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Anonymous Tue Jul 21 01:20:08 2015 No.6857091 [DELETED]

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What does /lit/ think of Watchmen?

I'm rereading it to see if it still holds up and, though it's far from being as good as it was when I was 14, I think it's paints nice portrait of the time it was published. Most of its characters are dull as fuck, Roscharch is the epitome of the teen angst character and the narrative itself is a little boring but I think it utilizes the comic strips medium to its full extent, the art is beautiful and it holds some legitimate value.

Do you consider it just YA/genre fiction shit or does it have any value as literature?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 21 01:22:52 2015 No.6857108 straight fire tbh

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 21 01:23:26 2015 No.6857110 >>6857091 shit

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 21 01:39:10 2015 No.6857159 It has value as literature. And I think it's pretty unfair of you to dismiss Rorschach as a character the way you do.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 21 01:39:57 2015 No.6857161 movie was better

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 21 01:43:41 2015 No.6857172 >>6857159 As far as nihilistic personalities go, The Comedian is a much more interesting character than Roscharch. Some of his lines are plain cringe-worthy.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 21 01:44:51 2015 No.6857178 Can I ask instead where to go from here with Moore? Watchmen is a fascinating, if uneven, deconstruction of the concept of superheroes. I'm interested in what else he has to say.

Anonymous Tue Jul 21 01:46:00 2015 No.6857180

I read it when I was 20. Didn't know anything about it beside the film. Really liked it, didn't think the characters were dull at all- and if they were it was intentional to compliment the bleak atmosphere.

Interestingly enough, I read that Moore wasn't down with it being turned into a film but would have been ok with it being turned into a TV series, something which nearly happened (Ridley Scott was going to direct it). THAT would have been straight fire.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 21 01:46:23 2015 No.6857181 >>6857178 MIRACLE MAN I R A C L E M A N

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 21 01:47:38 2015 No.6857184 File: 659 KB, 1040x1600, R.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Was Rorschach a deontologist?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 21 01:48:21 2015 No.6857186 >>6857178 You be the judge. theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/21/superheroes-cultural-catastrophe-alan-moore-comics-watchmen

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 21 01:49:00 2015 No.6857190 >>6857178 Ellis' The Boys is a more effective deconstruction of contemporary superheroes It's almost a therapeutic read after all the capeshit permeating today's entertainment

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 21 01:50:22 2015 No.6857193 >>6857190 *meant Ennis

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 21 02:22:30 2015 No.6857291 File: 184 KB, 600x818, 1436855968512.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6857091 Harper Lee really should have left it unpublished.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 21 03:02:11 2015 No.6857387 >>6857091 >I don't unlike the character, therefore he is bad But yes it has value as literature, though it is pretty low on the totem pole.

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