Everyone has commented on how clever and cool is this viral video for WATCHMEN — a fake news broadcast from 1970 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Dr. Manhattan’s “birth.” We agree, except that in 1970, as now, most anchormen had a little more hair.

(Which reminds us, every time we see a promo for the US version of Life on Mars, we wonder, what is the point of setting a show in the ’70s and making it look just like a show from the ’00s?)

A few links take you to THE NEW FRONTIERSMAN, where further Easter eggs are being released regularly. Thank goodness that awful lawsuit is over!

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In other WATCHMEN news, the complete 12-part “motion comic” adaptation — currently available on iTunes — will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on March 3rd. The whole thing runs more than five hours and was supervised by Dave Gibbons.

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  1. “everytime we see a promo for the US version of LIFE ON MARS we wonder, what is the point of setting a show in the 70s and making it look just like a show from the 00s?”

    Michael Imperioli’s impressive 70s-stache notwithstanding, surely…

  2. For me, that Watchmen promo bodes very ill for the movie.

    The promos to Life on Mars USA also make me wince, having watched the awesome original version. I could bitch and moan about that for hours.