If you've seen footage of Dr. Manhattan, the glowing, atomic superhero who plays a major role in Zack Snyder's Watchmen movie, you've probably thought to yourself, "How do they do that?" Or maybe you didn't. Maybe you know everything there is to know about special effects, and I'm a big stupidhead. Well, I may be a big stupidhead, but I don't think I'm alone in being curious about how they made the glow from a computer-generated character appear on the real-life characters he was interacting with. Luckily, this stupidhead need wonder no longer!

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The newest Watchmen production diary is out, and it's a very special episode this week. Apparently, and don't tell anybody this... girls kick ass. No, it's true! Specifically, Carla Gugino and Malin Akerman kick ass, as they're pretty much the only two women in the movie, and they play mother and daughter crimefighters Silk Spectre I and Silk Spectre II, even though one is 37 and the other is 30. This video is the first time anyone has seen Gugino in her old-woman makeup, interacting with her grown daughter, and it's also the first footage we've seen of her teammate Hooded Justice, outside of the group photo he takes with the original Minutemen. (We also see the young Comedian in his jester suit.) And, of course, since the video is titled "Girls Kick Ass," there are plenty of shots of the younger Spectre beating cons up during the prison break. But don't just read about it -- watch it after the jump.

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