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

I haven't seen it yet, but I almost wonder if "dated" is the wrong word. What about "anachronistic"? -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Mar 9 '09, 10:18

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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

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