I am Kyle's self-indulgence

(These images come straight from the source)

The Comedian doesn't look too bad, but the image has kind of a faux-grainy, airbrushed MTV look to it. Not exactly realistic, but not horrible either.

I see Zack Snyder is channeling Tim Burton's Batman for the Nite Owl character. Again, not quite what I think the story calls for. I really wish directors and costume designers would quit slapping plastic armor on every live-action superhero they see, especially in Watchmen. Don't they realize how stiff that makes their movements? Watchmen is about the real-world practicalities of superheroes, not this over-glamorized stuff.

Are those plastic nipples? And a belly button? Are these people taking design tips from Joel Schumacher now?

Well, this is much, much better. But then, Rorschach's costume is just a trench coat, a hat, and a black & white mask. I guess that's pretty hard to get wrong.

What the hell is Laurie supposed to be doing here? Seriously, has there ever been an occasion in the history of mankind when a person has had a practical reason to adopt such a pose?

I think the best we can hope is that these are merely promotional images that have little do with the actual look of the final film. Maybe it's a really clever plot point wherein the characters in the world of the film posed for fake publicity shots, but they are actually the authentic and practical human beings that we see in the comic book.

Or maybe Zack Snyder is making Watchmen into just another glamorous big-budget action film.

Why couldn't Paul Greengrass have been allowed to direct his version?