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20.7.2010
Rorschach's downfall is directly linked to his personal inability to deconstruct the supposed binaries that surround him. His entire philosophy revolves around an absolute Structuralist model, in which morality exists within a framework of total binary opposition highlighted by Difference. Exactly as his namesake, there is no gray area in a moral ( Read more... ) -
15.7.2010
No new writing tonight, I think, but I did read a fascinating article by Matthew Wolf-Meyer that touched on the Nietzschean
übermensch, and how superheros generally will not achieve Nietzche's imperative, but instead will succumb to conservative politics bordering on fascism and the upholding of the status quo instead of using their gifts to ( Read more... ) -
14.7.2010
Over the span of more than two decades, Dr. Manhattan has allowed his emotional invulnerabilities to match his physical ones. As the only being in the Watchmen universe with superpowers, he can therefore be accurately described as that universe's only true “superhero,” as opposed to merely a vigilante. As that universe's most powerful ( Read more... ) -
13.7.2010
Watchmen works to undermine the tropes of superheroes-and indeed of heroism-that had been canonized in the prior sixty years of popular comic books. Superman's own system of values, the upholding of “truth, justice, and the American Way” was instilled in him by his foster parents on their farm in Kansas. It is perhaps not coincidental that ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Better late than never.
Except on Death Row.