This. Snyder is a director who seems so focused on visuals — how cool everything looks. In 300 for instance, the guy was really into all these visual set-pieces. But there really aren't any characters in the movie (some of that is down to MIller, though). In Watchmen he got all the visuals right but lost track of what…

Ah, I guess I am way out of date then. Dang. I kind of liked that ol' Steve was not truly superhuman.

I'm out of date I think — the old Handbook of the Marvel Universe had him able to press 800 pounds which I think fits some Olympic records?

I won't say the book is without flaws. as @avclub-3b82b1d883a5bf2defbc7567e9815d96:disqus and @avclub-bcd70526c073dfd8bed0d20704113058:disqus note Frank Miller has some very bad issues with women, and I've talked about the Big Bad City trope that was becoming de rigeur in the 80s

Exactly. There's even a neat story by Stephen Baxter (a science
fiction writer) with a thinly veiled version of Superman, who knows he
has to be imprisoned because of a crime he committed, if he's to live up
to his own standards. And he essentially voluntarily dives into the
Earth's core. (The story is called "Good…

Upvoted for noting Snyder doesn't seem to get the spirit of Watchmen, even when he goes for duplicating the visuals.

I'm going to throw out a few things that could make (and I think do, in the hands of the right writer) for conflict between the two biggest heroes DC has ever produced.

I'll disagree a bit because there's some great steampunk literature out there. But if you're talking visual (cinematic/television) media, yeah, there isn't much out there I've seen that is much good, though would City of Lost Children count? That I rather liked a lot.

Here's why books are such a great technology:
— no batteries
— they don't track your location
— they don't send your personal information anywhere
— if you lose one you can replace it (in paperback) for $8
— they can get a little wet and still work
— you can read them with gloves on
— no DRM. If you want to lend one out you…

Yes, whenever you buy duplicate checks. :-)

Yeah, the racial issues are actually pretty subtle for the most part, and have more to do with Big Bad City tropes, which are at their core a symptom of the anxieties of white people — remember, both Bernard Goetz and the Guardian Angels happened during that period, and the Angels were the closes thing we've ever had…

I would really be interested in understanding the legal theory here. It doesn't seem to fall under libel, though one might get an invasion of privacy, and I suppose one could argue malice too, though that would be tough to prove.

Speaking as a reporter, the deal is that you have to show "actual malice" for stuff like libel. This wasn't libel though, so contacting the principals wouldn't apply.

Also @danielpatrickroche:disqus — Miller's always been a bit borderline on the right wing stuff, and some of that is a hazard of the genre, because the whole premise of superheroes isn't unlike the old NRA line about the good guy with a gun stopping the bad guy with one.

Ya know, all these Christian movies and their writers— have they never really read a Bible?

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Something's up, and Chuck may believe Jimmy took the money, but he's wrong, and Jimmy might well have not wanted to tell him. Whatever Jimmy is, he really loves his brother.

To add: they have this weird system in NYC because even bankruptcy court has a metal detector. The attorneys went through without having to go through the one that looks for weapons on your person, but they still had to put the briefcases in. It was weird.

There's two courthouses in Albuquerque. One is district and one is metro which I think is where criminals go, but I wasn't sure if the district handles local civil cases or what, and if they put the civil stuff in the metro building. FWIW the District Court building is way the F out there.

@disqus_icgJsdvDtz:disqus also: I learned to type on a manual. The reason for two spaces was exactly that; there's no proportional spacing even on an electric typewriter (unless it's was really expensive) and the space between sentences can be hard to see. If you are trying to get through docs quick that's a real pain…

I made the point earlier that if it took a year or more to steal $14K, that isn't all that much. If it's over two years you're talking $150 a week or so at the most, below minimum wage.