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i have to call into question the choice in music. why select a song so easily identifiable with an acutely emotional moment from another film? every time it's heard anyone that's ever seen snatch will immediately recall mickey straining against his friends to run into his mothers burning trailer. this clip cannot even hope to compete with the former, so pick some other tune please.
@tetracycloide: HAHAHA see it's funny because the one guy thinks Snatch is a good movie and the other guy thinks Snatch isn't a good movie but neither actually says that because then your opinion is weaker because you had to spell it out. It's The Internet!
@Llahsram: i thought it was funny because one guy was straining not to negate his premise, that no one saw snatch, by admiting he saw snatch and didn't like it.
I loved Six Minutes to Midnight! It took me forever to get Dr. Manhattan, though. All these previews are so well done, but I hope they aren't making me expect too much from the actual film. I can't wait for March 6th!
I really hope they don't fuck this movie up. Jon is wearing underwear in the trailers. I hope they haven't suger coated the movie to lower the movie rating. I really hope this movie isn't shit.
I hear there might be a movie based on this graphic "novel" coming out some times soon. Too bad there has been so little advertising and hype around it.
@Dillenger69: Is this "graphic novel" that you refer to another term for an unabridged edition, with all the naughty bits included? Because if so, really, you should just come out and say so.
Someone might tell me why I shouldn't consider this an X-Men clone. I know it is darker and written by the guy who did V for Vendetta (this is a positive to me), but after watching the commercials I thought "this looks a little familiar to me."
@pschroeter: -They aren't mutants, none of them except one have superheroes, and the exception gained his in an accident.
-The only plot point they share is a Superhero Registration Act. The Keene Act in Watchmen is technically a ban on vigilante activity rather than a registration act, though.
-The present-day (1985) heroes never formed a team.
@Cornelius James Donovan II: Why do I get the feeling that when pschroeter compares The X-men & Watchmen, he's only remotely aware the films are based on previous works?
@pschroeter: Watchmen did rip off previous comic book properties, but it was okay because they had all recently been bought out by DC. I can't remember them all, but here are some of the more notable parallels:
Dr. Manhattan (the only super-powered character) is based on Captain Atom
Rorschach is based on The Question
NiteOwl is based on Blue Beetle (who is, in turn, something of a ripoff of Batman, but that's another story)
It's a superhero story without any true superheroes. Most of them are just masked/costumed semi-pro vigilantes (heroes, perhaps, but not superheroes). And the one character who does posess bonafide superpowers isn't exactly what I'd call a hero.
It was originally supposed to use existing characters, but DC didn't really want to hand over their top characters for a story where some of them would have to die, and the end result was that they created an entirely new batch of characters, but based them on an obscure group of pre-existing characters. Also, the story is almost more a political commentary than a superhero story, but since it was written at the height of the Cold War it has lost some of its relevence in recent years (not all, by any means, but the basic premise no longer feels like it'd even be possible, all the superhero stuff aside).
@Purple Dave: Well, it's not really a rip-off, since Moore was originally tasked with writing up a ret-con on the Charleston characters that DC owned and let lay fallow.
Later, DC had a change of heart and decided that Alan couldn't deconstruct them after all, so by mutual consent, Moore wrote new characters based on the Charleston ones.
I actually really don't want to read your review, even though I know I will. It's like slowing down to look at an accident on the highway.
See the thing is, I'm seeing the movie on Friday, and other people's reviews that have already come in I'll be far less likely to put stock in than yours. So if you guys write a negative review, I think I will be genuinely prejudiced.
@Mount_Prion: Wow, that's nice to hear. I haven't seen the movie yet... I'm seeing it tomorrow night and I'll be reviewing it soon afterwards I think. I'm still keeping an open mind for now.
@Lou Rivellini: @Lou Rivellini: But that song written for the Batman and Robin soundtrack! I guess since they're both DC it's no big deal, but I couldn't help but feel that the song, having being associated with Batman & Robin, tainted the video unfairly...
The scroll bar is your friend. Go ahead and post articles longer than one screen: if we need more page, we'll whistle extra-loud and the internet djinnis will build it for us!
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outside perspectives are always welcome though.
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BOO : not nearly cutting edge facial performance.
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Q: "Who watches the Watchmen hype?"
A: "EVERYONE."
(I guess)
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Got to...replace...battery!!"
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- underwear, + ball gag
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You perv.
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-The only plot point they share is a Superhero Registration Act. The Keene Act in Watchmen is technically a ban on vigilante activity rather than a registration act, though.
-The present-day (1985) heroes never formed a team.
hth <3
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Watchmen did rip off previous comic book properties, but it was okay because they had all recently been bought out by DC. I can't remember them all, but here are some of the more notable parallels:
Dr. Manhattan (the only super-powered character) is based on Captain Atom
Rorschach is based on The Question
NiteOwl is based on Blue Beetle (who is, in turn, something of a ripoff of Batman, but that's another story)
It's a superhero story without any true superheroes. Most of them are just masked/costumed semi-pro vigilantes (heroes, perhaps, but not superheroes). And the one character who does posess bonafide superpowers isn't exactly what I'd call a hero.
It was originally supposed to use existing characters, but DC didn't really want to hand over their top characters for a story where some of them would have to die, and the end result was that they created an entirely new batch of characters, but based them on an obscure group of pre-existing characters. Also, the story is almost more a political commentary than a superhero story, but since it was written at the height of the Cold War it has lost some of its relevence in recent years (not all, by any means, but the basic premise no longer feels like it'd even be possible, all the superhero stuff aside).
03/02/09
Later, DC had a change of heart and decided that Alan couldn't deconstruct them after all, so by mutual consent, Moore wrote new characters based on the Charleston ones.
Funny how convoluted it is though, huh?
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See the thing is, I'm seeing the movie on Friday, and other people's reviews that have already come in I'll be far less likely to put stock in than yours. So if you guys write a negative review, I think I will be genuinely prejudiced.
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I think the smashing pumpkins really set the mood for what this movie should be.
"The beginning is the end is the beginning" was the name of the song i think......
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*shudder*
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