So....

[taleya]

I found out today that the trailer for Watchmen used the Smashing Pumpkin's track The beginning is the end is the beginning.

I am insanely fucking happy about this. This track was the B side to The End is the beginning is the end, a track that was, unfortunately, used as the theme on that utter abortion of a Batman movie Batman & batnipples Robin

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[sdaemon]

You didn't like V for Vendetta? I know it was a gross simplification of the story...but I thought it kept with the spirit very well.

I thoroughly enjoyed V in both forms. Watchmen was great in print...I was left feeling rather let down by the movie form, though. (Though they NAILED rorschach imo, which really was the most important thing to me :)

[taleya]

Rorsarch and Manhattan were nailed fucking beautifully. And, suprisingly, Nite owl II. Apparently the guy playing him is actually quite a pretty boy and had to whack on something like 25 pounds for the 80's scenes.

What was missing from the movie was due to no fault of the script or acting..just the medium (They simply couldn't fit all that backstory into a movie format.) And the modification they made to the climax (the method of delivery) actually does suit better than that of the original print. Snyder did a fucking stellar job.

V...V was just gutted. Gnh. It was like going from the book Starship Troopers to the movie - the entire message and theme was corrupted and twisted. And From Hell turned into something that at times is hilariously farcical.

[sdaemon]

I dunno, I think V was a highly enjoyable movie. And living stateside, it had a not so subtle message to deliver at a time when a lot of us needed hope :)

yeah Starship Troopers the book was all about political theory revolving around military duty, and the motivations for going to war. Starship Troopers the movie was about Starcraft fanservice and redheads with nice tits.

Not that I object to either of those. BUT WHERE WAS THE POWERED BATTLE ARMOR DAMMIT?!?

[taleya]

I think the crowning example of how badly they didn't do the research was the knife scene.

"Why are we learning how to train with knives when we have nukes?"

The book: "Would you use an axe to spank a baby?" The military is about the application of controlled force, not blind execution.

The film: *throws knife through hand* "Try pressing a button now" *hyuk hyuk hyuk*

[sdaemon]

Yeah :P

About how it's actually a show of respect for the enemy and desire to do the minimal amount of damage by putting troops on the ground, not simply bombing them into the stone age.