Mar 6, 2008

Who Watches the Watchmen?


Behold!

If you beheld, you'd see the on-screen personas of characters from Alan Moore's and Dave Gibbons' super fantastic graphic novel Watchmen. I don't know how many of my loyal readers have read Watchmen, but seeing these makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
If you haven't read this monumental work of comic book greatness, let me inform you as to the characters which you beheld (if you did truly behold):
1. The Comedian: He's a super-cynical, almost evil dude yet he's one of the good guys. After his days as a masked superhero, he spends time working as a mercenary in Vietnam. You may notice the smiley face button on his right shoulder. This becomes a very significant symbol in the Watchmen mythos.
He's played by some dude from Grey's Anatomy.
2. The Nite Owl: He's kind of like Batman, if Batman wasn't a multi-billionaire. He's got a thing for nocturnal animals and is really good with gadgets. His character in the book is the stalwart good guy who is all about punishing evil.
He's played by Patrick Wilson, who was the creepy pedophile in Hard Candy.
3. Ozymandias: He's a super-smart, super-strong dude who has a man-crush on Alexander the Great. He's managed to turn his name and image into a very lucrative brand name. Does he kinda give you the creeps? Don't worry. That's natural.
He's played by Matthew Goode, who was the snooty brother-in-law from Matchpoint. But I think that he should be played by this guy.
4. Rorschach: This guy is a very unstable sociopath. He hates criminals and evildoers a lot, and expresses this by breaking their fingers when they don't cooperate. Yet, he's got a strange sense of nobility around him as he's one of the only people who knows what's really going on.
He's played by some freaky-looking bald guy.
5. The Silk Spectre: She has reluctantly taken up the mantle of Silk Spectre from her mom, who kinda pushed her into it the way some moms push daughters into ballet lessons. She's also married to Dr. Manhattan (who is unfortunately not pictured, but is going to be played by Billy Crudup), but since he's kind of like an omnipresent atomic bomb, she's not getting much joy out of it.
She's played by some chick from The Heartbreak Kid

If you haven't read this sweet graphic novel, you should. You have exactly one year before the movie comes out, so get crackin'!

2 comments:

Mom said...

You're brilliant and charming.

Unknown said...

RU done with 'em? Could I borrow them?