Talk:Watchmen (2009)

Opening Credits Massacre

The scene at the beginning of the film in which protestors placing flowers in the muzzles of the MP's rifles before being killed is a mix between two famous (or infamous) events during the time of the Vietnam war. The placing the flowers in the muzzles of rifles was done by peace protesters in M14 Rifles carried by the MP's, as seen in this famous photograph:

The use of the M1 Garand and opening fire on the rioters was based on the Kent State Shooting in 1970, when National Guardsmen (not MPs) opened fire on protesting students. There's a little history lesson for you.

Thompson Prop

Good job on that. I was gonna do it, but you did it much better than I could have. So, whoever you are, I salute you! -protoAuthor

Oh, it was GM45, of course. Also, who took down the comparison comic book panel for the comedian's armory?-protoAuthor

I did. It's didn't really fit on the page. - Gunmaster45

The Unknown Rifles

If anyone out there has the Blu Ray version of the movie, perhaps a high def screen shot could shed light on that mysterious rifle.

I have blu-ray, but no blu-ray capturing device. Also it's more a matter of not really seeing the full thing, ain't it?-protoAuthor

It's an HK of some sort, though. I can tell that from the shot we have.-protoAuthor

I was thinking it was an FN FNC, but it really is too difficult to tell. - Gunmaster45

Police with Glocks

Not really important, but they're not police, they're Veidt security guards. They even have a V on their hats.

I have to agree with that one. Especially since, in the film, Veldt mentions just how rich he is it almost makes sense his guards would have the most up to date equipment on the market. Charon68

Sternum

The article says that Rorschach hit the officer's collarbone with the grappling gun in the novel. The police report at the end of Chapter 6 says that it was the officr's sternum, which, if Wikipedia is right, looks to be much lower than the collar bone.

The Twin Towers can also be seen when Dan takes Archie up. Not sure when this happens in the film, but it's in the trailers. 71.189.210.11 21:18, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Zastava M70AB2

Note:I don't know.During the vietnam war.Yugoslavia sent weapons to NVA/VC.The Zastava M70 service in yugoslav army in 1970.:Tanarmy

Remember, it's probably standing in for another weapon.-protoAuthor

Officers 1911 in The Comedian's closet

The pistol in question seems to be a Detonics, it has the forward mounted rear sights.

Anachronisms

I noticed quite a few comments about 'anachronistic' weapons appearing in the film. Are these comments justified considering Watchmen isn't set in our historical timeline? The movie is set in an alternate timeline to ours correct? Perhaps in this alternate timeline, certain weapons might have been developed earlier than in ours?

--I have to agree with you on that. The Watchmen universe does takes place in an alternate 1985 setting and it is fairly possible that the "anachronistic" firearms (such as the 2nd Generation Glock 17) that appear in the film were probably developed earlier in the Watchmen universe rather than later on if the timeline had not been altered. If anything, maybe the commentary on the appearance of "anachronistic" firearms should be fixed a little bit so it doesn't appear as an insult to anyone who worked on the film that might view the page.

Unless someone objects before then, I will remove the anachronistic labels from the weapons tomorrow--Westernman1987 20:52, 10 March 2011 (MSK)

Weird 1911

I think the odd looking 1911 in the fifth screen shot [1] is a 1911 Non Gun. What do you guys think? - Mr. Wolf 09:15, 13 March 2011 (MSK)

Movie and Novel gun differences.

I missed most of this little gun party, but I noticed differences in weapons from the novel and the movie:

Roy Chess: Beretta Model 70:NOVEL MOVIE: Smith and Wesson 586. IDENTIFICATION: The slant infront of the trigger guard denoted it from a Beretta Cheetah to a Model 70.

Moloch: NOVEL: Smith and Wesson 10 HB. MOVIE: Walther PPK. IDENTIFICATION: One panel in the novel had light shine on the revolver, showing the S&W cylinder latch.

And the most wierdest gun swap goes to...

Veidt Security Guards: MOVIE: Glock 17 NOVEL: Smith and Wesson 10 Snub nose.IDENTIFICATION:When Veidt is putting cyanide in Chess's mouth,two guards pull out their revolvers, again one shot at the left side showed the S&W cylinder latch.

These are minor differences,yes, just wanted to point them out.

Others.

NYPD: NOVEL:Model 10's and M1928 Thompson with 20 round box magazine and straight foregrip. MOVIE: Model 10,Model 15,and Remington 870.

US MP: MOVIE: M1 Garand. NOVEL: M14. IDENTIFICATION: A M14 is easily denoted as the magazine was too thick to be a M1 Carbine, so it must have been the M14.

FACTOID: The famous Riot flashback from the Comedian actually ended differently in the novel, instead of him firing rubber bullets and smoke rounds, he throws in riot gas and finishes the stragglers off with the rubber bullets. -User:LaFarge