Moar thoughts on "Watchmen"

[lizbee]

Now that I'm not about to rush off to work.

- I was joking about the squid thing.  If you were wondering.  I thought the Manhattan ploy was a bit more coherent, and certainly easier to realise on film.  Also, history has shown that merely attacking New York isn't going to bring about world peace.
- I love Laurie, and I ship Dan/Laurie LIEK WHOA.  So I loved every moment they were on the screen, separately or together, but upon reflection, I feel like I was cheated a bit.  Laurie is such a brittle, complex character -- like a darker version of Barbara Gordon, piecesofalice and I were agreeing earlier -- that I missed the things like her smoking, and thinking that Hooded Justice was her real father. 
- On the other hand, I loved Laurie's movie!costume.  It was incredibly sexy, yet more practical than the comics!costume, which mostly seemed to involve gauze and chiffon.  It's a shame, though; I had been hoping that the Crimebusters Watchmen flashback would see her in the comics costume.  Just because I like that sort of thing.  Seriously, when I was a kid, I used to obsessively draw Supergirl and Saturn Girl in the variations of their costumes.  I KNOW, I'M LAME.
- Okay, when I say "practical", I am discounting the "how the hell do you fight supervillains in high heels?" factor.  I'm immune to it these days.  cleolinda has some more thoughts on the costume.
- You know what was awesome?  RANDOM NENA! 
- I know he's getting a lot of criticism, but I really liked Matthew Goode's Ozymandias.  My favourite bit of the opening montage -- which I loved -- was him in front of Studio 54, posing while the Village People, Bowie and Jagger look on.  The general consensus seems to be that movie!Ozymandias is a bit gay; apparently he has a homosexual jaw.  Anyway, I liked him a lot.  I was distracted by his accent; I think it worked better in theory than practice.
- On that note: I ship Ozymandias/Manhattan.
- As opposed to Veidt/Jon.
- I loved the scene where they're investigating Veidt's office, and Dan's approach to hacking Adrian's computer is to stick a floppy disk in the drive and guess the password.  Classic.
- Related: I thought the alternate 1985 was really well-realised.  You know it's an alternate universe, because the sky is full of zeppelins.
- Ummmm, did I have other thoughts?  OH YEAH, the thought that FF.net is even now filling up with bad Comedian/Mary Sue fic is disheartening.

Comments

[fahye.livejournal.com]

Zack Snyder snuck in a few things as a nod to Rorschach's note-to-self in the comic (the 'possible homosexual tendencies; should investigate further' one), the most obvious of which is the fact that when they hack into Veidt's computer one of the visible folders is called 'BOYS'.

Both Snyder and Matthew Goode have said that Ozymandias is more asexual than anything else, but if he ever stopped thinking about the bigger picture for long enough to consider having a sex life, it's very possible that he'd be gay.

[drjon.livejournal.com]

It's worth noting that, as I say in my review (http://drjon.livejournal.com/1372898.html) amendment, in the novel, Veidt is the hero (in a post-modern sense).

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

"OH YEAH, the thought that FF.net is even now filling up with bad Comedian/Mary Sue fic is disheartening."

That's not just disheartening, it's disturbing. :)

[biichan.livejournal.com]

- Ummmm, did I have other thoughts? OH YEAH, the thought that FF.net is even now filling up with bad Comedian/Mary Sue fic is disheartening.

Oh argh ick.

It looks like LJ is filling up with Rorschach/Nite Owl fic. They even have their own comm: owlblot. (This does not surprise me, though, because Rorschach is the biggest closet case EVER or anyway at least until Stephen Colbert came around.)

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

Yes, I love the comment he makes about Veidt, on very flimsy evidence: "Possible homosexual tendencies," or something like that. But still, _The Comedian_/Mary Sue??! Poor Mary Sue, is all I can say...