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Portland has been named the nation’s most depressing city in the country and Oregon’s unemployment rate has hit 9.9%. But if I lived in SF I could work at Caffeinated Comics, a new comic book store featuring a La Marzocco espresso machine, Four Barrel Coffee, and free wi-fi. It’s hard to imagine a job for which I’m better qualified.
[Thanks to David for the link, even if he won't let me move to the Mission and be his comic book reading roommate.]
Permalink - Share/Save - Comments (5)Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen is acclaimed for its stunning attention to detail in script, art, and characterization. Zack Snyder’s film adaptation is reported to pay “insane attention” to the original comic, so we can expect to see many of those details translated to the screen. One of them won’t be appearing, however. Laurie Juspeczyk, the Silk Spectre, won’t be smoking her signature pipes. From an interview:
Where were Laurie’s smokes, Zack?
“Yeah, Alan hates smoking. Alan Horn - the head of the studio - that’s his biggest, biggest thing. The Comedian can smoke, because he might be a bad guy, he’s the bad guy, but that’s it. That was the line that he drew.”
But aren’t those kind of a small plot device for the character to watch her go on and off the wagon?
“I was sad, but it was either that or…the movie wouldn’t have been made, literally.”
Alan Horn’s prohibition is absurdly fanatical, but at least he had a choice in the matter. Indian filmmakers labored under an on-screen smoking ban until a court overturned the law last month on free expression grounds.
[Thanks, Jason!]
Update 2/2/09: To whet your appetite for the film, here’s BoingBoing’s Xeni Jardin talking with Zack Snyder and visual effects supervisor Des Jardin about the adaptation and showing a few clips.
Permalink - Share/Save - Comments (3)The Scott McCloud comic Google commissioned to explain the thinking behind its new browser is very well done. It does a great job explaining why Chrome is different and why you should try it. See that guy on page 6 yelling at his browser to “Hurry up, dammit!” while his girlfriend tells him to close some tabs? That’s pretty much me. Er, minus the girlfriend.
Now to try the browser itself…
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Jacob Grier is a freelance writer, barista, mixologist, and magician in Portland, OR. He writes, eats, and drinks a lot. His articles have appeared in The Washington Post, Reason Online, The Oregonian, and other publications.
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