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Miracleman - Jan 07, 2009 8:33:02 am PST #9396 of 10000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

DH has links to some cool new Watchmen stuff online: [link]

That is some awesome Watchmen-y goodness.


Jessica - Jan 07, 2009 8:37:40 am PST #9397 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Sorry Tep - I figured most people following Watchmen gossip had already heard about that, so it didn't strike me as news until the second read.


Polter-Cow - Jan 07, 2009 8:38:05 am PST #9398 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

The HELL?!?

You haven't heard about that? It is sad, indeed. I was feeling sad about it just yesterday after seeing a girl reading Watchmen in the seat in front of mine on the plane. I...hope it still works?


Jessica - Jan 07, 2009 8:42:58 am PST #9399 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I think it's a good change, seriously. It fucks with the plot, sure, but on the plus side it DOESN'T INVOLVE A FUCKING PSYCHIC SQUID. I just can't imagine that ever working onscreen (in spite of how well it does on the page). I'm not entirely sure how the final I'm So Evil I Can Tell You My Plan And Still Get Away With It speech will work, but that strikes me as a relatively minor problem compared with asking the non-fanboy portion of the audience to accept the Deus Ex Psychic Squid.


Steph L. - Jan 07, 2009 8:44:06 am PST #9400 of 10000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Sorry Tep - I figured most people following Watchmen gossip had already heard about that, so it didn't strike me as news until the second read.

No problem -- it doesn't spoil me in the "well, I wish THAT had been a surprise, but now I guess the movie is ruined!" sense. It's totally nothing more than a "The HELL?!?" reaction from me.

The HELL?!?

You haven't heard about that?

I hadn't really been following new about it, other than FOX winning the lawsuit. But, like I said, it's not a movie-ruining spoiler for me. Not at all. Just a bit of weirdness.


Steph L. - Jan 07, 2009 8:46:12 am PST #9401 of 10000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

In response to Jess's whitefont -- that was pretty much my reaction the first time I read it -- a GIANT PSYCHIC SQUID WTF?!?


beekaytee - Jan 07, 2009 9:12:36 am PST #9402 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant

Jackie Earle Haley strikes me as someone I'd love to have over to supper. His conversation must be grand.


megan walker - Jan 07, 2009 9:23:36 am PST #9403 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

What's the one where Maureen O'Hara is John Wayne's ex and she sends him after his grandson who has been kidnapped? That one's fun.

Sumi, according to that summary, that's Big Jake. But they are also in Rio Grande, where O'Hara plays his estranged wife and the plot revolves around their son.


Frankenbuddha - Jan 07, 2009 9:27:58 am PST #9404 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I think I'm with Jess on this one. I've always had issues with that ending, even on the page. If I was to take a guess, I'd say that all the assasinations will be the folks who worked on whatever mechanism gets Dr. Manhattan to cause the disaster, or those who found out about it, like The Comedian.


sumi - Jan 07, 2009 10:11:03 am PST #9405 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!

Now, I'm not sure which one I meant.

( Big Jake or Rio Grande )