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March 11, 2009
The Big Blue Elephant in the Corner of the Room
I suppose Snyder could have neutered Doctor Manhattan, giving him a discreet bulge that barely hints at the existence of a sexual organ, as if he were a glowing blue Ken doll playing house with Malin Akerman's latex-clad Dominatrix Barbie. Or just respectfully kept his camera shots off Doctor Manhattan's nether regions -- but what on earth would have been the point of that? The primary target audience for this film -- fans of the graphic novel -- already knew that Doctor Manhattan is a nudist.
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Posted by kvoynar at March 11, 2009 09:40 AM
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The blue penis didn't phase me a bit.
Wish I could say the same thing for the guy behind me, who giggled every time they showed it. I just don't understand that kind of immaturity.
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at March 11, 2009 08:45 PM
He looked funnier with his cut out doll panties *hooked* onto him. I definitely saw a shot were they'd have stayed in the long shot but moved to the medium to minimize the wang shots, and I found that very annoying.
Posted by: T. Holly at March 12, 2009 11:33 AM
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