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QUIS CUSTODIET IPSOS CUSTODES?
Mar. 6th, 2009 08:44 amThe answer? I DO. Or, I did, last night at 12:15 with Roomie and Neighbour J. Which was perhaps imprudent the night before a long, long day and a party. Ah, well. Watchmen was totally worth it, even if I'm a little bit of a zombie right now. I think I have time to catch a couple naps throughout the day?
SO ANYWAY THE MOVIE ( May contain spoilers? I'm trying not to but if you have no idea what to expect... )
And a gripe: Female Hero Costuming. (Note that this gripe applies to ALL female superheroes EVER, and not just Watchmen.) Because if she's going to get thrown around and beaten up and narrowly avoid explosions, shouldn't she at least have some freakin' pants on? I mean, I know Malin Akerman has great legs, but talk about risking burns in The Worst Places. Also, that black latex was all up in her business. And by business I mean crotch. SO UNCOMFORTABLE AND POTENTIALLY INDECENT. Seriously, though, the female characters get just as roughed up as the male characters, but they NEVER EVER get any protective armour. Silk Spectre II gets thrown against some stairs -- really hard btw!! -- and I couldn't help thinking that it should have broken her spine. The book at least acknowledges Also, Sensible Shoes and Continuity: 5-inch heels do not make for effective crime-fighting, Comic Book Industry. But if you're gonna have them in some shots, please have them in all of them. She does a tuck-and-roll onto the roof and I swear she has absurd spike heels on, but the next sequence in which she actually Kicks Major Butt, she's wearing flats. (I complained about this afterwards and Roomie suggested facetiously, "Maybe the heels are retractable!" Which was something I had actually contemplated during the movie (oh the shame) and then rejected because, really, who would use that kind of technology on shoes?) So, Movie, make up your mind. Because I wept a little for the demise of Continuity.
SO ANYWAY THE MOVIE ( May contain spoilers? I'm trying not to but if you have no idea what to expect... )
And a gripe: Female Hero Costuming. (Note that this gripe applies to ALL female superheroes EVER, and not just Watchmen.) Because if she's going to get thrown around and beaten up and narrowly avoid explosions, shouldn't she at least have some freakin' pants on? I mean, I know Malin Akerman has great legs, but talk about risking burns in The Worst Places. Also, that black latex was all up in her business. And by business I mean crotch. SO UNCOMFORTABLE AND POTENTIALLY INDECENT. Seriously, though, the female characters get just as roughed up as the male characters, but they NEVER EVER get any protective armour. Silk Spectre II gets thrown against some stairs -- really hard btw!! -- and I couldn't help thinking that it should have broken her spine. The book at least acknowledges Also, Sensible Shoes and Continuity: 5-inch heels do not make for effective crime-fighting, Comic Book Industry. But if you're gonna have them in some shots, please have them in all of them. She does a tuck-and-roll onto the roof and I swear she has absurd spike heels on, but the next sequence in which she actually Kicks Major Butt, she's wearing flats. (I complained about this afterwards and Roomie suggested facetiously, "Maybe the heels are retractable!" Which was something I had actually contemplated during the movie (oh the shame) and then rejected because, really, who would use that kind of technology on shoes?) So, Movie, make up your mind. Because I wept a little for the demise of Continuity.
