In reading "Watchmen," I am most struck by the God, Man and Superman subtext of all the "Who is killing the Masks" drama. Moore posits the notion that there is no God and in the absense of God man must create one while simultaneously arguing that IF there is a God He would be as detached and removed from day-to-day human interaction as Dr. Manhattan.
~rave! --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Hayden" <belsidus2...@...> wrote: > > (I am re reading it, too, after seeing "The Tales of The Black Freighter" and > re-viewing the film again. > > Funny how the film and dvd kept hitting those lines and scenes from the book > and I would key on the image from the book, Dave Simmons work and the movie > absolutely hit that scene--the director even portrayed some better. > > That is the ultimate fanboy superhero experience--again, it will be sort of > like a cult film-- > > While I was watching the film again I watched with two minds--fanboy mind in > which the comic is imprinted on my brain--and unattached objective mind, > which was wondering what the hell all this was about. > > Totally useless to anybody who is not a diehard historian of the genre--I > know the hope. That "Watchmen" will infect the world. > > It was not to be. > > The rest of the world wants Super-heroes. > > Not Masks. Or Watchmen. > > --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "ravenadal" <ravenadal@> wrote: > > > > --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella" <tdlists@> wrote: > > > > What are you reading?>> > > > > > > I am reading Alan Moore's graphic novel "Watchmen" (and enjoying the hell > > out of it) and the "Octavian Nothing" duology (I adore the language). > > Although the two Octavian Nothing books take place in pre revolutionary > > America, they are about a preternaturally gifted young black slave plopped > > into a strange new world and his first person account of trying to > > rationally navigate that maddingly contradictory world. > > > > ~rave! > > ________________________________ > > http://theworldebon.blogspot.com > > >
