Favourite Character from Watchmen?
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Yup.ColdStorage said:
He's just so realistic, and serves as the protagonist. We see the world through his rationale, and even at the end, when the plot is revealed, the book/movie convinces us that Ozy has done the right thing, but Rorschach makes you think otherwise.
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BEFORE he revealed he was pug ugly
I guess it's realistic and intresting, but I couldn't take his miserable stuff seriously after I realised he looked like Archie from those cartoons
BEFORE he revealed he was pug ugly
I guess it's realistic and intresting, but I couldn't take his miserable stuff seriously after I realised he looked like Archie from those cartoons
Rorschach because he has an awesome mask and doesn't have a million counts of public nudity on his record like a certain doctor
Uh, wasn't that a mentally ill guy? Not a super villain?Blindswordmaster said:
I liked Night Owl 2 the most, personally. He was the most morally realistic in my opinion (Silk Spectre doesn't count), and I thought he was a massive badass when he put his suit on.
You make a damn fine point,Hubilub said:He did stand for justice in my book. [sub]I say that as an expression, not describing the novel[/sub]KnowYourOnion said:See I didn't think he really stood for justice, sure he punished criminals but he acted as their judge, jury and executioner without ever questioning himself... then again I could be reading way to deeply into thisHubilub said:
And the way you think of Rorschach is exactly the way everyone else in the comic thinks of him. That he is too hard. But he isn't. He is the one who is just.
Sure, you might say that the better choice was to kill everyone in New York because it saved many others, but was it justice? No.
It's like Rorschach says: "Never compromise, even in the face of Armageddon".
And what about "Battle not with monsters, less you want to become a monster"? That's the whole point of Rorschach. He had to become who he is to fight evil.
The whole chapter in prison with the psychologist is about this.
but ozymandias's grey choices do have some justice in them...not much but what is more "just" a million people dying for a good reason or a few billion dying for no reason what so ever?
I don't know if they had that much justice, considering innocent people die without their consent, but from a moral standpoint many would probably do the same.KnowYourOnion said:You make a damn fine point,Hubilub said:He did stand for justice in my book. [sub]I say that as an expression, not describing the novel[/sub]KnowYourOnion said:See I didn't think he really stood for justice, sure he punished criminals but he acted as their judge, jury and executioner without ever questioning himself... then again I could be reading way to deeply into thisHubilub said:
And the way you think of Rorschach is exactly the way everyone else in the comic thinks of him. That he is too hard. But he isn't. He is the one who is just.
Sure, you might say that the better choice was to kill everyone in New York because it saved many others, but was it justice? No.
It's like Rorschach says: "Never compromise, even in the face of Armageddon".
And what about "Battle not with monsters, less you want to become a monster"? That's the whole point of Rorschach. He had to become who he is to fight evil.
The whole chapter in prison with the psychologist is about this.
but ozymandias's grey choices do have some justice in them...not much but what is more "just" a million people dying for a good reason or a few billion dying for no reason what so ever?
It is probably meant to be debated amongst people.
Probably the comedian, the hopeless cynic in me relates to him better than the others. Dr Manhattan was particularly good as well, it's easy to see why he was how he was.
Unlike the majority of posters above me, I didn't especially like roschach, being a batshit insane sociopath makes for a rather boring character. I struggled to relate with his black and white approach to the world, of all the major characters he easily the most naive. He's fight scenes were always exciting, and he was cool in the prison, but I just don't like the character as much as the others.
Unlike the majority of posters above me, I didn't especially like roschach, being a batshit insane sociopath makes for a rather boring character. I struggled to relate with his black and white approach to the world, of all the major characters he easily the most naive. He's fight scenes were always exciting, and he was cool in the prison, but I just don't like the character as much as the others.
Rorschach. Justice above everything, even if it means breaking some bones and cracking some skulls.
"Never compromise, not even in the face of Armageddon."
"Never compromise, not even in the face of Armageddon."
My favorite was the Comedian. He wasn't held to any kind of misplaced self-righteousness, or even a legitimate moral system, and was a wonderfully "real" character. He was human, and was portrayed as such. Most superheros, even those who are mortal, are usually designed to appear as a god among men. The Comedian was just real.
This is also one of the reasons I love the Punisher and "V" so much.
This is also one of the reasons I love the Punisher and "V" so much.
That is a great point. Rather than worry about it, and trying to change the world, he just says "Fuck it". He is out for himself, and himself only.Snicks said: