Comments on: PRGAAMWA Game #5: The Iron Giant vs. Night Watch http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/22/prgaamwa-game-5-the-iron-giant-vs-night-watch/ "Let's put it this way... maybe I'll sleep with you if you're the last man on earth. But we're not on earth." - Melanie Ballard, Ghosts of Mars Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:51:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kevin http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/22/prgaamwa-game-5-the-iron-giant-vs-night-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Kevin Sat, 24 Mar 2007 21:56:23 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/22/prgaamwa-game-5-the-iron-giant-vs-night-watch/#comment-169 Iron Giant! Big Robot, little boy. There's a litte of each in every man. Iron Giant! Big Robot, little boy. There’s a litte of each in every man.

]]> By: Tom http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/22/prgaamwa-game-5-the-iron-giant-vs-night-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Tom Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:56:51 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/22/prgaamwa-game-5-the-iron-giant-vs-night-watch/#comment-165 I can't even begin to tell you how disappointed I was with Night Watch. I saw the Russian version right after it was released and found it to be a slow, convoluted mess that skirted with some interesting ideas just long enough for the viewer to realize what they were missing. A Russian friend of mine was watching it with me and he explained any subtleties the English subtitles might have missed. It didn't do anything for the movie. Iron Giant, on the other hand, was one of the best animated movies to come out in the past decade. I can’t even begin to tell you how disappointed I was with Night Watch. I saw the Russian version right after it was released and found it to be a slow, convoluted mess that skirted with some interesting ideas just long enough for the viewer to realize what they were missing. A Russian friend of mine was watching it with me and he explained any subtleties the English subtitles might have missed. It didn’t do anything for the movie.

Iron Giant, on the other hand, was one of the best animated movies to come out in the past decade.

]]> By: Alpha-Girl http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/22/prgaamwa-game-5-the-iron-giant-vs-night-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Alpha-Girl Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:25:16 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/22/prgaamwa-game-5-the-iron-giant-vs-night-watch/#comment-164 The Iron Giant was one of the those movies I kinda scoffed at when John suggested we watch it because on the cover it seemed silly. The crying took me completely by surprise. The Iron Giant was one of the those movies I kinda scoffed at when John suggested we watch it because on the cover it seemed silly. The crying took me completely by surprise.

]]> By: raptorgrrrl http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/22/prgaamwa-game-5-the-iron-giant-vs-night-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-162 raptorgrrrl Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:26:38 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/22/prgaamwa-game-5-the-iron-giant-vs-night-watch/#comment-162 Yes! I'm glad to see I'm not the only person my age that cried at the end of "The Iron Giant". I dug Night Watch as a stand alone movie and am really looking forward to seeing the rest of the movies in the trilogy but I love "The Iron Giant". Yes! I’m glad to see I’m not the only person my age that cried at the end of “The Iron Giant”. I dug Night Watch as a stand alone movie and am really looking forward to seeing the rest of the movies in the trilogy but I love “The Iron Giant”.

]]> By: john http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/22/prgaamwa-game-5-the-iron-giant-vs-night-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-161 john Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:32:22 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/22/prgaamwa-game-5-the-iron-giant-vs-night-watch/#comment-161 Lisa and I have both read the book - I was wondering if the movie trilogy was simply the book split up into three parts, but I guess you've put those questions to rest. The book was pretty great, although I have to say that the final story in the book kind of lost me for a bit. Lisa and I have both read the book – I was wondering if the movie trilogy was simply the book split up into three parts, but I guess you’ve put those questions to rest. The book was pretty great, although I have to say that the final story in the book kind of lost me for a bit.

]]> By: chemicalpink http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/22/prgaamwa-game-5-the-iron-giant-vs-night-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-160 chemicalpink Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:41:55 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/22/prgaamwa-game-5-the-iron-giant-vs-night-watch/#comment-160 If you haven't already done so, do yourself a favor and read the book Night Watch is based on. I was really pretty disappointed with the movie adaptation, it pretty much ended ⅓ of the way through the book (and the book is the first in a trilogy, so it's not like the book was split into three parts). If you haven’t already done so, do yourself a favor and read the book Night Watch is based on. I was really pretty disappointed with the movie adaptation, it pretty much ended ⅓ of the way through the book (and the book is the first in a trilogy, so it’s not like the book was split into three parts).

