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?

Not even for the petticoats?

No, because they're always set in frontier towns. No one has lavish outfits, or even interestingly distressed and disheveled ones. Not even the whores, dammit.

because it really was kind of a "What? A WHAT?" moment when I first read the comic.

Which, in the comic, is exactly the point. I just love how Dan and Laurie are standing there going "..the fuck? You're the smartest man in the world and THIS is your plan? Seriously???" And Adrian is all "You only think it's funny because you're not as smart as me. Anyway I already pushed the button. Nyah nyah nyah."

But I think film is paced so differently that you couldn't get away with it. There's no way for the audience to flip back and forth to make sure they didn't misread and then sit with it for awhile before moving on.