Watch This: "Before" BEFORE WATCHMEN Spoof

Watch This: "Before" BEFORE WATCHMEN Spoof

Taking its ques from Liam Neeson's Taken films the Cult of Smack sketch show imagines how DC Comic's attempt to wrangle Alan Moore for Before Watchmen went down.

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By MarkJulian - Dec 12, 2012 09:12 PM EST

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About CULT OF SMACK
The Cult of Smack is a sketch show for 'us' - the comic book geeks, fanboys, nerds, musos, film buffs, gamers, redditors, twitterers, Whedonites, the tech savvy, and the cult smart.

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