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The Best Show on WFMU => Dear Tom => Topic started by: MikeInManhattan on February 19, 2009, 02:27:03 PM

Title: The Watchmen Vs. Reigning Sound - Mar 6 - Help One Man Decide
Post by: MikeInManhattan on February 19, 2009, 02:27:03 PM

Tom,

The title says it all. What say you? Southpaw, Brooklyn or The Watchmen opening night?

(I wrote about my dilemma here - http://robotsweatshop.blogspot.com/2009/02/watchmen-vs-reigning-sound-help-one-man.html (http://robotsweatshop.blogspot.com/2009/02/watchmen-vs-reigning-sound-help-one-man.html))

Shameless plug aside, Frank From Weehawken says I should just attend Reigning Sound dressed as Rorschach...

Yours truly,

M from M

Title: Re: The Watchmen Vs. Reigning Sound - Mar 6 - Help One Man Decide
Post by: Gregory on February 19, 2009, 02:29:54 PM

Reigning Sound

Title: Re: The Watchmen Vs. Reigning Sound - Mar 6 - Help One Man Decide
Post by: Bryan on February 19, 2009, 03:22:59 PM

Doesn't seem like much of a dilemma. Watchmen will still be playing on March 7th.

Title: Re: The Watchmen Vs. Reigning Sound - Mar 6 - Help One Man Decide
Post by: redsplitwig on February 19, 2009, 04:36:36 PM

Reigning Sound.  Especially if they do that "I'm Waiting for the Day" Beach Boys cover.

Title: Re: The Watchmen Vs. Reigning Sound - Mar 6 - Help One Man Decide
Post by: MikeInManhattan on February 19, 2009, 04:39:19 PM

Excellent point, of course, Bryan. But you gotta take in the incomprehensible-to-most component of fandom. Besides, aren't movies more fun when you're going with an excited group instead of going alone the next afternoon? Take Tyler Perry's Madea Goes To Jail. I won't be making that mistake again.

Title: Re: The Watchmen Vs. Reigning Sound - Mar 6 - Help One Man Decide
Post by: daveB from Oakland on February 19, 2009, 05:01:17 PM

Quote from: cmunny on February 19, 2009, 04:39:19 PM

Take Tyler Perry's Madea Goes To Jail ...

Please!!

Title: Re: The Watchmen Vs. Reigning Sound - Mar 6 - Help One Man Decide
Post by: Tom Scharpling on February 19, 2009, 06:53:53 PM

This is not even up for discussion.

Reigning Sound is great the way the Watchmen is great IN COMIC BOOK FORM.

The movie will be there the next day.

The Reigning Sound WON'T.

See the band and get with the program, son.

Tom.

Title: Re: The Watchmen Vs. Reigning Sound - Mar 6 - Help One Man Decide
Post by: hugman on February 19, 2009, 08:35:40 PM

Quote from: Gregory on February 19, 2009, 02:29:54 PM

Reigning Sound

your last name isn't Cartwright is it.  (I know it's not).

Title: Re: The Watchmen Vs. Reigning Sound - Mar 6 - Help One Man Decide
Post by: Chris L on February 20, 2009, 10:59:17 AM

I'm thinking of driving 2 1/2 hours to see Reigning Sound in Philly Mar 7.  The only way I'd do that for Watchmen is to destroy the only existing print of the film. 

Title: Re: The Watchmen Vs. Reigning Sound - Mar 6 - Help One Man Decide
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on February 20, 2009, 07:30:02 PM

I do hope you go dressed up as Rorschach, in any case.  I promise to go as Dr. Manhattan if you will take an oath to do that.

Title: Re: The Watchmen Vs. Reigning Sound - Mar 6 - Help One Man Decide
Post by: MikeInManhattan on February 21, 2009, 01:38:17 PM

Quote from: Groteface Killah on February 20, 2009, 07:30:02 PM

I do hope you go dressed up as Rorschach, in any case.  I promise to go as Dr. Manhattan if you will take an oath to do that.

I love it. Maybe I'll just show up as Heath Ledger's Joker. And shush the band while I silently read my Watchmen trade.

Title: Re: The Watchmen Vs. Reigning Sound - Mar 6 - Help One Man Decide
Post by: masterofsparks on February 21, 2009, 03:56:06 PM

Definitely see The Reigning Sound. I still have yet to see them in spite of paying money and entering a club where they were on the bill. It's a stirring tale of injustice that I shan't bother telling here.

Title: Re: The Watchmen Vs. Reigning Sound - Mar 6 - Help One Man Decide
Post by: mattmaher on February 25, 2009, 07:00:30 PM

I won't be able to make it to Southpaw next Friday night; we'll, it would be difficult for me to travel out to Brooklyn from Jersey that night. But, I'll be @ Maxwell's on Sunday :). I'd much rather spend 42 cents than see this ticket go to waste!

First one to PM me with an address to send this to wins the ticket!

(http://eden.rutgers.edu/~themaher/ticket.jpg)

Good luck!