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Who Watches the Watchmen?
Aug. 2nd, 2009 02:04 amLast night was a bittersweet night in MxO: old friends and old enemies came out of the codestream, and Sieges left the Matrix surrounded by her closest family. I didn't get teary-eyed right away -- mostly because the client software froze at shutdown and I had to use the Task Manager to shut it down -- but I did tear up this morning as I went out to run a few errands, since I knew, at the end of the day, I would not have this world within the world waiting for me.
I picked up a few DVDs to watch over the next few days, to whit: "Hitman" (haven't played the games, but the concept is interesting), "The Spirit" (just read the "Best of 'The Spirit'" collection; I'm aware the movie is a departure from the -- excuse the pun -- spirit of the series, but I hope it'll just be fun to watch anyway) and the long awaited "Watchmen", which I literally just finished watching.
Whoa... WHOA!!! If this movie does not get some Oscar nods, especially for Cinematography and screenplay, as well as a supporting actor nod to the fellow who played Rorschach and/or split the award with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, I am going to be gravely disappointed. They might have changed the climax, but somehow, it worked better than Alan Moore's fake giant squid from outer space; that always threw me off, much as I love the book. I know the purists will yell at me for it, but they're entitled to their opinion as much as I am to mine: I think it improved it immensely and tightened the story up a good deal.
I picked up a few DVDs to watch over the next few days, to whit: "Hitman" (haven't played the games, but the concept is interesting), "The Spirit" (just read the "Best of 'The Spirit'" collection; I'm aware the movie is a departure from the -- excuse the pun -- spirit of the series, but I hope it'll just be fun to watch anyway) and the long awaited "Watchmen", which I literally just finished watching.
Whoa... WHOA!!! If this movie does not get some Oscar nods, especially for Cinematography and screenplay, as well as a supporting actor nod to the fellow who played Rorschach and/or split the award with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, I am going to be gravely disappointed. They might have changed the climax, but somehow, it worked better than Alan Moore's fake giant squid from outer space; that always threw me off, much as I love the book. I know the purists will yell at me for it, but they're entitled to their opinion as much as I am to mine: I think it improved it immensely and tightened the story up a good deal.