Thursday, May 28, 2009
Rorschach
What did you think of Rorschach? I found him really likable, despite his being a total sociopath. Why do you think that is?
Dr. Manhattan
What was your reaction to Jon? Why do you think Laurie lived with the guy for 20 years?
Cold War
Do you think all the 1980s stuff about the Soviets and nuclear war makes the book too dated?
The Comedian
My God, what an asshole.
What was up with his relationship with Silk Spectre? He brutally attacks her, but then she "can't stay mad" for some reason and has sex with him. But 16 years later, she's mad again and yells at him for talking to her daughter. And then at the end, we see her tearfully kissing his photo. WTF? Do you buy this love-hate relationship?
What was up with his relationship with Silk Spectre? He brutally attacks her, but then she "can't stay mad" for some reason and has sex with him. But 16 years later, she's mad again and yells at him for talking to her daughter. And then at the end, we see her tearfully kissing his photo. WTF? Do you buy this love-hate relationship?
The ending
What did you think? Did you find it "chilling"?
I did enjoy the very last part, the part where the news clerk stumbles upon Rorschach's diary, and we can assume that Veidt's plot will eventually be revealed.
But Veidt's plot itself -- creating a giant octopus-looking monster with the cloned brain of a psychic and using it to distract world leaders from fighting each other -- struck me as a bit ... stupid. Not to mention contrived and overly complicated.
The whole thing depends on the existence of psychics? And "sensitives"? To use an old joke, didn't the psychics see this coming?
But then again, it is a comic. Am I being too picky?
I did enjoy the very last part, the part where the news clerk stumbles upon Rorschach's diary, and we can assume that Veidt's plot will eventually be revealed.
But Veidt's plot itself -- creating a giant octopus-looking monster with the cloned brain of a psychic and using it to distract world leaders from fighting each other -- struck me as a bit ... stupid. Not to mention contrived and overly complicated.
The whole thing depends on the existence of psychics? And "sensitives"? To use an old joke, didn't the psychics see this coming?
But then again, it is a comic. Am I being too picky?
Kim's pick: A Voyage Long and Strange
I thought this book looked fun. I've read and enjoyed a few other books by Tony Horwitz, the husband of Geraldine Brooks (the Pulitzer power couple) — including "Blue Latitudes," where he retraces the voyages of Captain Cook, and "Baghdad Without a Map," about his travels through the Mideast. He's a great historian, journalist and adventure traveler.
The hardback has a different subtitle ("Rediscovering the New World") than the paperback ("On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America," which I suppose is sexier in its specificity), but it appears to be the same book — although there's a fun 15th century woodcut in the intro to the hardcover that I don't see in the "Look Inside" feature on Amazon with the paperback. I would hate to miss an illustration!
Thursday, May 07, 2009
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