]]> By: the tamworthian http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/22/prgaamwa-game-5-the-iron-giant-vs-night-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-159 the tamworthian Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:39:43 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/22/prgaamwa-game-5-the-iron-giant-vs-night-watch/#comment-159 Let’s get something straight before we start. I have not seen either of these films. Well I may have seen some of Iron Giant when I was drunk (or high on marker pens depending on the holiday) but I’m not sure that counts as I was probably crawling around the ceiling eating bugs ands reinventing cheese. So we’ll not go there now. K? K. Right. So this opinion is solely based on the DVD box covers. Which is just AND fair because you CAN judge a book by its cover – that’s how porn works dagnammit. So lets start with Night Watch:- Hmmmm… half a face, some silhouetted parrots in flight, grim grey landscape (possibly Hull), industrial font… I am guessing this a critique about the illegal import of tropical aviary into Northern England in the late 1960s as a protest against the Vietnam War. Could be a winner as this subject always touches me deeply – akin to the sensation supplied by a glass rod. Iron Giant: - BIG BLOOMIN ROBOT!! HOOOOOZAH!!! AND ITS A CARTOON!! IT’S A CARTOON ABOUT A BIG BLOOMIN ROBOT!!! WINNER! WINNER! WINNER! Let’s get something straight before we start. I have not seen either of these films. Well I may have seen some of Iron Giant when I was drunk (or high on marker pens depending on the holiday) but I’m not sure that counts as I was probably crawling around the ceiling eating bugs ands reinventing cheese. So we’ll not go there now. K? K.

Right. So this opinion is solely based on the DVD box covers. Which is just AND fair because you CAN judge a book by its cover – that’s how porn works dagnammit.

So lets start with Night Watch:- Hmmmm… half a face, some silhouetted parrots in flight, grim grey landscape (possibly Hull), industrial font… I am guessing this a critique about the illegal import of tropical aviary into Northern England in the late 1960s as a protest against the Vietnam War. Could be a winner as this subject always touches me deeply – akin to the sensation supplied by a glass rod.

Iron Giant: – BIG BLOOMIN ROBOT!! HOOOOOZAH!!! AND ITS A CARTOON!! IT’S A CARTOON ABOUT A BIG BLOOMIN ROBOT!!! WINNER! WINNER! WINNER!

]]> By: john http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/22/prgaamwa-game-5-the-iron-giant-vs-night-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-158 john Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:14:42 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/22/prgaamwa-game-5-the-iron-giant-vs-night-watch/#comment-158 I don't know, I think I'm going to have to go with Lisa on this one. While Night Watch was an amazingly cool movie, and was really innovative in the way it presented the subtitling, the only reason it worked for me was that I knew it was the first movie of a trilogy. If there was nothing else coming, then Night Watch was a bit of a story-telling mess. I think that judging each movie on it's own merits (and not allowing it to bring future friends to the fight), Iron Giant wins hands down. That said, I can't wait for Day Watch (seen the trailer yet?). I don’t know, I think I’m going to have to go with Lisa on this one. While Night Watch was an amazingly cool movie, and was really innovative in the way it presented the subtitling, the only reason it worked for me was that I knew it was the first movie of a trilogy. If there was nothing else coming, then Night Watch was a bit of a story-telling mess. I think that judging each movie on it’s own merits (and not allowing it to bring future friends to the fight), Iron Giant wins hands down.

That said, I can’t wait for Day Watch (seen the trailer yet?).

]]> By: amber http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/22/prgaamwa-game-5-the-iron-giant-vs-night-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-157 amber Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:51:08 +0000 http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/22/prgaamwa-game-5-the-iron-giant-vs-night-watch/#comment-157 No way! No way!

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