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Re: First Watchmen Review in. - Scary Womanizing Pig Mask - 03-03-2009
Damn. Amazing costume, but badass pictures as well. Very professionally done!
Re: First Watchmen Review in. - Geoff - 03-03-2009
(03-03-2009, 07:13 PM)Ianki link Wrote: awesome spore, did you pay someone to take the photos? is that what the watermark is for?
his dad does it as a jorb
Re: First Watchmen Review in. - fyre - 03-03-2009
[move]AWESOME[/move]
Re: First Watchmen Review in. - Spore - 03-03-2009
(03-03-2009, 08:31 PM)peaches link Wrote: @Spore: How's the suit underneath? Just a tee?
Yes, just a t-shirt. No striped purple shirts for me. Also, what Gee-hoff said. My dad does photography for a job. That's the watermark.
Re: First Watchmen Review in. - fyre - 03-04-2009
Moar reviews.
Ebert
io9
Re: First Watchmen Review in. - KarthXLR - 03-04-2009
the ratings on Watchmen are going down, which is making me nervous, but I will see, nontheless.
Re: First Watchmen Review in. - fyre - 03-04-2009
(03-04-2009, 08:44 PM)Ye Salty Karth link Wrote: the ratings on Watchmen are going down, which is making me nervous, but I will see, nonetheless.
Almost every fan I've read has liked it, the critics seem to not like it as much. Ebert did give it four stars though. The most common criticism seems to be that the movie is too faithful of an adaptation and doesn't really have any life of it's own.
Re: First Watchmen Review in. - KarthXLR - 03-04-2009
(03-04-2009, 08:50 PM)fyre link Wrote: [quote author=Ye Salty Karth link=topic=2421.msg70072#msg70072 date=1236217446]
the ratings on Watchmen are going down, which is making me nervous, but I will see, nonetheless.
Almost every fan I've read has liked it, the critics seem to not like it as much. Ebert did give it four stars though. The most common criticism seems to be that the movie is too faithful of an adaptation and doesn't really have any life of it's own.
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wut.
That's a slightly out of line opinion. Time to complain on Gametrailers forums.
Re: First Watchmen Review in. - Spore - 03-04-2009
I looked at a lot of the negative reviewers. Some bring up good points, the majority are idiots. Actually, the first few comments on most reviews for Watchmen on Rotten Tomatoes keenly point out some good reasons why you can't even wipe your ass with some reviews. When a reviewer gives The Dark Knight, Slumdog Millionaire, and Watchmen a bad review, and hails Speed Racer, I don't take it seriously. Another reviewer couldn't seem to understand why the Soviets and America were at ends with each other. Never heard of the Cold War I guess. The negative reviews written by intelligent people pointed out things like important scenes that were missing or things like what Fyre said. I wonder if the Director's Cut that will make its way to DVD will remedy some criticisms.
Re: First Watchmen Review in. - KarthXLR - 03-04-2009
(03-04-2009, 09:27 PM)Spore link Wrote: I looked at a lot of the negative reviewers. Some bring up good points, the majority are idiots. Actually, the first few comments on most reviews for Watchmen on Rotten Tomatoes keenly point out some good reasons why you can't even wipe your ass with some reviews. When a reviewer gives The Dark Knight, Slumdog Millionaire, and Watchmen a bad review, and hails Speed Racer, I don't take it seriously. Another reviewer couldn't seem to understand why the Soviets and America were at ends with each other. Never heard of the Cold War I guess. The negative reviews written by intelligent people pointed out things like important scenes that were missing or things like what Fyre said. I wonder if the Director's Cut that will make its way to DVD will remedy some criticisms.That's one thing. Also, IGN UK's reviewer is a DOUCHE.
Re: First Watchmen Review in. - fyre - 03-05-2009
http://blogs.suntimes.com/scanners/2009/03/nite_owl_versus_the_bat_man.html
Quote:Let me put it this way: There's a shot of a swinging bathroom door in "Watchmen" (one of countless images that is not taken from the comics), that is imbued with a visual wit, a love of movies, that makes you laugh with delight even as you cringe. I watched "Watchmen" with a big smiley face on the front of my head almost all the way through. It's consistently funny, though not necessarily in a guffaw-out-loud way. Think "Dr. Strangelove"
Since Dr Strangelove is one of my favoritest movies evar, this is a Good Thing.
