CATFIGHT *popcorn and lawnchair magically appear* *munch munch*

i don't understand any of these words you're using but keep talking!

holy shit you're so dumb it's unbelievable. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa jesus christ dude. you even had to edit the definition of intertexuality to include images (THE WORD TEXT IS IN THE WORD INTERTEXUALITY) and then tried to claim it was a point on its own and then you're trying to claim that quoting anything to give someone else kudos is weak minded and aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

you know you're really fucking annoying and here's the worst part you aren't very smart at all! you are in fact one of the stupidest members ever. I mean that! like you are really chronically dumb! I feel really awful for you. I bet you can get better though. like someone has clearly filled your head with a lot of garbage but at least there is a head to fill. good luck.

also

And the great thing about being a sponge is that I can squeeze the shit out of me once I've finished processing it.

no you can't. this is why people buy new sponges.

also also just saw sex scene from Watchmen, laughed so fucking hard.

man Alan Moore even uses quotes all the time in Watchmen to prove points. each chapter ends with a quote. holy shit you're so committed to some false purity you don't even get how dumb you're being.

no one quote anything to agree with it unless you use a five syllable word.

here's one.

odd but interesting:

like a sponge in a sewer

a sponge could not absorb the shit he does and then emit such an unnecessary amount of sesquipedalia.

whew im safe!

yep this is getting pretty tired. 

wait i didnt get to tell you my favorite watchman

I know this is locked (but I'm going to unlock just because I'd like for this to continue in a civilized manner... and I want responses to my questions).

I'd like to state my own opinion on this film as I've never read the book and I was not familiar with Watchmen in any way shape or form. All I knew going into the movie was that it takes place during Nixon's presidency and that apart from one character no one has any super powers. Also, I was told not to expect a typical action film but one with narrative and meaning.

Overall, I have to say that I enjoyed it, but while I feel that I did keep up with everything that was being thrown at me, in the end there are a few things that just came out of nowhere that left me puzzled.

1) WHAT THE HECK IS THAT TWO-HORNED TIGER? AND WHY DID IT'S HORNS DISAPPEAR AT ONE POINT IN THE FILM? Ok, so the film explained the reason for Doctor Manhattan's creation which was good, but then to have this strange mythical creature show up without any explanation was so random to me. It actually distracted me from the ending of the film as my mind was trying to figure out what the heck this thing was. All I got was that it was Adrian's pet, but I maybe way off base here.

 

2) Why were the scientists there at the Temple with Adrian killed by him? Is it because of him using this technology as explosives around the world and he didn't want them to witness it? You see, when he fried them in the same manner that Doctor Manhattan was created I immediately thought that he was creating equals to Jon to be able to rival him. It didn't make any sense though (because then why wouldn't he just undergo the procedure himself?) but that's what I thought given the manner of their execution.

3) What the heck is the point of the Egyptian-like temple? The whole location was beautiful but why was it created like that? And why did Adrian develop a liking to the Egyptians in the first place? In the film he likens himself to Alexander the Great, so this whole Egyptian-esque setting at the end felt so random to me (as well as the Egyptian literature at the Pyramid company). (lol, only now do I get the connection between Egyptian stuff, and Pyramid. HAHAHAHA)

4) I was kind of confused by this Pyramid stuff and the conspiracy. It's sad I know, but I didn't get the connection that Adrian was the "bad" guy until the beginning of the scene after the file is discovered on the computer. There was something about Veidt and I just couldn't remember that company name, so it wasn't until the next scene showed Adrian that I put two and two together. In retrospect I think the film could have put more emphasis on his company early on and repeated it another time so you don't forget. All I got out of it during the film was that Adrian was the only Watchmen who revealed his identity and created a company that sold action figures. (So random...)

I liked the beginning of the film that revolved around the Comedian but then once that was over the story kind of fell flat for me. I think the scene where they rescue the people in the burning building was kind of weak and pointless. Also, while I thought the night vision goggles were neat, since they were never used later on what was the point in showing them? I take it some scenes must have been deleted (but then they should have deleted this as well)..

5) WHY THE HECK WAS A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON SO OVERRUN IN THE FIRST PLACE??? This came out of nowhere. It was very Prison Break-esque, but at least the Prison Break riot made sense and was orchestrated specifically for a purpose. In the film it was just a little too convenient as a plot device. One scene we see Rorshach (sp?) being put in this maximum security prison, and in the next scene everyone is outside their cell rioting EXCEPT him as his cell is still conveniently locked. WHAT THE???? I was very confused by that.

6) I don't really feel that I understood the neat looking contraption that Doctor Manhattan was making on Mars. Looking back I get that he has a background with watch making, and the machine he was building was very mechanical like a watch, but I didn't grasp why he was making it, or why it broke when it was punched... I'm sure there's some deeper meaning to this, but I don't think the film brought it out. It felt more like, here, look at this awesome contraption.. now look at the awesome CGI as it shatters! It felt very "The Fountain"-like.

I'll end this post by saying that I really liked Rorshach and his character. I felt that was very strong. The rest of the characters were a little weak. Doctor Manhattan would have been a lot better if they showed him as an ordinary man for longer and showed his personality traits, and then allowing us to see how his becoming supernatural changed him, rather than just saying at the end "Oh, Adrian used his psych profile to manipulate him!!" and leaving us to guess at how he was before his conversion.

Can someone at least tell me about the tiger? (That's the one question I'm most curious about. Seriously.)

Adding shit like that in for no reason pisses me off. Like, sure in the comic its got a place, but in the adapted version there is no reason for it to be there except that the fans wanted to see it. This is the fundamental reason why this movie is terrible. They didn't consider the wider audience of people who had never read the comic and therefore there are way too many plot holes and irrelevant scenes just becuase they're in the comic. I know it's early on, but I think this movie is a contender for the worst film of the year

this movie was pretty bad.  did I say that yet?

I read like the first 10 paged of the graphic novel the day before I saw the movie. I was surprised with how spot on the first scene was compared to the comic. I loved the movie. And the only thing that didn't make sense was when it showed Adrian putting that machine in the ceiling at Dr. Manhattans press conference. I learned later that he was the one that gave the people who worked with Manhattan cancer. I'm going read the whole comic now to get every detail and read missing material.

movie = crap
rorshachgh = awesome

oddbutinteresting = uninteresting

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