Juliebird, I think the reasoning was, at least partially that including the monster squid means including *how* it was built, which means inserting the storyline of the artists and scientists that "disappeared" and all that. Even at nearly three hours there just wasn't time for that. Though I don't think the "end of the world" MacGuffin was the perfect replacement, I thought it was an acceptable one to get rid of a storyline that would've eaten a shitload of screen time that non-fans would not have appreciated, necessarily. And, frankly, I'm okay with the "overthrowing the old god" interpretation (the Zeus v. Kronos interpretation), but would have been happier if they'd elaborated on *that* theme more with Ozy.
You walk in worlds the others can't begin to imagine.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Miracleman - Mar 07, 2009 6:12:01 pm PST #294 of 30000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
billytea - Mar 08, 2009 3:41:20 am PDT #295 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I saw Watchmen at the Imax today with my brother. I enjoyed it, though I preferred the comic. Do agree the fighting skills were overdone (and the gore as well), not to mention Rorshach is apparently part lemur, given his ability to run up walls. Also found it to be hurried in many places, losing some of the character motivation. My favourite change from the comic, incidentally, is not losing the giant squid. It's that Snyder apparently decided that having an assassin gun down Veidt's secretary was just inappropriate, and wouldn't it be more fun instead to shoot Lee Iacocca through the head?
One thing that didn't bother me was the full frontal bluedity. Maybe it's just that human penises are pretty uninteresting compared to the Swiss army tools you find in the rest of the animal kingdom.
Being the Imax experience, the thing was incredibly loud. I was fascinated to learn that beating the crap out of the Comedian is apparently about as noisy as a nuclear explosion. My ears are still ringing a little.
Still, we enjoyed it. Oh, and I got Wallybee kind of interested in reading the original work, though given the amount of gore and violence in the film, I've warned her off seeing it.
DavidS - Mar 08, 2009 8:20:48 am PDT #296 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
billytea scans through a Tom of Finland book: "Disappointing. Dull. Uninspired. Lacking in baroque excess."
Steph L. - Mar 08, 2009 8:23:40 am PDT #297 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Heh. billytea is maybe not Tom of Finland's target audience.
And why *is* Finland so cool?
tommyrot - Mar 08, 2009 8:24:10 am PDT #298 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I wanna see a fight between Tom of Finland and Tom's of Maine.
You might think Tom of Finland would kick Maine's ass, but leathermen can often be wusses... Plus Maine can threaten to scuff up Finland's leather with his toothpaste.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 08, 2009 8:26:45 am PDT #299 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
And why *is* Finland so cool?
It's the leather jackets. Just ask Danny Zuko or Fonzie.
tommyrot - Mar 08, 2009 8:25:07 am PDT #300 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
And why *is* Finland so cool?
Because Tom is there. And Linux came from there. And they drink vodka by the case.
Really, that's all you need.
Jessica - Mar 08, 2009 8:27:44 am PDT #301 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Connie Neil - Mar 08, 2009 1:24:47 pm PDT #302 of 30000
brillig
At the theater today they had a preview for The Spirit, and every time The Octopus says "I have eight of everything," I snicker to myself and say, "Really? Eight? Of *every* thing? Going five up on Hell Comes to Frogtown ?"
Laga - Mar 08, 2009 1:27:20 pm PDT #303 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Were you in a second-run theatre or did someone forget to change out the trailers?