So you can't criticize movies if you find them lacking in certain ways?
-- Tuomas, Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:19 PM (52 seconds ago) Bookmark Link
no, you just seem to be drawing these arbitrary rules that don't really mean anything or are so obvious they're not worth pointing out. hey did you know that COMICS aren't the same thing as MOVIES?!?
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:21 (fifteen years ago) link
its not so much a dogmatic idea of what shouldn't or should be done so much as it is understanding what does and doesn't work about a specific medium. I agree with contenderizer (and obviously disagree w/S1ocki and Dan) that Sin City looked terrible. I just did not think it looked good on-screen. Saying that it faithfully aped the style of the comics is not enough to recommend it, as accomplishing that particular aesthetic feat is fairly pointless and not a particularly good idea. Its like saying that a building based on a Van Gogh painting must be great, cuz it LOOKS JUST LIKE A VAN GOGH PAINTING! Never mind that its a shitty building.
x-post
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Let's talk more about Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Love that movie. And I promise to refrain from using words that are bad.
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:21 (fifteen years ago) link
i think it translated the comic pretty spot on and kudos to the casting of carla gugino imo. i didn't like the source material that much and tbh i think rodriguez did a totally fine job, even if i personally don't think the whole thing is my...thing.
― omar little, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:23 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.chucksconnection.com/sincity/sincity03.jpg
"Watch out bitches, when I'm done with my Seventh Day Adventist shit, I'm gonna take to Mario-style hopping!"
"Srsly I am scary!"
...
"I mean it!"
― Abbott, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Ned Raggett's Post.
― jeff, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:23 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.negativespace.net/victorian-graffiti/kevingdoll.jpg
"BOOGA BOOGA BLOOBY bippity boppity boo!"
― Abbott, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Also I think Jessica Alba has a midriff.
"Abbott sums up the movies 4 u"
Okay, Elijah apparently is scarier IRL than as 'Kevin':
http://www.bitetv.ca/blog/archives/Elijah%20Wood.jpg
I had a crush on you since age 10, what're you DOING to me here, buddy? *96 tears*
― Abbott, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:26 (fifteen years ago) link
was that really necessary
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Elijah, that wasn't really necessary! I agree.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:28 (fifteen years ago) link
see that's an example of how to really bring illustrated visuals to life.
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
HI DERE NOT SAFE FOR FUCKING WORK OK
― David R., Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
He makes dirty jokes, but HI DERE is usually safe for work. I mean, he still has a job.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Birth is a natural and beautiful event in a woman's life, David
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyway, I'm still looking forward to Watchmen, though the previews smell.
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
has nobody brought up the lawsuit that might derail the whole enterprise yet?
― s1ocki, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
they smell like meat
omg i love meat
― blueski, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
slocki that is why the tread got revived.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:37 (fifteen years ago) link
-- s1ocki, Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:34 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
upthread, amigo!
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, who are we kidding? One big check later, movie is back in theaters. It's gone too far to stop now.
― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Oily OTM
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
This is just to say that I did not need a person on the internet calling himself Shakey Mo Collier to remind me about the natural beauty of childbirth with regards to a pic showing Elijah Wood's head poking through a plywood vag.
― David R., Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Had it been a real honest-to-goodness vag, say from a cow or elephant, that would have been okay.
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
chinatown.jpg
― David R., Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
maybe we can add him to the wallogina
― jeff, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
homework: GIS "elephant vag"
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
lolz joeks bruv
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:46 (fifteen years ago) link
-- Oilyrags, Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:38 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
seriously. has a lawsuit like this ever stopped a high-profile major studio movie like this from being released?
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 20:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Fox has stated it isn't looking for monetary compensation - their aim is for the film's release to be blocked. I'd like to say with certainty they won't succeed, but who knows?
― Duane Barry, Wednesday, 20 August 2008 23:19 (fifteen years ago) link
That's completely untrue according to a quote in an Entertainment Weekly article from a spokesman for Fox. They are looking to get pizzaid.
