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Questions for people who have seen Watchmen but not read the book:
1: Did you understand what the Keene Act was?
2: What did you think the implications were of Rorschach's journal being published by The New Frontiersman?
I was talking about the movie with a co-worker yesterday and the people who hadn't read the book in the group he saw it with missed the point BIG time on both of those. (Which we both agree was not their fault, since Snyder kind of forgot to put them in the movie.)
I think Baz himself came up with the "Red Curtain Trilogy" thing, but I could be wrong there.
Jess, I know that The Boy totally got #1. I'll have to ask him about #2. I wish Snyder had had the chance to play up the loony fringe-ness of The New Frontiersman. (And also, in the book -- I can't remember -- didn't Rorschach view The New Frontiersman as the only paper that told the truth? Which is why he delivered his journal there?) Again, I would have liked to see that just a little bit in the movie.
I don't know that Rorschach viewed the New Frontiersman as the ONLY paper to tell the truth, but he certainly was a devoted reader.
And also, in the book -- I can't remember -- didn't
Yes.
I thought he said something about it was the only paper that he trusted to tell the truth? eta: or to get the message out?
Damn, now I wanna see exactly what the book says....
Got it right here.
All I can find is Rorschach's final entry does say "This last entry. Will shortly mail to only people can trust."
But I think that's about it.
Oh yeah, that's the line I was thinking about.
I ask because my co-worker's friends interpreted the last scene as saying that the peace wouldn't last because Rorschach's journal would be published and everyone would know the truth about what happened. They didn't get that The New Frontiersman in this universe commands about as much respect as The Weekly World News does in ours. So yeah, the truth gets out, but everyone dismisses it as the ravings of a deranged conspiracy nut.
But as for #1, I thought there were at least several references to it.