ITS AN ALIEN INVASION SOME GIRL SAID SO ON YOUTUBE BC SHE SAW THE PRE-SCREENING AT THE MOVIE THEATER SHE WORKS AT! SUPPOSE TO BE A VIDEO FOR THE FUTURE OR SOMETHING!FOR US TO THINK WE ARE IN DA FUTURE AND THEY SURVIVED THE ATTACK!! HAVE U SEEN THE MONSTERS ON THE POSTERS???IN DA CLOUDS
she’s lying…
its big and gray, walks on four, has front arms that finger look like an aliens, but walks on them like a bat on its wings, big teeth, when it opens its mouth reminds me of a snake, has red bubbles on the side of its head that inflate and deflate, and has these parasites it shakes of that kill people that look like the monsters from starship troopers.
As a sporadic comic book fan growing up in the 1980’s, one would think the original 12-issue graphic novel ‘Watchmen’ would be among the stack of comic books I collected over the last two and a half decades but you would be wrong. I didn’t discover Watchmen until several years after it had already been published. Even then, once I was informed that only one of the so called “superheroes” in the novel actually has superpowers, I completely lost interest in reading it. Flash forward to 2007 when news broke that a ‘Watchmen’ movie was in production. My interest was rekindled. A ‘Watchmen’ movie? Why would they make a ‘Watchmen’ movie before ‘The Justice League of America’, ‘Avengers’, or even the plucky ‘Teen Titans’ I wondered? The fanboy sites caught on fire. It was like someone finally made a movie for them. Not just because it was the popular thing to do.
I decided to borrow the graphic novel from a friend to investigate what all the excitement was about. I was blown away. Writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons are brilliant. They transcend the medium. This is not merely a comic book or a graphic novel, this is an extraordinary piece of literature. Now I became just as excited as the fans who waited decades to see the movie. How could they have waited this long? Maybe my ignorance spared me some sort of unnecessary frustration. Pictures of the characters were released online. It was like feeding morsels of cheese to starving mice. The fanboys went crazy. Then the complaints came. Why are the actors so young? They’re supposed to be retired superheros, right? Why is Rorschach so short? Dan Dreiberg should have a pot belly like he does in the graphic novel. Rumors followed. The script changed the original ending and no “Tales of the Black Freighter” in-story narrative. Then the trailer calmed the doubters. Director Zack Snyder was religiously faithful to the heart of the graphic novel in ways that mattered visually and verbally. The integrity of the novel and its violent depiction of an alternate 1985 America was not compromised for the moviegoing demographic and big box office returns.
Watching Watchmen.
Perhaps a more fitting title would have been “Will Pop Culture Embrace ‘Watchmen’? Maybe it Has Already.” What does ‘Ghost’ (1990) and ‘Watchmen’ have in common? Ask “Lost” co-creator Damon Lindelof. The graphic novel has had a near subliminal effect on pop culture over the decades. Is the memorable scene of Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze kissing at the end of the film inspired by a similar smooch from the graphic novel? Lindelof cites ‘Watchmen’ comic’s use of origin-story flashbacks and hidden clues as a major influence on his hit TV series.
There isn’t a single doubt that fans of the graphic novel will flock to the theaters to see ‘Watchmen’ but will it be embraced or ignored by pop culture? So far Hollywood has adapted three of Alan Moore’s graphic novels: ‘From Hell’ (2001), ‘The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’ (2003) and ‘V for Vendetta’ (2005). All of those films featured big stars but under performed at the box-office. Snyder has a different approach. He cast up-and-coming; not well-known actors, in hope moviegoers will see the characters not stars onscreen. But you have to get them into the theaters first. Warner Bros. has been working overtime distributing promotional material, attending movie conventions, posting online Video Journals, clips, posters, buying expensive TV spots, selling video games, toys and soundtracks — not to mention selling millions of books. All while battling 20th Century Fox over rights to the film. Still I doubt the movie will become a pop culture phenomenon on the same level as ‘X-Men’ or ‘The Fantastic Four’. Besides do you really want your kids eating cereal with a picture of the masked vigilante Rorschach on the box? I shutter at the thought. – John Villoch, Movienewz.com
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In this fast-paced, stressful age we live in, everyone needs a little recreation. Sports collecting is a hobby that can fill your spare minutes with interest and offer a diversion to the everyday grind. Sports collecting takes many forms depending on the person who is pursuing the hobby. Many people choose to collect memorabilia from their favorite professional teams, but others collect items related to golf, fishing, and other recreation sports. Collecting requires a certain amount of space, but collectors are creative about finding ways to display their collectibles.
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If you have a favorite pro team or two there are many items you can collect related to those teams. For instance, you can create scrapbooks in which you save clippings about exciting games, favorite players, and special interviews. You can keep ticket stubs and photographs in your scrapbook, too. Other items, however, won’t fit into a scrapbook, such as a game ball, team jersey, or a team’s annual yearbook. These items will need other storage. There are stands for special balls, and jerseys look great hanging on a hanger on the wall.
You might like to collect souvenir items from all types of sports. Most professional teams sell small metal pins with their insignia on them. Pin collecting is a widely practiced hobby, and sports teams are one of the hottest types of collectible pins, as are those commemorating the Olympics. Another option for sports collecting is to collect antique sports equipment. Vintage baseball gloves are an example of this type of collectible.
Baseball cards have long been a source of recreation. Sports collecting enthusiasts have collected baseball cards, football cards, and basketball cards for many years, although baseball cards were the first. This is such a popular hobby that some cards are worth a lot of money, such as a rookie card of a player like Willie Mays.
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Other collectors like to accumulate things that illustrate their favorite recreation sports. Collecting items decorated with fish, horses, or golfers are examples of these types of collections. For instance, if you enjoy hunting with dogs, you can decorate your home in a hunting dog theme. There are throw pillows printed with handsome hunting dogs, as well as with the game they help you find. You may find lamps that have a hunting dog as the base. You can even have curtains made from hunting dog printed material! The same can be done around the theme of golf, horseback riding, whether western or eastern, bass fishing, sailboats, and other popular recreation sports. Collecting is a hobby that offers many options!
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I’m redecorating my room with a “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” style theme…can you help?
I’m going to paint my room “Tiffany Blue”, but was wondering about accents and a comforter. I know brown would go well with the blue color, but I just bought an antique dresser and stripped the color and painted it black. My jewelry box is black as well, so I’m trying to stay with blue and black and white??? I want a black comforter, but can’t seem to find a cute one…any suggestions? I’d even go for a duvet cover. I just bought two posters from the movie and I’m going to hang those in the room, but I’d like to know if I should paint my walls solid, or do some design and also other accents/accessories.
I think that a plain white comforter would look really nice, then just add tons of black accent pillows. Ooooh and get some of those black box shelves like the ones in the 2nd pic below. But if you REALLY want a black one then like the other guy said try ebay…its your best bet. For the walls do three a solid color then do a cool accent wall with a nice design maybe like something on this site?
