‘Watchmen’ Easter Eggs: Our Favorite Blink-And-You’ll-Miss-’Em Moments
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By Larry Carroll
BEVERLY HILLS, California - Since VHS tapes gained popularity in the ’80s, filmmakers have delighted in hiding “Easter eggs” in their films for fans to discover during repeated viewings at home. It only seems appropriate, then, that Zack Snyder’s “Watchmen” is not only set during the decade of greed, but that it breathlessly captures Alan Moore’s pop-culture graphic novel by cramming more eggs into every frame than perhaps any movie before it.
Nowadays, we have Blu-ray, DVDs and Internet screen grabs to help us keep up with Snyder’s amazingly detailed, frantically faithful “Watchmen” world. But if you want to catch all the in-jokes, references and blink-and-you’ll-miss-’em moments the first time you see the movie, you can start here. Below are seven of our favorite “Watchmen” Easter eggs, as revealed by the stars themselves.
Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That
A pivotal moment in the “Watchmen” plot has Nite Owl and Rorschach hacking into Ozymandias’ computer. Keep a close eye on his desktop, and you’ll see an ominously titled file folder. “Adrian’s sorta like very asexual, but he’s possibly a homosexual,” grinned Matthew Goode, referring to a long-held suspicion among “Watchmen” fans. “There’s a very small thing in his file window, and it just says, ‘Boys.’ Which is very funny, and that’s the kind of detail that Zack works with.”
Silk Spectre May Be Dangerous to Your Health
Thanks to films like “Sin City,” we all know that actress Carla Gugino is smokin’. But keep a close eye on “Watchmen,” and you’ll see her lighting Edward Blake’s beloved cigars. “The Comedian has a lighter that he lights in the boardroom scene, and it has a picture of Sally Jupiter on it,” Gugino said of her pinup character, who was never afraid to merchandise. “It’s never mentioned, and it’s a very quick shot.”
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