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    Anyone Else See Lee Iacocca Die This Weekend ...In Watchmen?
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    03/10/09

    In reply to Anyone Else See Lee Iacocca Die This Weekend ...In Watchmen?
    The wife and I saw it last night.


    I thought it was cool right up to the point where the story broke from the story.


    From there it seemed weaker, but overall it was pretty good.


    Yeah, Lee fetting it was good.

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    Image of wingbatwu wingbatwu
    03/10/09

    In reply to Anyone Else See Lee Iacocca Die This Weekend ...In Watchmen?
    Anyone else thought it was weird that they put a first gen Honda Insight hybrid in the closing scenes?
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    03/10/09

    @wingbatwu: I found it weirder that up until that point, they neglected the electric cars of the alternate 1985.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/10/09

    In reply to Anyone Else See Lee Iacocca Die This Weekend ...In Watchmen?
    For a moment there I thought the headline meant Lee I. was actually in the movie, followed immediately by "That's not him" when I saw the picture. This is how much I trust Jalop; I implicitly believe the literal truth of every headline, even when they are ironic, humorous etc.
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    03/09/09

    In reply to Anyone Else See Lee Iacocca Die This Weekend ...In Watchmen?
    Well, I was already going to take a pass on this one; flashy comic book movies don't really float my boat, plus the storyline has too much "Republican Boogeyman" allegory for my taste. Wasn't Frost/Nixon enough this year?


    But killing Lee Iacocca, I just wont stand for that. Couldn't they have used Roger Smith?

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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    03/10/09

    @FromaBuick6: It's not polite to speak ill of the dead.


    Oh, who am I kidding? Ol' Roger is arguably the guy most responsible for the General's downfall. Fire away.

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    03/10/09

    @FromaBuick6:

    You read it as republican boogeyman? I always read it more generally - anyone who thinks they know how to fix the world is wrong. It's the moral of both the story of the Black Freighter and of the main costume-killer plotline, and neither of those is really political at all. Of course, there's plenty of reasons not to watch the movie, and I wouldn't want to change your mind about that.
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    03/10/09

    @blah blah blah: Oh, don't get me wrong...I have plenty of reasons to skip this one, not the least which being flacid, blue and phallic. My understanding was the Watchmen was written to be anti-Reagan/anti-Thatcher. While this can certainly be seen in more universal terms, the intent is still pretty obvious, even more so in the context of trite Hollywood filmmaking. It's not keeping me out of the theater, but it nags at me.
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    Image of Adam Relayson Adam Relayson
    03/09/09

    In reply to Anyone Else See Lee Iacocca Die This Weekend ...In Watchmen?
    "Ha. Silly Mason, little do you realize that in reality Dr. Manhattan doesn't need to exist to put GM out of business. Society found a way to do that all on their own."


    -Hilarious. A joke about hundreds of thousands of people losing their jobs. Perhaps you'd care to molest the dead corpse of a little girl's grandfather as an encore.

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    Image of bzr bzr
    03/09/09

    @Adam Relayson: Better lock up your doors and hide your women, Ray Wert's coming for YOU next!
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    03/09/09

    @bzr: Got Money? I don't either.: Make sure you don't use Gordian Knot Locks. They don't work.
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    Image of wimbles - Mad as hell about Pontiac's demise wimbles - Mad as hell about Pontiac's demise
    03/09/09

    In reply to Anyone Else See Lee Iacocca Die This Weekend ...In Watchmen?
    Oh sure, go and kill my childhood hero. Good job.


    Screw this movie.

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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    03/10/09

    @wimbles: Lido Anthony Iacocca was my childhood hero as well. Read his biography and everything. He truly was one of the last of the Great automotive leaders of the 20th century.
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    03/09/09

    In reply to Anyone Else See Lee Iacocca Die This Weekend ...In Watchmen?
    I read "Iacocca Die" and I felt a pang of fear and sorrow in my chest.


    He made me think Chrysler could make a good car. For this, he can truly be considered a miracle worker.

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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    03/10/09

    @Ford Tempo Fanatic: It's even worse, because the entire scene is in slo-mo with dead Iacocca in every shot still standing.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    03/09/09

    In reply to Anyone Else See Lee Iacocca Die This Weekend ...In Watchmen?
    All about cars? That's funny, my gay friend was raving about the movie, because apparently it's all about overexposure to little blue penises.
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    Image of Ray Wert Ray Wert
    03/09/09

    @Deartháir now campaigns for leavethegun - takethecannoli: There is much digital penile enhancement.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    03/09/09

    @Ray Wert: THERE IS NOT! I've never once used any sort of enhan...


    ...oh... the movie. Right. Ahem.

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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    03/09/09

    @Ray Wert: Digital penile "graft". It's all CG, baby.
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    Image of bzr bzr
    03/09/09

    @Deartháir now campaigns for leavethegun - takethecannoli: What about all your straight friends raving about Malin Akerman's boobs?
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    03/09/09

    @bzr: Got Money? I don't either.: Unless she strutted around naked the entire movie, I'm not interested.
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    Image of AngryChineseDriver made a Sideways Transformer (Audi R8) tribute vid! AngryChineseDriver made a Sideways Transformer (Audi R8) tribute vid!
    03/09/09

    @Pessimippopotamus will steal you a ★ for 50 coins: You can watch the first Harold and Kumar for more topless action. Just sayin'.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    03/10/09

    @AngryChineseDriver: Why bother with a plot when Fleshbot is only a click away? Just sayin'.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    03/09/09

    In reply to Anyone Else See Lee Iacocca Die This Weekend ...In Watchmen?
    Graphic novel guy says:


    "A comic book by any other name still means you probably live in your parents' basement."

