Saw Watchmen last week , a film I've been very much looking forward to seeing as it brings to life one of the finest graphic novels ever written (geek heaven really). Zack Snyder did an ace job, the opening credits are a pleasure to behold, and despite it running at nearly 3 hours, I was pretty absorbed for the complete running time (despite questioning whether I needed the loo for most of the last 2 hours of running time). Of course, the writer of the book, Alan Moore cut all ties with Hollywood a while back, after they completely @rsed up The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (by adding extra characters, for example), and had nowt to do with this production; however, Dave Gibbons, whom he co-wrote the book with, was on set for a fair amount of time, which obviously helped maintain a smooth transition from page to celluloid. Two of the folk I went with (lets call them Richard and Marcus) enojoyed it but got a bit lost in places; its certainly not your average superhero romp, no siree, but presents a dark alternate reality set in the misdt of the Cold War. But hey, a story which begins with the death of The Comedian was never going to be full of laughgs. I'd recommend you read the book before seeing the film, though; however, nothing can truly prepare you for watching Dr Manhattan's' big blue CGI wang swinging around in the breeze..
Meeting Ottowa's newest bar-fly Matt Thompson this Wednesday for a catch up as he's back UK side for a week or two. It's always good to catch up with ol' Matt, had one of my best Glasto nights with him; during which I had asked him what he thought of my idea (under the severe influence) of doing a book/TV Show on a search for the Ark of the Covenant, solely using clues from 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'. After much babbling and dribbling, Matt hollered at me "But what are you going to do??! It's Lost!!!" I replied "We're gonna find it", cue eight and a half minutes of inane giggling. I guess you had to be there (and off yer t1ts on...). By the way, please don't steal my TV programme idea.
Currently decorating the spare room, which should be finished this weekend. Anyhoo, when looking for some newspaper to cover the floor, I found a copy of the Daily Wail (my folks read it, bless 'em and left it on their last visit) which is now being used to protect the carpet from red paint. It's always hilarious to read some of the headlines in that particular rag, but apart from the usual headlines: "Illegal Immigrants linked to Unemployment/Recession/Russell Brand/Them Murders/World War II/Police Academy 6, etc", the one that lays face up in my hallway simply states "Credit crunch brings a surge of neo-Nazism", you wish Daily Wail, you wish...
