WATCHMEN 80s Casting Draft (Sponsored by The B Action Movie Thread): Discussion

DRAFTS & LISTS DRAFTS
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In this draft, you will be casting an adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ WATCHMEN, as if it were being made between 1987 - 1989.

You will be casting actors as they were in '87, '88, or '89.

Any actor you cast must have at least one film or television credit from 1989 or earlier.

Roles to be cast:

The Comedian/Edward Blake
Doctor Manhattan/Jon Osterman
Nite Owl II/Dan Dreiberg
Silk Spectre II/ Laurie Juspeczyk
Rorschach/Walter Kovacs
Ozymandias/Adrian Veidt
Hollis Mason/Nite Owl I
Sally Jupiter/ Silk Spectre I
Moloch/Edgar Jacobi
A tenth character of your choosing (Dr. Malcolm Long, Janey Slater, Detective Fine, Big Figure, etc.)

The draft will begin Monday, December 16.

Participants:
Pither
Atomtastic
Bailey
Turingmachine75
Judas Booth
JMurdoch
Arjen Rudd
Superlaser
Boone Daniels
Huntertarantino
Richard Dickson
HP Pufncraft
SimBOB
Hammerhead
Hifidog
Axelbratoski
MrTyres
Alt-molt

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The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout “Draft us!”…

…and I’ll look down, and whisper “yes.”

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Why are so few of us drafting, healthy, and without personality disorders?

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Once you realize what a joke everything is, drafting is the only thing that makes sense.

IN.

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Im not drafting in here with you.

You’re drafting in here with me.

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I drafted Rohrshach thirty five minutes ago. In.

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But Doctor, I drafted Pagliacci.

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The superman exists…and he is drafting.

In.

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This is human draft juice. Hrrm.

Yeah, I’m obviously in.

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A draft and a knockout contain the same number of particles. Structurally, there’s no discernible difference.

In.

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My brain’s too fried at the moment to come up with something clever to say but I’m in.

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Well, what are you waiting for? Draft it.

DRAFT IT!

In.

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Who drafts the draftsmen?

I do.

EDIT: Oops. I can’t do it. I’m traveling that week. sorry.

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Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Drafter is the only thing that makes sense.

In.

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I’ve got three or four top picks that I’m either very pleased with myself for, or they’re at the top of everyone’s list.

I think this is gonna be a good one.

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You know… this must be how ordinary drafters feel. This must be how ordinary drafters feel around us.

In.

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Times are now posted! We begin tomorrow, at 10 AM, EST.