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minus-squarepiyuv@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 hours agoFair enough, but watchmen is cool
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 hours agoIt’s cool because it deconstructs the whole thing, down to having a quasi god as one of the heroes
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoAnd having Captain America be The Comedian, because American exceptionalism is a joke.
minus-squaretmyakal@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoThe Comedian was based on Peacemaker. The initial pitch was that all of the Watchmen would be DC’s (at the time) recently-acquired Charlton characters. DC nixed the idea, so Moore just tweaked them and renamed them.
Fair enough, but watchmen is cool
It’s cool because it deconstructs the whole thing, down to having a quasi god as one of the heroes
And having Captain America be The Comedian, because American exceptionalism is a joke.
The Comedian was based on Peacemaker. The initial pitch was that all of the Watchmen would be DC’s (at the time) recently-acquired Charlton characters. DC nixed the idea, so Moore just tweaked them and renamed them.