tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post6617390387510194037..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: "No, but I read the comic book..."Michael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-45624946661886213622009-03-20T18:03:00.000-07:002009-03-20T18:03:00.000-07:00Uh, I think that drinking the Kool-Aid would be pr...Uh, I think that drinking the Kool-Aid would be preferable to the wafer-thin mint...urp...<BR/><BR/>Monty Python's Meaning of Life: Mr. Creosote<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pf3hR0_LUoPebble Texturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535414719494851784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-40747071810473620312009-03-14T15:38:00.000-07:002009-03-14T15:38:00.000-07:00Not at all a snark, selfnoise, just an honest opin...Not at all a snark, selfnoise, just an honest opinion reasonably explained.<BR/><BR/>Thank God, you stopped at the thin mint, though, and didn't drink the Kool-Aid.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-20723081837895563192009-03-14T10:45:00.000-07:002009-03-14T10:45:00.000-07:00I'm not sure who the disappointed people are; I ha...I'm not sure who the disappointed people are; I haven't spoken to many people about the film so far. I was disappointed because it was a faithful adaptation of the comic, and not a good film. It felt if anything too obsessed with some kind of fictional notion of accuracy. I don't want to see Zach Snyder's notion of what Alan Moore's notion of Watchmen is; I want to see Zach Snyder's notion of Watchmen.<BR/><BR/>I do understand, though, that there has been tremendous pressure on filmmakers and anyone who is doing an adaptation to be "true" to the work, or suffer the wrath of the internets. But art isn't something that can pass from creator to adapter to viewer without change and feel alive. What happens instead is that we get a mishmash of Snyder's interpretation of the comic without the conviction to see it through in a way that would make the vision coherent.<BR/><BR/>Sorry to deposit my snark here, but this happened to be the Watchmen-related blog post I was reading when I ate the wafer-thin mint.selfnoisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12996827442002335622noreply@blogger.com