Comments on: Man Shoots and Kills Himself During ‘Watchmen’

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:30:27 +0000

I have to admit I hated this movie too…he was probably a diehard fan….who else would go to a midnight showing on a 12 oclock on Sunday…this crappy movie isnt even playing in my theatres anymore where i live..there is a part of Watchmen fans that hate this movie…and us watchmen fans are alittle funny to begin with…i feel bad for the guy but there was probably other mitigating factors that caused this..but the bad movie might have pushed him over the edge.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:30:00 +0000

By: Melanie

Melanie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:52:07 +0000

As first posted by "srsly", I think 'distasteful' is exctaly the word I'm looking for. Sorry if this topic was handed down to you, Ms. MacGregor, becuase I don't find this newsworthy or applicable to a website suuposedly centered around reviewing film, but you could have handled the assignment better. Here's hoping discretion and care are taken with other sensitive topics in the future.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:52:00 +0000

By: Josh_Radde

Josh_Radde — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:38:17 +0000

Sadly, I have to agree. Sometimes we lose sight of the fact that we're not just a news gathering organization, that we are encouraged to editorialize. Hinting at the joke is only encouraging talkbackers to make jokes now, and that's truly disheartening.

By: Josh_Radde

Josh_Radde — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:38:00 +0000

By: heartless

heartless — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:46:58 +0000

was he that sad that they changed the ending of the movie from the original ending from the book?

By: heartless

heartless — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:46:00 +0000

was he that sad that they changed the ending of the movie from the original ending from the book?

By: srsly

srsly — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:52:15 +0000

"We could make a joke…, but… the more we think about this whole situation the less funny it becomes." ?!?!

RU kidding? So if you didn't take time to think about it, it would be funny?

Yes – Watchmen is under-performing financially.
Yes – some guy committed suicide during a showing of Watchmen.

Mentioning these 2 things in the same article (while denouncing any humor in it) just makes it a candy-ass, passive-aggressive suggestion of the joke without actually admitting to it.

Either be callous and make the crude joke linking the 2 things, OR conscientiously report the news of the apparent suicide without any mention of the financial flop. Mentioning the possibility of a joke and then saying there's nothing funny about it is barely a half-step better then just making the joke period.

For the record, i'd prefer you just reporting the suicide w/o the joke. This is the first post on FSR i've actually found distasteful.

By: srsly

srsly — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:52:00 +0000

"We could make a joke…, but… the more we think about this whole situation the less funny it becomes." ?!?!

RU kidding? So if you didn't take time to think about it, it would be funny?

Yes – Watchmen is under-performing financially.
Yes – some guy committed suicide during a showing of Watchmen.

Mentioning these 2 things in the same article (while denouncing any humor in it) just makes it a candy-ass, passive-aggressive suggestion of the joke without actually admitting to it.

For the record, i'd prefer you just reporting the suicide w/o the joke. This is the first post on FSR i've actually found distasteful.

By: Hamster

Hamster — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:54:35 +0000

Seems like some people assume it's the quality of the movie, but it's also one of the bleakest mainstream movies to come out in a long time, that seems the most plausible reason to me.

By: Hamster

Hamster — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:54:00 +0000

Seems like some people assume it's the quality of the movie, but it's also one of the bleakest mainstream movies to come out in a long time, that seems the most plausible reason to me.

By: k(Black)

k(Black) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:52:00 +0000

Thanks for not making any puns or jokes. Suicide is a very serious sad state-of-mind.

By: k(Black)

k(Black) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:52:00 +0000

Thanks for not making any puns or jokes. Suicide is a very serious sad state-of-mind.

By: qwjhebqwj

qwjhebqwj — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:07:22 +0000

Yup. He wouldn't have carried a gun thinking, "Hmnn… if the movie turns out to be bad, I'll shoot myself in the head."

By: qwjhebqwj

qwjhebqwj — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:07:00 +0000

Yup. He wouldn't have carried a gun thinking, "Hmnn… if the movie turns out to be bad, I'll shoot myself in the head."

By: Jackie

Jackie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:42:15 +0000

I agree with you, I don't think it had anything to do with the movie. I hope this does not start a trend. Can you imagine if the bullet exited the target and hit some innocent person as well.

By: jack2jack

jack2jack — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:42:00 +0000

I agree with you, I don't think it had anything to do with the movie. I hope this does not start a trend. Can you imagine if the bullet exited the target and hit some innocent person as well.

By: phrenetik

phrenetik — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:10:49 +0000

Maybe it had nothing to do with the movie. RIP, Suicide Guy.

By: phrenetik

phrenetik — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:10:00 +0000

Maybe it had nothing to do with the movie. RIP, Suicide Guy.