Comments on: WATCHMEN set pics

By: The Beat

The Beat — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:48:04 +0000

When I look at my rent check, I am nostalgic!

By: Mark Engblom

Mark Engblom — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:09:54 +0000

“Just for the record for all you pussies out there that keep whining about how it was sooooooo dangerous- that’s freaking bullshit.”

Actual nostalgia for the David Dinkins New York City? Unbelievable.

By: phil

phil — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:08:45 +0000

I agree with michael. Whenever someone bemoans the ‘realness’ of old NYC I have to chuckle. I used to visit my grandma in Washington Heights and whenever we would sleep over, me and my brothers would lie awake listening to gunshots go off in the night. They were like the goddamn urban crickets. Plus she lived ACROSS the street from a precinct.

Also whenever they wax poetic about ‘Snake Plissken’ era NY they mean Manhatten. If a hole is what you seek, go to the Bronx. It’s still a hole.

By: michael

michael — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:58:26 +0000

Anyone who used to think that all of the old New York was a good thing is a moron.

Granted, you could get a place cheaper, but even as a young boy, going into the city was an adventure where every ten feet you walked, you were accosted by some grungy street person looking to rip you off or worse.

By: rich

rich — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:43:53 +0000

Amazing … Backlots can be a good thing, if they’re used to double for a city street. NOT a homogenized street which can be all but readily identified in most every cop show made from 1950 through 1985. I’ve seen David Banner, the Duke Boys, Michael Knight, and many other tv heroes walked through the same damn “town square” at least six times each in most shows. And there’s never any trash or graffiti anywhere. Talk about science fiction and fantasy!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:40:15 +0000

In the fourth and final photo, there is a figure walking in the darkness that looks familiar….

By: CBrown

CBrown — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:36:45 +0000

Anytime I despair about the level of discourse in the comics blogosphere, all I have to do is check out the New York City real estate blogosphere.

By: BradyDale

BradyDale — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:31:18 +0000

That guy you quoted needs to come live in Philadelphia with me. He just summed up everything I feel about everyone. Rock on!