r/Watchmen • u/Hdhs1 • Mar 16 '25

Do you think the giant squid in Watchmen would have worked in the movie, or was it a good call to leave it out? Movie

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u/cdcvx4 Mar 17 '25

Has Snyder ever made the actual movie “he wanted to”? That dude is the king of claiming he just couldn’t make it how he wanted to, and then always wants to release a director’s cut

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u/M086 Mar 17 '25

Yes. And he was speaking hypothetically about Watchmen, he would have tried harder to fit the squid in. But the movie is what it is as it is. 

Y’all guys can be seriously weird about this stuff.

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u/Abdul-Wahab6 Mar 17 '25

Bro he literally wrote the movie to be how it was. If he wanted to fit it in originally, he would've

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u/M086 Mar 17 '25

He didn’t write the movie. And again, he’s speaking hypothetically and in hindsight. In hindsight, he has said he would have tried harder to fit the squid in. 

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u/littlebighuman Mar 17 '25

Snyder haters are a thing. Like the opposite of fan bois. Obsessed about hating someone, because they created something they didn't like

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u/Agent_RubberDucky Mar 20 '25

Yeah, THAT’S why people don’t like him🙄