laudanum09
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no i dont think alan moore has the exact same taste as me. when did i say that? or suggest it? we surely have similar ones however. and that doesnt mean i have some fantasy imaginary bond with him, it means that I, along with countless others share the same tastes that happen to be of a counter-cultural flavour. and just because he likes one crap band does mean something significant. i think pliskin said it with a bit more finesse, but how does one, if familiar with counter-culture (watchmen essentially belongs to counter-cultural literature, it was written by one of its ICONS for chrissake) pick this band of all bands? its a bit of an insult. its absolutely comparable with good charlote or some similar trash. what does crappy mainstream radio rock have anything to do with the type of culture watchmen was written for? and doesnt the fact that the director, in charge of the artistic direction of the film, has no clue about the absurdity of that juxtaposition? Mtv star band to close the watchmen film? the friggin watchmen film.
so if you read a bit closer youd see its more than a matter of 'tastes' and i think someone with aesthetic integrity wouldnt just give into some claim to endless subjectivity...i tend to take people's 'tastes' as somewhat reflective of their integrity. crappy taste=bad aestehtic integrity=fears that this will leak over into the rest of the film.
and whats the problem with this? i dont see how this isn't a coherent sentiment, expressed by myself, pliskin and many others. it expresses an absolutely valid criticism. we're dealing with high intellectual pop culture, the level that watchmen and moore's work is on and i fear that adding MCR would be a pitch perfect example as to why Moore doesn't want this movie made or to work with hollywood period.
and im speaking as a watchmen fan, not a fan of snyder or as some general 'moviegoer' or 'comic book lover'. i treasure this work and i also treasure how protective alan is about his creation. i respect that protectiveness and will defend his perspective on his own work. as a fan, why not? and unlike him i want to see this movie made. i want it to be done well and for it to be done well it has to do justice to the source. but until i see undeniable proof of that i will remain skeptical, with snyder on the project or friggin terry gilliam (who is on a completely different intellectual spectrum than mr. snyder, imho). and i dont see why you think im all chummy chum with the guy, its just that i share similar tastes with the guy along with many others.
and im skeptical but like i said i want to eat my words, i just dont see how you cant see any logic in these arguments.
and thats that, you can go on about it but im over this thread.
Why did this thread become so personal? Either you like the choice of music or you don't. There's no reason to attack other posters just because of their opinions. They're simply expressing their feelings about a decision that Zach Snyder has made (Is it official that MCR's doing a song?). I don't think I've seen one person say "I like MCR! I'm so glad they're doing the end credits song!" but if they had, I don't think anyone would've jumped down their throats about it and become so vicious with their comments. Sure they may have cracked a joke, "epic fail", or something along those lines but not to the point where they would've told them to "shut the f*** up!". This has really gotten out of hand. If you don't like the fact that MCR is doing a song, simply say you don't like it. If you DO like the fact MCR is doing a song, then say it. There is absolutely NO reason to be attacking other posters like this.
