Hard to believe that everything that happens in the 21 st century… Looks like the slavery. People working hard from dawn till dusk in awful conditions… No more words, just look…
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Archive for February 28th, 2009
Gold mine in Congo
Saturday, February 28th, 2009Alcohol in India
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
If you are going to visit India, even don’t think about drinking local alcohol. You ask why? It is bacause it is made of… well… see for yourself ![]()
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How 9/11 Changed Watchmen
Saturday, February 28th, 2009The horrific visions that open the final chapter of Alan Moore’s Watchmen haunt you long afterwards. But Zack Snyder’s movie tones down that imagery, and screenwriter David Hayter says it’s because of 9/11. Spoilers below.
As you probably already know, there’s no giant squid at the end of Snyder’s movie adaptation. But that’s not the only thing that’s missing. The film leaves out the gut-wrenching images that fill nine pages of the graphic novel, at the start of Chapter 12
In the book, a doomsday clock dripping with the blood of massacred New Yorkers is followed by in-your-face carnage. There are no words, just page after page of silent faces frozen in despair. Bodies are piled on top of bodies, hunched over street corners and splayed outside of windows. If you’re familiar with the book, you know that the world, for New Yorkers, has just ended. The visually arresting images push forward the final issue that the entire novel hinges upon: Is it okay to kill millions to save billions? It’s violent and necessary… but it’s not in the movie.
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