If, like me, you were floored by the Watchmen trailer which played before The Dark Knight, then do yourself a favor and check out io9’s coverage of the Watchmen panel at the San Diego Comicon. Here’s a tidbit:

[PATRICK] WILSON:

On Dan Dreiberg:

I love Dan. I miss Dan. You always pull for Dan. You want him to pull through. He’s flabby. He’s morose. He’s down on his luck. He’s lost. He’s all these really negative words, when you look at the first few panels, especially.

When Rorschach and I go down to the Owl Chamber (in the graphic novel), there’s a shot of him saying, “You don’t think that’ s a little paranoid?” And there’s a little smile on his face. That’s a whole different level when you get to see the artwork [than just reading a script]. It’s not like I try do the same poses, but that helped me so such to see that the guy who’s so down… still has a light. You see this sense of smile, these shots in the graphic novel that he’s smiling and you see him fighting for it. That’s something that keyed me into Dan. The relationship he has with Hollis, trying to find out how he adjusted to the post-superhero life, you pull for the guy the entire time. And once you got on board, those first few scenes was a rollercoaster. Every time you put on the suit, you look like a badass and you feel like a badass. And that must be how Dan feels. Obviously you feel like a man, for obvious reasons. It gives him an identity. It’s just awesome.

It really sounds like the cast and crew have “got it” when it comes to Watchmen. Read the whole thing.