{"id":3511,"date":"2009-02-19T22:01:27","date_gmt":"2009-02-20T06:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ballsandwalnuts.com\/?p=3511"},"modified":"2009-02-19T22:01:27","modified_gmt":"2009-02-20T06:01:27","slug":"the-squid-is-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballsandwalnuts.com\/?p=3511","title":{"rendered":"The Squid is out!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watchmen<\/a><\/em> fanboys and fangirls everywhere are up in arms: Zack Snyder has ditched the Squid!<\/a><\/p>\n

. . . SPOILERS . . . <\/center><\/p>\n

Gone is Adrian Veidt’s plan to unite mankind by the threat of alien invasion. Instead, we have some kind of frame-up job with Dr. Manhattan as the target. Needless to say, such a fundamental shift in plot sends shockwaves through the whole damn storyline.<\/p>\n

I think I understand WHY Snyder did it. Manhattan was, to some degree, a peripheral player. One might delete Manhattan from Watchmen<\/em> and have an intact, tighter plot . . . minus the heart of the story, but hey, Hollywood has screwed the pooch before. But this . . . they’re not screwing the pooch; they’re raping the whole dog pound.<\/p>\n

Anyway, by drawing Manhattan deeper into the central plot, Snyder binds him to the central storyline and creates what is, in theory, a more coherent whole. But what’s left is no longer Watchmen<\/em>. It’s a different story with Watchmen<\/em> characters.<\/p>\n

Watchmen<\/em> fans are not amused.<\/p>\n

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(That’s Bruno Ganz in Downfall<\/a><\/em>, a performance my wife regards as The. Best. Fuhrer. EVAH. “He’s not a cartoon bad guy the way every other actor has played Hitler.”)<\/p>\n

Watchmen<\/em> the graphic novel is a classic in large part because of the powerful ending. Adrian Veidt’s narcissism leads him to believe HE knows what’s best for mankind, and HE knows how to fix humanity . . . and he concocts a ends-justifies-the-means scheme wherein fear and violence lead to nothing more than fear and violence and, ultimately, armageddon. But I doubt that made it into the movie, either. We’ll see.<\/p>\n

D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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