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Post by delurked on Dec 20, 2009 9:36:17 GMT -5
Except he never was that at all before Civil War were everyone involved was massivel out of character. Actually...he kinda was. Like during Armor Wars, or the end of Operation: Galactic Storm, or how he drove a mentally unstable woman to shoot him, or went on drunken rampages... And let's not forget his role as traitor/sleeper agent of Kang the Conqueror in "The Crossing", a story that was thankfully retconned. |
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Post by Sharpy Snow on Dec 20, 2009 9:53:15 GMT -5
That's exactly why Alan Moore is a bit of an idiot. Who did he want readers to get behind if not Rorschach? People just latched onto the character who was a victim of all his friends selling out. Good point. Maybe Nite Owl? He WAS the flabby everyman that people could relate to. Personally, the reason I dig Rorschach is that he seems to be the only one (well, him and the Comedian) that's interested in DOING something about what's going on in the world. Manhattan is lost in his own world of woe and introspection, Nite Owl gave up, Silk Spectre is more or less done, and Ozymandias has retired to milk his legacy. This leaves Comedian (working for the government) and Rorschach (the outlaw who will NOT stop) as the last two bitter, angry "heros" left to deal with an increasingly volatile problem. After Comedian is killed, all that's left is Rorschach. So yeah...I get what you're saying. I just don't think we're meant to think of Rorschach as the hero of the tale. I think the point was that Nite Owl and Spectre and Manhattan actually end up being more heroic by going along with Ozymandias, than Rorschach ended up being by trying to expose him. I won't lie, the ending actually made me hate Manhattan and feel a bit of disapointment for Nite Owl and Spectre. Rorschach was, despite his faults, the only one who seemed to be the good guy in the end. The other three just shrug their shoulders and go "Well, ok. The ends justify the means I suppose.". Infact, I prefer the movie Nite Owl to the comic one if only because of his reaction to {Spoiler}Rorschach's death results in him actually trying to give Ozy some deal of revenge for what he did, apposed to him just walking off with Spectre to cuddle straight away. The cool thing with Watchmen I suppose is that it really is one of those stories where everyone has a different interpretation of it. |
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Post by toddpolt on Dec 20, 2009 13:03:04 GMT -5
Did anyone else besides me laugh at that cartoonish scream by Nite Owl in the movie when "it" happens?
I mean Jesus Christ, whoever directed that acting should never have been given carte blanche...oh wait.
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Post by Rorschach on Dec 20, 2009 13:48:18 GMT -5
Did anyone else besides me laugh at that cartoonish scream by Nite Owl in the movie when "it" happens? I mean Jesus Christ, whoever directed that acting should never have been given carte blanche...oh wait. To be fair, I think that "moment" was ruined long before it was ever concieved simply by the fact that the mother of ALL out-of-character, passion infused screams of "NOOOOOOOOOO!" took place in that stupid STAR WARS prequel. |
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Post by delurked on Dec 20, 2009 14:13:23 GMT -5
Did anyone else besides me laugh at that cartoonish scream by Nite Owl in the movie when "it" happens? I mean Jesus Christ, whoever directed that acting should never have been given carte blanche...oh wait. It did make me chuckle because it was such an obvious attempt to make Nite Owl seem more heroic in spite of the fact he's willing to cover up the deaths of millions to protect the conspiracy. |
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