The Funniest Watchmen-Related Photo of the Day (SPOILERS)

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1. Patrick says:
   March 9, 2009 at 8:03 pm

   Awesome!

   That’s the Neptune in Seattle, isn’t it?
2. John Scalzi says:
   March 9, 2009 at 8:04 pm

   Could be.
3. M.Thyer says:
   March 9, 2009 at 8:09 pm

   It is the Neptune in Seattle, went by it yesterday.
4. jman077 says:
   March 9, 2009 at 8:13 pm

   Hahahhahahahhahahahhahahahaha.

   Awesome.

   Must go see movie now.
5. akeeyu says:
   March 9, 2009 at 8:14 pm

   That is freaking awesome.
6. John Scalzi says:
   March 9, 2009 at 8:14 pm

   I just imagine people throwing squid at the screen in Rocky Horror-esque fashion.
7. MichaelC says:
   March 9, 2009 at 8:33 pm

   Holy calamari!

   That’s hardly a spoiler, though. If you haven’t read the book or seen the movie, the marquee note simply seems to be a random bit of nonsense.
8. Tom says:
   March 9, 2009 at 8:39 pm

   But if you have read the comic and avoided all the info on the movie it could be a spoiler.

   I knew about it awhile ago so was wondering how it was changed.

   I am 50/50. I like this ending but also like the other ending.
9. Josh G says:
   March 9, 2009 at 8:45 pm

   I agree w/ MichaelC. I had to read it three times to realize what it meant (BYOB isn’t in my dictionary). That was already “spoiled” to me, but inconsistencies between the book and movie don’t effect people who haven’t read it yet. D:
10. Simon Bisson says:
    March 9, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    Oh joy.
11. Jeffrey Beumel Jr. says:
    March 9, 2009 at 9:04 pm

    pore squid what did it ever do to anyone… being that it was not there it could not do anything i suppose.
12. ianmorris says:
    March 9, 2009 at 9:06 pm

    i walked by that 2 hours ago and found it funny. i’m glad to see other whatever followers in the general area.
13. ianmorris says:
    March 9, 2009 at 9:06 pm

    2 hours ago PST that is
14. Alex S. says:
    March 9, 2009 at 9:14 pm

    re #6:
    Considering Rocky Horror ran at that theater for 15 years, I wouldn’t be surprised.
    (now showing at its sister theater around the corner instead)
15. inkgrrl says:
    March 9, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    Nice!
16. Gilmoure says:
    March 9, 2009 at 9:40 pm

    I saw Rocky Horror there, back in ’88.
17. mythago says:
    March 9, 2009 at 10:05 pm

    I….don’t think throwing squid at the movie screen gets the same effect as throwing octopus at a hockey rink.
18. Katrina says:
    March 9, 2009 at 10:21 pm

    Agree with 7. MichaelC, having seen neither. Guess I’ll have a good laugh when I do, though.

    Makes me think of a Detroit hockey game more than anything else.

    But thanks for the spoiler alert! :-)
19. Josh Jasper says:
    March 9, 2009 at 11:07 pm

    Did you see the “Watchmen re-imagined as Saturday morning kids cartoon” clip?
20. PJ the Barbarian says:
    March 9, 2009 at 11:20 pm

    Let’s be serious though… if they’d tried a crazy mind-squid they’d have run the risk of it looking ridiculous.
21. Rodney Graves says:
    March 9, 2009 at 11:37 pm

    That’s all right, Skippy has made it easy

    to bring your own squid wherever you go…
22. Greg says:
    March 10, 2009 at 12:59 am

    Here’s the link to the wonderful, horrifying, and spoiler-iffic 80s Watchmen cartoon:

    http://www.avclub.com/articles/who-watches-the-80s-watchmen-childrens-cartoon,24687/

    Watch it, my children. And weep for humanity.
23. Tumbleweed says:
    March 10, 2009 at 1:23 am

    I love living in Seattle so much. :)

    Anyway, is it just me, or is Watchmen (the story, at least as far as the movie is concerned – I haven’t read the comic) kinda completely overrated? Sure, Rorschach was great, but other than that – what’s the big deal here?
24. Sub-Odeon says:
    March 10, 2009 at 2:10 am

    Ah, the Neptune. Something of a Seattle landmark.

