Uh-oh, some critics, who have seen advanced screenings of the Watchmen movie, are not being kind to the highly anticipated film. Could it be that the fantastic Watchmen movie trailers have built up expectations so high that there is no way the actual movie can live up to the hype?

One of the biggest questions about the Watchmen Movie has always been how it will play to the general public. So far, the answer among some critics seems to be not very well. In a very negative review that is circulating quickly online, Kirk Honeycutt in the Hollywood Reporter predicts that the box office slide could be drastic after the opening weekend. Honeycutt even goes as far as to suggest that the Watchmen movie could be the first real flop of 2009.

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Marvel Comics announced today in an open press release that it would no longer accept unsolicited submissions of work from aspiring comic book artists and writers. In recent months, Marvel has been flooded with submissions and has been unable to keep up with the review demand. The new change in procedure marks the end of an era, as the company was the last major publisher to accept open submissions of work.

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