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Why the *beep* does this come up when searching for Watchmen?


What kind of crap search engine would place this higher than the move "Watchmen" when doing a search for "Watchmen" ???

Tell IMDb they need to do an overhaul, because this is pathetic.

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LOL
No one here cares. Are there even any fans of this movie?

Remember kids, always click on Watchmen. Accidents may happen, but don't allow yerself to fall into 'The Night Watchman' trap

Remember, the force will be with you...always

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Because an alternate title of this movie is "The Night Watchmen"

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Yes, but how does an "alternate title" trump the ACTUAL title for a film?

"You could be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.

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I'm not sure, but I just did the search on "watchmen" and got Watchmen. Street Kings didn't show up at all.

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You're right! They must have fixed it. Thank god. That was really annoying.

"You could be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.

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If you listen to the director's commentary by David Ayer, you'll hear him discuss that it was originally titled "The Night Watchman" because it's a reference to Tom Ludlow doing his "dirty work" and usually only working at night, protecting people from the horrors in the world. There's another part where Santos gives Ludlow lip about getting all the credit. Ludlow says "I did you a solid, Santos... You wanna be a killer? You want to see their faces every night?" Remember, in the restaurant scene, Wander says "if you showed up during the day, you'd know who your enemies were." Also, when Biggs drives up and sees Diskant and Ludlow together, he asks "Back on the night watch, Tom??" followed by Ludlow's explanation that the suits hate him but they need him because he'll do the things that nobody else will.

The Night Watchman would've been an awesome title. It was changed because Watchmen went into production and people were getting confused and thinking that Keanu was going to be part of that movie as well.

I hope this helps.

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