This is one of the most beautifully written and thought provoking chapters I’ve ever read. Not just in graphic novels but in any literature. How it makes you think about time, fate, omniscience, the galaxy. All the metaphors, tragedy, humanity, introspection. It’s always stayed with me.
It is 2009, a watchmen movie is being made. It is 1986 I'm opening the book, 33 years have passed, HBO is making a show. It is 2003 a watchmen movie has been declared "unfilmable." It is 1987 I'm finishing the last chapter.
@@brianramirez8255 I liked Dr Manhattan in the movie, but the movie itself don't do justice to the masterpiece that Watchmen is. But the HBO show truly is a shitshow.
@@audio.video.disco. There were a lot of great creative decisions in the show but I think the overall quality is questionable. I think it's definitely more thought out than the movie where they tried to make everything "cool."
"I have never met someone so deliberately amoral. He suits the climate here: the madness, the pointless butchery. As I come to understand Vietnam and what it implies about the human condition, I also realize few humans will permit themselves such an understanding. Blake's different. He understands perfectly...and he doesn't care." God damn...
I don't know why, but the reading done in this for this chapter always is so calming to me. Listening to Manhattan explain himself is weirdly relaxing.
Agreed, I thought this was a cool comic when I read the first 3 issues (Yes, I'm that old). The opening inner dialog blew my mind. I too realized this was special.
@Luke Starkiller I don't think the DC comics multiverse is relevant to Watchmen's greatness. Or at least the Zack Snyder film, HBO show, unnecessary crossover series & reluctant 'franchise' status are not relevant imo. Mainly because of those three I only think the HBO show is worthy of existing as an extension of the original, but also because Watchmen is a criticism of superhero comics made by a man who dislikes superhero fans with the comic series operating perfectly well as a standalone piece of literature too rather than just another pillar of DC's multiverse or just another successful comic series that *needs* to become an expanded franchise . Not to sound like I'm dissing your opinion though, you're allowed to feel how you feel for sure. Just for me personally, I think all of the franchise, the comic brand & multiverse, the spinoffs, etc are all irrelevant to original comic's status.
@@akasha924 Yeah lol but I was ok without the squids or the hints towards Rorshak being a sexist racist. These things although were not in the film I did not feel that they were missing lol.
This is a modern day great literary work and narrative, to equal anything done by other great writers and storytelles such as Shakespierre or even Homer... And like most of those great artists, their greatness is seldom celebrated as is merited, in their own time...
If you can't remember how the name of someone as well known as Shakespeare is spelled, then can we really trust that you have the literary knowledge to claim this as good as Shakespeare and Homer's work? I mean you can like it for sure & lavish it with praise, but I don't like that perspective of everything being a masterpiece or genius or comparable with __ and ___. I see the same type of comments a lot in conversations about music too. I just think it'd be better to hold off comparing people until you've actually done the research and spent a lifetime diving into the history of the subject that we're talking about so you can truly say what's as good as what. But if you were just comparing it to the Angry Dad comic book then never mind..in that case I'd agree this is up there with Homer & Bart's work.
10:51 I just realized Manhattan asking Janey "what's up," is to underline his disconnection with humanity when he killed the talk show host's "What's up, Doc?" joke in an earlier chapter.
I watched the Movie, thought it was interesting Saw this, realized some things in this reality that should not be touched by Hollywood But if it weren't for the movie would I have found the Novel It it weren't for the abridged adaptation that is the 2009 film, would I have ever found this masterpiece *Who makes the world?* It's too late, always has been
I wholeheartedly agree the comic series is better and I'm hardly a Snyder or really a fan of the movie..but I also don't think the film was *that* bad either or that it stands as an example of Hollywood butchering a beloved piece of literature. I still think Zack Snyder seemingly achieved the impossible by adapting the Watchmen story as well as he did. It wasn't perfect by any means, but I still think it's probably the best we could've got for a Watchmen movie, considering how lofty & unwise the task of adapting it is. (i do understand the original comment was more of a joke setup rather than a truly deep criticism though)
I have a love/hate relationship with the film. Sure it introduced me to one of the greatest literary works of the 20th century but at the same time it also changed and left out a bunch of the material that made the Watchmen universe so wholesome and captivating. I will say that it is an “interesting” adaptation to say the least. The motion picture comic does it much more justice.
