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[droidlocks]

RANT RANT RANT SOMEONE GET THIS GUY A VALIUM

The Watchmen movie is going to be so fucking bad, inevitably ranking somewhere slightly below having one's penis slowly chewed off by a herd of rabid warthogs wearing Jimmy Buffett t-shirts on the travesty scale. What's worse will be the response from culture. Inevitably among the mob and hoople,

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[ex_josh_han]

Oh yeah, it's gonna suck. And yes, Dark KNight was stupid. Batman Begins is head and shoulders above it, I think.

On the other hand, the Entertainment Weekly cover story on the shit Watchmen movie got me talking to my middle aged female coworker enough to actually get the comic into her hands. I hope she gets it.

[droidlocks]

I think Watchmen works on enough levels that it is hard to imagine anyone not getting it.

I've sort of made it a policy not to talk about the Watchmen movie, because I am constitutionally incapable of discussing the subject without totally blowing my lid and ranting not only about the bad adaptation and misuse of a holy text, but also its implications toward the general mediocrity of humanity and so forth. Especially because I work mostly with "norms" (like, we're talking "have you seen 'He's Just Not That Into You' yet?"-level norms) and much of my workplace harmony is reliant on downplaying my weirdness. Lately, as they fawn over the trailers on tv, my lip has been gettin' mighty bitten...

[paula_kelley]

You are so cute-lookin'.

[droidlocks]

This is just because I sit in front of Photo Booth for like ten minutes until I get a picture that comes out flattering.

[paula_kelley]

oh shut up. I've seen your face IRL, and it's as cute as that pictures makes it look.

[droidlocks]

That's just because I stand in front of you for like ten minutes zapping you with a Men in Black-style mind-eraser moving to different spots until I find an angle that looks flattering.

[salsadrew]

an interesting aside; since i started working in a library, our collection of 'graphic novels', manga, comic adaptations, and the like has been growing leaps & bounds. it seems at least that comics/visual lit./et al are gaining ground scholastically, if not in the "high art" circles. the indianapolis children's museum (a fairly well respected museum...even though it's in indiana) even held it's last teacher's conference BASED around graphic novels. not sure which ones, as i was merely manning a booth outside the speakers/classes.

BUT. with the rapid dissolution of media giants, newspapers, magazines, etc.; where are the arbiters of high art going to next reside (besides museums & galleries)? now i've lost my topic & string of thought, guess that's what i get for posting right after my shift.

[droidlocks]

I've noticed this phenomenon too-- both the Washington DC and New Orleans libraries have pretty pathetic book collections (like, can't find a copy of "The Great Gatsby" bad) but impressive and ever-growing comic book collections. I suppose that it is an attempt to get kids interested in reading at all, which I think is pretty legit, as I credit an early introduction to comic books as the seed crystal for my general passion for reading.

As for high art, well, this is really a longer discussion and I actually suspect that most people of our generation basically concur about this point, but it seems to me "high art" should be determined by thoughtful, novel, intelligent treatment of a subject, rather than by a medium or a subject matter.

[metro_ride]

I know absolutely nothing about the Watchmen (the comic or the film), but your hyperbole in describing the travesty was really superb...I really had to stop myself from laughing out loud in the middle of the law library and incurring the wrath of everyone in my vicinity.

[droidlocks]

I really can't recommend Watchmen (or any of Alan Moore's work) enough-- truly a visionary work and a visionary artist. I just re-read Watchmen for probably the 10th or 11th time, and I was amazed to find not only new implications and levels of meaning, but also a continued resonance on an emotional level. Nearing the end, I was even tearing up a bit, finding one particular moment touching in a way that I never had before. And I am a super tough dude!!! Anyway, when you read it, maybe I'll tell you what the moment was. It's definitely worth picking it up before the movie hype kicks in and you get spoiled for the ending.

I suppose the warthog situation would be pretty embarrassing, but even more embarrassing would be getting one's penis slowly gnawed off by a rapid Jimmy Buffet. Oof.

[metro_ride]

Oh trust me, you don't need to justify your soft spot with the Watchmen stuff, because the last film that made me cry was Forrest Gump.....so I own a lot of people on the shame scale. Strangely I haven't cried to any other film since, but I am sincerely looking forward to one which will induce me to tears. I think that the last book I cried to was Of Human Bondage? Or Of Mice and Men....one of the two.

And finally, it really doesn't matter who is slowly gnawing off one's penis. Just the phrase in itself is making me crack up again....cause I'm 10 years old.

[innocent_face]

i have to confess:

i lost your white hat on halloween night. i was so drunk. sorry dude.

[droidlocks]

I knew you lost that hat dude, no worries. I knew when I lent it to you that I would probably never see it again. I mean, it was Halloween!