Watchmen

Jul 17, 2008 17:50

So yes, I know, you've all seen the trailer, etc. etc., that's all good ( Read more... )

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lethann July 18 2008, 23:03:01 UTC
Ok. To truly understand the awe that is The Watchmen, you have to rewind to the mentality of the world when it came out. At the time, most comics were for 'kids' and were whitewashed so there was good and evil and good always won ( ... )

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macrossforever July 19 2008, 00:12:31 UTC
Wow! Thanks for that DebDeb :) I'm really interested in reading it now and will make sure to do so before the movie comes out.

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misakerowyn July 19 2008, 02:38:08 UTC
If it makes you feel better, RRK, I have no clue whatsoever what the "Watchmen" is/are anyway?:)

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lethann July 20 2008, 17:57:57 UTC
It's a groundbreaking comic mini-series that was then combined into the very first "Graphic Novel" and is really what changed the mentality of comics.

There is no "Watchmen", not like how "XMen" is a comic about a group of superheroes called the XMen. No, it's just a title. The only 'group' in the comic is an old disbanded one that was called the Minutemen. In fact, in the series superheroes/vigilantes have been outlawed (again).

Truly it's just a real literary novel just told with graphics not simply text. That's why it coined the term "Graphic Novel".

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