    I saw Star Wars Ep. 1 there.

    Unfortunately, Star Wars Ep. 1 sucked ass.

    As a venue, the Neptune wasn’t half bad.
25. Will Collier says:
    March 10, 2009 at 6:04 am

    Very nice.

    When “Blair Witch” was playing there, the subtitle was, “PICK YOUR CORNER,” which was awesome.
26. Darlene Marshall says:
    March 10, 2009 at 8:01 am

    Perfect! Thanks for sharing.
27. Johnny Carruthers says:
    March 10, 2009 at 9:41 am

    Maybe the snack bar needs to serve fried calamari.
28. ajay says:
    March 10, 2009 at 9:47 am

    I agree that I can’t quite see why this is a spoiler: people who read it will be one of the following.

    1. Not read the book, don’t understand what it means (as in 9).
    2. Not read the book, and think (correctly) it means “This film does not contain squid”. That’s not a spoiler! How could that be a spoiler?
    3. Not read the book and think it means “this film is all about squid”. Again, not a spoiler, because it’s not true. Could be puzzling. Like sitting through the whole of “Blue Velvet” thinking “when is the horse going to come in?”
    4. Read the book and realise what it means. Again, not a spoiler – it tells you that you actually don’t know how it’s going to end. If anything it’s an unspoiler.
29. Jad says:
    March 10, 2009 at 10:04 am

    3. Not read the book and think it means “this film is all about squid”. Again, not a spoiler, because it’s not true. Could be puzzling. Like sitting through the whole of “Blue Velvet” thinking “when is the horse going to come in?”

    This kind of thing happened to me with The Sixth Sense. (and despite the expiration of the spoiler limit, I will note if you haven’t seen The Sixth Sense, don’t read ahead)

    Anyway, someone said to me “I couldn’t believe he was dead! Oh wait, you haven’t seen it yet. Sorry.” But for some reason I thought he was talking about the kid, not Bruce Willis, and went all through the film waiting for the big reveal about Joel Haley Osment’s character’s death. I completely ignored any clues dropped about the real twist, which made it even more effective, I think, than if I had seen the movie with no preconceptions at all.
30. furious says:
    March 10, 2009 at 10:46 am

    Here’s another one, courtesy of Instapundit and updated for the New Millenium.
31. Alternative Eric S. says:
    March 10, 2009 at 10:47 am

    OK, trying to avoid spoilers for anyone who stumbled in here by mistake.

    Did no one notice the acronym on Veidt’s computers after he announces when his plan commenced?

    S.Q.U.I.D.
32. Dan says:
    March 10, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    A typographic call-out to “lower Manhattan”… Gotta love it.

    I wish the movie had been released closer to the last football season so I could make jokes about “Dr. Manhattan, as played by Visanthe Shianco of the Minnesota Vikings.”

    Even then, nobody would really get it.

    Nevermind.
33. KaT Adams says:
    March 10, 2009 at 12:46 pm

    *giggle*

    *snort*

    *guffaw*

    *continues laughing until in pain*
34. Harry Bishop says:
    March 10, 2009 at 9:02 pm

    That’s perfect! Somebody has a good (and short to the point) sense of humor at that theatre.

    Made me smile. :-)

    http://www.harrybishop.ca
35. JJ Brannon says:
    March 10, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    Josh @#19.

    Yes, I posted it yesterday over at John’s Spoilers Statute of Limitations entry.

    Thanks, Greg @#33, for passing it along.

    As I stated over on Baen’s Bar where I found it, HvH’s an awesomely twisted, inspired mind.

    It’s a combination of Scooby Doo, the ’60s cartoon Batman, and Josie & the Pussycats/The Archies.

    JJB

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