What a wonderful way to present this epic material. Hearing it presented like this I am struck by the hopelessness in Jons tone. For all his power, he seems the most trapped of anyone.
This is something the movie didn't get into, Dr. Manhattan's perception of time. He's in all of time all the time. For him all of time is just the present, not the past or the future, just the present. That's awsome
This chapter puts Moore into the same literary genius as Faulkner and Joyce. The structure of this is brilliant. Though I don’t think this video truly illustrates that structure as if you were reading the comic. In fact, in my opinion, it misses a representation of time that only comics can do. By using a panel structure we can see time in the same way as dr.manhattan. We naturally read them linearly but we also can see every panel presented on the page at once, just not in detail unless we study them individually. They all exist simultaneously in the same space at the same time on the same page. We can see johns memories of 1985 and of 1959 at the exact same time when they are shown on the same page. This perfectly mirrors the way The character sees time. He exists throughout the past present and future simultaneously though he has to focus on individual times in order to properly interact. Absolute genius. That kind of thing is why so many consider watchmen to be “unfilmable” it uses every aspect of the comic format in order to tell the story. Artwork, panel layout, lettering, page flipping, juxtaposition, etc. it makes the most of each aspect beautifully.
Is it just me, or did John feel a certain degree of guilt for Janey? I got the feeling that he was going through the motions with her because he wanted her to be happy, but eventually he realized that he simply couldn't give her what she wanted. Its like when he said "the world is moving forward and I'm standing still."
Two hours into my past I collect a phonecall from my friend, telling me that another friend has committed suicide. I'm watching this now trying mitigate the hollow space inside of myself, not knowing what emotions I feel, or how to deal with the unknown inside of myself. This helps somewhat. He is still there two days into the past.
Personally a fave chapter, just rivalled by the rorsach origin chapter. Something genuinely haunting about how Dr Manhattans Omnipotence makes him observe events from several times and places at once looking back at his origin. Gives a seriously Dickensian Depth to the prose in this Avant Garde Superman's story.
The main downside to all of the Motion Comics, is that it leaves the page or two of excerpts that each chapter ends with. All of that sets the tone as the chapter ends and some how prepares you for the following chapter.
nah. the main downside to motion comics is it's a completely different way of experiencing the story from how the original creators intended. I don't have a problem with people watching motion comics, but if you think motion comics are just like normal comics aside from _that_ one downside you mentioned then I'd have to disagree with you a lot. For a casual reader/viewer who only wants the story, motion comics can be fine. But if you want the reading experience, the intended pacing, the visual look & arrangement of a comic book and so many more aspects that are *especially* relevant for Watchmen as the quintessential representation of the comic book medium's boundaries, then you're selling yourself short by just settling for a motion comic and thinking chapter ends are the only negative aspect. sorry if my comment sounded hostile though, I mean my comment respectfully, even if it is 5 years late & worded in an overly-matter-of-fact way :)
@@KaizerBeatz-vf9wf The score is great for these motion comics and gives me a greater sense of immersion. Whatever suits you but having fitting music suits me better.
I like to think the Fatman crushing the watch is the bomb leading to the news paper. The paper leading to the watch being tossed, and on and on until dr Manhattan
Late reply, it was how he told the experience of time from the perspective of someone who is outside of it. Where the past, present, and future are practically the same to him. Blew my mind.
This is one of the most beautifully executed chapter i,ve seen in any type of fiction the whole symbolic value and meaning is pure gold with it's amazing themes
the two arent mutually exclusive lol. but yeah youre right its not a comic book since this is a motion comic so its devoid of half of what makes Watchmen so great by experiencing the boundary pushing pinnacle of the comic book medium in comic book form.
This chapter was executed brilliantly. The music, the graphics, the narration of this incredible writing, all incredible. Does anybody know the name of the score?
Wishing he could only live in the moment. Unable to escape from the curse of knowledge and emotion. Powerless against the reality of time. If god was human this would be his story. Literally comic book Jesus.
Watching these has given me so much insight and more love for the movie as well. I never actually read the book but I've known the movie well enough to quote it and see how it runs parallel. The story goes so much deeper here and the movie actually does a few things better. I know some people are purists and will crap on anything that isn't the original, but putting the two together makes for a more complete work in my opinion.
