Jazzmoose

Peter Bagdasarian Peter Bagge Milt Jackson

Cool, so there's nothing to prevent me from watching them 24/7!

I finally caught the film today and was pleasantly surprised. It was better than I expected to get after a twenty-plus year wait, and far better than I expected after reading this thread. I agree with most of the criticism. The additional gore is not only appalling, but it adds nothing to the story. (I found it almost as intrusive as "300" popping up here and there.) The movie definitely has the "everything thrown in but the kitchen sink" feel, but it's not nearly as bad as some other adapatations; the abyssmal Dune comes to mind. Of course, I came to the film with full knowledge of the story, but then I saw Dune the same way. The soundtrack in particular was a pain, but for me it wasn't due to the choice of music (though I'd rather have seen them stick to eighties stuff) but due to the influence of music videos on modern film and television. Story-wise, I thought they did an excellent job, although certainly a twelve hour movie could have presented it better, but let's get real. I also have to agree with Alexander's evaluation of the acting ability of the woman playing the Silk Spectre. All in all, I think it was a decent job, and much better than anyone had a right to expect. The real argument, of course, is should the attempt have been made at all, knowing the compromises that the film medium would demand in the source material. There just wasn't that much to cut in the original work, time constraints or no. Biggest disappointment? The scene where Rorshach figures out what happened to the kidnapped girl. It was handled so well in the book (I couldn't turn the page, without conciously realizing why) that it was a major factor in the book. In the movie, just another scene. Oh, well...

I dunno...someone came close, but I think they were using a scope!

Time to buy a lottery ticket!

Those things always sour me as well...

These type of threads always make me wonder how long it would take for me to be missed. But I've never been able to keep my yap shut long enough to find out...

Well, speaking as a listener, I'm certainly interested!

Why do I keep picturing the star of that show standing in front of a mirror thinking "do I look enough like Steve McQueen?"

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I thought Rog-2000 or whatever was pretty good (I was a BIG E-Man fan in the midseventies...turned into a weird Charlton obsession which was then rewarded ten years later with Watchmen in a way), and like everyone else enjoyed Byrne's X-Men run, but after he started cleaning up his style (as comic artists do), there didn't seem to be a whole lot left underneath. I mean, he beat the holy dogshit out of later pretenders like Lee and Leifield (or whatever his name was), but I didn't think he was the wunderkind of the ages as some did.

Well, Superman was pretty irrelevant in my book by that time anyway. The reboot of the character that I look back at fondly involved a sand creature back in '72 or so. Um...I guess you had to be there...

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Damn. I recognize the covers, and realize now I read them at the time. Must not have been Moore's most memorable work. That, or the brain cells are really starting to fade. (Yeah, I know which one you guys are betting on! )

I'm not just old school, I remember when they built the damned thing...

Hey, if it's not worth watching at least twice, it wasn't worth watching once.

Yeesh... If I'm going to read Superman, it had better have art by either Curt Swan or Wayne Boring.

Um...could I have her email address? And maybe directions to your house?

Hate and Clowes' Eightball were definitely on my must read comics list, back when I had a must read comics list...

I'm not sure Jordan would approve of the word "amusing"...

"Rather off the mark"? How about completely pathetic and insulting. I've seen one movie I enjoyed, an adaptation of Hound (which I can't seem to locate on the net to show which one I mean!), which, though flawed, at least portrayed Watson as intelligent.

I don't think you're farting in church; I felt from the beginning that the absurdity of superhero comics was one of the things Moore was lambasting in the book.

I don't see how this band can be overrated; I've never heard of them. Or if I have, it was with one of those brain cells that was sacrificed long ago...

Oh, god...another icon fucked with?

Yeah, that was a letdown...