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more about #giantsquid Cam/ron: I saw a few clips from the movie and I'm a little concerned over the quality of acting. The performances were awfully wooden, which distracted from th... more » DarthAthema: Just remember...it's only a movie. No one's taking the book away from you. more » Sachin Dharwadker: The movie will prove the writer of this entry totally wrong. more » SinsapaCassandra: WOW ANOTHER SUPER CYNICAL NERDY POST BY Graeme McMillan, seriously who the fuck hired this prick, all he does is complain about scifi, why should di... more » Hit Bull Win Steak: I still don't understand why their insistent on making this a March release? Just seems an odd time to open a big film like this. You would think WB w... more » HumphreyBabalique: this blog means nothing. I mean, they don't spend millions of dollars on a movie so 6 people on io9.com can watch it. This is a business, they mean to... more » Cornelius James Donovan II: itt a bunch of people complaining about the quality of a movie they haven't seen, basing their opinions off of 2-minute long clips and trailers made ... more » steampoweredboy: Hollywood is all about safety because Hollywood is all about return on investment. A million dollars is an invconcievable amount of money to most peop... more » Lassus: I couldn't even finish the posting without responding to this: "(Something that had been hinted at before; I tend to think of Tim Burton's Batman Retu... more » bililoquy: Who cares? If you count Dark Knight as an "arthouse superhero film," then Watchmen's failure will mean nothing -- studios will continue to take risks ... more » dnwilliams: "the visuals are the least important thing about Watchmen the book." that's literally the first thing i said when everyone was going nuts about how co... more » Devin Faraci: Graeme, I understand that you probably get paid by the blog, but give me a break. This is a joke. Most of your entry is nonsense, and this should be r... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: If it flops there won't be a Watchmen 2... more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Look, you know, even if it's not a post-modern masterpiece like the comic book was, all it has to do is not suck and it'll still be a win. Just a goo... more » Cambias: It seems lately all movie promotion is like a roller-coaster ride: peaks of anticipation that it will be the "BEST MOVIE EVER!" followed by dark dept... more » JLanphear: You can't largely claim this movie could have "success" at all. Success in Hollywood is derived from the amount of box office takings that the movie m... more » -
#watchmen
What Happens If Watchmen Flops?
With less than two weeks to go before Watchmen opens, anticipation for the movie is at fever pitch... which only makes us wonder what will happen if the movie isn't what everyone is waiting for.
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#scienceporn
Defeated Giant Monster Hung From The City's Rafters
"Wheke," the giant calamari that invaded New Zealand in January 2000, went on display in Paris today. The massive tentacles almost make Wheke look like a space marauder or crazed mutant by themselves, but they're not what make him science-fictional. Rather, it's the process used to preserve Wheke so he can go on display for years to come: he's the first creature to be "plastinated," meaning that he was totally dehydrated and all fluids were replaced by a special plastic resin. The next step: to create a living plastic, so plastinated creatures can continue to move and even think. Click through for a gallery of Wheke pictures. More »
