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I was really upset with how they handled the ending. In the graphic novel, Ozymandias is shown reflecting upon his decisions and unsure it they were "right". I felt they tried to glaze over this in the movie, and depicted the genocide of millions of people as the only choice, let alone the "right" one.
But yeah, reading Watchmen completely changed my opinion on comics/graphic novels/manga/etc. as a medium
Edit: I guess I should probably ask a question while I'm at it.
Are you still a private business owner? Would you recommend it for others? If not, what do you like about being an employee rather than employer?
I was really upset with how they handled the ending. In the graphic novel, Ozymandias is shown reflecting upon his decisions and unsure it they were "right". I felt they tried to glaze over this in the movie, and depicted the genocide of millions of people as the only choice, let alone the "right" one.
But yeah, reading Watchmen completely changed my opinion on comics/graphic novels/manga/etc. as a medium
First of all, I completely agree with your assessment of the movie vs the graphic novel.
Are you still a private business owner? Would you recommend it for others? If not, what do you like about being an employee rather than employer?
I am not. Once I sold my share of the comic/card store, I drove across country, settled in New Orleans, bartended on Bourbon Street for a while and realized that was a much easier life than owning my own business. Even when you own a business doing what you love or selling what you love, it's work. And to make it succeed, I lived and breathed the store, I worried about the fact that I was making no money and didn't see a business plan where I was going to ever make money.
Don't get me wrong, there are real pros and cons - but the myth of owning your own business is that you're your own boss. You still have to answer to the tax men, the landlord, the customers, the warehouse, the distributors, etc. As an employee, I answer to my boss, but the corporation worries about those other things to a large degree. I have employees that I worry about and I mentally still take work home with me, but I have time with my kids and my wife - I don't see how I could have done that owning my own business.
Now, having said all that, I truly admire people who own their own business - and I support those businesses as much as possible (Small Business Saturday is 11/24!). My wife and I talk about when the kids are grown, moving back to Costa Rica and opening our own bar there. We almost bought a bar we went to on our honeymoon when we saw it for sale last year, but realized it was too irresponsible at this point in our lives. But in another 15 years, that's a real option for us. And you'll all be invited.
What is the first thing you eat on your plate at Thanksgiving? ...and the last thing? Do you do any of the Thanksgiving prep or cooking?
First thing is always a piece of turkey in gravy. Last thing is a spoonful of mashed potatoes with gravy and the last bit of turkey, cranberry sauce and stuffing all in one final, glorious bite.
So we usually go to my mom's for Thanksgiving and have an open house at our house on Christmas day. For Thanksgiving, I have a special pumpkin pie recipe that I make and take to mom's. For Christmas day, we sorta split it up, depending on what we're making that year. I always bake two pies and some appetizers and the protein (salmon and ham last year). Mar does most of the sides, appetizers, and other desserts. We love making food together.
This year since we'll be in California for Christmas, we're doing "The Day After Thanksgiving Open House With Absolutely No Traditional Thanksgiving Food" We haven't even put together the menu yet, oops.
I actually don't know. From what I've heard it seems to be a pretty good show and somewhat faithful to the comic, but I've never seen it. It takes a lot for me to get into a new show these days, even one that's comic based. Although if it involves the apocalypse (Walking Dead, Revolution), I'm on board.
What's your fantasy job, lack of skills not withstanding?
I would love to produce music. Sit back and see the talents of musicians and singers and lyricists and try to get them to gel with a certain sound or feel and put it all together and hear it on a record. That would be cool.
Post by Dave Maynar on Nov 16, 2012 13:22:28 GMT -5
Speaking of Revolution, what is the bigger problem with the show: the uneven nature of the plot structure, the tendency toward saccharin bouts of emotion or the lead actress's belief that every expression involves making big eyes?
Speaking of Revolution, what is the bigger problem with the show: the uneven nature of the plot structure, the tendency toward saccharin bouts of emotion or the lead actress's belief that every expression involves making big eyes?
But it's filmed in my town, that's a good thing for us. Hope it's on forever.
Speaking of Revolution, what is the bigger problem with the show: the uneven nature of the plot structure, the tendency toward saccharin bouts of emotion or the lead actress's belief that every expression involves making big eyes?
Good question and excellent analysis. The show suffers from all of those problems. I think the last one is the biggest problem though. It's like they wanted her to be Katniss Everdeen but wrote her terrible lines. So now she comes off with these big eyes and inconsistent emotional reactions. I will say, they're releasing enough information and mystery each week to just barely keep me coming back.
This was super hard - but also fun. I spent some time over the weekend looking back at a bunch of my DVDs to try to pull together a Top 5. I realize I'm leaving out classics like The Soup Nazi and The Contest, but these are the five that do the most for me:
5. Fusilli Jerry - the one with the ASSMAN license plate and the sat upon fusilli sculpture. One of the funniest of an uneven Season 6. "Million to one shot, Doc, million to one." Also the introduction of Puddy, one of my favorites.
4. Yada, Yada, Yada - not only did this one have the titular classic phrase but this is also the episode that birthed "anti-dentite" from Tim "Breaking Bad" Whatley.
3. Kenny Rogers Chicken Roaster - another trip down a rabbit hole with Jerry's bad acting actually being put to use when he turns into Kramer after living in his apartment. The addition of the Apocalypse Now riff with J. Peterman and the Russian hat make it a classic.
