Did you read/are you going to see "The Watchmen"?

12/15/2008 5:32:46 PM

I have read Watchmen many, many times.

I will be seeing the movie, but I'm apprehensive about it.

12/15/2008 5:40:27 PM

WATCHMEN SPOILER ALERTS FOR N00BS

1. do you think they really aren't doing the squid, or is this misdirection
2. if they aren't doing it - do you think they made a wise decision to change the ending to make it more palatable to non-nerds
3. what parts from the books are you most looking forward to seeing on film?

i don't think they're doing the squid
i think they'd better have a damn good replacement ending
and i'm really looking forward to the scene where the comedian explains "Only once" and the scene where he shoots his pregnant vietnamese chickee and manhattan does nothign to save her

END WATCHMEN SPOILERS

12/15/2008 5:45:32 PM

1. i wouldn't be surprised if they're not doing the squid, but...2. i'm not convinced there's a better way to do it that doesn't require the same suspension of disbelief that the squid does

3. - that scene with the comedian and manhattan will be a good one
- i'm looking forward to seeing jackie earle haley rip it up as kovacs in the psych sessions
- the opening bubble scene with ozy's henchmen
- manhattan learning to reconstitute himself and body systems flashing up out of nowhere...interested to see how they keep that from being cartoony as well; the fact that billy crudup's regular voice just doesn't fit manhattan's spock-like sense of rationality if a whole different matter

12/15/2008 5:51:35 PM

btw, when you first saw little children (you see i'm already assuming you've seen it)

did you go "hey thats the guy from Breaking Away" or "hey thats the guy from The Bad News Bears"

12/15/2008 5:56:53 PM

i made a thread for you damnit...POST IN IT

12/15/2008 5:57:21 PM

^^ bad news bears

i never associate him with breaking away, even though i've seen it a dozen times and love it dearly

12/15/2008 5:59:52 PM

What are your top 10 albums of 2008?

12/15/2008 6:00:37 PM

breaking away is one of my favorite films to introduce people to

because i have very few friends who had even heard of it before i bring it up, and i've yet to show it to someone who does not enjoy it

where do you think it ranks in the parthenon of sports movies

12/15/2008 6:12:03 PM

in no particular order

deerhunter - microcastle/weird era cont.
she & him - volume 1
los campesinos - hold on now, youngster
marnie stern - this is it and i am it and you are it and so is that and he is it and she is it and it is it and that is that
cloud cult - feel good ghosts (teapartying through tornados)
mgmt - oracular spectacular

that's probably it...there are other good albums, but none that i just couldn't stop listening to

12/15/2008 6:18:49 PM

i love that she & him album

12/15/2008 6:19:35 PM

^ did you go to the show

12/15/2008 6:19:51 PM

no i didn't

i considered it....but i didn't have anyone to go with


then i ended up doing something else entirely

12/15/2008 6:20:57 PM

should've gone

cutest goddamn thing ever

12/15/2008 6:22:35 PM

Oracular Spectacular was three songs of awesome and seven songs of Zzzzz...

12/15/2008 6:23:45 PM

i was told i wouldn't fit in

12/15/2008 6:26:51 PM

^ who cares

^^ more like 7/3...the back half is underrated

12/15/2008 6:28:24 PM

hahaha...


i don't...but you're the one that agreed with it in the concert thread!

12/15/2008 6:30:27 PM

o rly

my bad

although i'm sure i didn't mean to imply that you shouldn't go, just that it might be a little odd for you

12/15/2008 6:59:32 PM

SUUUUURE

12/15/2008 7:00:48 PM

anyway, i had zooey deschanel in front of me

my girlfriend to the left

mrs. spookyjon to the right

khcadwal behind me

it was cute overload fo sho

12/15/2008 7:02:18 PM

yeah...i would say so

12/15/2008 7:02:54 PM

whoah whoah whoah

where did you have ZD in front of you

lois this is not my batman cup

[Edited on December 15, 2008 at 9:57 PM. Reason : i should read the whole page]

12/15/2008 9:56:10 PM

^^^ did i see you there? did we see you at CD alley right before or was that another show? i can't remember. i think we were kinda in the back for she & him. i can't remember. it all blends together!!!

12/15/2008 11:02:21 PM

whats a good, recently new on dvd movie i should watch tonight?

12/15/2008 11:03:06 PM

^^ i thought you two were behind us at she & him, but i could be wrong

^ wall-e wall-e wall-e wall-e

12/16/2008 1:10:51 PM

1. Would you like to be in a progressive hardcore metal band with me? We've got a vocalist, just looking for a guitar player.

2. I was thinking about reading those Twilight books. Are they any good?

3. So Wall-E is a pretty terrible movie, right? I heard it was just a dumb movie for kids.

12/17/2008 1:16:25 PM

1. I aim to please, so yes.

2. I haven't read those particular novels, but people seem to like them, so they must be worthwhile.

3. Wall-E is a beautiful, wonderful movie that is appropriate for any and all.

12/17/2008 1:23:44 PM

What music do you think we should play to, you know, set the tone?

12/17/2008 1:25:36 PM

Unfortunately, I cannot listen to music while engaging in such activities. I focus too much on the beauty of its parts and not on the beauty of your parts.

12/17/2008 1:26:46 PM

I like your answer.

We can make our own music

Give me a good book to read that isn't super brain bruising. An easy read if you will. I'm still learning how to read.

12/17/2008 1:29:17 PM

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Still my favorite book of all time.

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12/17/2008 1:32:33 PM

Oh I've already read that. Guess I'll go buy the Shopaholic books.

12/17/2008 1:36:46 PM

I would suggest reading it again. It has quite a number of layers to discover.

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12/17/2008 1:40:16 PM

it's the onion of books

12/17/2008 1:40:59 PM

what do you think of this song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKSJLop26yI

12/17/2008 2:04:48 PM

I'm at work with no speakers, so I'll have to get back to you.

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12/17/2008 2:06:32 PM

^ its fucking horrible.

I worked security at concerts during college and had to do one of their shows... music is horrible and they bring out the worst people

12/17/2008 2:07:48 PM

It is horrible but you should still watch it.

I'M A LUMBERJACK
I JACK MY LUMBER

rrrhennnn rrrhennnn rrrhennnn

12/17/2008 5:38:04 PM

what movie should i lay in bed n' watch that is readily available from blockbuster or something i can see online. I still feel like shit (worse then yesterday)

12/17/2008 5:40:51 PM

which females names in literature do you like the most?

12/17/2008 5:42:57 PM

^^ Being John Malkovich

^

Lavinia
Calpurnia
Estella Havisham
Caddy

12/17/2008 5:57:29 PM

why candy??

12/17/2008 6:06:29 PM

Because Caddy Compson is one of my favorite characters ever.

12/17/2008 6:08:29 PM

Quote :

"Estella Havisham"

Do you think that Pip & Estella ended up together?

12/17/2008 6:09:09 PM

I don't think so, but I go back and forth.

12/17/2008 6:11:56 PM

Do you think Abel Magwitch and Compeyson ever tag-teamed that ass?

12/17/2008 7:16:10 PM

Superchunk or Archers of Loaf?

12/17/2008 7:17:53 PM

^^ No.

^ Archers by far.

12/17/2008 7:22:01 PM

Who would win in a fistfight, Ernest Hemingway or Wallace Stevens?

12/17/2008 8:10:46 PM