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'Tales of the Black Freighter' Trailer: Check Out This Shark!

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When Watchmen comes to theaters on March 6, don't be surprised if you miss part of the story--and not just because you're watching it through the crude nylon mask of your Rorschach costume Tales of the Black Freighter, the castaway comic that runs parallel to the main story, was cut from the film, but will be released as an animated DVD on March 24. The newly-released trailer makes it look like it was meant to be part of MTV's Liquid Television, so unless things have changed since 1992, my mom probably won't want me watching it:

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