Who Cares Who Watches The Watchmen?

When I was in high school, I thought Watchmen was one of the coolest comic books ever written. Now, looking back on it, all the blathering about nuclear war looks dated and silly. I'd rather read Y the Last Man, 52, or Buddy Does Seattle.

However, I think Zack Snyder's adaptation of Watchmen is going to be successful, and I think his film will surpass the original source material. This guy has to be one of the smartest filmmakers this side of Matt Stone, Trey Parker, and Mike Judge:

I went back to everybody and I said 'is Watchmen better if it's updated? I don't know if Watchmen should go to the people, or the people should go to it.' People said "I think Watchmen speaks to our current climate," and I said that's cool, but I said 'isn't it cooler to make a movie that the audience and people who are watching go 'you know what I think?' I'd much rather do that than tell them what I think."