Sooo...Watchmen

[weewarrior]

I've finally started reading the graphic novel, because somebody (and another somebody) urged me to do so, and it's totally depressing, yet awesomely compelling, and I can't stop reading it and now there are only 4 issues left, and.... erm. Help?

Also, somewhat cryptically: the Lost producers have read this, too, right? Some elements seemed *really* familiar.

ETA: There are now spoilers in the comments.

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[wee-warrior.livejournal.com]

Man that IS depressing. I choose to believe that they think he is the most interesting and complex rather than they want to be his friend. The alternative is chilling ;)

Oh dear, yes. My actual fear is not something like that, it's that people might like him akin to how many fans seem to like Sylar of Heroes - as a hardened, amoral badass instead of a lunatic killer. Like Wolverine is amazingly popular, only without taking into account that Sylar and Rorschach are actually meant to be bad. But I could be wrong! I hope I am.

I think I tend to get swayed in favour of the one I'd read more recently.

Hee. I know the phenomenon. From Hell is something I'm very interested in, and Top Ten sounds intriguing. I'll do V for Vendetta first, though, since I actually own that one.

Interested to know what you think of the ending when you get there.

Depressing. They basically end up in an Aryan theme park! Like I said above, I think there were flickers of hope when all those minor characters came together to save the woman from her ex-lover, and I chose to believe that that is worth more than Ozymandias' icky version of a perfect world. (But yeah, I was glad that Jon not so subtly hinted that it would all blow up in Adrian's face eventually, one way or the other.)

It's great fun discussing this with you!