Blue Penis Contoversy

Not that long ago I went to the theatre to see Watchmen. I was well aware that it had received a good bit of press but I intentionally shielded myself from the reviews so I could enjoy the movie to it's fullest. When I went into the theater I had not read a single review and had minimal expectations. I thought that it would be visually pretty and have some functioning plot.
After watching the movie I went home and did a quick search to see what professional reviewers and the general public thought about the film. To my surprise the plot, characters, and directing were all overshadowed, by a blue penis.
To simplify the controversy there were a few common reactions

"There is a blue penis in the movie. These people are bad make it so nobody is allowed to see it!"

"The blue penis is bigger than it should be."

"Penises make me feel awkward."

Given the fluctuations in public acceptance of nudity in movies the first response didn't come as much of a surprise. It was more of a shock that the moral right was complaining and had lost rather than complaining and successfully getting half of the movie chopped up. It is a mixed win for liberalists because it managed to sneak by on the grounds of being a digital copy (not a "real" person) and by being blue. Perhaps we will see a trend of brightly colored naked people.

The second point is the most amusing. While mothers of white bread familys are ready to attack theatres for even showing the appendage die-hard enthusiasts are complaining about the reduction of significance buy the increase in size. The thought is that by having a respectable endowment Dr. Manhattan loses a factor that was supposed to make him more modest. It's a valid point but it garnered a disproportiante amount of attention.

The last comment in one that I have to agree with. While watching the movie I went through 4 phases.
1. Hhmmm blue penis that's weird, but OK
2. More blue penis. I don't feel comfortable.
3. Hey! Blue penis again
4. Whew! I'm glad that they didn't show blue penis just then.
It's not something that I felt entirely comfortable with but it also wasn't that bad. Having seen Walk Hard it was a situation that I was familiar with. Also when I was growing up I would occsionally watch foriegn films with my parents, random nudity, not so strange.

The controversy placed Watchmen in a slightly different light for me than most other movies. In some respects I would have liked there to be more discussion about the plot elements, the character development, favorite characters, sound track and the regular spiel. However I really enjoyed having some thing different to talk about for once. A subject that is unlikely to pop up in any other movies anytime soon. Blue penis controversy, thank you.