I've been trying to get a group to go as the Watchmen for Halloween for years, but no one will consent to being Dr. Manhattan. At least not while sober, and Dr. Manhatten passed out drunk on the sofa and only blue on the visible parts just isn't right.
You're not gonna jokey-rhyme your way out of this one.
Willow ,'Sleeper'
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Volans - Feb 18, 2009 11:11:01 am PST #42 of 30000
move out and draw fire
Frankenbuddha - Feb 18, 2009 11:13:02 am PST #43 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Have them go as Senate-Hearing!Dr. Manhattan, with the suit.
tommyrot - Feb 18, 2009 11:15:50 am PST #44 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.
Or as Funeral-Going-To!Dr. Manhattan, with a wet suit!
Plus he did have a costume, back in the day. He just decided to stop wearing it at some point.
le nubian - Feb 18, 2009 1:08:49 pm PST #45 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
just make sure it is a good costume, because bad ones make you look like you are in the Blue Man Group.
Volans - Feb 18, 2009 2:59:34 pm PST #46 of 30000
move out and draw fire
I was sort of thinking about the black wrestling singlet.
Actually the amount of clothing was a recent fight at work - the guy who introduced me to Watchmen lo these many years ago is preparing for the movie to suck, and one of his complaints is that in a teaser, Dr. M is wearing small pants.
So we had to go to the book and determine that he loses his clothes as he loses his humanity.
tommyrot - Feb 18, 2009 3:33:45 pm PST #47 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.
determine that he loses his clothes as he loses his humanity.
I wonder if that could be a pickup line: "Hey baby, wanna come back to my place... and lose your humanity?"
It's safe to say I've never invented a good pickup line....
Jessica - Feb 19, 2009 3:46:57 am PST #48 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I saw a neat little sci-fi film last night called Moon, starring Sam Rockwell and directed by David Bowie's son (Duncan Jones, formerly Zowie Bowie). It had an awesome retro production design - the sets looked like they'd been borrowed from 2001 and Silent Running - and was just generally a really solid piece of old fashioned sci-fi storytelling. No shocking twists, no big climactic set pieces. Just good. Very satisfying.
And Kevin Spacey was pleasantly HAL-esque as the voice of the computer.
SailAweigh - Feb 19, 2009 5:28:49 am PST #49 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I kinda miss those old-fashioned SciFi flicks that depended on, you know, plot versus big explosions and endless CGI to get the point across. Is this something coming out soon, Jess, or something that's been out and underestimated by the viewing public?
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 19, 2009 5:45:59 am PST #50 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
So we had to go to the book and determine that he loses his clothes as he loses his humanity.
Would that this had been the case for Angel.
Jessica - Feb 19, 2009 6:16:12 am PST #51 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Is this something coming out soon, Jess, or something that's been out and underestimated by the viewing public?
It was at Sundance, and I think it's being released in June.