HELLO all you BIG, FABULOUS, SHINY ROBOTS! Flaming Gynoid here again! So, Sundays are my typical days to just hang out, and do me some “Men Watching”!! You know the kind I’m speaking of; where you sit and just watch all the beautiful men walk by, admire their faces, bodies, clothes, etc. The point I’m trying to make is I did some “Men Watching” today, BUT–not the usual kind, instead, I decided to do my man watching at home. Yes you silly Robots, I watched the Blu-ray version of Watchmen the Ultimate Cut.
Oh, where do I begin? First, watching Blu-Ray is the way all movies should be seen, and on a big, delicious BIG screen TV to boot. Now if you’re anything like me, you have at least 3 different versions of the movie, mostly because they love to release different versions every 5 months or so. Damn those studios, and damn me for falling for it! The actual movie in this specific set is a combination of Watchmen Directors Cut, and The Black Freighter (T.B.F.), the animated movie that is intertwined within the actual movie, trying to replicate the graphic novel. My personal opinion is that I prefer the two movies to stand on their own, but for diehard fans, the Ultimate Cut might be right for you.
Now, I know that a lot of diehards were disappointed by the movie as a whole…but stand back and cut Zack some slack, you PICKY Bitches. Visually the movie was spectacular. The cast was perfect. Yes, perfect…I didn’t stutter. Most everyone hated Malin Akerman as Laurie Jupiter/ Silk Spectre II, but watching her on screen in that tight black & yellow latex suit, I was salivating, and that’s coming from the Flaming Gynoid! Who knows, maybe it’s because I wanted a suit like that of my own, or maybe it was because she was so damn lucky and won herself a trophy like Dr. Manhattan(Crudup). HELLO! I don’t even know where to begin with Dr. M. First, let’s all take a moment to thank ZACK, for allowing the true, let’s say, “nature” of Dr. M to grace itself on screen for at least 50% of Dr.M’s screen time. Hot Flashes for a moment! Could you please do the best of Dr. M DVD next?
Okay boys, enough about me and my own selfish desires…let’s get back to the movie and its juicy details…..
‘The Ever so fabulous, delicious, Ultimate Cut’:
The running time of this version with T.B.F is over three and a half FABULOUS hours & fills in the missing pieces from the graphic novel along with a few other small live-action scenes, that weren’t in the Director’s Cut.
‘T.B.F’ is a grim, icky, and dark tale that parallels the lives of different Watchmen, particularly Veidt’s and Rorschach’s, & their compulsion to fight evil everywhere they think they find it. The simple animation and voice of Gerald Butler (seen below, you might remember his abs from 300), brings this intriguing and, I assume, fan-favorite aspect of the story to life.
‘Watchmen’ is a post-modern tale about costumed vigilantes with complicated and true-to-life psychological profiles and a man with god-like earth-shaking powers, and lets not forget his god like tool he was blessed with. HELLO!!! Many of you out there said it was near impossible to film. Some tried, and many failed before they even began. It’s probably a blessing it took this long to make the movie. I think waiting that long helped so they could find the perfect guy to direct, & Zack Snyder was the right man for the job …that’s what I said, and I’m Not Taking it back.
IN my own humble, yet wise opinion, the film is uncompromising and noncommercial. It’s the ‘Watchmen’ movie we’ve always wanted, but never thought we’d get. I crave ‘Watchmen: the Ultimate Cut’. I’m thrilled I bought it. Although I’m not happy about the price I paid for it. I bought my copy at Best Buy for a heavy tag of $50.00. If you’re patient, and don’t mind the delivery wait time, our wonderful friends at Amazon can give it to you for at least $20.00 less, on (Blu-Ray)
Enjoy, my silly, robotic friends.
Editor’s note: If you haven’t got the original graphic novel you are really missing out, it is amazing Watchmen the Graphic novel for $9.99