| kyoteblue | 23 Jul 2009 5:38 p.m. PST |
I saw it on DVD last night and I was blown away !!!!! I'll have to read the GN now!!!!! |
 Saber6   | 23 Jul 2009 6:56 p.m. PST |
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| kyoteblue | 23 Jul 2009 7:01 p.m. PST |
I love the actor playing Rorschach voice. |
| Hexxenhammer | 23 Jul 2009 7:35 p.m. PST |
Really, who doesn't love big blue penis? No one I know. |
| kyoteblue | 23 Jul 2009 7:43 p.m. PST |
LOL !!!! My Lady pointed that out…… |
| chuck05 | 23 Jul 2009 8:51 p.m. PST |
The guy that played Rorshach was the tough kid form the Bad News Bears movies. |
 Doctor X | 23 Jul 2009 9:52 p.m. PST |
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| Jay Arnold | 24 Jul 2009 2:52 a.m. PST |
Jackie Earle Haley, on and the same. |
| nazrat | 24 Jul 2009 6:09 a.m. PST |
I thought the movie was excellent as well. I'm really looking forward to seeing the extra footage they've added to the DVD. |
| adub74 | 24 Jul 2009 7:36 a.m. PST |
Ok, gotta ask. Haven't read the comics but I've seen the film. What's up with Rorshach's mask? It seems they try to explain away everyone's 'super powers' (except for the blue guy) as being mundane. But what's with the mask? |
| Kayl MacLaren | 24 Jul 2009 7:42 a.m. PST |
In the comic, it was a special fabric invented by Dr Manhattan. The black was actually fluid between two pieces of latex, and something about the properties of the fabric kept the fluid moving and making patterns. |
| adub74 | 24 Jul 2009 7:45 a.m. PST |
Ok, so it was mundane too. Thanks. |
| nazrat | 24 Jul 2009 11:50 a.m. PST |
I think that's why they didn't bother explaining it in the movie-- it simply wasn't important to the plot. It did make a lot of people ask about it, though. |
| AndrewGPaul | 24 Jul 2009 12:02 p.m. PST |
It was something to do with Rorschach's past, IIRC – he used to be a tailer or a dessmaker, and that fabric was from a commission he made for a client (or it was his mother who was the dressmaker, something like that). |
| richarDISNEY | 24 Jul 2009 12:51 p.m. PST |
meh… not fer me I guess… 
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| Hexxenhammer | 24 Jul 2009 1:28 p.m. PST |
He worked in a sweatshop and he made the dress for that (real-life) woman who was beaten to death outside her apartment while several people looked on, but nobody called the police. Can't remember her name. Rorschach may have deluded himself into thinking that's who it was for. His mom was a prostitute. |
| AndrewGPaul | 24 Jul 2009 2:34 p.m. PST |
Kitty Genovese, I think, is who you're referring to . Now that you mention it, that sounds about right. |
 piper909 | 24 Jul 2009 10:59 p.m. PST |
As a huge fan of the comic book since its original release, I'm disappointed that the movie didn't explain Rorschach's origin better. I am not sure the expanded edition will correct this. |
| Hexxenhammer | 25 Jul 2009 8:18 a.m. PST |
Kitty Genovese, I think, is who you're referring to . Now that you mention it, that sounds about right. I think so. Rorschach specifically refers to it as "an Italian name" or something like that. |
| Hexxenhammer | 25 Jul 2009 8:22 a.m. PST |
I also think that Billy Crudup as Dr. Manhattan is overlooked compared to Jackie Earl Haley. He worked a lot of emotion and melancholy into his monotone. The special effects guys did a great job not covering up his understated facial expressions and body language. He really did make me sad, like the end of 2001 when Hal is pleading for his life in his monotone. Great job. |
| Captain Gideon | 06 Aug 2009 12:02 a.m. PST |
I got the Director's copy yesterday from a friend for my Birthday,and i watched it tonite. There's 24 extra minutes more in the film and it's been awhile since i saw the film but i do like the new/extended scenes. I'm not a fan of Watchmen but i do like the film and i'll try and pick up the graphic novel at some point. Captain Gideon |
| piper909 | 25 Sep 2009 4:02 p.m. PST |
The graphic novel is superior in every way to the movie. Not that the movie is a bad effort. But it couldn't hope to capture all the textures and parallel constructs and symbolism of the comic. It's not as lyrical, either. |
