Update 2: scroll down. we found another source.
Update: We have received an email from Noah K. of yu+co:
“Please remove the Watchmen titles from your site. It has copyright laws protecting it. I am asking nicely. The site has ben flagged and the next person will not be as friendly.
Please remove to protect yourself. Thank you.”
*Free speech time*
Noah, I genuinely thank you and yu+co for your willingness to share this artwork with the world. However, I’m thoroughly upset with Hollywood’s actions. Just on the basis of curiosity – will removing the video “protect” myself from one of those mean and scary MPAA lawyers? While I’m willing to cooperate with your request, I’m failing to understand the intentions of Hollywood’s top executives: is it one of their main objectives to prevent their work from having an online viral effect? Does that mean they don’t want more visibility, and further, a larger fan base?
The video montage was a work of art. Viewers of this web site were appreciating what your company did, they were not stealing it. It was a simple, unique and all-around awesome sequence. I mean, come on, Hollywood. This is why I think they’re being, well, silly:
(1) They’re putting an unexplainable amount of time and effort…
(2) to threateningly take down this particular video…
(3) from every web site and blog…
(4) IN THE WORLD.
(5) The sad news is that it simply will not stop people from finding it.
The MPAA can huff and puff, but they will never blow the Internet down – nobody’s scared of the big, bad wolf anymore.
By the time they’re (close to) taking down all sources of this amazing video art piece, the DVD for Watchmen will already be out. And people who would have originally seen merely the opening credits would have already (surprise!) found the movie’s torrent.
The Internet cannot be stopped. Hollywood – GL HF, and… http://www.dailymotion.com/videox8mzal
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“Anyway… to respect copyright and uY+co, (and Noah K at uY+co) I am not hosting this on my site.
Out of respect to the incredible Watchmen movie, I am just pointing to another place that does host it. Just like Google and all the other search engines do.”
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To me, this was a very unique opening sequence. The opening, made by Yu+Co, had a very old comic book feel to it with subtle movements and cg effects. The company was nice enough to post it on their website for the whole web to see. The company has also done big film credit sequences for films like 300, Enchanted, and The Italian Job. Every piece of work they have done was done in good taste and great creativity. The idea for The Watchmen’s opening credit sequence seems very much like those old Gatorade commercials.
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I can see only the 20 first seconds of the video, why?
I like the gatorade commercial better.
Hmmm…well, that may clear things up a little bit.
I received an e-mail a couple hours ago from a ‘Noah’ at a gmail address that told me to take the sequence off my page. As there was no indication of who this person actually was (no company affiliation noted in the email or in the email address), so far, all I’ve done is write back to request more information as to who is making the request.
However, the wording is close enough to what you received that I’m inclined to believe that it may be the same Noah — though I’m curious why there wasn’t any indication of who he was in his email to me — and, assuming that’s the case, chances are the credits won’t be on my blog for very long either.
Pity that WB and/or yU-Co are taking this approach.
Oh, and thanks for pointing them my way, too… ;)
Yup, it’s official — Noah dropped me another note from his work e-mail address this time, and the video is off of my site.
Not only that, but I would take offense to the TONE of the e-mail that was sent to you. What a sanctimonious asshole. Nice threats. I hope your e-peen was satisfied.
repost! way to go ;)
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How about I take this blog post, copy and paste it into my blog and don’t pay you anything? Sound fair to you?
Whatever happenened to fair use? You’re not putting the entire movie up for christ’s sakes and you’re not selling their merchandise for a profit, so what’s the big whoop? Effin ridiculous -_-
Whatever, Noah K. or whoever the hell is a tool and yu+co are a bunch of douche bags anyway. “I’m asking you nicely”? What the fuck? Fuck you Noah. If you’re asking nicely you don’t tell someone you’re asking them nicely. That’s like saying “May I please shit on your chest?” You may have said it nice, but you’re still fucking shitting on someones chest you fuck tard.
I was using the opening sequence to help write a paper on the Watchmen’s quickly established alternate history. I was looking forward to showing my professor and classmates, but thanks to whatever asshole exec I can’t do that. Thank you asshole exec. I will not buy your movie.
I read it more like “we’re pissed at the studio for making us take it down, but we can’t actually say that, so we figured we’d let you know before their lawyers came after you.” But maybe I’m being overly generous…
thanks for having balls
isevenx, can I have it too?? please?? :)
@jolan whats your e-mail address?
hmm. random emails from Noah? I wonder if this guy can get in touch with the 20 Nigerian princes I’ve been keeping afloat.
Now those checks for first months rent sent to West Africa are a whole other business O_o.
@isevenx
hey. can i have it too?
-bandit7890@gmail.com
The artistic sci-fi splendour of the opening credits is back up again… for now… have a look here…
http://www.marty.com.au/science-fiction-to-fact/17-reviewsbookmovieaudio/113-opening-credits-for-watchmen-movie-full-sequence-in-visual-glory.html
Thanks so much for adding the Watchmen trailer…it’s been so hard to find, and I’d been dying to watch it again. It’s brilliant.
Thanks for the video.
It’s nice to see someone who understands that copyright laws can stifle the creative forces they are supposed to nurture.
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@SteveW go for it. Just view my source, do a command (or CTRL) + F, type in “.flv”, and copy that whole embed line to your blog. =)
@reasonable man if you still want it education purposes, I have it in FLV format. want it?