Live-Blogging a Movie Most of You Will Never See
I've rented Tales of the Black Freighter/Under the Hood, for completion's sake :-D To be honest, Tales of the Black Freighter is probably a little more disturbing than I would like, but I decided I wanted to see the cartoon anyway.
It seems to be a pretty basic frame-for-frame replication, except I don't think he killed his wife in the comic, did he? If I'm remembering correctly, she kind of stared after him in horror as he ran out of town. Or is that not right? I'll have to check. Other than that, it's basically what it says on the tin.
Under the Hood looks really corny, in that they went to some trouble to make the footage fit the period. The ageing looks pretty fake in a few cases, but maybe in an amusing way? It doesn't bother me.
Since, in the comic, Under the Hood is an autobiography, it doesn't obviously translate into a short film. Instead, they presented it as an interview sort of show - like you might see on A&E. We get to see interviews with Hollis, Sally, Schexnayder, and even Bernard the newspaper guy! Lots of characters who don't get a lot of screentime in the film show up in this show. And there's newsreel footage of the Minutemen.
Hilariously, there are 'commercials' at regular intervals, as if it were an actual TV show. One of them was even for Nostalgia! Not the one from the film, which I guess would be too long for their purposes. It amused me, anyway :-P
DUDE. I saw Watchmen four times, and Moloch always left me scratching my head. I knew I recognized him, but damned if I could remember. Talking with my dad just now I finally remembered that he was on PSI Factor. It was definitely a D'oh! moment.
(And, while looking through his IMDB page, I noticed that he did the voice for Jackal on Gargoyles. That a) is pretty damn cool, and b) should have been obvious. I watched lots of PSI Factor and lots of Gargoyles ... and his voice is kind of distinctive.)
It seems to be a pretty basic frame-for-frame replication, except I don't think he killed his wife in the comic, did he? If I'm remembering correctly, she kind of stared after him in horror as he ran out of town. Or is that not right? I'll have to check. Other than that, it's basically what it says on the tin.
Under the Hood looks really corny, in that they went to some trouble to make the footage fit the period. The ageing looks pretty fake in a few cases, but maybe in an amusing way? It doesn't bother me.
Since, in the comic, Under the Hood is an autobiography, it doesn't obviously translate into a short film. Instead, they presented it as an interview sort of show - like you might see on A&E. We get to see interviews with Hollis, Sally, Schexnayder, and even Bernard the newspaper guy! Lots of characters who don't get a lot of screentime in the film show up in this show. And there's newsreel footage of the Minutemen.
Hilariously, there are 'commercials' at regular intervals, as if it were an actual TV show. One of them was even for Nostalgia! Not the one from the film, which I guess would be too long for their purposes. It amused me, anyway :-P
DUDE. I saw Watchmen four times, and Moloch always left me scratching my head. I knew I recognized him, but damned if I could remember. Talking with my dad just now I finally remembered that he was on PSI Factor. It was definitely a D'oh! moment.
(And, while looking through his IMDB page, I noticed that he did the voice for Jackal on Gargoyles. That a) is pretty damn cool, and b) should have been obvious. I watched lots of PSI Factor and lots of Gargoyles ... and his voice is kind of distinctive.)