Watching this after having never read the series and having watched the movie multiple times and falling in love with it, I have come to an important conclusion. This is more awesome than the movie. Absolute genius storytelling!!!
God damn it... this writing is just...perfect.... Alan Moore, man. Say what you want about the guy but Jesus Christ... This isn’t the finest comic book ever written (it absolutely IS... but let me finish) it’s one of the finest pieces of writing ever put to paper.
Incredible. Perhaps one of the most underrated pulp synopses of the soon to be posthuman phenomenon. With the coming singularity, humanity will be rendered as immediately anachronistic as museum fossils...our struggles deemed to be no more important than those of loud, yelling ants. Big thanks!
@@falaflani4831Now you're just being an asshole. They still had to adapt it into a motion comic. No matter how similar it is to the original product, that fact remains unchanged.
The chapter is stating that the future is already predetermined and cannot possibly change. This means that all people, including doctor manhatan doesnt have free will and just follow the path of events in time. I have one question, when he says that he knows the future and that soon they will have sex what is stopping her to just dont do it? I mean is it possibly for someone to know the future if he is able to act freely? What is stopping her from acting differently than what is determined?
Her emotional reactions, bewilderment, fear, the need for comfort. It's all too much for Janey at that moment to process, too confusing. Jon is still the one constant in her life in 1963 and the only person she can turn to in order for things to make sense again, and she still loves him. That was what made their lovemaking after the argument inevitable, predetermined. Especially as it was yet another step on the way to their breakup three years later, part of the pattern of events.
God Analitical Philosophy as been trying to speculate on these argouments since the dawn of time. The basic idea is that you aren’t free because you can’t alter the past and the laws of Physics, so you have the illusion of begin free, but aren’t actually.
It can also be either his perception of time or his apathetic response to that perception. Maybe he only sees his future because he doesn't attempt to change the future and only really acts out his memory of the future simply happy to passively experience his memorys of the future he can see.
@@LordZontar should I make love with my cousin? I want to help with her bipolar issues, and doing it will comfort her and relax her in bed if I spend the night with her. I’m just trying to help, and she understands that I like spending time her, even though she has a boyfriend.
21:30 the voice for Adrian literally sounds like a young Jeremy irons who portrays him in HBO’s Watchmen 2019, or maybe the casting was just so oddly perfect.
I would love to see a version of Argo but with the Comedian as the Ben Affleck role. I just imagine him walking into a little, sweaty cave with guns a'blazing.
Doctor is living in hell! He can't die, he knows every horrible thing that will happen and can't do anything about it, his perception of time is so skewed that his mind is detached from reality. Its like knowing everything that will happen and everything that you will do and just becoming a puppet in your own eyes.
It is June 2021. I found watchmen at a library and decide to get it for no reason. I don't like reading comics normally so I have the motion comic on in the background while reading. I get to chapter 4 and after I finish reading it I make a meta comment on the video.
This is one of the most beautifully written and thought provoking chapters I’ve ever read. Not just in graphic novels but in any literature. How it makes you think about time, fate, omniscience, the galaxy. All the metaphors, tragedy, humanity, introspection. It’s always stayed with me.
It's pretty much the Tralfamadorians from Slaughterhouse Five
Alan Moore is a genius
This chapter is a remarkable moment in literary history.
Seems I have read a lot of books...
Yep
@Please Complete All Fields yep
Took my breath away, almost out of nowhere, with the treatise on Time. I could not speak or even move for what felt like minutes.
@@claytonvernon5981 and again a YEP to you sir.
It is 2009, a watchmen movie is being made. It is 1986 I'm opening the book, 33 years have passed, HBO is making a show. It is 2003 a watchmen movie has been declared "unfilmable." It is 1987 I'm finishing the last chapter.
lol. this motion comic is all we need to experience the truth of watchmen. It has been bastardized by other media
@@brianramirez8255 I liked Dr Manhattan in the movie, but the movie itself don't do justice to the masterpiece that Watchmen is.
But the HBO show truly is a shitshow.
Benji Berigan I agree but one of things the movie did right was Rorschach. I think the actor played the manic that is Rorschach amazing
@@audio.video.disco. There were a lot of great creative decisions in the show but I think the overall quality is questionable. I think it's definitely more thought out than the movie where they tried to make everything "cool."
Awesome.