Re: First Watchmen Review in. - Scary Womanizing Pig Mask - 03-05-2009
Where have I seen this before...
Re: First Watchmen Review in. - Trace - 03-05-2009
(03-05-2009, 04:16 PM)Scary Womanizing Pig Mask link Wrote: Where have I seen this before...Taking over the internet one post at a time
Re: First Watchmen Review in. - KarthXLR - 03-05-2009
(03-05-2009, 04:24 PM)Trace link Wrote: [quote author=Scary Womanizing Pig Mask link=topic=2421.msg70181#msg70181 date=1236287795]Taking over the internet one post at a time
Where have I seen this before...
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pfff. I get no credit.
Re: First Watchmen Review in. - Honest - 03-05-2009
(03-05-2009, 04:39 PM)Ye Salty Karth link Wrote: [quote author=Trace link=topic=2421.msg70183#msg70183 date=1236288260]Taking over the internet one post at a time
[quote author=Scary Womanizing Pig Mask link=topic=2421.msg70181#msg70181 date=1236287795]
Where have I seen this before...
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pfff. I get no credit.
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Aw I thought that was Wrenchman. Now I'm sad.
Re: First Watchmen Review in. - Dave - 03-05-2009
i just finished reading the graphic novel, and i mean its allright, i found it a bit predictable though
and you all know who my fav char is, and why the ending angered me.
Re: First Watchmen Review in. - bjlsurfer - 03-05-2009
Nice costume Spore, a bunch of my friends are all dressing up and seeing it at midnight tonight. They were gonna turn a minivan into a cardboard Owlship too, but decided that would be dumb-looking, time-consuming, and probably illegal in some way. Anyhoo I hope the movie's good, I'm seeing it tomorrow.
Re: First Watchmen Review in. - Surf314 - 03-05-2009
They gave it a bad review on NPR, but then I've never heard the guy like a movie TBH.
Re: First Watchmen Review in. - Blues - 03-05-2009
(03-04-2009, 09:27 PM)Spore link Wrote: I looked at a lot of the negative reviewers. Some bring up good points, the majority are idiots. Actually, the first few comments on most reviews for Watchmen on Rotten Tomatoes keenly point out some good reasons why you can't even wipe your ass with some reviews. When a reviewer gives The Dark Knight, Slumdog Millionaire, and Watchmen a bad review, and hails Speed Racer, I don't take it seriously. Another reviewer couldn't seem to understand why the Soviets and America were at ends with each other. Never heard of the Cold War I guess. The negative reviews written by intelligent people pointed out things like important scenes that were missing or things like what Fyre said. I wonder if the Director's Cut that will make its way to DVD will remedy some criticisms.
SPEED RACER WAS FUCKING AWESOME YOU TAKE THAT BACK!
Movie was like a straight up shot of acidcrack. I had about 57 miniseizures by the end.
Re: First Watchmen Review in. - Squishy3 - 03-06-2009
Just got back from seeing it, yes they changed some scenes, but overall it's probably one of the best comic book to movie transitions done
spoilers for some
Nite-Owl and The Comedian don't quell the riot with knockout gas, instead comedian jumps off and shoots them with a riot gun
Rorschach is in costume when he goes to the bathroom during the riot instead of in his inmate uniform
Fights are more exaggerated, there are more boobs and blue penis shown than in the comic (boobs a plus, blue penis is there for those who like it)
Ozymandia's pet barely appeared until the end, when it had more appearances in the book, and Rorshach didn't note in his journal that he liked it
Dr. Manhattan doesn't offer drinks to Laurie on Mars
No giant tentacle monster appearing in New York, but same overall ending is achieved
Rorschach does try to kill Ozymandias after his first failed attempt, but not with a fork like in the book
Rorshcach ends up telling Dr. Manhattan to blow him up (not to mention this is the closest Rorschach probably comes to showing any real emotion) instead of Dr. Manhattan just doing it when he's walking away with his back turned
The ending with the New Frontiersman guy choosing Rorschach's journal as the next big story is still there, but there are extra scenes after the US and USSR truce
If anybody wishes to add things that were changed that I missed, feel free to do so.