Pop culture tiems
Jan. 22nd, 2009 05:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabotabbyOkay, two trailers for upcoming movies made from books I loved made the friends list rounds in the last few days.
First up, a Watchmen viral marketing thingie that, at last, hits what I think is the correct tone:
(Please tell me that the cartoon will be included as a DVD extra.) Anyway, you know you want to watch the shit out of this, even if it ends up being disappointing.
I'm less enthused about the trailer for Coraline, though:
As I was ranting about to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rohmie, both the animation and the voices seem wrong to me. The book is creepy as fuck in a way that that a mere description of the plot can't convey, and this seems too much like a cute and quirky family movie.
But I can be proven wrong. Discuss!
On another note, for some reason I didn't know that they'd translated the book of Night Watch, and I was terribly excited to see it in a bookstore. I went all squee! because when I was in Russia, it was the thing. I saw the movie but, well, you know how these things are. It didn't make much sense, particularly in translation. Obviously it is not much of a cultural phenomenon here, but I'm wondering whether it's shown up on the radar at all.
Hence, a poll:
[Poll #1335834]
First up, a Watchmen viral marketing thingie that, at last, hits what I think is the correct tone:
(Please tell me that the cartoon will be included as a DVD extra.) Anyway, you know you want to watch the shit out of this, even if it ends up being disappointing.
I'm less enthused about the trailer for Coraline, though:
As I was ranting about to
rohmie, both the animation and the voices seem wrong to me. The book is creepy as fuck in a way that that a mere description of the plot can't convey, and this seems too much like a cute and quirky family movie.But I can be proven wrong. Discuss!
On another note, for some reason I didn't know that they'd translated the book of Night Watch, and I was terribly excited to see it in a bookstore. I went all squee! because when I was in Russia, it was the thing. I saw the movie but, well, you know how these things are. It didn't make much sense, particularly in translation. Obviously it is not much of a cultural phenomenon here, but I'm wondering whether it's shown up on the radar at all.
Hence, a poll:
[Poll #1335834]
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Date: 2009-01-22 11:09 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-01-22 11:14 pm (UTC)i picked it up in the bookist and read a few pages, found the prose awful, and put it back.
to be fair, it might just be a dodgy translation.
as to 'coraline,' i do look forward to taking my wee niece to see it.
she's excited about it.
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Date: 2009-01-22 11:36 pm (UTC)Or try going here; you'll want to watch the first video.
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Date: 2009-01-23 01:42 am (UTC)I saw Nightwatch, but missed Daywatch when I had the chance to see it on big screen.
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Date: 2009-01-23 02:28 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-01-23 01:54 am (UTC)Whaddya think?
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Date: 2009-01-23 02:28 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-01-23 02:14 am (UTC)I am such a fanboy.
That is all.
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Date: 2009-01-23 02:29 am (UTC)Or fangirl. But not of the squeeing variety.
Okay I squeed a lot.
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Date: 2009-01-23 03:16 am (UTC)Has Moore renounced this one yet? I forget.
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Date: 2009-01-23 11:29 am (UTC)The internet has truly warped my mind.
Moore has promised to spit acid all over the movie or something. Having seen, I believe, every other adaptation of his work, I don't blame him, but I keep wanting to believe that this one will be different.
I think he approved the Sam Hamm screenplay, which is understandable because, while it bears no resemblance to the comic, it is funny as all hell.
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Date: 2009-01-23 05:12 am (UTC)Why does Dr. Manhattan sound like some preppy junky?
Why does he BLINK?
Why must things I love get stabbed in the face???
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Date: 2009-01-23 11:31 am (UTC)Wait, he blinks? WTF? Why would he need to blink?
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Date: 2009-01-23 07:02 am (UTC)All of my students here know those movies, since the author and director are both from Kazakhstan.
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Date: 2009-01-23 11:31 am (UTC)I don't think it played here, but it ends up in every DVD rental place for some reason.
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Date: 2009-01-23 08:53 am (UTC)But don't forget that trailers are often edited in a way that the actual film is unrecognisable.
I agree that the animation is a little bit too flowing, it would have been better if it gave the impression of actually "stopping" like in "The Nightmare Before Christmas".
I'm looking forward to it still.
The Watchmen viral is brilliant!!!!!
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Date: 2009-01-23 11:33 am (UTC)Damn I miss 2D. I think half the reason I've been on an anime kick is because they only ever seem to do 2D in Japan these days.
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Date: 2009-01-23 12:47 pm (UTC)Otherwise:
I know Neil Gaiman's pretty excited about Coraline & he's been rather involved in the making of the movie. I also think he really liked the film, but don't quote me on that. Sometimes I don't pay that close attention to his blog.
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Date: 2009-01-23 03:17 pm (UTC)The ending turned me off so badly that I had no interest in seeing Day Watch (which I heard wasn't as good). However, hearing that the books are much better, maybe I'll check them out.
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Date: 2009-01-23 04:51 pm (UTC)I can't wait for that movie. I still haven't gotten around to reading Coraline, so I can't be disappointed by the film's relation to it. From my perspective, the movie looks pretty great.
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Date: 2009-01-24 12:13 am (UTC)Teaching has fucked up my brain.
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Date: 2009-01-24 01:26 am (UTC)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5_0AGdFic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8CwuOIimYI
PS: Still excited for Watchmen. Oh yes.
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Date: 2009-01-24 01:32 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-01-24 09:09 pm (UTC)Re: I'll probably see it but...
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