although Malin Akerman is definitely one of the most astoundingly talentless model-turned-actresses to ever headline a major Hollywood flick (xpost)
― some dude, Sunday, 7 August 2011 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
i mean zach snyder is michael bay on adhd meds so i wasnt expecting anything above the level of "adolescence-raping horror" but ugh.
― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, 7 August 2011 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
I remember almost nothing about this movie
― g++ (gbx), Sunday, 7 August 2011 03:52 (twelve years ago) link
snyder's more like bay on ritalin since the super fast cutting isnt really his bag... im much more willing to believe that snyder could make a good movie one day than bay could
i didnt find any of the cast to be excessively beautiful. laurie's not supposed to be a baggy frump, and patrick wilson captured dan's essential goobertude pretty well. most of the acting is quite bad but i dont really blame the actors for that
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKbsdMRqhcI (Princess TamTam), Sunday, 7 August 2011 03:59 (twelve years ago) link
oh i missed the "on adhd meds" part
love the graphic novel, but this movie was bleh
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 7 August 2011 04:04 (twelve years ago) link
patrick wilson totally did a standup job
― some dude, Sunday, 7 August 2011 04:05 (twelve years ago) link
only place where the casting falls down is an ozymandias that everyone in the cinema could destroy in a fight
― 10/11 of a dead jesus (darraghmac), Sunday, 7 August 2011 08:49 (twelve years ago) link
matthew goode more like matthew bade
― some dude, Sunday, 7 August 2011 11:05 (twelve years ago) link
fucking awful film
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Sunday, 7 August 2011 11:40 (twelve years ago) link
the comic was a big part of my childhood and i seem to be the only person on earth who found nothing except "hallelujah" to object to in the movie
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 7 August 2011 12:27 (twelve years ago) link
hey I'm just trying to save you guys from wasting yr hard-earned kopecks on this movie. You'll thank me later
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 18 July 2008 19:09 (3 years ago)
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 8 August 2011 04:41 (twelve years ago) link
Grant Morrison defended this movie in a recent interview; maybe he'll get Snyder to do Invisibles or We3?
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 8 August 2011 04:53 (twelve years ago) link
dude he already has the producer of League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen and the Transformers movies on We3
― generous loller at dollies (sic), Monday, 8 August 2011 05:18 (twelve years ago) link
this totally seems like it would be in Gmo's wheelhouse
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKbsdMRqhcI (Princess TamTam), Monday, 8 August 2011 05:27 (twelve years ago) link
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Monday, 8 August 2011 10:59 (twelve years ago) link
you said that a few posts ago.
― Why'd You Wanna Tweet Me So Bad? (dog latin), Monday, 8 August 2011 11:06 (twelve years ago) link
"fucking awful film"
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Monday, 8 August 2011 11:07 (twelve years ago) link
awful fucking film
― Number None, Monday, 8 August 2011 11:10 (twelve years ago) link
fifth pilfered filthy pilchard falafel
― Why'd You Wanna Tweet Me So Bad? (dog latin), Monday, 8 August 2011 11:12 (twelve years ago) link
to be fair, this film was fucking awful
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Monday, 8 August 2011 11:18 (twelve years ago) link
and there was awful fucking
― Number None, Monday, 8 August 2011 11:19 (twelve years ago) link
it's awfully fucked
― Millsner, Monday, 8 August 2011 11:24 (twelve years ago) link
I liked it too.
I wonder if the point of the hallelujah bit is to make you go "jesus christ this is disgusting", just as it would be if you were actually watching two old fetish people getting it on?
― The New Dirty Vicar, Monday, 8 August 2011 12:22 (twelve years ago) link
I doubt it. Also neither of them are old
― Number None, Monday, 8 August 2011 12:24 (twelve years ago) link
dont really see how malin akerman is disgusting unless you hate people with oblong heads
fucking awful film mind you
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Monday, 8 August 2011 12:45 (twelve years ago) link
im much more willing to believe that snyder could make a good movie one day than bay could
He already did, it was called "Dawn of the Dead."
