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…but was not prepared for the burning eye of fame.

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In a bizarre coincidence, Marmite tastes exactly like Lurian mustard.

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(The mildest of spoilers are below, but the basic story is over 20 years old. I won’t ruin it for you, but I will mention a couple of minor plot points.)

My Twitter buddies know that Marc and I went to a Watchmen screening yesterday. Most of the people there were in the TV industry, not necessarily fans (a few people even, gasp, walked out in the middle!), and I noticed that we were nearly the only ones laughing at “inappropriate” things, like the way Rorschach handles incarceration. Although you don’t need to have read the comic to understand the movie, I highly recommend picking up a copy if you haven’t already. Certain scenes that would have dragged otherwise were more easily digested, since I saw them in the context of the Watchmen universe and knew why those moments were important.

Be forewarned: this is a long movie, but when you see how faithful director Zack Snyder was to the source material, you too will marvel that he was able to get it all in under 3 hours. (You might even forgive him for 300.) Sure, there are lots of minor detail changes, but will you really miss Nite Owl’s snow-Segways in the Antarctic scenes? If so, perhaps you should just re-read the comic.

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Friday the 13th (2009) has already made over $50,000,000.0000000000 worldwide. (See what I did there?) You know I don’t like being snarky [Lee: whistles, sings, "lalala, I can't hear you"], so I’ll just direct you to my two favorite horror movie sites:

• CampBlood.org: “Friday the 13th”: Jason goes to hell”
• FinalGirl.blogspot.com: “Friday the 13th review: Jason and the Jerks”

I like to contribute to the general discourse (i.e., make internet noise), so here are my thoughts on the future of the franchise in the form of a movie poster:

Have you seen it, and what did you think?

Check it out! Gold standard!

Even Cute with Chris recognizes the power of Kodos, though they called him “Kodo”. He’s plotting his revenge for that now, then his bloody takeover.

What the hell. In honor of Kodos’ first non-AP appearance, I’ll bring back Website of the Week: Cute with Chris.