Eagle eyed viewers will have noticed that the new trailer for Watchmen, the upcoming movie adaptation of Alan Moore's classic graphic novel, has been censored.
In a half-second shot, we see the whole group of Watchmen together in a photograph. Look closely and you will see that Dr Manhattan's private parts have been covered up with some rather rubbish CGI pants.
Director Zack Snyder has already confirmed that Dr Manhattan will be naked in the movie, albeit slathered in glowing blue CGI.
Digital erasing
Another recent movie trailer that suffered from the censor's CGI brush was the promo for Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull.
In the movie, Indy is confronted by Russian soldiers brandishing guns. In the trailer, the guns were digitally erased.
It's understandable why the Watchmen trailer has been censored, as it's going out pre-watershed and without a rating, but let's hope that the movie doesn't suffer from the same censorship, or the whole thing will end up being quite literally a pile of pants.
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jmeyers11
November 15th 2008
1. actually if you look in the watchmen graphic novel, he started out wearing clothing, then as the story progresses, he wears less and less because he becomes detached with humanity and also because he could change his size at any time and didnt want to change his clothing size as well. he's not naked all the time! of course he is supposed to be wearing those CGI pants in the film because that's when he wore the black underwear-like thing! please read watchmen before you post something like this ever again you twit.
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