wednes | Watchmen

I finally finished reading Watchmen.

Damn.

Just...damn.

I'm very nervous that they want to make a movie out of it. It'll take one talented bastard to pull it off the right way. Hollywood just doesn't impress me often with this sort of thing. Zack Snyder is fine and all, but I dunno.

It's a very impressive piece of literature, not sure why it's taken me this long to read it. I love how it's really good all the way through, but the last book just slaps you upside your head. Although I did kind of figure that Rorschack would die. Didn't figure it would be so noble. Not sure how I feel about Jon, I'll need to explore the source of his apathy for a while. I'll also be pondering the notion of compromise and what it really says about someone when they refuse to do it.

I didn't really understand the significance of the Black Freighter story, until I read this: Moore has said that the story of The Black Freighter ends up specifically describing "the story of Adrian Veidt". Richard Reynolds states that just like Veidt, the protagonist of "Marooned" "hopes to stave off disaster by using the dead bodies of his former comrades as a means of reach his goal". Which makes perfect sense once you think about it.

I presume the name "Veidt is because of Conrad Veidt from The Man Who Laughs. Neat. Because who else could it be?

Overall, I was profoundly impressed, disturbed, and and blown away.

Rorschack is my hero.

Watchmen

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