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Posted by MF DU on 2009-03-08 16:53:02 +0000

Thanks, Pammy :)

Jonathan and I will probably take a few hours this week snd see some cyan Billy Crudup penis and catch up to the visual experience of the rest of the RSN clan.

I'm sure I will see you all soon...

Posted by dyedon8 on 2009-03-08 18:41:34 +0000

Spolier alert:

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Review to follow.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2009-03-08 19:07:25 +0000

Hm... he reminds me of someone... can't quite put my finger on who.

Posted by respectless on 2009-03-09 12:25:28 +0000

I really like the movie. They didn't change very much at all. I would have liked to see the Squid, but really, who gives a fuck. Do you hear me Hitler? The novel was really good, but I think people have always said that it is the greatest ever, because they feel like they have to say that. Kinda like the Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds', I mean does anyone REALLY think that is one of the Five best albums of all time? NO!

All that said, there was more indiglo cock than i remember in the book.

And, for the record. I like to pay hookers to clean my house.

Posted by mr. mister on 2009-03-09 18:21:51 +0000

I liked it OK. I thought the violence was a little it much. They added too many blowing up people scenes. The sex scene was also ridiculous. Cue the Pamsterdam and Virtue hysterical laughter. They stayed pretty true to the book. It would have been nice to see the squid though. I liked what they did with Night Owl. He was pretty believable. The night owl ship coming out of the water and Dr. Manhattan moving through space scenes were SICK. It was funny enough to hear people talking about the movie afterwards saying things like "That's the part where they go to Antarctica" No snow bikes either for Rorshack and Night Owl. Or funny Night Owl snow suit. Oh well

Posted by dyedon8 on 2009-03-09 20:48:43 +0000

Thank goodness the pirate ship bullshit got cut out (yeah yeah, added bonus DVD blah blah, i know).

The film brought all the characters to life well -- Veidt was awesome, Night Owl and Silk Spectre II were great, Dr. Manhattan's gradual detatchment was believable, and both Comedian and Rorschach were great.

I was okay with the violence -- it is, after all, a comic book movie.

The biggest changes I noticed, aside from the squid (which I think would've been a lot less believable now, what with cel cams and all), were in Rorschach's character -- the line that changed from 'your thumbs, my perspective' to 'your thumbs, my pleasure' was a bit much for me, though his 'origin,' with the dogs, worked even though it was changed -- the fire/hacksaw thing in the comic seemed awfully calculated for someone who was turning into a sociopath at that moment. Rorschach leans more to the right in the film than in the comic, which I thought worked well, especially when contrasted with Veidt.

Having said that, though, the whole Big Figure scene was better with the saw than with Rorschach kicking through the toilet. I think the prison segment was my favorite part.

I woulda liked some segue from Night Owl and Rorschach seeing Dr. Manhattan teleport to Mars -- there was no follow-up at all, just "let's go beat up some bad guys".

I loved all the cameos (Bowie, Annie Leibowitz, Truman Capote, etc.)

I can't wait to see this again. Great, great job.

Posted by mr. mister on 2009-03-10 14:27:11 +0000

I guess that they had to encapsulate how people are savages so they splattered people's flesh all over the walls. And that is why Dr. Manhattan was not too concerned with people because he had seen how evil they could be. And that is why Adrien has to save us from ourselves. Go Violence! I just wanted to see some other frames from the book more so it was disappointing.

Posted by virtue on 2009-03-13 11:50:23 +0000

So I needed to re-read before seeing the movie a 2nd time. On the issue of the indigo cock:

1. Yes, there is much less indigo cock in the book. I imagine that it's easier to frame a cock free still image than a moving one.

2. The literary cock is not as sizable as the movie version, though the literary testes ain't small.

<img src=http://www.dvdreview.co.uk/resources/dvdreview/Dr%20Manhattan%203.JPG>

Posted by MF DU on 2009-03-13 19:48:51 +0000

Is this anyone's facebook pic yet?

Posted by pchippy on 2009-03-13 20:22:03 +0000

Is that Bruno Ganz?

I loved him in <i>Wings of Desire</i>.