― Dave Zuul (Phil D.), Monday, 8 August 2011 13:24 (twelve years ago) link
yeah yeah i know. i liked DotD, though it's pretty clear now that James Gunn's script is why it was good. bay also made The Rock which was a good movie, but im positive he'll never make that mistake again.
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKbsdMRqhcI (Princess TamTam), Monday, 8 August 2011 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
The Rock was not a good movie. [/objective scientific view]
― The New Dirty Vicar, Monday, 8 August 2011 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
lol I actually saw some of this on TV the other day - was kinda worth it for my wife's lolzy reactions, but not really
― satisfying punishment for that thing he said about lesbians (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 August 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/underwire/2012/01/WATCHMEN_2012_OZY_Cvr.jpg
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/books/dc-comics-plans-prequels-to-watchmen-series.html
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 12:25 (twelve years ago) link
Brian Azzarello, a comics author who is writing the mini-series for the Watchmen characters Rorschach and the Comedian, said he expected an initial wave of resistance because “a lot of comic readers don’t like new things.”
er...
― ledge, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 12:28 (twelve years ago) link
“It’s our responsibility as publishers to find new ways to keep all of our characters relevant,” said DC Entertainment Co-Publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee. “After twenty five years, the Watchmen are classic characters whose time has come for new stories to be told. We sought out the best writers and artists in the industry to build on the complex mythology of the original.”
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 12:37 (twelve years ago) link
I love how Alan Moore just gives the same response he always gives to everything.
― The New Dirty Vicar, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 12:54 (twelve years ago) link
“I think the gut reaction is going to be, ‘Why?’ ” Mr. Azzarello said in a telephone interview. “But then when the actual books come out, the answer will be, ‘Oh, that’s why.’
― Wie wol ich bin der vogel has noch den erfret mich das (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 13:08 (twelve years ago) link
the accounting books
― flags post o fu (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 13:14 (twelve years ago) link
Azzarello's writing Wonder Woman for DC's New 52 and it's not bad, and his Joker graphic novel from 2010 was well receive if a little overrated, but this? Eh.
― You got to ro-o-oll me and call me the tumblr whites (Phil D.), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 13:23 (twelve years ago) link
no, i LIKE azzarello but doing watchmen for a DC that could not proclaim its creative bankruptcy more clearly is the king of NAGL
― Wie wol ich bin der vogel has noch den erfret mich das (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
They've really tried to buttress this terrible idea with talented writers.
― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
I for one can't wait for the comic which finally reveals to us all those things Ozymandias already told us in rich detail about his life.
― You got to ro-o-oll me and call me the tumblr whites (Phil D.), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 13:34 (twelve years ago) link
I would say the lack of self-awareness is amazing here, but we are talking about an adult that creates super-hero comics and just signed up to write a watchmen prequel.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 14:13 (twelve years ago) link
It's a living
― Number None, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah but it's not like they hired in Stephen King and he's all "I have heard of these Watching Men and look forward to reading them" - Azzarello should know this is a pretty poisoned chalice.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 14:20 (twelve years ago) link
I'm sad that Darwyn Cooke is doing this, most especially because it means yet another year in which Darwyn Cooke is not doing his own comic
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
actually also bcz it's going to make me less likely to want to read that if he ever does get around to it
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
Cooke does have another Parker book out soon.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
I'll just stick w/Morning Glories and Locke & Key. They're the only things I've read in the last year that have really been any good.
― You got to ro-o-oll me and call me the tumblr whites (Phil D.), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
the parodies of this are going to be much better than the comic, imo
― mh, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
http://livingincinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/watchmen-babies.jpg
― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
Len Wein?! ;askldfj;vauwnpoeiv .qajfasdjahfffffffffuuuuuuuuu
Not that I'm interested in these anyway, but Len fuckin' Wein?! He's terrible!
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 15:03 (twelve years ago) link