<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post3396320881437546033..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3396320881437546033/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/warning-spoilers-ahead.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6424183814127304859</id><published>2008-07-26T03:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-26T03:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I liked it.</title><summary type='text'>I liked it.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3396320881437546033/comments/default/6424183814127304859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3396320881437546033/comments/default/6424183814127304859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/warning-spoilers-ahead.html?showComment=1217057580000#c6424183814127304859' title=''/><author><name>Logan Ryan Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03267444929810505425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1114/677904588_5481c50e58.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/warning-spoilers-ahead.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3396320881437546033' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3396320881437546033' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-790052993"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 26, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-623792178175935598</id><published>2008-07-20T15:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-20T15:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There are a thousand other gaps and missed opportu...</title><summary type='text'>There are a thousand other gaps and missed opportunities in addition to the ones you list, Ron (e.g. Nancy Grace saying Hancock is not as strong as the (ahem) Constitution). And I agree, it&#39;s still worth seeing. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The main insoluble problem, what makes it worth discussing but also impossible to talk about, is the interracial marriage/destiny story -- to keep their powers they have to keep</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3396320881437546033/comments/default/623792178175935598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3396320881437546033/comments/default/623792178175935598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/warning-spoilers-ahead.html?showComment=1216583100000#c623792178175935598' title=''/><author><name>Jordan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10451174274596699645</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://static.flickr.com/68/168671726_f87b53b572_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/warning-spoilers-ahead.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3396320881437546033' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3396320881437546033' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1484709122"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 20, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2088287905775229308</id><published>2008-07-19T19:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-19T19:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>By the end of this weekend, most movie goers in Am...</title><summary type='text'>By the end of this weekend, most movie goers in America will have seen the trailer for &lt;I&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://watchmenmovie.warnerbros.com/&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Watchmen&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/I&gt; in the previews for &lt;I&gt;The Dark Knight&lt;/I&gt;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3396320881437546033/comments/default/2088287905775229308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3396320881437546033/comments/default/2088287905775229308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/warning-spoilers-ahead.html?showComment=1216510320000#c2088287905775229308' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/warning-spoilers-ahead.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3396320881437546033' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3396320881437546033' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 19, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8932098917512733456</id><published>2008-07-19T11:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-19T11:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Regarding the attempt to stuff &quot;Watchmen&quot; into a 2...</title><summary type='text'>Regarding the attempt to stuff &quot;Watchmen&quot; into a 2-3 hour Hollywood motion picture format - they&#39;re doing it already. Zack Snyder directs. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;watchmenmovie.warnerbros.com&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Maybe it won&#39;t be too awful? But after &quot;300&quot; I&#39;m not holding my breath.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3396320881437546033/comments/default/8932098917512733456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3396320881437546033/comments/default/8932098917512733456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/warning-spoilers-ahead.html?showComment=1216482180000#c8932098917512733456' title=''/><author><name>kate d.</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01421760684816476869</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/warning-spoilers-ahead.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3396320881437546033' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3396320881437546033' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-665270567"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 19, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-508647883708099626</id><published>2008-07-19T08:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-19T08:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Some time in spring, there was a NY Times article ...</title><summary type='text'>Some time in spring, there was a NY Times article the development of Hancock that described how a script with an super &quot;anti-hero&quot; had been a hard sell to production companies. The original script apparently would have been rated at least R and there were cuts made to both the script and the film throughout the production process to try to get it down to a PG-13 rating. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;d guess that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3396320881437546033/comments/default/508647883708099626'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3396320881437546033/comments/default/508647883708099626'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/warning-spoilers-ahead.html?showComment=1216469100000#c508647883708099626' title=''/><author><name>Herb Levy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18361075879064632458</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/warning-spoilers-ahead.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3396320881437546033' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3396320881437546033' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1890310339"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 19, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4763127521327950708</id><published>2008-07-17T10:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-17T10:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I have to agree with you. I enjoyed watching the m...</title><summary type='text'>I have to agree with you. I enjoyed watching the movie but if it had not been a Will Smith high budget movie it would have tanked because it was such a narrative mess.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But, I sure did enjoy it :)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Good thing they released it before The Dark Knight!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3396320881437546033/comments/default/4763127521327950708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3396320881437546033/comments/default/4763127521327950708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/warning-spoilers-ahead.html?showComment=1216305480000#c4763127521327950708' title=''/><author><name>Jessie Carty</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13181286764480973423</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_euLaLVNpeA4/R-XAjpsn32I/AAAAAAAAAVg/eJyPkEyUbrw/S220/IMG_0527.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/warning-spoilers-ahead.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3396320881437546033' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3396320881437546033' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-97078717"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-908475101832014106</id><published>2008-07-17T01:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-17T01:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,actually what I particularly liked about Hanco...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;actually what I particularly liked about Hancock (which I enjoyed in a Beijing multiplex, thankfully not dubbed over) was the meta-story of the 2 superheros.  There&amp;#39;s a lot of exposition given by the Theron character (involving a revised interpretation of -- like -- gods and angels in human prehistory).  You write:&lt;BR/&gt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt; did I mention yet that there’s a second superhero </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3396320881437546033/comments/default/908475101832014106'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3396320881437546033/comments/default/908475101832014106'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/warning-spoilers-ahead.html?showComment=1216274340000#c908475101832014106' title=''/><author><name>David Raphael Israel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00126018040511456588</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_Qk_1h2sW7HE/RlEMy3t4_yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/dsttu4z-B-A/s320/Picture+070.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/warning-spoilers-ahead.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3396320881437546033' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3396320881437546033' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1285384550"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3710665407545436233</id><published>2008-07-15T15:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-15T15:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>They announce all those details (including the len...</title><summary type='text'>They announce all those details (including the length of time from the bank robbery) in the TV story that Smith &amp; Theron see about the escape from prison.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3396320881437546033/comments/default/3710665407545436233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3396320881437546033/comments/default/3710665407545436233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/warning-spoilers-ahead.html?showComment=1216148460000#c3710665407545436233' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/warning-spoilers-ahead.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3396320881437546033' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3396320881437546033' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3606113176523352518</id><published>2008-07-15T14:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-15T14:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I too was very disappointed in this movie. The mee...</title><summary type='text'>I too was very disappointed in this movie. The meeting of a maligned superhero and a PR person had promise in terms of critique of the economy of signs, but that wasn&#39;t even approached. What I wanted to see was Will Smith&#39;s character accept corporate sponsorship for his superhero career and see where the story goes.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But no, they had to make yet another stupid superhero movie.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3396320881437546033/comments/default/3606113176523352518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3396320881437546033/comments/default/3606113176523352518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/warning-spoilers-ahead.html?showComment=1216145160000#c3606113176523352518' title=''/><author><name>François</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06559138766982217784</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/360749881_43aef0cb9e_b.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/warning-spoilers-ahead.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3396320881437546033' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3396320881437546033' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1777839896"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 15, 2008"/></entry></feed>