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Entertaining Interpretations of Watchmen from the Internet

Here are some interesting and entertaining links that I've found on the internet. I promise...no rickrolls in this one.(Some of these contains some spoilers, so you might not get some of the jokes...

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OMG

So I have not been able to put Watchmen down for about a day now. Its quite addicting. I just wanted to say I was not expecting that twist on page 27 chapter 9!!!!! Craziness

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No Country for Old Men Notes

So this is kind of irrelevant now but I thought I'd post the notes I took during one of our discussions of No Country for Old Men.• Idea of fate as synthesis of will and luck/chance o Randomness in the...

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Watchmen Notes

Watchmen notes from Thursday's discussion:• Comics: o The simpler the graphic, the more you have to interpret o More iconic, you have to imagine more about the picture Ex) bag that says “Goodies,” you...

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Blue men

Okay, so since we mentioned the significance of Jon Osterman being blue in color, I have been racking my brain for information and finally remembered to look it up. I initially thought the blue god in...

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"Hurt" by Johnny Cash

While doing some research for my paper on "Walk the Line" a 2005 film by James Mangold, I stumbled upon a music video for Johnny Cash's last record "Hurt". I find myself watching this video over and...

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Coen Brothers and Accents

I watched Fargo to write my paper and like in No Country for Old Men and Oh Brother Where Art Thou, the Coen brothers did a really good job with the accents. The Minnesotan accent is really easy to...

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Graphic Novel vs Movie

Basically, after reading the graphic novel for Watchmen, I am no longer surprised why it was not successful in theaters. The way the novel ends leads me to believe that it was never set up for a movie...

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American experience

After reading "In American Society" and "Fiesta," I found that they each portray different consequences of entrance into American society as an immigrant. In "In American Society," the mother is able...

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A little unclear

I was writing my essay using a book I wrote about for a previous essay when I noticed that the directions say "works we have studied." I'm unsure whether that means his assigned texts only or just...

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