the thing that gets me is that those three movies of Baz have nothing in common with each other, except they were directed by him. So to sell them as a trilogy doesn't quite work for me.
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le nubian - Mar 10, 2009 2:24:41 am PDT #371 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jessica - Mar 10, 2009 3:55:13 am PDT #372 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Questions for people who have seen Watchmen but not read the book:
1: Did you understand what the Keene Act was?
2: What did you think the implications were of Rorschach's journal being published by The New Frontiersman?
I was talking about the movie with a co-worker yesterday and the people who hadn't read the book in the group he saw it with missed the point BIG time on both of those. (Which we both agree was not their fault, since Snyder kind of forgot to put them in the movie.)
Jessica - Mar 10, 2009 3:56:06 am PDT #373 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I think Baz himself came up with the "Red Curtain Trilogy" thing, but I could be wrong there.
Steph L. - Mar 10, 2009 4:12:14 am PDT #374 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Jess, I know that The Boy totally got #1. I'll have to ask him about #2. I wish Snyder had had the chance to play up the loony fringe-ness of The New Frontiersman. (And also, in the book -- I can't remember -- didn't Rorschach view The New Frontiersman as the only paper that told the truth? Which is why he delivered his journal there?) Again, I would have liked to see that just a little bit in the movie.
Miracleman - Mar 10, 2009 4:19:12 am PDT #375 of 30000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
I don't know that Rorschach viewed the New Frontiersman as the ONLY paper to tell the truth, but he certainly was a devoted reader.
tommyrot - Mar 10, 2009 4:20:06 am PDT #376 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 also, in the book -- I can't remember -- didn't
Yes.
tommyrot - Mar 10, 2009 4:21:49 am PDT #377 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 thought he said something about it was the only paper that he trusted to tell the truth? eta: or to get the message out?
Damn, now I wanna see exactly what the book says....
Miracleman - Mar 10, 2009 4:24:00 am PDT #378 of 30000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Got it right here.
All I can find is Rorschach's final entry does say "This last entry. Will shortly mail to only people can trust."
But I think that's about it.
tommyrot - Mar 10, 2009 4:25:00 am PDT #379 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.
Oh yeah, that's the line I was thinking about.
Jessica - Mar 10, 2009 4:27:15 am PDT #380 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I ask because my co-worker's friends interpreted the last scene as saying that the peace wouldn't last because Rorschach's journal would be published and everyone would know the truth about what happened. They didn't get that The New Frontiersman in this universe commands about as much respect as The Weekly World News does in ours. So yeah, the truth gets out, but everyone dismisses it as the ravings of a deranged conspiracy nut.