It's a sacred comic, bobbing and weaving throughout the hallmarks of popular culture as if it were Forrest Gump's evil twin. It explores the very nature of the "blockbuster," deconstructing our popcorn heroes with the tools of philosophy, theology and morality. So it only makes sense that Steven Spielberg, the man who has shaped so much of our modern entertainment, would get an off-kilter shout-out in the new "Watchmen" trailer.
"I take this heart-attack serious, I really do," director Zack Snyder explained to me this week when he sat down with MTV to give his only interview regarding the eye-popping first trailer for his 3.6.09 movie. "If you look, there's one super-crazy Easter egg."