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Vanity Fair.com's Frank DiGiacomo and illustrator Frank Harris have imagined a "new breed of Washington, D.C.-based superheroes, battling one another for dominance even as they wage a desperate war against their common enemies: Mortgage Mash, Mr. Credit Freeze, and the un-tame-able Afghakistan. Will they save the world, or kill each other trying?"

Washmen lineup (l. to r.): Megalomandias, Bad News Joe, 'Night Dow, Dr. Chicago, Phantom Pantsuit, The Buccaneer, Rushhack and The Jokerer.

Oh, and by the way: I'm not the only guy who thinks N.Y. Post critic Kyle Smith went a litle bit overboard in his Watchmen review (i.e., by comparing Zack Snyder's fanboy flick to Stanley Kubrick's 2001.)

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 5, 2009 at 10:18 AM

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Sabina E says ...

hey they covered Obama/Dr Manhattan's private parts!!! No cheating is allowed, Vanity Fair.

Posted by Sabina E at March 5, 2009 11:09 AM

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Rothchild says ...

Jesus Christ, Wells. If you'd read the book or seen the movie you'd have a leg to stand on. You're just feeding off of the negativity without a single actual insight or anything to say. I love it. You're the Don Quixote of web journalism.

Posted by Rothchild at March 5, 2009 11:29 AM

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BurmaShave says ...

Please just post Ebert's thoughts. If you're not willing to do that, at least don't act like Kyle Smith is totally alone out there.

Posted by BurmaShave at March 5, 2009 11:35 AM

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BurmaShave says ...

And yes, the Kubrick comparison is hyperbole, but the idea that he could be so excited by it in the current movie landscape is not at all ridiculous.

Posted by BurmaShave at March 5, 2009 11:47 AM

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George Prager says ...

Anthony Lane's review:

"Last and hugest is Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), who is buff, buck naked, and blue, like a porn star left overnight in a meat locker. Whether his fellow-Watchmen have true superpowers, as opposed to a pathological bent for fisticuffs, I never quite worked out, but this guy is the real deal. He was once a physicist, but, after an unfortunate mishap, he found himself reintegrated as a radioactive being, equipped to peer into the future, nip to Mars for the afternoon, and divide into multiples of himself for nuclear-powered group sex."

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2009/03/09/090309crci_cinema_lane

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Posted by George Prager at March 5, 2009 11:49 AM

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actionman says ...

some will hate it. others will love it. the world will (hopefully) continue to spin round 'n round. and not one review will make a lick of a difference. it is what it is.

Posted by actionman at March 5, 2009 12:24 PM

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actionman says ...

and yeah, there seems to be PLENTY of people out there who are in line with Ebert and Smith's reactions to the film.

Posted by actionman at March 5, 2009 12:24 PM

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