The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Cadence]

Also, Elrond is the sheep dog Rex in Babe.

 

[Scribe]

 

[payn]

 

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Terrorist: Let's make an example of this hero. A very tragic example, I'm afraid, Miss...?
Lois: Lane.
Terrorist: Lane? Lois Lane? The one Superman always saves?!
Lois: 'Fraid so.

 

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Solid thumbs up from my other half and a smile from my 13 yo

I jsut want the baby sloth with wings
@Ryujin I can't remember if you're into steampunk or not but what steampunk imagery comes to mind when you see the name "Cornelius Osiris"

 

[overgeeked]

Terrorist: Let's make an example of this hero. A very tragic example, I'm afraid, Miss...?
Lois: Lane.
Terrorist: Lane? Lois Lane? The one Superman always saves?!
Lois: 'Fraid so.

El Dorado!

 

[Mannahnin]

I think, like Watchmen, there's a large part of the audience that definitely missed the point.

The audio commentary makes it clear that a lot of people during the pre-release viewings didn't get it. Which is worrying, because it wasn't subtle AT ALL.

It's another example of why Watchmen doesn't work as a movie and how it was specifically designed to take advantage of the comic book medium.

To sell it as a super hero movie they had to make the protagonists look cooler and sexier, the action scenes more fun, etc. Even while the subtext remained about the evils of vigilantism and fascism, many of the contextual emotional cues in the movie steer the audience the wrong way.

 

[Ryujin]

I jsut want the baby sloth with wings
@Ryujin I can't remember if you're into steampunk or not but what steampunk imagery comes to mind when you see the name "Cornelius Osiris"

For some reason I had a flash of a stork with a monocle and top hat, but storks aren't associated with Osiris.

And as for Steampunk... (debated either this, or my leather top hat & goggles)

 

[prabe]

I'd tell you, but I don't think anyone would like my answer.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It's another example of why Watchmen doesn't work as a movie and how it was specifically designed to take advantage of the comic book medium.

To sell it as a super hero movie they had to make the protagonists look cooler and sexier, the action scenes more fun, etc. Even while the subtext remained about the evils of vigilantism and fascism, many of the contextual emotional cues in the movie steer the audience the wrong way.

I think you're giving comic book readers way too much credit. Zach Snyder 100% believes he got the message of the movie right, based on his genuine love for the comic book.

And he's hardly alone. Moore has said, for years, that people come up to him and say that Rorschach is their favorite comic book hero and that they aspire to be more like him. (Moore, wisely, retreats into his beard like a turtle into its shell at this point.)