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In response to "it's philosophically in the same territory as the Alien series, which got Sigourney Weaver an Oscar nom. -- nm" by Reagen

I'll get flamed for this. But Watchmen feels dated to me, the overwrought fears of a European during the Reagen era. -- nm

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Mar 9 '09, 10:12

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Which can be fine...it's like staging a play in the era it was written in -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 9, 10:49
We have the graphic novel at home and I was thumbing through it the other day and was surprised how data the art looked. - Mel Profit Mar 9, 10:22 6
- To be fair, that's exactly the look Gibbons and Moore wanted. They were playing with comic book conventions and the 9 panel page was a biggee. -- nm - TWuG Mar 9, 10:28 1
  - Exactly, it's rather meta. -- nm - Ender Mar 9, 10:29
- dated... - Mel Profit Mar 9, 10:28
- it's very formal. Sort of like Mozart writing fugues. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 10:24 2
  - *awards you one powdered wig* -- nm - con_coffee Mar 9, 10:30
  - fugee all-stars? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 10:26
I haven't seen it yet, but I almost wonder if "dated" is the wrong word. What about "anachronistic"? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 10:18 8
- not really, everything is of the time period in which the film takes place... -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 10:19 7
  - oh, so there are cellphones and the internet and stuff? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 10:19 6
    - Watchmen is set in 85. I don't remember having wide-spread avail. of cell phones or internet. - TWuG Mar 9, 10:22 1
      - Yeah, sorry, I misunderstood what znu was saying :) Also, the first dot-com was registered March 15, 1985. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 10:23
    - it takes place in the 80's so, no... -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 10:20 3
      - but also it's an alternate reality (thanks to Dr Manhattan) so there are things that were not present in our 1980s -- nm - Alan More Mar 9, 10:21 2
        
        but in terms of the scale of techonological advancement, it's fairly consonant with what could have developed in that time. -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 10:23
        
        although computer tech is the same, the point of floppies and I think an Amiga. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 10:22
no flames, I agree - I said that to CCC about how his kids can watch it 5 years from now and it won't feel dated - Epiphany Mar 9, 10:17
it's tone is very much of the era in which the book was written, I agree. -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 10:15

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