Watchmen director really likes owls. I assume. He's making a movie about nothing but owls. Good owls. Evil owls. Ambivalent owls. It's called Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'hoole, and it's based on some children's fantasy books which are also presumably entirely about owls. I'm all for bringing more fantasy to movie theaters, but... that's a lot of fucking owls. I mean, way more owls than I'm comfortable with, for sure. It doesn't help that Ga'hoole sounds like a euphemism for some kind of depraved sex act, like "And when no one was looking, I stuck my penis right inside the owl's ga'hoole."
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Anonymous said:
I saw a game on the nintendo channel about Owls.. I wonder if it's related to this.. 'cuz I was thinking.. "who the hell wants to play a game where you're just an effin' owl!?"
Posted 06/11/2010 at 03:19:27 PM
cptZeep said:
re:"And when no one was looking, I stuck my penis right inside the owl's ga'hoole."
You seem to be fixated with sticking your penis in things / animals. Any issues you'd like to talk about?
Posted 06/11/2010 at 03:21:02 PM
Gort replied to cptZeep:
The best thing about an owl is that it'll never be able to tell anyone about it.
Posted 06/11/2010 at 04:32:14 PM
Duchess Prozac replied to Gort:
Well I'm sure it'd try but everyone would just be like, "Who who?"
I'll get my coat.
Posted 06/11/2010 at 05:59:38 PM
The Monkey Machine said:
I am pretty sure if you anyone tried to stick his wanker anywhere near a living owl it would be something to see on "When animals attack" !
Posted 06/11/2010 at 03:26:25 PM
ZADL replied to Monkey boy:
Then you should watch this clip, Monkey Boy ;-)
Posted 06/11/2010 at 03:39:05 PM
err... this clip i mean...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8p72wmR5H4&feature=player_embedded
Posted 06/11/2010 at 04:20:55 PM
Brokehart said:
Rob, when someone writes owl bestiality into an FFF, you only have yourself to blame for it now.
Posted 06/11/2010 at 03:34:18 PM
Saustin said:
To be honest Rob I've never thought about how many owls I'm comfortable with. However after watching this I agree that this is way more owls than I am comfortable with.
Posted 06/11/2010 at 03:34:54 PM
Evil Monkey Pope said:
The trailer makes it seem like owls are the only type of animal in that world. Do they commit cannibalism?
Posted 06/11/2010 at 03:38:30 PM
The Man With Two Brains said:
Ugh... terrible music in that clip. The movie looks interesting, though.
Posted 06/11/2010 at 03:39:52 PM
bookfisher said:
I like to ask dr Mckays girlfriend how owls put masks and helmets
Posted 06/11/2010 at 03:56:40 PM
Swiftless replied to bookfisher:
Or my question; how they even make them in the first place?
Posted 06/11/2010 at 04:01:04 PM
Meddler said:
You know, I really just get the feeling that the author of these books read the Golden Compass one day and was like, "Hey, what if instead of armored bears, we had armored owls?" Granted, armored animals isn't anything blindingly original, but it's pretty tough to beat bears even if they're not iron-plated.
Posted 06/11/2010 at 03:58:56 PM
Merle said:
I saw a 3D trailer for this and "How to Train Your Dragon" when I saw Alice in Wonderland. I thought the 3D for this movie looked really well done (and that Dragon's looked really tacked on and poor) so at least it has that going for it.
Posted 06/11/2010 at 04:04:52 PM
False Moustache said:
I have it on good authority that the owls are not what they seem.
Posted 06/11/2010 at 04:12:30 PM
eventide replied to False Moustache:
I have a deep and abiding dislike for owls that i blame Twin Peaks for. There's no way I can watch this movie. *shivers*
Posted 06/11/2010 at 07:19:07 PM
chudleycannonfodder said:
I'm probably the only person on the site who read the books when they first came out. The movie looks like it's based on the first three books, which were like Redwall, but a bit more violent, characters continue from book to book, and the main characters are owls.
And yes, there are other species in the series. It's just that owls are the main focus. There's another series set in the same universe that is about wolves.
As for Snyder directing it, I say good for him. The series is aimed at young teenagers, so I'm glad he's working on a film where the material is suitable for his target audience. Oh, and the last book is influenced by the Battle of Thermopylae, so there's that too.
As for the geek cred of the series: some of the owls, influenced by fragments of Fahrenheit 451 that they found, memorize their historical literature to preserve it from book burnings.
Posted 06/11/2010 at 05:26:07 PM
chudleycannonfodder replied to chudleycannonfodder:
That being said, the music is shit.
Everything else though (voice acting, owl fight scenes, etc.) I'm pretty excited to see.
Posted 06/11/2010 at 05:29:46 PM
Fanciful replied to chudleycannonfodder:
More violent the Redwall? I should read these books then, because Redwall and the other books in that series were probably some of the most graphically violent books that were aimed at children.
Posted 06/12/2010 at 01:24:49 PM
chudleycannonfodder said:
I'm probably the only person on the site who read the books when they first came out. The movie looks like it's based on the first three books, which were like Redwall, but a bit more violent, characters continue from book to book, and the main characters are owls.
And yes, there are other species in the series. It's just that owls are the main focus. There's another series set in the same universe that is about wolves.
As for Snyder directing it, I say good for him. The series is aimed at young teenagers, so I'm glad he's working on a film where the material is suitable for his target audience. Oh, and the last book is influenced by the Battle of Thermopylae, so there's that too.
As for the geek cred of the series: some of the owls, influenced by fragments of Fahrenheit 451 that they found, memorize their historical literature to preserve it from book burnings.
Posted 06/11/2010 at 05:27:09 PM
cj said:
How much do you want to bet that his wife was the one that put him up to direct this? She was reading it to her kids going "I bet my Zachy poo could direct the heck out of this, plus I can get a producer credit!"
