bros. is cool with allowing in a comic book movie obviously geared towards a younger audience is a reportedly “brutal” rape scene, shapely girls running around in spandex without any real motivation other than running around in spandex, the graphic death of thousands, and liberal doses of violence, gore, and mayhem.
Can the world go anymore mad than it is? But rest assured that there’s no smoking!
February 20, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Anything to salve their conscience I guess.
February 20, 2009 at 11:06 pm
What about trans fats?
February 21, 2009 at 12:58 am
“Can the world go anymore mad than it is?”
Do we really want to know?
February 21, 2009 at 2:45 am
Well, the movie is rated R… but still…
February 21, 2009 at 3:17 am
No doubt that the irony of this is lost on Alan Horn. I’m an ex-smoker but I made a personal decision and don’t condemn anyone who chooses to smoke. Certainly it’s not morally objectionable like rape, etc.
February 21, 2009 at 3:17 am
No doubt that the irony of this is lost on Alan Horn. I’m an ex-smoker but I made a personal decision and don’t condemn anyone who chooses to smoke. Certainly it’s not morally objectionable like rape, etc.
February 21, 2009 at 5:29 am
Wait, how is the movie geared towards youth? Just because it has super heroes? The movie is rated R for a reason.
Doesn’t 24 have a lot of killing?
February 21, 2009 at 5:51 pm
The Watchmen isn’t really a kids comic. It’s more for bitter ole 30somethings.
February 21, 2009 at 7:25 pm
The second someone puts a mask on and fights crime young boys want to see it. It’s pretty simple.
And I’m not saying you can’t have violent movies I’m just pointing out the ridiculousness of the movie exec who is on his high horse about smoking.
February 22, 2009 at 8:55 am
*cough*
TOBACCO smoking.
I’m sure they wouldn’t be so censorious as to make sure no sympathetic characters lit up a joint, were they so moved.
/sarc