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	<title>Comments on: Leonard Cohen&#8217;s Hallelujah &#8211; Mood Music For Watchmen SuperHeroic Sex Scene</title>
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		<title>By: Baggage Carousel 4 &#187; Archivio &#187; monday morning musings</title>
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		<dc:creator>Baggage Carousel 4 &#187; Archivio &#187; monday morning musings</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] flick, btw. and fantastic use of leonard cohen on the soundtrack (and muzak tears for fears), but other people differ. (contains some spoilers.) but i have to ask: how do you put together a 3-hour movie set in 1985 [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] flick, btw. and fantastic use of leonard cohen on the soundtrack (and muzak tears for fears), but other people differ. (contains some spoilers.) but i have to ask: how do you put together a 3-hour movie set in 1985 [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Adrian</title>
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		<dc:creator>Adrian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You well capture the interesting bipolarity that&#039;s evident in many blog postings and threads+

On first reading of the comments here, I was unclear on to what you and Veronica refer - but quickly see that Google in its Alerts lists:

&quot;Brief, non-spoilery review of â€˜Watchmenâ€™ - Veronica Belmont
By Veronica 
I agree the &#039;Hallelujah&#039; sex scene was a bit long, but it was uncomfortable intentionally. It was supposed to call attention to the absurdity of Danâ€™s condition, that he has to put on a goofy costume and be Nite Owl to get it up. ... &quot;

And, indeed, on visiting that blog it turns out those words are the comment of someone with the handle Avrithor (and not penned by the blog&#039;s owner).

There&#039;s a number of thoughtful comments, with all range of perspective, on that blog. This #39 post excerpt from Dagsly touches on a theme about which I&#039;ve speculated (not having seen the movie):

&quot;I felt the sex scene between Dan and Laurie was not overdone and needed to be included. I find it interesting how uncomfortable people have become at viewing sex scenes (or even a flaccid blue penis) in theaters. I think itâ€™s possible that the ubiquity of internet porn has trained people to view sex scenes and nudity as something that needs to be experienced alone. Kind of funny really, since communally was for so long the only way people were able to experience sex scenes on film, even non-explicit ones. Makes me wonder if a film like Basic Instinct or Last Tango in Paris could even be releasable today. Thereâ€™s also the obvious paradox that a flaccid blue penis is considered yucky but repeated cleaver to head and arms chopped off with angle grinder barely register a mention. Makes you wonder about even more about the films commentary on human nature.&quot;

I drove by our local cinema tonight, and &quot;Milk&quot; and &quot;Doubt&quot; have just arrived. It&#039;ll be weeks before there&#039;s opportunity to view &quot;The Watchmen&quot;. Until then, I can&#039;t imagine how I&#039;ll feel about things in the movie, or, how to answer what difference, if any, there&#039;d be had Allison&#039;s recording of &quot;Hallelujah&quot; remained the soundtrack to that distinctly controversial scene.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You well capture the interesting bipolarity that&#8217;s evident in many blog postings and threads+</p>
<p>On first reading of the comments here, I was unclear on to what you and Veronica refer &#8211; but quickly see that Google in its Alerts lists:</p>
<p>&#8220;Brief, non-spoilery review of â€˜Watchmenâ€™ &#8211; Veronica Belmont<br />
By Veronica<br />
I agree the &#8216;Hallelujah&#8217; sex scene was a bit long, but it was uncomfortable intentionally. It was supposed to call attention to the absurdity of Danâ€™s condition, that he has to put on a goofy costume and be Nite Owl to get it up. &#8230; &#8221;</p>
<p>And, indeed, on visiting that blog it turns out those words are the comment of someone with the handle Avrithor (and not penned by the blog&#8217;s owner).</p>
<p>There&#8217;s a number of thoughtful comments, with all range of perspective, on that blog. This #39 post excerpt from Dagsly touches on a theme about which I&#8217;ve speculated (not having seen the movie):</p>
<p>&#8220;I felt the sex scene between Dan and Laurie was not overdone and needed to be included. I find it interesting how uncomfortable people have become at viewing sex scenes (or even a flaccid blue penis) in theaters. I think itâ€™s possible that the ubiquity of internet porn has trained people to view sex scenes and nudity as something that needs to be experienced alone. Kind of funny really, since communally was for so long the only way people were able to experience sex scenes on film, even non-explicit ones. Makes me wonder if a film like Basic Instinct or Last Tango in Paris could even be releasable today. Thereâ€™s also the obvious paradox that a flaccid blue penis is considered yucky but repeated cleaver to head and arms chopped off with angle grinder barely register a mention. Makes you wonder about even more about the films commentary on human nature.&#8221;</p>
<p>I drove by our local cinema tonight, and &#8220;Milk&#8221; and &#8220;Doubt&#8221; have just arrived. It&#8217;ll be weeks before there&#8217;s opportunity to view &#8220;The Watchmen&#8221;. Until then, I can&#8217;t imagine how I&#8217;ll feel about things in the movie, or, how to answer what difference, if any, there&#8217;d be had Allison&#8217;s recording of &#8220;Hallelujah&#8221; remained the soundtrack to that distinctly controversial scene.</p>
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		<title>By: DrHGuy</title>
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		<dc:creator>DrHGuy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Veronica is correct. It was a comment rather than her post. That reference is now repaired. I apologize for the error.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Veronica is correct. It was a comment rather than her post. That reference is now repaired. I apologize for the error.</p>
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		<title>By: veronica</title>
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		<dc:creator>veronica</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmm.... while I agree with that comment, it wasn&#039;t mine. Maybe one of my commenters?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmm&#8230;. while I agree with that comment, it wasn&#8217;t mine. Maybe one of my commenters?</p>
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