― HI DERE, Thursday, 21 August 2008 00:38 (fifteen years ago) link
wait waht lawsuit
― gbx, Thursday, 21 August 2008 00:50 (fifteen years ago) link
The one Shakey Mo filed claiming emotional distress.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 21 August 2008 00:51 (fifteen years ago) link
http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/08/watchmen.html
Those familiar with the situation tell EW.com that despite the legal mess over rights, Fox isn't actually interested in suppressing Snyder’s film — they just want affirmation of ownership and/or restitution, and there are many scenarios by which Fox could get paid, including a cash settlement or distribution rights to the film. Either way, look for Watchmen to be released, as scheduled, on March 6, 2009.
― HI DERE, Thursday, 21 August 2008 00:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Ladies and Gentlemen, Carla Gugino:
http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/8806/silkspectre2vi5dr2.jpg
― Pancakes Hackman, Thursday, 21 August 2008 01:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Poor prisoner. :( That's against the eighth amendment.
― Abbott, Thursday, 21 August 2008 02:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Crudup as The Tron Guy as Dr Manhattan
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=14&id=61074
― Brosef Stalin (latebloomer), Monday, 6 October 2008 23:38 (fifteen years ago) link
ever since hollywood shifted into this 'ALL SUPERHERO MOVIES ALL THE TIME' mode, ive been less and less concerned about 'staying faithful to the comic' or whatever. as a kid, i was an x-men fanatic and was completely distraught as to how they handled the movies, in every way. there used to be this big sense of finality or something, like 'theyre FINALLY making a movie of it, so they HAVE to get it right! this is their ONE CHANCE!' i think part of that mentality came from comics/graphic novels being overlooked and underappreciated as storytelling devices and as an art medium and all that.
but now, i just dont care anymore... i guess the x-men stuff just made me not give a shit. you know what? go nuts, and invite billy corgan along. it just doesn't matter.
― the sir weeze, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 00:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Don't tell Alan Moore, but I'm looking forward to this film quite a lot now.
― chap, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 00:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Did Zack Snyder Change the Ending of ‘Watchmen’ to Make it More Like ‘The Dark Knight’?
― Buffcoat and Beaver or Beaver and something else (jeff), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 21:13 (fifteen years ago) link
In any case, we think we actually like Snyder's ending better than Alan Moore's — what the heck was that squid thing about, anyway?
writer is a fucking moron and I claim my $5
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 21:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Blotchmen
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 21:16 (fifteen years ago) link
The change sounds more or less in keeping with the intent of Moore's original ending, certainly not as bad as that horrible 90s script which is knocking around the web somewhere. The squid would be better though, its what the heckness is what makes it so brilliant - Gordian Knot and all that.
― chap, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 23:05 (fifteen years ago) link
seems to me like it doesn't resolve the central cold war conflict (ie, uniting Soviets and Americans against a common alien foe), since the "common foe" in this case, is um, American.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 23:07 (fifteen years ago) link
well, manhattan suddenly leaves earth fairly early in the story so it's not exactly a stretch to essentially frame him.
the squid will be missed though.
― I'm glad the chihuahua beat it this wkend (latebloomer), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 23:13 (fifteen years ago) link
essentially frame him as going rogue, that is
Fuck losing the squid imo.
Although I'll still be queuing up when this piece of shit gets released.
― what U cry 4 (jim), Tuesday, 21 October 2008 23:14 (fifteen years ago) link
SPOILERS
That's a point, but I'm sure something could be crafted to solve this. Manhattan has publicly disavowed human affairs some time before the climax, after all and I assume the attacks are going to occur on both sides' soil. Not saying the new ending will be better, just saying it might not be absolute shit.
xpost to Shakey
― chap, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 23:15 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm just sayin it doesn't make sense global-politics-wise - the Russians would blame the Americans if an American superhero suddenly blew up a bunch of cities in both their countries. No balance of power would be achieved.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 21 October 2008 23:21 (fifteen years ago) link