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minus-squarepiyuv@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoFair enough, but watchmen is cool
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoIt’s cool because it deconstructs the whole thing, down to having a quasi god as one of the heroes
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvernlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoAnd having Captain America be The Comedian, because American exceptionalism is a joke.
minus-squaretmyakal@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoThe Comedian was based on Peacemaker. The initial pitch was that all of the Watchmen would be DC’s (at the time) recently-acquired Charlton characters. DC nixed the idea, so Moore just tweaked them and renamed them.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvernlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoJust like how Nite Owl is based on a Blue Beetle with absolutely no other influences.
Fair enough, but watchmen is cool
It’s cool because it deconstructs the whole thing, down to having a quasi god as one of the heroes
And having Captain America be The Comedian, because American exceptionalism is a joke.
The Comedian was based on Peacemaker. The initial pitch was that all of the Watchmen would be DC’s (at the time) recently-acquired Charlton characters. DC nixed the idea, so Moore just tweaked them and renamed them.
Just like how Nite Owl is based on a Blue Beetle with absolutely no other influences.