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A question which would have also been valid about the several other movie adaptations of Alan Moore's work, every single one of which had the ending at least somewhat changed. It's just what Hollywood does, they can't help it.

EDIT: for law enforcement purposes, that is not an actual death threat, just a lazy joke.

I never post topics, so I dunno. If you must have a board where nobody interferes and you can post all the topics you want, the one in my signature is pretty easygoing. Just don't be surprised if you say something and then someone responds calling you a cocksucker. We're all loathesome asswipes there.

Grungy, you're being uncommonly whiny about this whole Czech thing. And this is coming from someone who's not exactly in Czech's fan club these days. But yeah, really whiny.

Not anytime soon. Witness how often it's referenced in political speeches from both sides, movies made about it, it taking over the news every anniversary, etcetera. Sure seems like a lot of people still care about it. Not necessarily the same demographic who would go to a comic book movie, maybe. But like I said, there have been big controversies over movies with much less possibly controversial material than this. Not saying it will happen, but it might, and the fact that the filmmakers apparently changed the finale from NYC alone to multiple cities sorta implies that they thought that too.

I thought they could've been a lot meaner with the satire on the current vamp fad. Compared to the crucifixion they inflicted on High School Musical last week, this one looked tame and toothless in comparison.

It doesn't matter that it's an alternate timeline. That has nothing to do with anything. Technically, every fictional movie ever is in an alternate universe since it's depicting stuff that never really happened. My point is, the ending of the book Watchmen involved a violent attack on New York City, for the purpose of causing panic and terror, which left many many innocent people dead. That's a plot point with a hell of a lot more loaded symbolic meaning now than it was when it was first written in the 80s. Especially since the story takes the point of view that the mass death of innocent people was a necessary if not heroic act. You don't see how some people might get upset about that kind of thing? I mean, there have been plenty of movies out there which caused plenty of controversy over much less sensitive material. Remember people whining over any religious movie ever released just because it didn't exactly match their views on said religion? Or any popular movie featuring gay people, because the right wing don't take kindly to their type? Meanwhile, here we have a story which could theoretically be interpreted as saying that a 9/11-ish attack could be a good thing, and it wouldn't be that much of a stretch since that kinda is what it's implying. You don't see how that might ruffle some people's feathers?

I don't see why that would be an issue. Call a company meeting, say "hey, we feel the women are being disproportionately underpaid, since they're nearly all making less money than all the guys yet they're working just as hard as the guys are". The macho pigs in the locker room don't like it? Tough shit. Go try to Braden Walker yourself with the WWE if you feel so slighted here. The simple fact that the women not only work as hard as the guys but in fact tend to draw higher television ratings would seem to indicate that the company is basically exploiting them by paying them less than the men. I mean, here we have tangible proof in the form of Nielsen numbers that these chicks are more valuable assets to the company than most of the swinging dicks they employ. How can you justify paying the draws less and the deadweight more?

Probably not, no. Wasn't a serious suggestion. Though depending on where such a hypothetical law was filed and what the local regulations are, they do easily have proof that men get paid consistently and significantly more than women do in this company.

I wonder if secretly that's one big reason why they fiddled with the ending. I dunno how audiences today would react to a massive terrorist-ish attack on NYC that kills millions of people but is ultimately kind of portrayed as a heroic and justified action. Well, from the spoilers I've seen apparently millions of people are gonna die anyway, but I could easily see them pussing out on something specifically centered around New York.

If those numbers are even proportionately correct, some of the women could have a decent basis for a gender discrimination lawsuit. Note that not a single man on that list makes less than $75,000, but seven women do make less than that. Meanwhile, none of the girls get more than 100K on the high end, while even goddamn Black Reign was getting double that.

Well alrighty then.

Goddamn I used to type a lot. I couldn't fathom caring enough about any post now to put anything close to that much effort into it.

No, was talking to mellow. If he Ken gonna get shot on in the ring, it woulda happened by now.

Um, he has had matches with veterans, like the biggest veterans in the business. Flair, Dusty, Piper, HBK, HHH, Lawler, Big Show, Mysterio, Sgt. Slaughter, RVD, Kane, Hacksaw Duggan... okay, now I'm running out, but you get the point. Never got his head kicked in.

Wait, I'm Batman now? Or at least Commissioner Gordon? Score. I don't understand why you got argumentative in the first place. Objet was down because he flubbed the tests, I tried to console him with "tests are bullshit anyway, here's an anecdotale example which illuminates that point", that was it.

What the hell, Czech? Why are you calling me a liar? Since when do I just blatantly make up false shit to make myself sound cool? Especially since I so readily admit the thousand ways in which I am not? I didn't leave the room early. During the test, they let you out for a few minutes for a break period. Or at least they did in Tennessee in 1997. I'd been feeling sick, made a beeline for the bathroom, and ended up staying in there fifteen minutes past when the test resumed. When I came back to the room, they let me back in and resume testing with no problems. I don't know if that's the accepted official protocol, it's not like I've got the rulebook memorized. But it's exactly what happened. I have no reason to invent stories about my mad skillz at pointless academic feats from over a decade ago. Oh, and it wasn't vomit. It's an interesting experience, taking a hugely important standardized test while you're sitting on top of an intestine full of diarrhea, squirming in your seat and desperately hoping you can hold it until break time. Focuses the mind wonderfully, lemme tell ya.

Is it weird that I've never watched a single one of those HSM movies, yet laughed harder at this episode than at anything else South Park has done this season? And now after this I somehow have no desire whatsoever to watch any of those flicks. Pretty much agree with the pack here. Craig needs to permanently stay the meta-commentator on the boys' weird adventures. The physically abusive flaming queen dad was gold. I want a screencap of the quartet sitting their open-mouthed, and for it to replace facepalm gifs as the new lazy expression of disbelief. And I totally lost it when Kyle whipped out the jewfro. Classic shit all around.

I tried it last year and got around 10K words before running out of ideas and giving up. This time I didn't even have any concepts or premises kicking around in the back of my head for a starting point, so after the first few days of fruitless brainstorming I decided not to bother.

Standardized tests aren't good for anything but telling if you're good at taking standardized tests. I mean, look at me. I got a 34/36 on the ACT, and that despite the fact that on test day I was suffering with a really nasty stomach infection which kept me in the bathroom for at least fifteen minutes of test time. I also got a perfect score on the Verbal SAT and a respectable 690/800 on the Math. In theory, by test standards, I should be the smartest guy here or close to it. And with all that potential, I ended up being an unemployed wrestling announcer. Fuckin' standardized tests, tricking me into thinking I was an unique and beautiful snowflake.

Man, you're really serious about this, aintcha Brody. My basic outlook is that I wish stuff like UFOs and Bigfeets and Loch Ness Monster and such all really did exist. It would make for a more unpredictable and less boring world. But until hard proof turns up, I'm assuming that they're probably myths and hoaxes. I've had sleep paralysis. In my experience, it doesn't cause hallucinations.

Well, mostly the redneck fans at every wrestling show I ever worked. Which were admittedly mostly in the South, but wrestling in general seems like it heavily appeals towards the Nascar demographic.

Hate? This is a wrestling show. Regardless of which way internet message boards tend to skew, most wrestling fans trend overwhelmingly Republican. Unless the crowd just gives one of those weird smark reactions, she'd probably be cheered. Which then makes me question TNA's invitation for her to join the Beautiful People, a heel stable.

So, how 'bout TNA's big press release about trying to bribe Sarah Palin to make an appearance on Impact?