Comments on: Watchmen: A Non-Reader’s Perspective

By: Bob The Slob

Bob The Slob — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:18:53 +0000

i know you get what im saying sean…but look…if i plop a 25 year old average north american male infront of both godfather and Watchmen outside of the knowledge of when they are released and made and such…both of them would be irrelvant…but they will be understood if he is open to the themes and character archetypes…yeah, and period pieces pretty much put this argument to rest.

great films take 10 years to mature and get properly discovered anyway…so, what does it matter right?

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:36:51 +0000

Whether or not The Godfather and Blade Runner are relevant to today’s world is *irrelevant* because they weren’t made this year. I know what you’re saying, and certainly there are period pieces being made all the time, but the fact remains that a lot of what made the Watchmen comic special was the relation to the political climate of the time, something that today’s viewers (myself included) will never fully appreciate.

By: Bob The Slob

Bob The Slob — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:24:46 +0000

The argument of relevance is the weakest bag of crap anyone can come up with. WHAT THE HELL DOES IT MATTER IF SOMETHING IS TOPICALLY RELEVANT OR NOT…is the Godfather relevant? or are the themes relevant? is Blade Runner relevant? or are the themes relevant? hell…is Citizen Cane relevant?…or…get where I’m going with this…

So I guess…of it’s time…MURPHY BROWN was the greatest piece of human creation on the planet…by that logic.

By: Fwer

Fwer — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:39:34 +0000

Wachmen has its soul and its one of the best movies I’ve seen

By: Ryan M.

Ryan M. — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:20:22 +0000

Although this is a well-written post I also disagree with everything you said except for the fact that it’s setting lacks relevance now that the Cold War is over and gone. It doesn’t feel timely anymore but that doesn’t bother me because I take it as the setting in any sci-fi/fantasy. For example: Middle Earth’s battle is still relevant to me even though it doesn’t exist.

By: PJ

PJ — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:05:07 +0000

I`am not a Fan, I didnâ€™t know the “Watchmen reality”, and I liked this movie very much. I disagree with almost every statement youâ€™ve made. Very narrow thinking.
And the movie has itâ€™s soul. And it has a potential and it has everything that genre needs

By: Grim Santo

Grim Santo — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:51:19 +0000

I have to agree with the poster above. The movie shares a lot of the same problem with the book.

By: TheAllKnowingGod

TheAllKnowingGod — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:21:14 +0000

I wouldn’t say the problem with characters is exclusively a problem of the movie. The characters in the book are bland, flat and uninteresting too.