Topic: Watchmen (Read 41423 times)

Guild · « **Reply #100 on:** November 11, 2008, 07:31:08 AM »

turns out rorschach was an alien ghost all along

Thad · « **Reply #101 on:** November 11, 2008, 10:59:27 AM »

There IS a comment saying "It's not a giant alien squid, but everything ELSE is exactly the same." I don't know who Avishai Weinberger is or whether he's actually seen the damn thing, but there's room for hope there. In which case I don't know where "more upbeat" came from.

However, I've said many times before that the part that made the difference between "great" and simply "good" on V for Vendetta was fucking up the ending.

Classic · « **Reply #102 on:** November 11, 2008, 11:05:18 AM »

Are you allowed to have sad endings in American Movies? I don't think you are. Pretty sure Citizen Kane is French. Too artzy.

I'm personally hoping for them having made a great ending, but will rework it to an ambiguous ending that will seem like, to the ~~thickies~~ people who need a happy ending, the upbeat conclusion they want.

Kazz · « **Reply #103 on:** November 11, 2008, 11:10:03 AM »

It would be funny to me if they took the attack and ran with the unity it caused, 9/11-style. Like, his plan not only works, but works brilliantly and causes world god-damned peace forever.

Cthulhu-chan · « **Reply #104 on:** November 11, 2008, 11:18:28 AM »

As I recall, that's pretty much how it was. Who's going to believe the insane rantings of a sociopath published in some crackpot newspaper?

Of course, nothing truly ends.

Cannon · « **Reply #105 on:** November 11, 2008, 11:27:51 AM »

It was pretty ambiguous as to if the peace lasted, though. And we never actually know if the diary was published or not. So I wouldn't say that makes for something upbeat or upsetting in itself.

I suppose I can quibble about the "alien" itself a bit. That must've been a strange producers' meeting. "Yeah, you can keep the blue, glowing naked man with mastery of matter and the loons in funny costumes. But that psychic squid is just too far out to keep people in the story."

Classic · « **Reply #106 on:** November 11, 2008, 11:32:33 AM »

Maybe they plan to... Norm it up a little? Make it an alien just as terrible but less cephalopod??

A contradiction in terms, I know.

TA · « **Reply #107 on:** November 11, 2008, 12:33:38 PM »

The squid always seemed a little out of left field to me. The world seemed to have been presented as one in which Dr. Manhattan was the only superpowered person ... but suddenly there's all these psychics to be [spoiler]harvested[/spoiler]?

Royal☭ · « **Reply #108 on:** November 11, 2008, 01:27:28 PM »

Last I heard, the squid was changed to a giant laser beam from space.

But that was one of the ranters on Aint it Cool

Thad · « **Reply #109 on:** November 11, 2008, 01:39:48 PM »

Quote from: Constantine on November 11, 2008, 01:27:28 PM

Last I heard, the squid was changed to a giant gas cloud from space.

Mongrel · « **Reply #110 on:** November 11, 2008, 01:53:54 PM »

Quote from: Thad on November 11, 2008, 10:59:27 AM

There IS a comment saying "It's not a giant alien squid, but everything ELSE is exactly the same." I don't know who Avishai Weinberger is or whether he's actually seen the damn thing, but there's room for hope there. In which case I don't know where "more upbeat" came from.

However, I've said many times before that the part that made the difference between "great" and simply "good" on V for Vendetta was fucking up the ending.

Out of sheer principle, I steadfastly refuse to settle for merely 'good' when it comes to Watchmen.

Büge · « **Reply #111 on:** November 11, 2008, 08:16:33 PM »

I'm with the dude in the glasses. Snyder didn't go halfway with 300.

Thad · « **Reply #112 on:** November 11, 2008, 11:14:35 PM »

Character posters. I like them, except Silk Spectre's.

Arc · « **Reply #113 on:** November 11, 2008, 11:59:03 PM »

Silky just enjoys showing off her assets, is all.

Kazz · « **Reply #114 on:** November 12, 2008, 02:48:17 AM »

The quote could say "MY NAME IS FARTHOLOMEW JONES AND I SLURP WANG" and I'd never know because I'm just staring at ass.

Büge · « **Reply #115 on:** November 12, 2008, 05:17:38 AM »

That image of Ozymandias looks uncomfortably like Jeri Ryan.

Mongrel · « **Reply #116 on:** November 12, 2008, 05:41:54 AM »

Quote from: Büge on November 12, 2008, 05:17:38 AM

That image of Ozymandias looks uncomfortably like Jeri Ryan.

Wow, true.

More importantly, why the fuck does that poster give away a key plot point? I mean, not totally openly, but it certainly telegraphs it to anyone with even half a brain.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #117 on:** November 12, 2008, 07:14:51 AM »

Telegraphs it to who? People who've already read the series and know how it ends? Or the people who haven't read it yet, like me, and have no clue what you're talking about?

Fredward · « **Reply #118 on:** November 12, 2008, 08:00:36 AM »

Quote from: Kazz on November 12, 2008, 02:48:17 AM

The quote could say "MY NAME IS FARTHOLOMEW JONES AND I SLURP WANG" and I'd never know because I'm just staring at ass.

:datass:

Royal☭ · « **Reply #119 on:** November 12, 2008, 08:02:16 AM »

Jeri Ryan? Naw, looks more like Ozymandia as played by David Bowie.

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