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[eliyes]

Growing up a comic geek, I heard a lot about Watchmen. People talked about it in Wizard a lot back in the day. Everyone seemed to say how it was groundbreaking, amazing -- except no one I knew had it. I therefore held it in a distant sort of awed curiosity, like classical literature I had yet to read unabridged.

And then, I think it was last year but possibly the year before, I found, it, I bought it, I read it in one sitting and took it back to the store the same day. Why? Because I know I'll never read it again, and I'd be uncomfortable having it in the house because of several aspects of the contents, and because I figured some other seeker should get to read it. Someone who'll appreciate it.

I've said it before that I can see how important this would have been when it came out. I have respect for how the story was crafted, and I even like some of the characters.

That said, you can understand how I am surprising myself by how incredibly excited I am about the movie now that I've watched the trailer.

I am going to see this movie. I am going to make someone go with me so that I can squeeze their hand when the bits that scare me hit, and talk to them about it after so that I can calm down. The logistics of this are tricky, because I am absolutely not taking someone whose never read the book, or someone who doesn't like it, but god damn it, I want to see.

Comments

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

You just want to go because of the Justice Pudge.

Go on. Admit it. X3

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

I did not see it in the trailer. ;_;

Dan: *wears a sculpted costume to hide the pudge*

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

He is only doing his fans a disservice. Surely he knows we all love him for his resemblance to a stripey bowling pin. :3

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

He wants to be loved for his whole person, not just is incredible justice pudge.

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

If nothing in WATCHMEN had freaked you out, you were not paying any attention.

It's a *great* story, but not a comfortable one.

The trailer is making me go *squee*, but I have a sinking feeling that people are going to ignore the reviews, think this is a popcorn movie, and be appalled when they see it (and will have brought their little kids to see it, no matter what rating it gets).

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

You'd think the presence of a guy that gets discorporated, a guy then explodes, and a naked blue penis in the trailer would be a tip off...

[edward-hyde.livejournal.com]

I will totally mail myself to you in a box and see it with you.

[( ._.)] okay here I go

I'd be uncomfortable having it in the house because of several aspects of the contents

:0?

Which is not to imply that I don't know full well that the book is full o' disturbing content, but I'm a little curious what would have been bad enough to not have it in the house at all. :o

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

*waits by the mailbox* :3

All the stuff with the shipwrecked story, the thing with the dogs, and the thing at the end, mostly.

[edward-hyde.livejournal.com]

*wild BOX appears!*

[ ] do you open it

Yeah the thing with the shipwreck is definitely a mindfuck. If it did really genuinely bother you, at least it won't be in the movie? :3? They're making it a seperate animated film or something for the dvd I think.

Thing at the end - the actual gore/death bits or the moral issue?

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

*opens the box!* \o/

The moral issue made worse by/making worse the death and gore.

[edward-hyde.livejournal.com]

lol that wasn't a very good box hang on [__] there we go

BOX was opened!

wild BEEN appeared!

~(._.)~

also yeah that'd definitely do it.

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

*offers the BEEN a crikkit* :D?

And yet I want to see it on film. I want to see if it's as much of a gutpunch when I know it's coming, adn also how they'll do it.