2. The Chinese Restaurant - isn't the funniest episode, but to me it encapsulates Seinfeld as a show that really is about nothing. I mean the whole episode takes place in the lobby of a Chinese restaurant. It doesn't even have or need Kramer in the episode - it's just another one of those entirely relatable experiences. And any time George gets ratcheted up, it's gold, I tell ya, gold.
1. The Dinner Party - For whatever reasons this is the episode that has always made me laugh the most. It's got George's Gore-Tex coat, Kramer reading Penthouse Forum, Saddam Hussein double parking in Manhattan, the black and white cookie (David Duke and Farrakhan on a cookie), the hair on the babka, and the mean dude jabbing Elaine's foot with the cane.
Honorable Mentions - Soup Nazi, Kramer's Road Adoption (The Pothole), and the one in the Mall parking garage - another set piece classic.
I don't have vices per se. I dabble in gambling, tobacco, beer, wine, rich and fatty foods, but I don't believe I'm addicted to or abusive of any of them. Unless coffee is a vice. Then, yes, I have a vice.
I have two fears - not sure whether they'd be called rational or irrational. I am afraid of clowns. Like trouble breathing when I'm in the same room with them. I don't know if this started because of Stephen King's IT, but that sure didn't help. I don't even like really intricate masks or lifelike dolls. Way too much Twilight Zone as a kid, I think. Second one is lightning. I am convinced I will die from lightning. I will not even type on a computer or talk on a phone inside my house when there's lightning nearby. As I'm reading what I'm typing, I'm pretty sure this one is irrational.
I also have one lately where I think my kids are going to get plowed by a car when they're out bike riding in the neighborhood. That one may be normal parental fear, or might be another irrational one.
Oddly - other than that, I'm really unafraid of most things that other folks are afraid of (bungees, heights, skydiving, spiders, snakes, etc.)
Wow. I mean I've been an ACC guy since birth, taught to hate Duke and UNC from a very small age. And yet, the older I get, the more I realize that MD doesn't have a rival. Terps may think Duke is a basketball rival, but Duke certainly doesn't think so. Some football fans may have thought UVA was a rival years ago, but ever since VA Tech got good at football, they've been the Cavs rival.
So...I'm torn. DC/MD/VA has some really, really good football and basketball players who have been leaving the area in droves lately. I think this will actually help for MD football - as they might have a better shot at keeping recruits home now and maybe even getting the ones that Penn State was taking away over the past 20 years. They've always been pretty decent to really good in basketball and as the ACC continues its decline in both football and basketball, maybe this move helps MD in the long run and maybe their inclusion eventually helps the Big 14 or whatever too.
Well, I'd almost say SOS just for having the oomph to base the entire song on a Soft Cell sample, and I used to dig Disturbia, but that got on my nerves, so I'd have to say Talk That Talk.
5. Fusilli Jerry - the one with the ASSMAN license plate and the sat upon fusilli sculpture. One of the funniest of an uneven Season 6. "Million to one shot, Doc, million to one." Also the introduction of Puddy, one of my favorites.
I had always considered Seasons 4-6 the pinnacle of the show, but after your comment I decided to look at the episode list by season on Wikipedia. I don't think I ever really realized the drop off from 5 to 6.
Also, without having the benefit of watching the show while it originally aired, I never realized season 5 had a run of The Stall-->The Dinner Party--> The Marine Biologist. That might be second only to Revolver-->Sgt. Pepper-->White Album in the history of three consecutive things.
Do you have any long-sought after records? If so, what are they? What is the most you would pay for one?
Well there's allegedly a very rare Blood on the Tracks LP that has alternate lyrics to Tangled up In Blue, and Lily, Rosemary and additional verses to Desolation Row, but I've only ever seen it on the Internet for like $8-10K. If it were legit and as rare as I think it is, I'd pay up to $1,500 for it.
I'd also like an original of God Save the Queen or Anarchy in the UK, but I wouldn't pay more than a couple hundred bucks for those (don't remember what they're going for these days).
I'm also trying to close out original Beatles LP pressings, but that is also very expensive.
If I could find an original Kind of Blue - there's supposedly some with Coltrane and Miles autographs - I'd pay $700-$1,000 for that.
Mostly I don't trust what I see on eBay and places like that - and you'd pay the money before you could verify that it's not warped or scratched, so I don't collect too much, just get what I can at stores and yard sales (if I'm real lucky).
5. Fusilli Jerry - the one with the ASSMAN license plate and the sat upon fusilli sculpture. One of the funniest of an uneven Season 6. "Million to one shot, Doc, million to one." Also the introduction of Puddy, one of my favorites.
I had always considered Seasons 4-6 the pinnacle of the show, but after your comment I decided to look at the episode list by season on Wikipedia. I don't think I ever really realized the drop off from 5 to 6.
Also, without having the benefit of watching the show while it originally aired, I never realized season 5 had a run of The Stall-->The Dinner Party--> The Marine Biologist. That might be second only to Revolver-->Sgt. Pepper-->White Album in the history of three consecutive things.
I would agree with your Hall of Fame Seinfeld run (The Marine Biologist just missed honorable mention) as well as your Beatles run, though I guess you're removing Magical Mystery Tour from in between Sgt. Pepper and White Album due to the way it was released. Even if you left it in between them, I think you could still make a case for Rubber Soul>Revolver>Sgt. Pepper (although Abbey Road is still my favorite).
Do you/have you ever watched Curb Your Enthusiasm? If so, how do you think it stacks up next to Seinfeld?
I have seen every episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm and I love it. It is not as good as Seinfeld, but I really appreciate the improvisational aspect of it and love how he ties loose threads together the way he did with Seinfeld. I hope it comes back for another season someday.