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 Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:50 pm
I saw it, and was not even remotely impressed. I could see where Simone's contributions shone through the most, but it was well on it's way to being the Wonder Woman movie that appeared in the comics. xp
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:38 pm
Technologist Tony Stark He said he originally intended to do Hot Potting or whatever the one about the dog in Alaska was, but decided he ought to do Guts because it was his first tour in Canada. I'm not sure how much you know about the Haunted tour, but he said that he brought along these plastic severed limbs to give out because people used to ask him for signatures on their bodies, but he started to notice that they'd come back on the next tour with the signatures tattooed onto them.
By the time he got to town I'd already finished Haunted thankfully, but Guts really did get to me, which apparently is something that actually happened to one of his college friends. I had a hard time picking the book up again after I finished Guts, but I felt like the rest of the book was much easier to get through and while it was much more horror than zeitgeist, I think there was a lot of important commentary in there. I haven't read it since 2005, but the stories about the police dolls and the feminist meeting were powerful stuff. Don't know too much about the Haunted tour, except for the ridiculously high faint-count during Guts. Hah. Fake severed limbs? Yep, sounds about right. Maybe he'll stop somewhere around here on his next tour... Pygmy comes out in a few months. I'd love to meet him. I had a few problems getting through the story of Guts itself, but the rest of the book was a breeze after that. Really, what else could he throw at us after that? And yeah, the commentary is definitely still there. Without the social commentary, grim satire, philosophical ideals and thoroughly bizarre subject matter, it really wouldn't be Palahniuk now, would it. I just meant that his books pre-Lullaby mainly featured alienated protagonists and had some pretty strong "******** society" sentiments to them. He's had a horror slant since then, but he seems headed back into his old ways. Rant wasn't horror. Haven't read Snuff, but it definitely doesn't sound like horror. Neither does Pygmy. Eh. I'm just waiting for the adaptation of Invisible Monsters that they've been promising since 2005. stare
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:47 pm
He told Strombalopoulous on The Hour that Rant is the counterpart to Choke as it was his way of working through his father's death if I'm getting the title right. Actually, if you haven't seen that interview search it up on YouTube. I think he tells about the Aaron Raulston story that happened on the American leg of the Haunted tour. I've really only read Fight Club, Lullabye, and Haunted so far but I think I want to hit up Survivor next, not least of all because that's where Suicide Girls comes from.
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:08 pm
Any one play the new watchmen game on xbox live arcade?
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:48 pm
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:25 pm
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:27 am
Technologist Tony Stark I saw it, and was not even remotely impressed. I could see where Simone's contributions shone through the most, but it was well on it's way to being the Wonder Woman movie that appeared in the comics. xp I question your ability to enjoy things. xp
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:12 am
I still want to see it. gonk
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:41 am
Technologist Tony Stark I saw it, and was not even remotely impressed. I could see where Simone's contributions shone through the most, but it was well on it's way to being the Wonder Woman movie that appeared in the comics. xp While many parts of the movie were enjoyable I did not like the depiction of the greek gods. Ares? With long white hair... and Hades looked more like Dionysus then like the god of the underworld. Also I was a little disappointed that there were none of the goddesses in the movie, though they were mentioned. However, the movie has it's moments, and is funny at times. Let's face it.. Diana's waited a long time to have her own animated feature starring her.
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:52 am
Cassandra Sandsmark Technologist Tony Stark I saw it, and was not even remotely impressed. I could see where Simone's contributions shone through the most, but it was well on it's way to being the Wonder Woman movie that appeared in the comics. xp While many parts of the movie were enjoyable I did not like the depiction of the greek gods. Ares? With long white hair... and Hades looked more like Dionysus then like the god of the underworld. Also I was a little disappointed that there were none of the goddesses in the movie, though they were mentioned. However, the movie has it's moments, and is funny at times. Let's face it.. Diana's waited a long time to have her own animated feature starring her. Hera was in it ... ninja
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Linda Lee Danvers Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:52 pm
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:10 pm
Got my ticket to Watchmen.
You know I read it once.
I liked Rorschach until i tried out his style...
Ya, Rorschach sucks.
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:16 pm
I've got midnight showing IMAX tickets.
I'm not even hyped up to see it, I don't have any expectations. I've avoided reviews, I've avoided (for the most part) online discussions, I've avoided commercials, advertisements, interviews, everything. I honestly just want to see it with my own thoughts based on my own Watchmen reading experience(s).
The only thing I'm kind of excited for is the actual event. Midnight showings of things tied to my geek interests are always fun. They're like focused-mini-cons. whee
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:45 pm
Technologist Tony Stark He told Strombalopoulous on The Hour that Rant is the counterpart to Choke as it was his way of working through his father's death if I'm getting the title right. Actually, if you haven't seen that interview search it up on YouTube. I think he tells about the Aaron Raulston story that happened on the American leg of the Haunted tour. I've really only read Fight Club, Lullabye, and Haunted so far but I think I want to hit up Survivor next, not least of all because that's where Suicide Girls comes from. I think that's actually Lullaby, because I remember reading about that before he even wrote Rant. The way his dad died was pretty ******** up, though. He was murdered by his girlfriend's ex, who she had put in jail for sexual assault. Palahniuk himself had a say in whether or not the guy would get the death penalty. (He did.) I'll probably go look up that interview when I'm done writing this, actually. Strombalopolous is a great interviewer. Survivor's fantastic. I've always liked Fight Club best, but Survivor's probably next. Maybe Invisible Monsters or Choke. Eh. It's a tough call, since it's been so long since I've read some of them. I mean, I've read Fight Club more times than I can count, I just read Rant and I just re-read Choke, but it's been a few years, anyways, since the others. I don't even own Survivor, Invisible Monsters or Lullaby. Maybe I should invest in them. sweatdrop If it weren't Palahniuk, I wouldn't even be remotely interested in Snuff or Pygmy, but I feel a sort of obligation. I'll get around to it sometime, I'm sure. Watchmen... I'm going tomorrow night. I've heard that the excessive slow-motion has been severely toned down, and that Matt Goode isn't bad in it, but I'm still unconvinced. I think, if anything, it'll be worth it if only to see Jeffery Dean Morgan's Comedian. I've been checking out reviews, and I really don't know what to think. Hacks like Ebert are calling it amazing, while people who's opinion I actually trust like Peter Travers are calling it mediocre. (Then again, anyone who writes for Rolling Stone nowadays can't be infallible.) But most of the criticisms in the negative reviews aren't a problem for me. Things like catering to people who've read the GN (I have) and characters you can't identify with. (Kind of a hallmark of the GN.) I think Snyder himself is something of a colossal idiot, judging from the interviews I've read from him, and not an especially talented director, but he is a good visual director, and I don't expect him to disappoint in that aspect. Plus, he's working with an immensely talented team. I can really see this going either way. I love opening night, though. I even enjoyed Spider-Man 3, even though the movie itself killed a small part of me.
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:10 pm
Oh don't you worry - Snyder is a colossal idiot. At Comic-Con a guy dressed up as Rorschach asked about how the more mature (R rated) aspects of the comic will be presented in the film and Snyder answered back along the lines of "I think it's ironic a guy dressed up in a costume is asking about maturity".
To say something like that in the ballroom at Comic-Con is just so very, very, stupid for a intense amount of reasons.
About 3.0 seconds after he said it every blog and message board was proclaiming his douchebaggery and the Anti-Watchmen film group grew ten fold.
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