I gave my thoughts last night. Man, you're fucking amateur.
I noticed the Tears for Fears thing the first time, and had read about the "Boys" thing in advance, as well as porn being on one of the TVs Ozy is watching.
And I don't see what the big deal is with Carla Gugino's make-up. I think if you didn't know who she was, it wouldn't be noticeable. Plus I think it's likely she'd have plastic surgery done, so it's totally believable. The Comedian's didn't bug me either.
Nixon, that's another story. And the first scene with him in the war room was...awkward.
Yeah, but that was fucking weaksauce compared to what I thought you would say, you know? I'm really interested in hearing what you thought of the re-tooled ending and such.
I was trying to spot as many things on the TVs as possible, found the '84 Apple commercial, Rambo, Mad Max, can't remember what else. The "Boys" thing cracked me up, since Rorschach's line about his possible homosexuality was cut in favor of Dan being there instead.
Gugino's was alright, I just thought she should've either looked a little more artificial or more haggard. The Comedian looked like a tired Edward James Olmos, and that cracked me up. Nixon's nose looked like the front of a fucking sailboat, it was ridiculous... that one's understandable, since it's a caricature anyway, but it's still a little too distracting.
Speaking of make-up, that shot of Wally Weaver dying looked exactly like Buster from
Arrested Development.
Oh, one thing I missed the first time around that I fucking loved:
The steam in front of The Comedian's face when the camera first zooms out of his smiley pin. I was wondering where it was during the Dan/Laurie scene, but this was a welcome substitute.
Dylan's featured twice in the novel anyway, so that didn't bother me. The awful cover of "Desolation Row" did, however, especially when the rest of the music worked so well, I thought. Why not end it with some of Tyler Bates' awesome work... It was like Tangerine Dream meets Vangelis, twinged with a little Explosions in the Sky.