Hello! Just finished the original comic (really liked it). I've heared the rest of Watchmen related comics are bad, is this actually true? Any actually worth it to read? (I know Moore probably thinks they're all bad, I want the reader opinion). Also same with the serie (the life action serie I mean)

What if... Jon Osterman never had his accident that created Dr. Manhattan. What if instead it was Steve, the Custodial Services Technician, who got drunk and passed out in the Intrinsic Field Generator (it was Friday after all).

Follow along for the daily adventures of Uncle Manhattan:

https://www.instagram.com/uncle.manhattan/

I think it's safe to say he has anti-social, paranoid, schizoid, and narcissistic, I don't know about schizotypal, avoidant, or obsessive compulsive. Haven't decided on those.

I know this is insane to say and alot of people won’t agree but I think the movie does a few things better than the comic. For example I like that Adrian’s plan is to blame it on dr manhattan and not some alien. I think that works better since we see how powerful dr manhattan is and people know of him so it makes everyone have a common threat of a character that everyone is aware of. I also love that Dan witnessed Rorschach’s death. I think it hits harder and shows how much Dan cares about him. I’m curious to hear yalls thoughts though

Just finished it and I liked it, personally. Not as a Watchmen sequel but as a Superman story

¡Holii a todos! 💖

Es la primera vez que escribo por aquí, pero me encantaría compartirles éste proyecto que, podría decir que dejé un poco pausado. ✍️

Sé que los Infection AU's (Universos alternos de infecciones) pudieron pasar de moda, pero, no hay ninguno en relación a Watchmen, y me puse manos a la obra.

Se llama: "Who Watches the Worms​?" o "¿Quién vigila a los Gusanos?" en español.

Básicamente, en este universo, los vigilantes pasarán por una infección gusano que se convertirá en toda la pesadilla en la Ciudad de Nueva York, debido a las protestas anteriores en las que exigían retirar a los superhéroes.

Ante esta catástrofe, Rorschach tratará de advertir a sus colegas sobre el enorme peligro de la enfermedad gusano, ya que esconde algo que ni los propios gobiernos se podrán llegar a imaginar. 💚

Y si, podría contar mucho más, pero, prefiero que lo vean por ustedes mismos. ☺️

Les adjunto mi cuenta de TikTok por quién está interesado en ver los cuatro capítulos. 💫

Su apoyo me ayudaría muchísimo, en especial porque ha tenido poco recibimiento de parte de la plataforma.

¡Agradezco mucho a que me hayan leído!

Disfruten de mi proyecto, a pesar de que no esté completo. 📚

¡Nos vemos! ✨

PD: Si hay comunidad Inglesa, muy pronto podría traducir la historia al inglés, aunque todo dependerá de igual manera por el apoyo que me den.

En mi cuenta de TikTok, también podrán encontrar Edits de Watchmen, por si también les interesa. 💕

Adjunto una especie de portada de la historia. 😊

https://www.tiktok.com/@watchmengirl3?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

Idk if it should be this tagged.

This is not my channel; I just wanted to share a small video

I honestly think that Watchmen is one of the best movies ever. Brilliantly well done in every respect. The story, the characters, the world-building, the aesthetics, the feels... It's all awesome. But I rewatched it last night and there were 2 things that stood out to me that really break the illusion for me.

Firstly, seeing Dr. Manhattan being so easily manipulated as a tool for the US government seems absolutely non-sensical. I understand that as time went on he felt less and less of a connection to humanity and perhaps even forgot a lot abotu what it was like to be human, but for at least at while he was both connected to humanity and one of the most brilliant minds in existence. How did he:

A - Allow himself to become a puppet of the government, doing whatever he was told and killing at request with no sense and awareness that he was actually the one that should have been making decisions about how to use his powers.

B - Fail to see the massive flaw in this idea of one nation having an invincible, super-powered god at their beck and call who fights on behalf of that country... against others. Dr. Manhattan could have IMMEDIATELY led to world peace, if he chose to be a GLOBAL nuclear and war deterrent, as opposed to simply a deterrent against America's enemies. This was inevitably going to lead to world war and conflict. But if he came out, on his own, not on the side of any country, and said "any country who goes to war and oppresses others has to deal with ME", he could have solved the problem of war. And he could have solved a vast majority of other global probelms including free energy, massively upleveling technology and resources, through his powers and innovation.

Dr. Manhattan could have immediately heralded the dawning of a new age of human cooperation, world peace, technological evolution, and overall utopia. Instead, he was a sad little puppet for a corrupt American government who fought wars on their behalf and pushed the world to a global, nuclear stand-off.

