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In response to
"
Inigo, that's short for "pull the other one, it's got bells on", which is a British way of saying "you've got to be kidding me". -- nm
"
by
Reagen
Znufrii, quite honestly I love the Terminator series and take it as seriously as I take Watchmen (which is not much, but they compare to each other) -- nm
Posted by
crash davis (aka crash davis)
Mar 9 '09, 10:08
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it's philosophically in the same territory as the Alien series, which got Sigourney Weaver an Oscar nom. -- nm
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Reagen
Mar 9, 10:10
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I'll get flamed for this. But Watchmen feels dated to me, the overwrought fears of a European during the Reagen era. -- nm
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crash davis
Mar 9, 10:12
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Which can be fine...it's like staging a play in the era it was written in -- nm
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The Calico Cat Coalition
Mar 9, 10:49
We have the graphic novel at home and I was thumbing through it the other day and was surprised how data the art looked.
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Mel Profit
Mar 9, 10:22
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To be fair, that's exactly the look Gibbons and Moore wanted. They were playing with comic book conventions and the 9 panel page was a biggee. -- nm
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TWuG
Mar 9, 10:28
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Exactly, it's rather meta. -- nm
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Ender
Mar 9, 10:29
dated...
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Mel Profit
Mar 9, 10:28
it's very formal. Sort of like Mozart writing fugues. -- nm
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Reagen
Mar 9, 10:24
2
*awards you one powdered wig* -- nm
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con_coffee
Mar 9, 10:30
fugee all-stars? -- nm
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Beryllium
Mar 9, 10:26
I haven't seen it yet, but I almost wonder if "dated" is the wrong word. What about "anachronistic"? -- nm
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Beryllium
Mar 9, 10:18
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not really, everything is of the time period in which the film takes place... -- nm
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znufrii
Mar 9, 10:19
7
oh, so there are cellphones and the internet and stuff? -- nm
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Beryllium
Mar 9, 10:19
6
Watchmen is set in 85. I don't remember having wide-spread avail. of cell phones or internet.
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TWuG
Mar 9, 10:22
1
Yeah, sorry, I misunderstood what znu was saying :) Also, the first dot-com was registered March 15, 1985. -- nm
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Beryllium
Mar 9, 10:23
it takes place in the 80's so, no... -- nm
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znufrii
Mar 9, 10:20
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but also it's an alternate reality (thanks to Dr Manhattan) so there are things that were not present in our 1980s -- nm
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Alan More
Mar 9, 10:21
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but in terms of the scale of techonological advancement, it's fairly consonant with what could have developed in that time. -- nm
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znufrii
Mar 9, 10:23
although computer tech is the same, the point of floppies and I think an Amiga. -- nm
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Reagen
Mar 9, 10:22
no flames, I agree - I said that to CCC about how his kids can watch it 5 years from now and it won't feel dated
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Epiphany
Mar 9, 10:17
it's tone is very much of the era in which the book was written, I agree. -- nm
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znufrii
Mar 9, 10:15
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