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Comic Book Philosophies - By Jeffrey Chen Much of the appeal of writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons' 1986-87 comic book series Watchmen comes from its intricacy, not only in the narrative/visual approach in telling its story but also in its weaving of, at the risk of making it sound haughty, its existential... MORE >>
A Gaudy & Lethal Spectacle - By John P. McCarthy At one point during the highly anticipated Watchmen, scientist Jon Osterman, aka Dr. Manhattan, laments how the U.S. military turned him into something "gaudy and lethal" following a laboratory mishap involving radiation. Those adjectives also pertain to the movie, but in a good... MORE >>
No Joking Around - By Betty Jo Tucker Is the universe “one big joke,” as an important character in Watchman proclaims? I hope not, but how I wish this movie contained at least some humor to temper its bleak outlook. Still, Zack Snyder’s version of the graphic novel sensation bowled me over with its fascinating... MORE >>
Tick Tock -- The Doomsday Clock - By Joanne Ross In Zack Snyder’s brilliant film version of Watchmen, it isn’t business as usual for a group of rag-tag costumed do-gooders living, working, and maintaining low profiles in the alternate world of Nixon-era 1985, a time when masked crime fighters have been outlawed. Similar... MORE >>