"I have never met someone so deliberately amoral. He suits the climate here: the madness, the pointless butchery. As I come to understand Vietnam and what it implies about the human condition, I also realize few humans will permit themselves such an understanding. Blake's different. He understands perfectly...and he doesn't care."
God damn...
Just like the Joker
@@islandboy9381 I think that’s the idea.
Only thing more disturbing is that Ozymandias made a plan that freaked out even the Comedian.
I don't know why, but the reading done in this for this chapter always is so calming to me. Listening to Manhattan explain himself is weirdly relaxing.
Absolute genius, when I came to this chapter in the Watchmen I knew was reading a masterpiece
Thrasymachus Monk, what’s that supposed to mean?
Agreed, I thought this was a cool comic when I read the first 3 issues (Yes, I'm that old). The opening inner dialog blew my mind. I too realized this was special.
@Luke Starkiller I don't think the DC comics multiverse is relevant to Watchmen's greatness. Or at least the Zack Snyder film, HBO show, unnecessary crossover series & reluctant 'franchise' status are not relevant imo.
Mainly because of those three I only think the HBO show is worthy of existing as an extension of the original, but also because Watchmen is a criticism of superhero comics made by a man who dislikes superhero fans with the comic series operating perfectly well as a standalone piece of literature too rather than just another pillar of DC's multiverse or just another successful comic series that *needs* to become an expanded franchise .
Not to sound like I'm dissing your opinion though, you're allowed to feel how you feel for sure. Just for me personally, I think all of the franchise, the comic brand & multiverse, the spinoffs, etc are all irrelevant to original comic's status.
This is what was missing from the movie. The writing on this characters perspective is some of the best of all time.
And squids.
@@akasha924 Yeah lol but I was ok without the squids or the hints towards Rorshak being a sexist racist. These things although were not in the film I did not feel that they were missing lol.
@@akasha924 The music of the film is amazing and adds a whole lot to the story.
@@amiracleone2803 I was mostly teasing. ❤️
@@amiracleone2803 and absolutely! 🎶 I am clearly a fan.. Haha
Dr. Manhattan: the most powerful being in the universe, absolutely powerless against the inevitable flow of time
Mister Bubbles deep.
Actually he can change it. He just doesn't care that much.
Bingo Bango he can change almost anything
@@t.veritas884 except human nature
@@Death_Korps_Officer thats what saved him
This chapter hits home every single time! A masterpiece
Especially after that latest episode
Yes
Yes
This is a modern day great literary work and narrative, to equal anything done by other great writers and storytelles such as Shakespierre or even Homer... And like most of those great artists, their greatness is seldom celebrated as is merited, in their own time...
+Lord south He never claimed to be Shakespeare himself lol
Yes, Lord south. I misspelled the name; apologies, but you get my meaning.
it's actually already mentioned among the great literary works of the past century in several lists.
If you can't remember how the name of someone as well known as Shakespeare is spelled, then can we really trust that you have the literary knowledge to claim this as good as Shakespeare and Homer's work?
I mean you can like it for sure & lavish it with praise, but I don't like that perspective of everything being a masterpiece or genius or comparable with __ and ___. I see the same type of comments a lot in conversations about music too.
I just think it'd be better to hold off comparing people until you've actually done the research and spent a lifetime diving into the history of the subject that we're talking about so you can truly say what's as good as what.
But if you were just comparing it to the Angry Dad comic book then never mind..in that case I'd agree this is up there with Homer & Bart's work.
10:51 I just realized Manhattan asking Janey "what's up," is to underline his disconnection with humanity when he killed the talk show host's "What's up, Doc?" joke in an earlier chapter.
For me its the music that really takes this to the next level.
Param Bhattacharyya Dont you know who made it or where it comes from ...or whatever ?
I was playing this tune for half hour having shivers before realising I'm playing it
@@TheRaptor1500 m.ruclips.net/video/J0RKpmjjpLQ/видео.html
@@TheRaptor1500 or this ruclips.net/video/pS0r9S6HrEw/видео.html
Param Bhattacharyya same here
This isn't just comic book genius. It's literary genius. What a writer Alan Moore is.
It is 2018 and my mind keeps returning to Chapter 4 of Watchman.
It is 2022 I am revisiting chapter 4 of watchmen.
