Watchmen

[Pirate Bill]

Volunteering for the job.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Kevy, is that you?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Deebs

And I don't know who Nite Owl is, but, hm.

Do you think geeks can be hot? My geek lust was kicked into high gear by the Nite Owl's transformation from nebbish to hero.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Do you think geeks can be hot?

YES.

But you knew that already. And also, you weren't asking me.

[Deebs]

Originally Posted by Caddie

Do you think geeks can be hot?

Duh, my friend.

Originally Posted by GC

I think geeks can be hot.

Testify.

Originally Posted by iSm

Wait ... wasn't that Bornieo???

Shh! Don't scare him off!

Originally Posted by LSPE

YES.

Word.

[Gemini Cricket]

I think geeks can be hot. It's that whole Clark Kent thang. You know, wears glasses for everyone else but he's Superman in bed for me.

Sigh. [Stares out the window, twirling a pen betwixt his fingers.] Now what were we talking about? Oh yeah, watches. I like men who wear watches...

[innerSpaceman]

So when Jon changes his molecular structure so that he's a giant, does he have to change everything proportionally? Or can he remain his normal impressive stature and just apply gigantacized molecular enhancement to particular (CGI'd) body parts?


Just wondering.



Oh, and Dr. Manhattan doesn't wear a wristwatch.

[innerSpaceman]

I guess ... but having never read much comix, er graphic novels ... shouldn't it hit me the same way?


Granted, I'm aware of the concept of retired superheroes and murkier gray between comic good and evil ... but while the universe created and two of the characters seemed fresh and exciting, the story was just boring, boring, boring, oh exciting ... and nowhere!


BTW, Laurie was even more of a cypher in the book (at least until her bit on Mars), so I can't fault the movie character for being so thin.



Oh, and the opening credits montage was clever ... but wore out its welcome about 2/3 through, imo. A little less would have been more.

Also for the record, I had no problem with the music selections. A lot of people decried the triteness of Ride of the Valkries, but at least that piece is specifically mentioned in the book.



BTW: CP: The line was Rorshach's, "I'm not locked in here with you ... you're all locked in here with ME!!"


Hysterical in the movie. Tossed away in the book. Meh.

[Pirate Bill]

I'm part way through the GN (chapter 6 or 7...after Jon goes to Mars and we get his back story). So far I'm loving it. I'm a comic book fan that has missed out on reading comic books my entire life, if that makes sense. I knew of them but nobody I knew read them and I was never really properly introduced to the comic book world. So I missed out on reading quite a few that I would probably have enjoyed, including this one (although I probably wouldn't have been allowed to read this one as a kid).

So far the writing, imagery, character & world development is superb. Each page is rich with all of the above. When I do get time to read I really take my time with it, studying it out and sometimes even rereading each page a few times. There's a lot going on. But since I don't have enough graphic novel experience I can't really compare it to anything else.

[innerSpaceman]

Wait ... wasn't that Bornieo???


HE LIVES!