Watchmen, Alan Moore, am I just too old
I’m reading Watchmen,
okay, I feel a little quilty because everyone I know at work is re-reading it to get ready for the movie. Somehow I have yet again missed that moment of reading what’s important at the time everyone else is. I’m going to blame it on my age, except I just looked and Alan Moore is just a year younger than me. (I hope I look a lot younger)
And along with my aging process, I’m not sure if I like my heroes as flawed as Watchmen. I like those guys/gals with super powers, the good vs. evil caricatures, and the sides are clearly delineated. Flawed, old, crazy is how I feel why do I want my superheroes to be the same, I think fantasy is a good thing. Am I totally against the grain with this thinking.
But I do get the angry, cynicism, irritation with the, forgive the word, “establishment”. So I’ll read on even if I’m a day late and a dollar short as my grandmother would say.
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Definitely read it, Kitty. I didn’t read it for the first time until a couple of years ago, and have re-read it getting ready for the big show. Since it takes place in an alternate 1985, it doesn’t seem as dated as you might think.
I’m going to miss the big opening this weekend, because I have family coming in, but I’m definitely hitting the multi-plex *next* weekend.