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mustinvestigateChronological Watchmen read, yay!
12 October: Wow, on the first page, Rorschach seems like more of an obvious nutbar than I remember – less fox-crazy than mentally-12 crazy. Then Hollis and Dan telling stories, obviously both lost and sharing surface-cheerful depression. Dan makes fists and fiercely goes to confront what he thinks is a burglar, but momentary manliness impression is blown out of the water by immediate subservience to crazy fella. Detectives can’t be bothered to take on knotty murder case, intimidated by mystery rather than intrigued. Emphasis on total lack of heroes, only husks, empty masks.
13 October: Obvious-nutbar impression somewhat dispelled by Rorschach terrifying entire bar and effortlessly breaking into highly guarded government facility. Leads to the following priceless panels:
"Jesus, Jon, you’re managing to out-space cadet Rorschach. Think about that, sweetie: Rorschach is currently the second-most socially dysfunctional person in the room."
Mr. Horror-of-the-Human-Body seems to be doing just find with the Big Blue Ass. Is it because Jon’s a fellow mask? Did two decades of Big Blue Ass wear him down to nary a twitch? Or have Rorschach’s eyes been squenched firmly shut since he opened the door, which is why he’s never quite facing the right direction?
Awwwww.
It would be way too much fun to parse the social shifts in that scene. I mean, "fun." For a certain type of mind. The kind that knows, if you dissect something, you find out how it works, but it's really really dead...and does it anyway.
12 October: Wow, on the first page, Rorschach seems like more of an obvious nutbar than I remember – less fox-crazy than mentally-12 crazy. Then Hollis and Dan telling stories, obviously both lost and sharing surface-cheerful depression. Dan makes fists and fiercely goes to confront what he thinks is a burglar, but momentary manliness impression is blown out of the water by immediate subservience to crazy fella. Detectives can’t be bothered to take on knotty murder case, intimidated by mystery rather than intrigued. Emphasis on total lack of heroes, only husks, empty masks.
13 October: Obvious-nutbar impression somewhat dispelled by Rorschach terrifying entire bar and effortlessly breaking into highly guarded government facility. Leads to the following priceless panels:
"Jesus, Jon, you’re managing to out-space cadet Rorschach. Think about that, sweetie: Rorschach is currently the second-most socially dysfunctional person in the room."
Mr. Horror-of-the-Human-Body seems to be doing just find with the Big Blue Ass. Is it because Jon’s a fellow mask? Did two decades of Big Blue Ass wear him down to nary a twitch? Or have Rorschach’s eyes been squenched firmly shut since he opened the door, which is why he’s never quite facing the right direction?
Awwwww.
It would be way too much fun to parse the social shifts in that scene. I mean, "fun." For a certain type of mind. The kind that knows, if you dissect something, you find out how it works, but it's really really dead...and does it anyway.
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Date: 2009-10-14 01:42 pm (UTC)Mind you, I always thought Moore making fun of Miller's excesses was a bit 'people in glass houses...' y'know. ;p
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Date: 2009-10-14 04:33 pm (UTC)Which is why Jackie Earle Haley doing a piss-take of the Christian Bale Batman voice when playing R is funny on more than one level...
Now I feel like a derp for never noticing that! I used to be one of those people who complained that his voice wasn't creepy monotone enough.
(And, yeah, Moore is far too easy to parody.)
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Date: 2009-10-14 09:26 pm (UTC)Yeah, my initial reaction on hearing the Earle Haley voice was 'but... Rorschach talks in a creepy monotone!' but then once I realised the nuances of Miller-Moore-Nolan it became funny and apt.
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Date: 2009-10-14 07:10 pm (UTC)True story.
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Date: 2009-10-14 09:14 pm (UTC)That is all.
Seriously tho, one of my best friends is a total Miller fanboy, Most of the time when he opens his mouth to talk about comics I say 'What? Is it dark and rainy and are there whores?'