tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864034625127686689.post2449750602888058248..comments2023-11-27T04:16:59.387-05:00Comments on The Part-Time Critic: Watchmen ReviewKyle Leamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06317718119985580413noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864034625127686689.post-81721672781056543632009-03-10T21:05:00.000-04:002009-03-10T21:05:00.000-04:00Thanks for the review Kyle. I think you are a lit...Thanks for the review Kyle. I think you are a little harsh of the "miracles" element to Dr. Manhattan's otherwise nihilistic world view--this is how the graphic novel resolves Dr. Manhattan's feelings toward life. So maybe there wasn't time to fully develop the process of how Dr. Manhattan is persuaded to move from nihilism to all-life-is-a-miracle, but it's nevertheless faithful to the source material.micahmcmillanhttp://micahmcmillan.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2864034625127686689.post-8498059636028039902009-03-10T21:39:00.000-04:002009-03-10T21:39:00.000-04:00Thanks for the comment Micah. I only wrote a line ...Thanks for the comment Micah. I only wrote a line or two about it in the review, but Dr. Manhattan's resolution about humanities value has taken up about 75% of all discussions I've had about the film, and its my biggest fustration in the graphic novel and in the film as well. I don't mind a nihilistic film, and I think Watchmen does a good job of basically selling this world. But its reasoning for humanities objective value (the one that Manhattan buys into - and is confirmed at the end of the film by Silk Spectre's mom), is ludicrous in the face of a nihilistic world. <br><br>Its a philisophical point yes, but I didn't buy that motivation in the book and I thought it flopped in the film as well.Kyle Leamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04418642592946535731noreply@blogger.com