Watchmen (Before the Class Impressions)
I know this blog is late, but I still want to tell you my first impressions about the Watchmen before I go into my reflections about the class discussion and add to your discussion questions from your blogs. First, I would like to echo everyone's other blogs by saying the Watchmen was an incredible read. This was my first graphic novel and I have to admit it was really good. Because I never really knew how great a graphic novel could be, I plan on reading V for Vendetta and 300 before I go to China in the Spring.
There were alot of elements of Watchmen which I thought were very amazing. The character development, the art work, and the plot were all incredible, but there is something about a graphic novel that sets it apart from ordinary novels. Even though authors, writing in prose, describe the setting, the characters, and the action, reading a graphic novel is like watching a carefully scriptly ballet or opera and every chapter is a new act in the story.
Additionally, my first impressions upon finishing the novel were the same as Jenaber's in think did the ends truly justify the means? This moral dilemma seems to constantly be poping up in our discussions of the novels we read. It is interesting how so many writers and film makers construct the destruction New York city. I guess you can look at it from the perspective of Viedt and came you are simply wiping the Earth clean of the vile and scum that flows in the city's streets, but was it truly worth all of those lifes? If all three million of those people that died were nothing but the vile, dispicable, murderous drudge of society then maybe. They had it coming to them. But, if just one of those people was a good, honest, decent human being, I would not accept the death of 100 million of the worst criminals in hte world if it meant you had to kill one child. In that case, I would have to say Viedt was not fully justified in his actions.
There were alot of elements of Watchmen which I thought were very amazing. The character development, the art work, and the plot were all incredible, but there is something about a graphic novel that sets it apart from ordinary novels. Even though authors, writing in prose, describe the setting, the characters, and the action, reading a graphic novel is like watching a carefully scriptly ballet or opera and every chapter is a new act in the story.
Additionally, my first impressions upon finishing the novel were the same as Jenaber's in think did the ends truly justify the means? This moral dilemma seems to constantly be poping up in our discussions of the novels we read. It is interesting how so many writers and film makers construct the destruction New York city. I guess you can look at it from the perspective of Viedt and came you are simply wiping the Earth clean of the vile and scum that flows in the city's streets, but was it truly worth all of those lifes? If all three million of those people that died were nothing but the vile, dispicable, murderous drudge of society then maybe. They had it coming to them. But, if just one of those people was a good, honest, decent human being, I would not accept the death of 100 million of the worst criminals in hte world if it meant you had to kill one child. In that case, I would have to say Viedt was not fully justified in his actions.