Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you:
No adverts like this in the forums anymore.
Times and dates in your local timezone.
Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance.
Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely.
Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net.
If you are already a member then feel free to login now.
mockingbirduk wrote:I'm British and Frazzled's Canadian (according to the little icon by his avatar). I am unable therefore to comment on the urinary habits of american men.
I liked it. It was absolutely choc-full of cliches, in fact, I'd go so far as to say the script was nothing BUT cliches, but it was tailored together into an enjoyable cinematic experience.
This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2009/10/13 16:46:03
mockingbirduk wrote:I'm British and Frazzled's Canadian (according to the little icon by his avatar). I am unable therefore to comment on the urinary habits of american men.
Wrexasaur wrote:Knowing how to rush a good story (rather pack it into such a small window) is the sign of a good flick, but sadly, some stories simply are not popular enough to sink that kind of cash into them.
You could say the same thing about the Spiderman movies, but those have gone on, and on, and on, and... well maybe not too much further. There is really no way for a studio to guarantee results like that, so they automatically trim at least a few corners. A lot of people complained about Lord of the Rings, but in all honesty, how in the fething hell else could they have worked out the time constraints? Oh, and the enormous budget to manage too...
Cutting story from Watchmen wasn't about saving money, it was about the pacing of the film. A comic is picked up and put down, or read in increments as a periodical, so the pacing can ebb and flow. Additional plotting like the psychic squid can be included in the comic and it would still work.
But for the film you need to keep in much cleaner, build more evenly to the climax. Watchmen came in at around three hours as it was, and was already bloated with exposition. If anything the film was too slavish to the comic, and probably could have benefited from cutting more.
“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
George Spiggott wrote:Sounds like Fraz has extended his lawn again.
Exactly. Texas and Canada have agreed to take over the USA in a daring pincer maneuver. All those T. Hortons in the Northeast are really advanced staging posts...
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
mockingbirduk wrote:I'm British and Frazzled's Canadian (according to the little icon by his avatar). I am unable therefore to comment on the urinary habits of american men.
BWAHAHAHAHA.... Frazz...canadian...
Have I made some kind of amusing Dakka faux-pas?
nah, frazz just loves to tote that he's in texas blah blah blah big guns blah blah blah hail to our comrade overlord blah blah blah sheep.
mockingbirduk wrote:I'm British and Frazzled's Canadian (according to the little icon by his avatar). I am unable therefore to comment on the urinary habits of american men.
BWAHAHAHAHA.... Frazz...canadian...
Have I made some kind of amusing Dakka faux-pas?
nah, frazz just loves to tote that he's in texas blah blah blah big guns blah blah blah hail to our comrade overlord blah blah blah sheep.
Dude Texas is a state of mind.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
mockingbirduk wrote:I'm British and Frazzled's Canadian (according to the little icon by his avatar). I am unable therefore to comment on the urinary habits of american men.
BWAHAHAHAHA.... Frazz...canadian...
Have I made some kind of amusing Dakka faux-pas?
nah, frazz just loves to tote that he's in texas blah blah blah big guns blah blah blah hail to our comrade overlord blah blah blah sheep.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
In November, 2009, an "Ultimate Collector's Edition" will be released. The five-disc set will include the director's cut of the film with Tales of the Black Freighter woven in, new commentaries by Zack Snyder and Dave Gibbons, the complete Watchmen Motion Comics, and over 3 hours of bonus content including Under the Hood, which was previously released on the Tales of the Black Freighter DVD.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
sebster wrote:Watchmen came in at around three hours as it was, and was already bloated with exposition.
Ditto for the last LOTR film.
Return of the King was the best one out of the three.
dogma wrote:Is there any Chaos God who goes un-worshiped in Brazil?
Probably Nurgle, Africa has the lock on that.
metallifan wrote:
The Dark Eldar are, by fluff, sex-addicted, space-cocaine snorting, cross-dressing, slave-taking, soul stealing space pirates. They should fit the bill. No one is forcing you to buy minis with man-thongs.
Sharpasaspoon wrote:Rome, Greece and GW.... The Greeks invented Sex, the Romans thought about having it with women, then GW decided to screw us.
I use Zap Brannigan's art of war and try to jam enough wreckage in their main cannon so it won't work.
I liked the movie due to all the intense graphic violent scenes. It is one of my favorite movies and I watch it again whenever I get the chance. The movie plot is deep and simply goes over a lot of people's heads. The movie is an excellent depiction of the graphic novel.
G
ALL HAIL SANGUINIUS! No one can beat my Wu Tang style!
radiohazard wrote:I want 2 hours, 35 minutes and 25 seconds of my life back.
Did anyone actually like this film???
Yup.
Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
I liked the way they did the end. by that time, I was a little tired of inhabiting their world and was ready for everything to be wrapped up. It made sense also, because Dr. Manhattan was itching for an excuse to go far, far away. (Just be glad he didn't feel a "male itch" at anytime during the movie, especially when he was twenty feet tall.)
George Spiggott wrote:you can't catch gay from looking at a man's penis.
unless you're in the USA army apparently.
*ducks and covers*
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
The first rule of donut club is don't talk about donut club!
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
I was pretty disappointed (sp) with Watchmen. I think that it needed to be spread out over 3 movies and the Black Freighter was an essential aspect of the graphic novel.
I could care less about blue wangs, missing monster squid, and slow-mo fights. I think the slow-mo fights made them seem pretty BA (even though they weren't like that in the book). I think the story is still relevant. It just lost too much in the translation.
"Just pull it out and play with it" -Big Nasty B @ Life After the Cover Save
40k: Orks Fantasy: Empire, Beastmen, Warriors of Chaos, and Ogre Kingdoms
..be honest.. that would be an awesome duo to CONTROL THE WORLD !
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
..be honest.. that would be an awesome duo to CONTROL THE WORLD !
Exactly. We were as surprised as anyone when the Canadian embassy called, proposing this Dark Alliance.
A New Power is Rising...
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Watchmen was worth every penny I spent to see it, including the popcorn & soda. Of course, when the admission itself is only $3, and you get a buck off on the snack combo, it's hard not to get your money's worth at less than $4/hour for 2 hours of entertainment, with snacks included!
Have I just been offered a lifetimes supply of consensual buggery by a talking owl?
Not quite. I'm too much a fan of the fairer sex to dally with the boys. I'm just saying that it is possible that a guy will look at a penis and just go "screw it, I used to like chicks but now I see what I've been missing."
Polonius wrote:Not quite. I'm too much a fan of the fairer sex to dally with the boys. I'm just saying that it is possible that a guy will look at a penis and just go "screw it, I used to like chicks but now I see what I've been missing."
So my search for the penis that turns you gay must continue...
-- 9k 
-- 6k 
-- 4k 
--