well, it's about goddamn time. i've been waiting on a good version of the watchmen dvdrip for a while. when it first came out, there were complaints about the frame rate and choppiness, so i passed. then i was hearing that there was a director's cut floating around but no one ever made it available cuz apparently no one had a source dvd. so i got to wondering just how many fucking versions was there gonna be?

after some research, there's the theatrical cut which is the one that played in theaters. the director's cut which has over 20 minutes of new footage and is the one that's allegedly gonna be rereleased in theaters soon. and then there's the so-called ultimate cut which is the director's cut and the 'tales from the black freighter' toon blended together like the comic. i decided to wait for the director's cut dvdrip but it wasn't coming along and when it did, it was a 2cd version. fuck that shit, i ain't wit it. then i decided i was gonna wait for the ultimate cut but i heard rumblings that it ain't gonna come out till the fall. that's too long to wait. plus i heard they were gonna cut some stuff out of the 'tales from the black freighter' too. no deal.

yeah, i've read the comic so what happens in the movie won't be much of a surprise but i liked 300 a lot so i'll give ol' zack the benefit of the doubt. what i don't like is hollywood suckering motherfuckers with all these different versions of shit and expecting motherfuckers to plunk down dough for each one. i didn't pay for watchmen cuz i knew the theatrical cut wasn't the full movie, considering that this is watchmen after all. and i ain't paying for the dvd cuz i'm a bit skeptical of the quality of the movie when compared to that comic. that's why i'm gonna download it rather than pay. plus i don't like dvd media. takes up space and costs more money when all i want is the movie, deleted scenes, alternate endings, and stuff like that. docus and commentary, i could care less about that shit. just gimme a portable digital format of the movie in its complete form and i'll be happy.

after waiting though, there's finally a single file director's cut available and i'm downloading it right now as i type this. first, there was an r1 dvdr but download speed was hellishly slow. only 1 slow ass seed. i tried that one last night and woke up and it wasn't even close to finished. peeped demonoid this morn and i finally saw what i've been waiting for courtesy of ltrg who i know does good torrents. so after a quick job search and some other little stuff, i know what i'll be doing today.