In honor of the highly anticipated release of Watchmen - based on the seminal graphic novel by the same name - I wanted to share this 3 minute clip from the new movie.
Watchmen, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons, was released as a 12-issue comic book limited series between 1986 and 1987. The comic takes place in an alternate history United States. In this alternate world, the U.S. and the Soviet Union are poised at the brink of nuclear war, assassination and murder are every day facts of life. Costumed vigilantes - dubbed the Watchmen - are at first an accepted part of society but they become federally outlawed. Watchmen follows the protagonists as they adapt to post-superhero life; some reveal their true identities, some adopt regular jobs, while a few remain active and are contracted by the federal government. When some of their former partners are murdered, the Watchmen are pulled out of retirement to solve the crimes, finally culminating in a shocking climax.
This 3 minute scene follows the dark and mysterious hero Rorschach as he investigates the murder of his comrade-in-arms, The Comedian. Rorschach, whose "face" is a beanie with an ever-changing ink-blot (named after the amorphous forms used in Rorschach ink blot tests), is the story's anti-communist, anti-liberal voice who sees the world through a moral absolutist lens. In Rorschach's eyes, things are clearly good or evil with no gray area, and evil must be punished by any means necessary. Rorschach's story is just one of several threads that drive and enrich the Watchmen story. Holla!!
"you don't seem to understand...I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me!"
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