Life is what it is...

[fajrdrako]

"Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky."
— Alan Moore

This reminds me that I haven't read any Alan Moore for a while and I really should. I've been wanting to reread Watchmen.

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[crabby-lioness.livejournal.com]

And that is why we love both Alan Moore and Torchwood.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

So we do. Deeply.

[dameruth.livejournal.com]

:D Good one.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I do love and admire Alan Moore - though I'm less of a fan of Watchmen than of some of his more mainstream work.

[sollersuk.livejournal.com]

I have to make a note of that!

And now I'm trying to work out how much of that fits my historical novel... not sure how to squeeze the science fiction bit in.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Science doesn't have to be futuristic. "Science" means "knowledge", which the implication of scientific method. So any kind of fiction about the science of its age can be science fiction.

[wijsgeer.livejournal.com]

what is the genre called where you spent all that time staring and crying? Not enough going on for an psychological novel...
Maybe I am not just genres of novels but of songs as well, som doom metal perhaps...

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

There are 'country and western' songs like that. Not that it's the kind of music I prefer, but there's one whose lyrics of depression I've always liked. It's called "Countin' Flowers on the Wall" -

I keep hearing you're concerned about my happiness.
All that thought you're giving me is conscience, I guess.
If I were walking in your shoes, I wouldn't worry none.
While you and your friends are worrying 'bout me, I'm having lots of fun.

Counting flowers on the wall,
That don't bother me at all.
Playing Solitaire till dawn,
With a deck of fifty-one.
Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo.
Now, don't tell me I've nothing to do.

And there are books with depressed heroes that I've enjoyed - though some have cut to near the bone and they became difficult to read. (Lois McMaster Bujold's The Curse of Chalion strikes me this way.) I can't remember the Dick Francis novel with a depressed hero - was it Dead Cert? I liked that one.

[elebridith]

*grins* That is some very good quote. I might collect it for a screensaver!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Go for it! That would be fun.

[elebridith]

I have this Marquee screensaver at home where you can write your own text and then it runs over the screen, I love that. I had a quote from Poe's Raven for Halloween - red letters on black background... *g* Too bad my iMac at work does not have it. But I've set up a "random quotes" collection so I can choose as I like.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

That's a good way to do it! Might do it myself. I love collecting quotes anyway.

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

He could rule the universe, too, and I would not complain.

When is the movie coming out? We saw the cast on the cover of a magazine about four weeks ago, at work, and I was just shaken -- gad, it was good enough as comic book panels, but to see them standing there looking right at you?! Whew.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

When is the movie coming out?

Not sure. IMDb says March 6, but there's an element of doubt, since 20th Century Fox is suing Warner Brothers over the rights. Here's the IMDb new-link text as of yesterday:

Watchmen Lawsuit Court Date Pushed Back

17 December 2008 3:28 PM, PST | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

Last time we checked in on 20th Century Fox’s impending lawsuit against Warner Bros. over the rights to the Watchmen movie, mum was the word on how near or far the studios were in coming to a resolution.

Now comes word that a Los Angeles federal judge has pushed back the Watchmen trial date to January 20, 2009, after refusing to issue a ruling on whether Fox or Warner Bros. owned the proprietary rights to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons‘ groundbreaking graphic novel.

Talk about indecision.
The judge, Gary Allen Feess cited an impending criminal trial as the reason he was unable to make a ruling on the Watchmen case. Judge Feess also denied motions from both studios to make a pre-trial summary judgment, stating that there was too much room for interpretation in the contracts between Fox and Watchmen Producer Larry Gordon, and that the matter would have to be fully examined and settled at trial.

If your memory is a bit fuzzy: the lawsuit in question was originally filed by Fox back earlier this year. The studio claims that Gordon never honored the full stipulations of a deal he struck with Fox back in the mid-90’s when he bought out the rights to Watchmen, thereby nullifying any transfer of ownership. No explanation why Fox waited so long to cry foul against Gordon and Warner Bros.- http://screenrant.com/watchmen-lawsuit-update-2-kofi-4664/ (http://screenrant.com/watchmen-lawsuit-update-2-kofi-4664/).

I saw the trailer onscreen and it looked amazing. Still: for all its brilliance, Watchmen doesn't interest me as a story the way Wolverine: Origins does.