WATCHMEN Movie Discussion (SPOILERS allowed)!

[Scar]

I can watch Friday the 13th all day. And when i'm done, I have no intention of hurting people.

Unfortunately, I was dragged to see that piece of tripe by my girlfriend, and we both spent the entire car ride home discussing what made it dreadful. So many plot holes it was the cinematic equivalent of swiss cheese. Epic fail.

 

[plasmid303]

Unfortunately, I was dragged to see that piece of tripe by my girlfriend, and we both spent the entire car ride home discussing what made it dreadful. So many plot holes it was the cinematic equivalent of swiss cheese. Epic fail.

You watched it for the plot?

 

[CelticPredator]

Yeah seriously. It paid respects to the original, and Jason was fantastic.

 

[Ra88]

In this day and age, people do tend to emulate what they see on a daily basis and what they view as "fun". Tis a slippery slope. Finding joy and fun in rooting for death and pain doesn't seem to be a healthy pursuit however you cut it. But as you pointed out, the great hedonism machine continues to whir and we are all free to think and indulge in whatever we choose.

I would rather have people choosing to indulge in our more primitive urges through escapism then have to let them act on it in real life.

 

[GuruAskew]

I didn't see the "Friday the 13th" movie as some great rape upon a cinematic masterpiece but I see the high production values of the Platinum Dunes movies to be a fundamental flaw.

There's something undeniably seedy and trashy about the slasher genre itself and if the movie is actually done along those lines (with poor production value, low-rent acting, etc.) it's more appropriate. Having a "Friday the 13th" movie that's barely a step up from porno in that respect is charming in a way.

But in a case like the "Friday the 13th" remake even the illusion of credibility and legitimacy is detrimental to the film. The "who are the sick freaks who made this trash?" thing is missing from the Platinum Dunes experience.

But I don't have huge problems with the script or anything. They weren't really any better in the old days. If you actually traveled back in time and gave a bunch of moderately-talented people like $3 million to shoot the same script it wouldn't have been too bad.

 

[Ra88]

Oh my ^^^^ing god.

So I'm down at my local comic shop yesterday picking up my Wednesday fix, and decide to peruse some of the other stuff lying around, insofar as the shop owner is having some sort of fairly severe meltdown over invoicing behind the counter, and I don't really feel like interrupting the minor stroke he's having.

Looking into one of the display cases in a less-trafficked area of the store, I notice a nondescript black book with an equally nondescript black slipcase next to it. There's a $50.00 price tag on it. It's covered in about a bazillion years worth of dust. It's entirely possible that God put it there when he opened the store at the beginning of time, and it's been resting peacefully, unnoticed, ever since.

My heart flutters a little. I know what this thing is, and I've wanted it for well over a decade. Who knows how long it's been there - it is entirely possible that I have walked past this item at least once a week since I first started going to the store and have never noticed it before.

Yesterday, I scored a copy of the 1987 Graphitti Designs edition of WATCHMEN, a book I have lusted after since first learning of its existence. I could never rationalize the $200-$300 a copy goes for at auction, and yesterday I purchased it for fifty goddamn bucks, after having blithely walked past the goddamn thing every goddamn week since the late goddamn nineties.

Hooray.

https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/comic-books-graphic-novels/221154-im-sorry-i-have-gloat.html#post3351122

 

[Entropy]

I would rather have people choosing to indulge in our more primitive urges through escapism then have to let them act on it in real life.

*sigh* It's not a one or the other situation.

 

[GuruAskew]

What's the appeal of the Graphitti Designs edition these days?

I understand that it was once the definitive edition of the book but as far as I know its now been completely superseded by the Absolute Edition.

Is there actually some sort of content in it that's actually worth having or is it more of a "I have something rare!" kinda thing?

 

[GuruAskew]

Also, speaking of gloating: with all the money I'm spending on "Watchmen" stuff I'll be getting 4 free tickets to the movie so at least I won't have to pay any more money to see the damn thing.

Just FYI:

2 from the Best Buy deal where you buy any Xbox Live product and get the Watchmen Movie Pack.

1 from the motion comic DVD/Blu-Ray

1 from the "Tales of the Black Freighter" DVD/Blu-Ray

I'm "this close" to picking up Blu-Ray copies even though I'm not Blu-Ray equipped (picture me holding my arms as far apart as possible, I'm barely considering it) which would bring the total to 6.

 

[Scar]

You watched it for the plot?

I didn't want to watch it period. I hoped for it to at least not be an exercise in self-contradiction, and aside from the t&a, I was glaringly disappointed that I wasn't at least entertained.

 

[CelticPredator]

You didnt have to see it. You can always say no.

But still, its one of the best Fridays, and Jason is back. S'all that matters. JASON!

 

[DarkArtist81]

You didnt have to see it. You can always say no.

But still, its one of the best Fridays, and Jason is back. S'all that matters. JASON!

What he said...

But isn't this the Watchmen thread...

 

[Scar]

You didnt have to see it. You can always say no.

But still, its one of the best Fridays, and Jason is back. S'all that matters. JASON!

Unfortunately for us both, she is capable of withholding certain relationship-related luxuries which I am not prepared to part with... hence my seeing Friday the 13th. Granted she paid for the tickets, we got a lot of good laughs, and it made for lengthy conversation... but still I felt like a number of my brain cells, much like hikers lost in the wilderness, gave up and died. All said and done, not a total loss.

 

[CelticPredator]

You lie. Its the Jason is awesome, and we should root for him thread!

 

[CelticPredator]

Unfortunately for us both, she is capable of withholding certain relationship-related luxuries which I am not prepared to part with... hence my seeing Friday the 13th. Granted she paid for the tickets, we got a lot of good laughs, and it made for lengthy conversation... but still I felt like a number of my brain cells, much like hikers lost in the wilderness, gave up and died. All said and done, not a total loss.

Did you get some good....*ahem* after words?

 

[uscmhicks]

IMAX , 6TH .


I've been staying out of here because I want that night to rock and when I was reading about the dark knight every day before I watched the movie I was kind of batman'd out when I got there.

I can't resist an odd peek now and then though...

 

[Scar]

Did you get some good....*ahem* after words?

The ahem more than compensated for the flick. Thoroughly convinced that keeps ALL relationships balanced. Hell, yesterday it got me to go to dinner with her friend and her friend's fiance... both of whom enjoy line-dancing.

IMAX , 6TH .


I've been staying out of here because I want that night to rock and when I was reading about the dark knight every day before I watched the movie I was kind of batman'd out when I got there.

I can't resist an odd peek now and then though...

Awesome, man! Let us know if the IMAX is abridged from the version other theaters will be getting. That's the only thing stopping me from snagging the IMAX tickets.

 

[tomandshell]

Haven't heard back from the babysitter yet as to whether or not my wife and I can go see this at the Imax on opening day.

(Fingers crossed...)

 

[CelticPredator]

The ahem more than compensated for the flick. Thoroughly convinced that keeps ALL relationships balanced. Hell, yesterday it got me to go to dinner with her friend and her friend's fiance... both of whom enjoy line-dancing.
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Woo hoo!

And the Theater, and IMAX are the same. Dont worry.

 

[Scar]

Woo hoo!

And the Theater, and IMAX are the same. Dont worry.

Glad to hear it. Gonna have to be picking up my tickets.