Well, part of the carpet is red ... (Photo by Jo Hale for Paramount Pictures)

Yes, kids, while those of us in the Colonies wait until March 6 for the release of the long-anticipated (and much-overdiscussed) Watchmen, the British Empire hosted the world premiere of the film today at the Odeon in London’s Leicester Square.

Who watches the Watchmen? Bloody U.K. scum! (Photo by Jo Hale for Paramount Pictures)

Boy, look how happy Dave Gibbons looks. That’s what normal people do, Alan Moore — they find joy in earning a good living from their creative output. Even if said output gets bastardized for prophylactic novelties.