LL Watchman outing: ROLL CALL!

by etowncoug on Mar 5, 2009 7:04 PM PST

I'm in, who else should I be looking for? Cinerama in Seattle. Are we planning on meeting anywhere before the outing? How many words must I type before I reach the 75 word minimum. Seriously, roll call threads are a good thing. I haven't read the comics for this but Sin City and 300 were amazing movies and I have decided to place all my faith for this movie in Zack Snyder. 75.

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I'll be getting down there around 11 pm or soish

See you folks there

by jimmimoose on Mar 5, 2009 7:11 PM PST reply actions

I'm also looking at 11pm

I have basketball earlier, so I can’t get in line until then. I have a couple of other geeky friends that will be there… probably already waiting in line.
I’ll keep an eye out for you etown!

by johnbai on Mar 5, 2009 7:16 PM PST reply actions

Me and Jimmimoose will be easy to spot... seeing as how we're both about 6'6"

by johnbai on Mar 5, 2009 7:16 PM PST up reply actions

Also

we are ridiculously good looking.

by johnbai on Mar 5, 2009 7:20 PM PST up reply actions

Also

Once our spot in line is confirmed, we’ll try to sneak over to the grocery store across the street. They have a lounge where you can drink as many Sparks as you can handle!

by johnbai on Mar 5, 2009 7:19 PM PST up reply actions

You just dominated your own subthread.

by brayden04 on Mar 5, 2009 7:54 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah

I was like… don’t bring that weak ass shit into my kitchen! Booyah!

by johnbai on Mar 6, 2009 3:26 AM PST up reply actions

Yuck, comic book movies.

I have eight watches. None of them are fake.

by RafaelCarmona22 on Mar 5, 2009 7:43 PM PST reply actions

I'm so glad that you feel the need to let everyone know when you aren't interested in something.

by Aaron Campeau on Mar 5, 2009 7:59 PM PST up reply actions

You already ruined another thread of Johns so you can shut the hell up :)

by Robert on Mar 6, 2009 1:00 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs

FUCK ME

Cinerama is sold out. I guess I’m out.

Hardball Review Because we need another blog about the Mariners.

by etowncoug on Mar 5, 2009 8:19 PM PST reply actions

Thread originator can't go

Depressing.

by Mr_Nate on Mar 5, 2009 8:20 PM PST up reply actions

Sorry we missed you Etown

Jimmimoose and I drank some Sparks and the movie kind of rocked.

But I don’t think people under the age of 30 should really go see it.

by johnbai on Mar 6, 2009 3:30 AM PST up reply actions

Ageist.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Mar 6, 2009 7:38 AM PST up reply actions

If you don't actually remember the cold war some of the central tension in the movie seems corny

by johnbai on Mar 6, 2009 11:30 AM PST up reply actions

I'm under 30 and I was conscious for the Cold War.

And I listened to enough Dead Kennedys to fill in the gaps.

by Aaron Campeau on Mar 6, 2009 12:18 PM PST up reply actions

Fair enough...

and it’s not like I have to be 70+ to know that Nazis were bad.

Given how the cold war ended… with more of a whimper than a bang… cold war paranoia seems silly in retrospect. I think it would be hard to accept the movie’s world if you didn’t live through that time. In the 80’s we actually thought there was a better than 50% chance that the USSR and the US would blow up the entire planet.

by johnbai on Mar 6, 2009 4:34 PM PST up reply actions

I was joking (mostly) about the DK thing.

I think you may be correct if we’re talking about people under 20.

by Aaron Campeau on Mar 6, 2009 8:06 PM PST up reply actions

What is so great about Cinerama anyway

Isn’t this releasing in IMAX? The Dark Knight in IMAX was sooooooo awesome.

by Mr_Nate on Mar 5, 2009 8:22 PM PST reply actions

Yes,

yes it was.

I'm more like I am now than I've ever been.

by ralphie81 on Mar 5, 2009 9:38 PM PST up reply actions

Damn I hate not being in Seattle

Though I am seeing it in IMAX tomorrow.

by Fett42 on Mar 5, 2009 8:52 PM PST reply actions

I'll be there....

