"I met a traveller from an antique land" Part Two

So Optimus Nerd made me read The Watchmen, and of course I willingly obliged.  But I should get an award.  Seriously, I teach high school English!  I get paid to read, talk abut reading, and read some more.  Now if only I could get my students to stop writing "IDK" and "cuz" and write the actual words instead.  A girl can dream, now can't she?

Despite the fact that last semester I was reading three novels simultaneously, I still finished The Watchmen before the film was released in theaters.  Well, I finished it on the plane right before the epic movie night, but still.  I did it.  I was like a reading machine.  A proud one at that.  Also, it helped that Nerdman drilled with questions and mini-quizzes on what I had read like EVERY NIGHT.   I had to have something to report.  You don't understand what it's like to hear my nerdy lover's disappointing tone when I hadn't read the night before.  And he isn't exactly interested in hearing me yammer on about how I think it's cool that the author Alan Moore integrated two frame stories within the main story.  You know what I mean?





Anyway, it was REALLY late when we saw the film,  especially considering I had been up at 5:30 a.m., worked eight hours, took a flight and long BART ride, and then got to the theater.  Needless to say, I was pooped by the time we arrived to watch the movie.  And it was long, like Titanic long.  Ugh.

But when I wasn't nodding off in the theater, I was actually enjoying the film.  Luke Nerdwalker was surprisingly quiet, but I think that's because I read the book and was now a Watchmen connoisseur.   Of course the book was better than the film, but that's the case in 99% of movies adapted from novels (with the exception of The Devil Wears Prada, who's with me ladies?)  I especially enjoyed how Dr. Manhattan was really blue and naked in the film.  Like, I've never seen a blue...um...  Nevermind.   Nerdy bf and I had a good laugh over that one.  He also didn't seem to mind me falling asleep on his shoulder, a practice that has become extremely common in our relationship.  Honestly, I think it was more important that I actually finished the novel.  You know, so that he could give me more comic books to read, and so I know who Rorschach is.  By the way, he is totally my favorite character.  The ink blots on his mask CHANGE during the film.  How bad ass.  Optimus Nerd loves when I say stuff like that too.  It probably turns him on.

Anyway, those of you who are literary suckers like me shouldn't hate on The Watchmen.  It is filled with allusions from English literature, and contains powerful themes and metaphors.  Who knew a comic book could be so compelling?

So this story's lesson taught me to fully embrace my nerdy man's reading list.  And while I was now on board to read more nerdy books, I definitely wanted something in return.