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Watchmen Explained (original comic)
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What happens in the original 1986 Watchmen comic, and what does it mean? What do Rorschach, Dr. Manhattan, Nite Owl, Silk Spectre, and Ozymandias represent?

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0:00 Watchmen
0:54 World
2:14 Rorschach
5:05 Manhattan
7:15 Dan
8:46 Laurie
10:20 Ozymandias
13:39 Entirely In Your Hands
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@AltShiftX

4 years ago

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@nickmontalbano9573

3 years ago

“So Manhattan fucks off to Mars to build a sandcastle.” That’s golden.

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@chimericalical

3 years ago

I like Rorschach and all, but I wish he didn’t have an image of my parents fighting on his face.

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@gameygeemer4142

1 year ago

One thing that you didn't mention. Ozymandius actually created TWO giant psychic squids and sent the other one into Moscow so that neither side could lay blame at the foot of the other.

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@BatmanHQYT

1 year ago

Dan's essay about owls is one of the most beautifully written segments of the comic. The interludes really made it something special.

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@PooleyX

4 years ago

I have to say, that's the clearest, most concise and carefully structured explanation of Watchmen I've ever seen, heard or read. Bravo.

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@iambiggus

2 years ago

Imagine starting to like a girl, only to know exactly when and how you'll break up before you even start dating. That's truly a tragic character.

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@hubertrozalski7070

1 year ago

I just love how purely american comic books are so optimistic and colourful and european authors like Alan Moore and Garth Ennis create things like "Watchmen", "Judge Dredd" and "The Boys".

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@connorstromboe2777

1 year ago

I like the idea that even if Rorschach’s journal isn’t published, the “utopia” would eventually collapse anyway. At the end of the story it’s revealed that writing negative stories about Russia has been outlawed by the U.S. in order to keep the peace after having seen the horrible outcome of potential nuclear war in New York. But some citizens still harbor the same disdain for what Russia stands for, and without addressing the actual ideological differences and conflicts that led to them to nuclear war in the first place, they’re destined to head there again.

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@sunriseparrabellum5505

4 years ago

I can excuse most things but a man who eats another mans beans is no man at all

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@duggeeo4147

3 years ago

"it's so sad that Steve Jobs died of ligma" - Dr Manhattan

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@felatioable

2 years ago

"In the end, Watchmen is a Rorschach test." - brilliant. well said.

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@thepoleontheroad

7 months ago

What I love about Dr. Manhattan's origin story is that Moore acknowledges it's not gonna sound like anything new or groundbreaking in the comic medium, but still tells it and focuses on the hopelessness of Jon's entrapment in the machine to tell it well. Imagine you come back to a room to get your coat, but the doors close behind you. At first, you treat it as a joke, though the horrified reactions of your friends say otherwise before you yourself utterly panic when you find you're going to die now in this tiny space and there's nothing to be done about it. After a few minutes of dreading, every atom in the room disintegrates, including the ones that make you. The most hopeless situation.

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@Xspy70

4 years ago

"Manhattan gets falsely accused of giving people cancer, and his girlfriend Laurie leaves him for an Owl man. So Manhattan fucks off to Mars and builds a sand castle." This sentence is amazing. The flow and expression of it. So much going on xD

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@snark4611

4 years ago

He wasn't exaggerating when he said Alan Moore was a wizard. Man legit thinks he's a wizard. Lives in a castle too.

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@ow7365

9 months ago

not even finished the video yet but these edits on the comics and sliding from relevant panels to the next is very smooth and easy to follow love this format

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@SCVMCVNT

1 year ago

Rorschach reminds me greatly of the character featured in ‘Taxi Driver.’ An incredible movie, that might as well be his origin story

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@finnulas7690

4 years ago

We really missed ya Alt Shift X. Just wanted you guys to know that.

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@bobparr1908

4 years ago

My favorite line - "And he breaks into people's houses and eats all their beans". :)

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@ericlondon2663

1 year ago

Loved the ending. Imagined after his journal was published the entire human race finally annihilated itself. Finally, peace.

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