Posted 06/11/2010 at 05:59:11 PM
zughammer said:
10 seconds in, lmao at owl w/ helmet. Can't wait to watch cg owls heroicly vomit up cg mouse carcasses.
Posted 06/11/2010 at 05:59:18 PM
portnoy1 said:
somebody read the books? i do and let me tell you, those owl's have guts and the history is like king artur feathers, and thanks chudleycannonfodder for the suppert, my inner geek is wishing to see the last book in tye big screen with Gerard Butler as the owl king (bad memory, idont remember the name)
Posted 06/11/2010 at 06:16:30 PM
Deacon Blues said:
I'm pretty sure Chris Chan based a Little Big Planet level on this series.
Posted 06/11/2010 at 06:17:40 PM
Brendan replied to Deacon Blues:
More importantly, WHY DO YOU KNOW THAT?
Posted 06/11/2010 at 06:32:04 PM
Dixie Cyanide said:
All I can think of are all those clips about how creepy owls look when they're pissed off.
Posted 06/11/2010 at 06:28:03 PM
Matt said:
I'm a bit confused... why'd they spoil the entire movie in this short clip?
Posted 06/11/2010 at 06:51:49 PM
Unemployed in Greenland replied to Matt:
It was the marketing department's subtle knife-in-the-back against the production department. Production made this movie, so marketing saved us from seeing it. Bygones.
Posted 06/12/2010 at 11:50:45 AM
demoncat said:
guess it shows that Zack seems to have survived making watchman even if it is a film that seems to be a knights of the round table type thing where owls are the knights. guess Zack needed something to do till he does the 300 hundred sequel.
Posted 06/11/2010 at 06:54:37 PM
Dan said:
I love how Zack says, "Owls can turn their heads almost 360 degrees... so there's a lot of cool things we can incorporate into each character."
Um, what?
That's like saying cats can clean every part of their body, so I'm sure we'll be able to fully develop each character and make them compelling.
Posted 06/11/2010 at 07:01:41 PM
JOE said:
Unless it's Bobo saving the day, I'm not interested.
Well, maybe a little. Owls are cute.
Posted 06/11/2010 at 07:43:22 PM
MustangGuy said:
Retarded, couldn't even finish it. In fact, I feed dumber for having started watching it.
Posted 06/11/2010 at 08:32:33 PM
Honky said:
My little brothers love these books...they're geared for a younger audience, but if it will get kids to read I'll support it...even if Zach Snyder is making it...
Posted 06/11/2010 at 08:52:23 PM
seasix said:
David Bowie better be in this movie somewhere Snyder or I am VERY dissapoint.
Posted 06/11/2010 at 09:02:31 PM
pollardy said:
this was like wtf >_> was seeing how to train your dragon and this trailor came on and i was like im watching a kids movie which turned out to be awesome but this trailor looks like freaking vegi-tales with owl's
Posted 06/11/2010 at 11:24:04 PM
Neptune said:
When I saw the trailer for this in the theater, I couldn't contain my laughter. I'm not sure what it was about it that struck me as so funny... I think it had something to do with them using such cute animals (I think owls are adorable) in such a serious plot? Not sure, but I lost it when the music went to bridge while this owl was doing a dramatic loop while flying in the clouds.
And just now, seeing it on this site made me think, "Hmm, now THAT will make for some depraved FFF." Combine that with your comment at the end, and I lol'd.
Posted 06/12/2010 at 01:01:17 AM
'Stater Nuts said:
I think they said the word "Owls" more times in this trailer than I said last year.
This reminds me of Mouse Guard - Winter 1152, when Celanawe fights an Owl. That needs to be made into a movie.
Posted 06/12/2010 at 11:55:26 AM
Kitanne said:
Like I looooooooooove owls but er, are they going to have the barn owls make that horrible hissing noise they make? How about coughing up some owl pellets? This just seems like an excuse for a bunch of birders to sit around and nitpick.
Oh, and the word for owl's behinds is "cloaca" which isn't much weirder. I know this because I bird not for some...other reason.
Posted 06/12/2010 at 03:10:15 PM
Kaw said:
I started off baffled at what I was seeing then ended up thinking this might not be horrible. Then around the end of the video they really start trying to convince us it's a good idea.
Best of luck I guess..
Posted 06/12/2010 at 06:24:34 PM
Darkest Requiem said:
didnt the guy who thought it was a good idea to do a new hitchhikers book- write the books about these owls?
Posted 06/12/2010 at 07:48:16 PM
Beltorchika replied to Darkest Requiem:
No, you are thinking of Eoin Colfer, he wrote a series about a spy named Artemis Fowl. I can see how the word 'fowl' in the title can mess you up though.
Posted 06/13/2010 at 08:40:56 AM
Anonymous said:
"it's based on some children's fantasy books"
Of course it is, if Zack Snyder's directing, then it's based on something. Expect a literal and soul-less translation that adds nothing and is best forgotten.
Posted 06/13/2010 at 10:57:42 PM
Fist said:
"it's based on some children's fantasy books"
Of course it is, if Zack Snyder's directing, then it's based on something. Expect a literal and soul-less translation that adds nothing and is best forgotten.
Posted 06/13/2010 at 10:58:12 PM
Tyler said:
Im sure it's already been said, but this is based off a book. There have been two trailers posted for this movie, and each time the guy writing the description has no idea what the fuck he's talking about. It's from the Gardians of Gahoole series, and no, it isnt a world filled with JUST owls. It is however, just animals. No humans, because yes, they would be very much aware of a owl war going on. That would be quite a sight lol
Anyway, I liked the book when it came out, but I was a like 5 years younger. I'll give it a chance. Looks promising.
Posted 06/22/2010 at 03:49:35 PM