In Bellingham, at Sehome Cinemas. You know, if anyone else here happens to live in Bellingham.

Is that the light at the end of the tunnel, or the headlights of an oncoming train?

by Benne on Mar 5, 2009 10:03 PM PST reply actions

I used to live about a block away from Sehome Cinemas

Kind of a crappy theater though.

by OlSalty on Mar 5, 2009 10:33 PM PST up reply actions

I was really bored so I played around with MS Paint...

You got slurved bitch.

by Slurvey on Mar 5, 2009 10:04 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

I like this!

by mark sobba on Mar 6, 2009 3:46 AM PST up reply actions

That's actually pretty tight

Why would I watch Transformers when I can play with them at my house?

by .Taylor on Mar 6, 2009 6:44 PM PST up reply actions

Is that JJ Putz?

vivaelbeñsheets

by vivaelpujols on Mar 6, 2009 7:34 PM PST up reply actions

Have fun storming the castle!

by msb on Mar 5, 2009 10:31 PM PST reply actions

With all the crazy hype this is getting, it's amazing that before this movie starting getting mentioned

I had never even heard of Watchmen.

You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.

by Goose on Mar 5, 2009 11:13 PM PST reply actions

I'll be at the McMinnville, Or Cinema.

Not really expecting to see anyone, though

by Ezzra on Mar 6, 2009 12:15 AM PST reply actions

Why are you there? Linfield?

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Mar 6, 2009 12:43 PM PST up reply actions

There really isn't any other reason to live Mac.

It’s a terrible town

by Ezzra on Mar 6, 2009 4:55 PM PST up reply actions

So yes

by Ezzra on Mar 6, 2009 4:56 PM PST up reply actions

Given the 2 hour 40 min time constraint

I thought it was excellent.

Thoughts?

by Fett42 on Mar 6, 2009 9:31 PM PST reply actions

Good but not great.

I give them credit for holding my attention for that long, but for every really cool scene another fell flat.

A shiny new donkey to the person with the best blue balls joke.

by JI on Mar 6, 2009 10:38 PM PST up reply actions

Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be

But I was still disappointed. I think my biggest complaint was the casting; they didn’t really capture the essence of the characters or the sheer weight of the themes in my opinion.

I really enjoyed the Watchmen motion comic on iTunes much more.

by OlSalty on Mar 6, 2009 10:47 PM PST up reply actions

And what's funny is all of the characters were voiced by the same guy

But he pretty much nailed all of them in my opinion.

by OlSalty on Mar 6, 2009 10:53 PM PST up reply actions

I think I've heard of this

How long is it?

by johnbai on Mar 7, 2009 2:31 AM PST up reply actions

12 episodes, 30 minutes each

by OlSalty on Mar 7, 2009 2:36 AM PST up reply actions

And it kicks ass

by Fett42 on Mar 7, 2009 9:15 AM PST up reply actions

Yes it does

I would highly recommend everyone buy the season pass for it, I think I enjoyed it even more than the graphic novel.

by OlSalty on Mar 8, 2009 4:54 AM PST up reply actions

Yeah

The movie had it’s moments but I found the movie to be subpar.

Having never read the comic book, I’m not sure how true it stayed to the source material.

I will say that I found most of the song choices in the film to be… questionable. Maybe I missed what the director was trying to with his song choices but I think it would have been better to go in a different direction with the songs he chose.

Hardball Review Because we need another blog about the Mariners.

by etowncoug on Mar 7, 2009 4:13 PM PST reply actions

I actually liked most of the music

the way they used All Along the Watchtower was amazing

by JI on Mar 8, 2009 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions

It was uncanny

how the director used lines like “a wildcat did growl” and “two riders were approaching” and “the wind began to howl” to sync up with the movie visuals.

And also a nice touch for the camera to flip upside down as Archie crashes on the lip of the cliff… just as Jimi’s guitar goes into spacey (maybe recorded backwards?) solo.

by johnbai on Mar 9, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions

how the director used lines like "a wildcat did growl" and "two riders were approaching" and "the wind began to howl" to sync up with the movie visuals.

Bingo

by JI on Mar 9, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions