I can’t remember where this is from but I emailed it to myself ages ago as a really good summary of what annoys me about the whole ‘political correctness gone mad’ thing that crops up all over the place…
Political correctness is a myth. It is a pejorative term used to give the impression that people who act or speak out against racism, sexism, homophobia, or class snobbery a) have the whip hand, and b) are censorious, unreasonable, petty, extremist killjoys. It is a sophisticated linguistic weapon in the arsenal of newspapers, politicians and other propagandists. Many purported examples of political correctness turn out upon investigation to either be entirely reasonable (unless one favours sexism, racism, etc) or apocryphal.
I’m clearing out my email, unstarring things that are dealt with, dealing with things that aren’t etc. so this may be the first of a series of random possibly un-attributed quotes/pictures/etc. that I’ve mailed myself over the years. a quick google search shows it’s from here.
I always get annoyed when internet comic nerds pick apart movie trailers, but then I find myself doing it when it’s something I care about. This is the first time so what the hell I’ll try not to make a habit out of it…
Reactions in order:
The look is quite generic comic book movie, special effects and finish wise. Maybe this is a good thing, part of the strength of the comic comes from the way it takes the look and strictures of the format and subverts them
correct font, attention to detail at least on a superficial level
The Dr. Manhattan scenes at the start are framed just like in the comic
Ozymandius looks too dark, it’s meant to be a surprise when MASSIVE SPOILER: it turns golden boy is the bad guy.
They’ve made Night Owl into Batman, all angsty, hopefully it’s shy, slightly over weight middle aged nerd angst rather than Batman angst. So far this doesn’t seem to be going too well.
The Dr Manhattan stuff looks good actually
“the visonary director of 300″ I really didn’t like 300 (mind you I probably wouldn’t have like the comic much either)
Dr Manhattan’s wearing pants :(
The mars thing looks cool
All in all the characters just don’t quite have that past it faded look
Can it be any worse than V?
What do you think?
I’m re-reading Watchmen tonight to cement the original in my head before the torrent of marketing bullshit that’s inevitably going to accompany this thing hits.
Not every post has to have a video in it.
But this one does because it’s a good example of how cool the West Wing was in it’s prime and it’s about map projection which is something I sometimes get exercised about. This is just a little aside that has almost no part in the broader episode…