Tales of the Black Trailer–I Mean, Freighter
Here it is, boys–the first look at the Tales of the Black Freighter animation, due on DVD on March 24th. While Watchmen fans know what they’re getting, of course, I can’t help but wonder what the mass audiences will think they’re going to get, because I’m pretty they won’t be expecting a tale of one dude on a corpse-raft occasionally fighting a shark but mostly going bat-shit crazy. They may be a little disappointed, frankly. But I’m looking forward to it. (Via MTV)
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