Watchmen movie

When an ex-superhero is murdered, a vigilante named Rorshach begins an investigation into the murder, which begins to lead to a much terrifying conclusion.

Watchmen is a twelve-issue comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. Originally published by DC Comics as a monthly limited series from 1986 to 1987,"Time Magazine - ALL-TIME 100 Novels" - A synopsis describing Watchmen (retrieved 14 April 2006) it was later republished as a trade paperback. It was one of the first superhero comics to present itself as serious literature, and it also popularized the "graphic novel" format. To date, Watchmen remains the only graphic novel to win a Hugo Award, "AwardWeb: Hugo Award Winners" - Watchmen listed as a winner of the Hugo Award (retrieved 20 April 2006) and is also the only graphic novel to appear on Time Magazines 2005 list of "the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present."Watchmen is set in 1985, in an alternative history United States where costumed adventurers are real and the country is edging closer to a nuclear war with the Soviet Union (the Doomsday Clock is at five minutes to midnight).

It tells the story of a group of past and present superheroes and the events surrounding the mysterious murder of one of their own. Watchmen depicts superheroes as real people who must confront ethical and personal issues, who struggle with neuroses and failings, and who - with one notable exception - lack anything recognizable as super powers. Watchmens deconstruction of the conventional superhero archetype, combined with its innovative adaptation of cinematic techniques and heavy use of symbolism, multi-layered dialogue, and metafiction, has influenced both comics and film.BackgroundAlan Moore, who wanted to transcend the perceptions of the comic book medium as something juvenile, created Watchmen as an attempt to make "a superhero Moby-Dick; something that had that sort of weight, that sort of density." "Alan Moore Interview 1988" Johncoulthart.com (retrieved 6 June 2006) Moore also named William S. Burroughs as one of his "main influences" during the conception of Watchmen and admired Burroughs use of "repeated symbols that would become laden with meaning" in Burroughss one and only comic strip, which appeared in the British underground magazine Cyclops. "Alan Moore Interview 1988" Johncoulthart.com (retrieved 6 June 2006)Moore and Gibbons originally conceived of a story that would take "familiar old-fashioned superheroes into a completely new realm." "The Alan Moore Interview" Blather.net (retrieved 6 June 2006) Initially, Moore looked towards the defunct MLJ Comics line of superheroes for inspiration. "Id just started thinking about using the MLJ characters ? the Archie super-heroes - just because they werent being published at that time, and for all I knew, they mightve been up for grabs.

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Watchmen Cast

• Jude Law
• Keanu Reeves
• Patrick Wilson