Watchmen
AMAZING! ASTOUNDING! TOTALLY KICKASS!
Words cannot describe the awesomeness that is Watchmen. For those who don't know, Watchmen is a graphic novel (bigass comic book) written by the great Alan Moore, who is hailed as one of the most innovative comic book authors of all time. His most famous graphic novel is, without a doubt, Watchmen.
The plot begins right after a former superhero named Edward Blake is thrown out a window. He falls and splatters all over the pavement. Great opening, I know. The police think it was probably a robbery, but another superhero, a vigilante named Rorshach, has a different idea. He believes somebody is targeting and murdering superheroes, so he goes off to warn all his other superhero friends, like this big blue teleporting guy named Dr. Manhattan, this hot superwoman called The Silk Spectre, this nerdy dude called Night Owl II (yes there was one before him), and this smart guy called Ozymandias.
Great. Now that all the characters have been introduced, lots of crazy stuff happens. Seriously, the scope of this thing is enormous. Rorshach, since he is a vigilante, kills, maims, and tortures a lot of people. Lots of people die, and lots of people get rescued. There's also a little subplot about a pirate escaping from an island by using the bloated corpses of his shipmates to build a raft (it makes sense in the book, I promise).
Wow, what a crappy summary, but seriously, don't let that stop you. Watchmen is literally the most amazing book I have ever read. It's even on Time Magazine's top 100 novels!!! Don't believe me? Check it out: http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html
Well this was a pretty vapid post, but I hope whoever reads this checks out Watchmen before the movie is released. You guys have plenty of time because a lawsuit will probably delay its release, which was initially set to be March 9th 2009.
Words cannot describe the awesomeness that is Watchmen. For those who don't know, Watchmen is a graphic novel (bigass comic book) written by the great Alan Moore, who is hailed as one of the most innovative comic book authors of all time. His most famous graphic novel is, without a doubt, Watchmen.
The plot begins right after a former superhero named Edward Blake is thrown out a window. He falls and splatters all over the pavement. Great opening, I know. The police think it was probably a robbery, but another superhero, a vigilante named Rorshach, has a different idea. He believes somebody is targeting and murdering superheroes, so he goes off to warn all his other superhero friends, like this big blue teleporting guy named Dr. Manhattan, this hot superwoman called The Silk Spectre, this nerdy dude called Night Owl II (yes there was one before him), and this smart guy called Ozymandias.
Great. Now that all the characters have been introduced, lots of crazy stuff happens. Seriously, the scope of this thing is enormous. Rorshach, since he is a vigilante, kills, maims, and tortures a lot of people. Lots of people die, and lots of people get rescued. There's also a little subplot about a pirate escaping from an island by using the bloated corpses of his shipmates to build a raft (it makes sense in the book, I promise).
Wow, what a crappy summary, but seriously, don't let that stop you. Watchmen is literally the most amazing book I have ever read. It's even on Time Magazine's top 100 novels!!! Don't believe me? Check it out: http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html
Well this was a pretty vapid post, but I hope whoever reads this checks out Watchmen before the movie is released. You guys have plenty of time because a lawsuit will probably delay its release, which was initially set to be March 9th 2009.
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