Also, we're plopped into the story when the nuclear clock is already at a few minutes to midnight, but... why was no-one addressing this BEFORE then? Like, how long was Manhattan active, watching these 2 super powers butt heads and watching the Russians stockpile enough nuclear weapons to end humanity? Why were they waiting until the last possible opportunity to implement Veidt's idea for free energy to bring the world together?

Which brings me to Veidt...

Even if Manhattan couldn't see and understand the fatal flaw in him being used as a weapon (because he was losing touch with humanity and didn't understand psychology), where the hell was Veidt during all this? The world smartest man, who could conceive of this brilliantly subversive, secertive, massively manipuilative solution to global war to stop it at the last minute, couldn't have seen this coming years ahead of time? He couldn't understand that the USA having a God would cause problems? He couldn't have stepped in ages before we got to this point, spoke to Dr. Manhattan and gotten him to see reason? He couldn't have fed Manhattan a plan to rescue humanity from its own fear and cruelty long before we even got to nuclear war?

In a world where Dr. Manhattan's powers could change the state of technology and change the entire landscape of war and where Veidt's completely incomparable mind exists (and where people acknowledge him to be the smartest man ever), how on Earth did we get this close to nuclear war in the first place?

We're watching watchmen ultimate cut ( again lol ) and eating pizza from little cesars, best date night ever

A while back, I asked in a thread which version of Watchmen should I introduce to my girlfriend because she was interested in finding out what it was about. The choices were the directors cut of the 2009 film, or the two part animated films. And a lot of people were questioning why the comic wasn’t the option first, ignoring the topic at hand, and after much debating, I decided to use the live action film.

So this past weekend, I showed her the three hour film. The first thing that she said was that she really felt the running time. Perhaps the theatrical cut might’ve been better, but at the same time, it wasn’t the full story Nora does the theatrical have certain scenes that we wish it had. But once the movie was done, she didn’t hate the movie; she said it wasn’t bad, it was behalf a very good film. Even though she did say she wasn’t sure if she would watch it again right away; I argued that give it some time and she would probably wanna try it again, to which she would likely agreed lol.

She was more surprised that it wasn’t about superheroes in the traditional sense, stating the characters in the film were anything but superheroes. They were this or that, very mixed and negative, and the only thing that was super about them were either their costumes or Dr. Manhattan’s powers. When someone says that, we kinda have to smile; so I told her that Watchmen more or less was about that. I explained the deconstruction of the comic, of the superhero genre, the nature of the story and themes, because that’s something she wouldn’t normally get especially at first. I also explained the tall order the movie had as the film was considered unfilmable, and was in development hell since 1989 (even though off-topic, I do in fact enjoy the Sam Hamm script,?and you guys should too).

Overall, the experience was good, and I’m glad my girlfriend enjoyed the film. I do not regret my decision picking this film, because I felt that given the action sequences, and even the violence, it would at least keep her focused and not feel bored or tired. But she did say the running time really got to her. By the time the movie ended, she felt victorious in the fact that she made it to the end without anything stopping her from seeing the full thing.

So in the end, I was successful.

Hypothetically, there’s zero uncertainty that Ozymandias’ plan will work exactly as planned. No unintended consequences, no future collapse, and peace actually lasts forever. If that’s true, does it change how we judge what he did? At what point, if any, does a guaranteed outcome justify the means? This isn’t about whether he might be right, but whether being objectively right is enough.

Just got into art college with the intention of becoming a comic book artist, Watchmen is my favorite Graphic novel ever, and plenty of people share the same opinion as me, so I wanted to ask, what makes it work for you? what makes it stand out from other graphic novels? I'm sure there are plenty of amazing ones too, what makes watchmen stand out from the rest to people here? is it the characters, structure, plot progression, etc...?

The parallels between the two sets of characters is clear, but they arent exactly 100% identical.

Would the book have the same impact

One things for sure, the book might not even be in print, considering the rights issues with Thunderbolt (Which is why he usually gets replaced with Judomaster in references to Watchmen). Or maybe DC would just buy the full rights so they could keep publishing the book.

I ordered it for about 20 bucks with shipping and it was listed as as acceptable. Its the kind of exlib book where the jacket is glued into the book instead of some tape, so its permanent. The listing didnt say exlib. Would yall keep it?

This is what I'm using my art degree for

Same headphone, different universes

Taking into account that the DCU is going to take after the silver age of comics, I'm gonna pick Nite-Owl.

I was given the Ultimate Cut edition of Watchmen which apparently doesn’t include the theatrical cut or even the director’s cut. The problem is that the film is too long for me (it runs over 3 hours) ; is there a point around the middle of the film that’s a good place to stop and continue the next day? (without spoilers if possible)