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    Image of bzr bzr
    03/09/09

    @smalleyxb122: Worst. Post. Ever.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/09/09

    In reply to Anyone Else See Lee Iacocca Die This Weekend ...In Watchmen?
    Based on movie receipts over the last few years, it looks like Hollywood will be obsolete long before the internal combustion engine.


    And, frankly, I'm OK with that.

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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    03/09/09

    In reply to Anyone Else See Lee Iacocca Die This Weekend ...In Watchmen?
    The sniper must have found a better car.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    03/09/09

    @FromaBuick6: Maybe one of those poor saps who were fooled into buying a Sebring.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    03/09/09

    In reply to Anyone Else See Lee Iacocca Die This Weekend ...In Watchmen?
    Wait. Didn't the blonde chick die in the movie?
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    03/09/09

    @Pessimippopotamus will steal you a ★ for 50 coins: The blonde chick died in the book, she took one in the shin in the movie, at least, can't remember if she got hit again.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    03/09/09

    @Pessimippopotamus will steal you a ★ for 50 coins: Also to be super pedantic, this meeting never happened in the books, Adrian on his way to a meeting about his latest superhero action figure, talking to his secretary. She was regaling him with a tale which we learned about in The Frontiersman, all of which was chopped by the studio for time. Supposedly this substory, along with important others will be included in the Directors cut, which is going to be the one I'm really looking forward to.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    03/09/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: I did read the original, but didn't feel like actually spending money for the movie. Well. As long as some people liked it, right?
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    03/09/09

    @Pessimippopotamus will steal you a ★ for 50 coins: The origins of Dr. Manhatten were worth it alone, at least in matinee. I liked it, being a fan of the book. But I know the story, so that means I can fill in all pieces left on the editing floor the normal audience didn't really understand.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    03/09/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: That's good to hear. My friends who read it and watched it hated the movie.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    03/09/09

    @Pessimippopotamus will steal you a ★ for 50 coins: And this is going to sound sacrilicious, but I like the movie ending better.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    03/09/09

    In reply to Anyone Else See Lee Iacocca Die This Weekend ...In Watchmen?
    That's what he gets for golfing with Snoop Dogg.
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    Image of .357 .357
    03/09/09

    @FromaBuick6: Look where Snoop is now:
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    03/09/09

    @.357: Ah yes. Got many a laughs from that one at Gizmodo.
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    Image of Almostbanned Almostbanned
    03/09/09

    In reply to Anyone Else See Lee Iacocca Die This Weekend ...In Watchmen?
    Too bad the movie sucked donkey balls.


    Oh and Dr. Manhattans wang was very disconcerting.


    And the UAW put GM out of business, just for the record. I know that a Gawker-related site would never come out and say something like that, despite the fact that its the truth.

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    Image of Ray Wert Ray Wert
    03/09/09

    @Almostbanned: Actually, if that's the case, GM put themselves out of business. There are two signatures on each contract -- one for the UAW rep, the other for GM.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    03/09/09

    @Ray Wert: Dammit, Roy, knock it off, I'm not supposed to agree with you. You're supposed to do the shifty-eyes and speak nothing but madness, remember? How is that legend supposed to live on if you keep saying things that make sense like that?


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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    03/09/09

    @Deartháir now campaigns for leavethegun - takethecannoli: Right click -> Save Image As...
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    03/10/09

    @Ray Wert: @Almostbanned:
    You're both right, and both wrong. The way things work in Detroit is the UAW goes on strike when they decide they need more (during which time both sides get screwed), and then they go before an abitrator. Each side presents their proposed solution, and the arbitrator is legally required to pick whichever proposal they feel makes the most sense. No compromise between the two, just A or B. And arbitration has a long history of picking whatever the UAW puts on the table, which gives them pretty much zero incentive to come up with proposals that don't risk pushing the companies right up to the edge of profitability, or not go on strike in the first place. And now a lot of people are paying the price for that sort of behavior.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/10/09

    @Purple Dave: It's even more complex than that. Union-bashing, the ever popular past-time, just doesn't address all the design, management, marketing, pricing, and research decisions. I would venture that most workers in the US, not just union workers, have pretty tough and demanding jobs. Blaming them, instead of the people actually making the "big" decisions and the parasites who operate only by greed, is a serious injustice.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    03/10/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: I'd give you another heart clickey, if I only could. Yes, the UAW bears some responsibility for the US Auto industry's woes. But, to name just one extreme example, the UAW didn't make Ford Pinto's explode when struck from the rear. That flaw was the direct result of a management decision to cut cost at the expense of the product's integrity. Multiple that decision by the last 4 decades, and you get to where we are today.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    03/10/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee:
    Just because the UAW has pushed the Big 3 into a corner doesn't mean the white-collar end of it is entirely blameless. It just means they don't have the money to keep bailing water anymore, and they're now facing the prospect that this ship might sink afterall.
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    Image of .357 .357
    03/09/09

    In reply to Anyone Else See Lee Iacocca Die This Weekend ...In Watchmen?
    I haven't seen this movie yet, so I don't know if it's good or not, but if it's about electric cars I'm not interested.
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    Image of supra89t supra89t
    03/10/09

    @.357:
    And it's not good. Entertaining, but not good.
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    03/10/09

    @supra89t: That's a pretty good summary right there. Plus, there was WAY too much blue penis in that movie, even for me, and I'm a girl.
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