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bPETER APERLO/bis an LA-based writer whose credits include the screenplay to the video gamei300: March to Glory/i.It is the most eagerly awaited comics-to-film adaptation of them all. The graphic novel that changed an industry is now a film from Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures in association with Legendary Pictures, directed by Zack Snyder (i300/i), andiWatchmen: The Official Film Companion/iis the essential guide to this cinematic event. A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure,iWatchmen/iis set in an alternate 1985 in which costumed super heroes are part of the fabric of everyday American society. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present super heroes. Their mission is to watch over humanity… but who is watching the Watchmen?brbrFeaturing exclusive interviews with the cast and crew, and scores of photos, this is the comprehensive guide to the new movie event.”I’m overwhelmed by the commitment, the passion, the palpable desire to do this right.” – Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons, on visiting the set of the movie.brbrPraise for Watchmen:-br”Watchmen is peerless” — Rolling Stonebr”The greatest piece of popular fiction ever produced” — Lost co-creator Damon Lindelhofbr”A masterwork representing the apex of artistry” — Entertainment Weekly

Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test

Alan Moore’s Watchmen is set in 1985 and chronicles the alternative history of the United States where the US edges dangerously closer to nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Within this world exists a group of crime busters, who don elaborate costumes to conceal their identity and fight crime, and an intricate plot to kill and discredit these superheroes.brbrAlan Moore’s Watchmen popularized the graphic novel format, has been named one of Time magazine’s top 100 novels, and is now being made into a highly anticipated movie adaptation. This latest book in the popular Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series peers into Moore’s deeply philosophical work to parse and deconstruct the ethical issues raised by Watchmen’s costumed adventurers, their actions, and their world. From nuclear destruction to utopia, from governmental authority to human morality and social responsibility, it answers questions fans have had for years about Watchmen’s ethical quandaries, themes, and characters.Acknowledgements: They Left It Entirely in My Hands.pIntroduction: A Rorschach Test.pbPART ONE: THE POLITICS OF POWER: WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN?/bp1. The Superman Exists, and He’s American: Morality in the Face of Absolute Power (Christopher Robichaud).p2. Can We Steer This Rudderless World? Kant, Rorschach, Retributivism, and Honor (Jacob M. Held).p3. Super Vigilantes and the Keene Act (Tony Spanakos).p4. Superheroes and Supermen: Finding Nietzsche’s Übermensch in Watchmen (Joseph Keeping).pbPART TWO: THE VEIDT PLAN: WATCHMEN AND ETHICS./bp5. Means, Ends, and the Critique of Pure Superheroes (J. Robert Loftis).p6. The Virtues of Nite Owl’s Potbelly (Mark D. White).p7. Rorschach: When Telling the Truth Is Wrong (Alex Nuttall).pbPART THREE: THE METAPHYSICS OF DR. MANHATTAN./bp8. Dr. Manhattan, I Presume (James DiGiovanna)?p9. Dr. Manhattan and Bergson’s Theory of Simultaneous Time (Chris Drohan).p10. Free Will and Fore

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Watchmen (2009)

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Director:
Zack Snyder

Writers (WGA):
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6 March 2009 (USA) more

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This city is afraid of me. I’ve seen its true face. more

Plot:
When an ex-superhero is murdered, a vigilante named Rorschach begins an investigation into the murder, which begins to lead to a much more terrifying conclusion. full summary | full synopsis

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Vigilante | 1985 | Conspiracy | Investigation | Murder
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