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?

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

( Big Jake or Rio Grande )

Pete is still really really cross that there's no GIANT PSYCHIC SQUID. I'm okay with it, because it really was kind of a "What? A WHAT?" moment when I first read the comic.

I have nothing to add to the Westerns discussion. Pete really likes the genre, and I ... put up with them when he wants to watch them. I mean, they're okay, and some of them have interesting stories and characters, but it's not a genre I search out.

but it's not a genre I search out.

Not even for the petticoats?