A Bit More Detail

So, Watchmen.

( Uncontroversial stuff. )

( The Ending Controversy )

I enjoyed Watchmen and will see it again. One more element that I enjoyed at the time and will enjoy in the future is the very good and well-utilized soundtrack. It features Nena's "99 Luftballons", appropriately enough.

"Starships - a multifandom space vid by bironic" (Watch on YouTube)

And the ending credits featured "First We Take Manhattan". Awesome.

This morning I saw two people reading Watchmen, one a blonde in her 20s with a white blouse and and a tight black skirt who got on at Bathurst station, the other a slowly balding guy in his 30s wearing an orange nylon jacket with a Reebok sidebag who I noticed at Davisville.

Mass popularity for a graphic novel is good, right, particularly when you're in the process of filming its upcoming movie adaptation? Here's to hoping that Watchmen is as completely awesome as V for Vendetta.

Dave Itzkoff's article in The New York Times provides a useful overview of Alan Moore's problems with the comic-book industry to those unfamiliar.

Me, I'm heartened by the early reviews I've gotten of the film via my friends page. Anyone in Toronto up for a viewing?