I don't remember Nick Fury from the first one.

(Connie didn't stay past the credits. Pass it on!)

(Connie leaves movies early and doesn't bother to find out who the gaffer was. Pass it on!)

(Connie doesn't care whether the ASPCA monitored all animal action and determined that no animals were harmed during the production of this movie. Pass it on!)

Connie was laughing too hard at the Iron Man song playing. And she does watch the credits and obviously found Nick Fury very forgettable.

And I don't care what unions were involved in the making of the movie, either.

My Watchmen thoughts:

There was one moment, I think in the bar in Vietnam, where some move or expression on the Comedian was so Jensen Ackles that it made me say “whoa”. I HATED the heavy-handed use of pop music (I started giggling when Hallelujah started.). They did a really nice job with the fucked-up-ness of the characters. Didn’t like the super-human-ness of the fight scenes, they didn’t feel real, or like the characters. I deeply disliked the change to the end. Because humanity is now behaving so god doesn’t come back and judge them harshly, which is an entirely different vibe. Did I mention hating the soundtrack use? Yes? Then let me re-iterate because I hated it that much. There were several moments where I thought “and that was the end of an issue. Would have made a good end of an episode.”

In reading other people’s responses:

I agree with Aille

About the only cinematic choice I really liked was the opening credits.

I agree with MM about the sex scenes.

They could have done something really cool with the difference between the first generation and new generation as a metaphor for the re-invention of Bats etal in about the same era as the book (well, same era from the perspective of someone born into comics after all of that). Maybe that could have justified the fight competency.

Oh! And how much do I wish the display style of the goggles had been uber 80s? Tttthiiiiisssss mmmuuuuccchhh.

I will give them credit for not making the towers in the shot at the end more of a Big Fucking Set Piece, but agree that it was an obvious visual parallel, with no real...meaning, I guess.

I agree with Jessica’s take on Dr. M’s blood splatter.

Aims: heh. Blue icee.

I agree with Aille again.

BT reminded me that I found the sound in the comedian fight scene very off-putting, and not in the dramatically effective way.

Teppy, I noticed the file. I thought it was on the rest of the heroes, as the only female one would be in Manhattan’s file. But I did think of the slash.

I second Fay’s noticing of Dead Lesbian Cliche

I agree with Juliebird on the tone of the thing. An accelerating build would have worked much better.

I agree with MM on the bullshitness of “see as I see”

I'll probably see the super-long version one, and then be done with it.

y'all are funneh.

Dude, not only dead lesbians but also fall in love with your rapist . If only we had a literal woman in a refrigerator, we'd have the comics sexism hat-trick .

On the plus side, movie!Dan Dreiberg was OMFGHAWT. Which is completely out of character and I DON'T CARE.