It is three days shy of 2025, and I am entrenched in Chapter 4 of Watchmen.
This episode is full of poetic philosophy , Best episode in the series !
I watched the Movie, thought it was interesting
Saw this, realized some things in this reality that should not be touched by Hollywood
But if it weren't for the movie would I have found the Novel
It it weren't for the abridged adaptation that is the 2009 film, would I have ever found this masterpiece
*Who makes the world?*
It's too late, always has been
Clever, clever, clever. Well done.
I see what you did there...
I wholeheartedly agree the comic series is better and I'm hardly a Snyder or really a fan of the movie..but I also don't think the film was *that* bad either or that it stands as an example of Hollywood butchering a beloved piece of literature.
I still think Zack Snyder seemingly achieved the impossible by adapting the Watchmen story as well as he did. It wasn't perfect by any means, but I still think it's probably the best we could've got for a Watchmen movie, considering how lofty & unwise the task of adapting it is.
(i do understand the original comment was more of a joke setup rather than a truly deep criticism though)
I have a love/hate relationship with the film. Sure it introduced me to one of the greatest literary works of the 20th century but at the same time it also changed and left out a bunch of the material that made the Watchmen universe so wholesome and captivating. I will say that it is an “interesting” adaptation to say the least. The motion picture comic does it much more justice.
Very true.
What a wonderful way to present this epic material. Hearing it presented like this I am struck by the hopelessness in Jons tone. For all his power, he seems the most trapped of anyone.
The single best issue in comic book history, and one of best chapters in literature period.
For real. I’ve been obsessed with this chapter ever since I read it
This is my favorite chapter
Mine too.
This is something the movie didn't get into, Dr. Manhattan's perception of time. He's in all of time all the time. For him all of time is just the present, not the past or the future, just the present. That's awsome
What a wonderful novel and story.
Alan Moore is a genius
I can see why he switched to the younger girl. She has the same voice after all.
😂😂😂
At 8.43, the writing, music, acting and directing mesh together with perfect precision
It's October 2013. People keep commenting on the use of a male reader for all of the dialogue.
Arturo Millán , it is 2018, people still use
"it is the current year"
It is April 2019. A comment made over 5 years ago finally reaches my eyes
It's July 1st and the 4th of July is around the corner...I can still hear the gunshot from that bar in Vietnam.
It's October 2019. Halloween around the corner again
@@FaunoDufaux it's 2019 and you just commented an hour ago
This chapter puts Moore into the same literary genius as Faulkner and Joyce. The structure of this is brilliant. Though I don’t think this video truly illustrates that structure as if you were reading the comic. In fact, in my opinion, it misses a representation of time that only comics can do. By using a panel structure we can see time in the same way as dr.manhattan. We naturally read them linearly but we also can see every panel presented on the page at once, just not in detail unless we study them individually. They all exist simultaneously in the same space at the same time on the same page. We can see johns memories of 1985 and of 1959 at the exact same time when they are shown on the same page. This perfectly mirrors the way The character sees time. He exists throughout the past present and future simultaneously though he has to focus on individual times in order to properly interact. Absolute genius. That kind of thing is why so many consider watchmen to be “unfilmable” it uses every aspect of the comic format in order to tell the story. Artwork, panel layout, lettering, page flipping, juxtaposition, etc. it makes the most of each aspect beautifully.
Is it just me, or did John feel a certain degree of guilt for Janey? I got the feeling that he was going through the motions with her because he wanted her to be happy, but eventually he realized that he simply couldn't give her what she wanted. Its like when he said "the world is moving forward and I'm standing still."
he did
Two hours into my past I collect a phonecall from my friend, telling me that another friend has committed suicide. I'm watching this now trying mitigate the hollow space inside of myself, not knowing what emotions I feel, or how to deal with the unknown inside of myself. This helps somewhat. He is still there two days into the past.
I hope you're doing okay, friend.
Hope everything's alright now
Personally a fave chapter, just rivalled by the rorsach origin chapter. Something genuinely haunting about how Dr Manhattans Omnipotence makes him observe events from several times and places at once looking back at his origin.
Gives a seriously Dickensian Depth to the prose in this Avant Garde Superman's story.
The main downside to all of the Motion Comics, is that it leaves the page or two of excerpts that each chapter ends with. All of that sets the tone as the chapter ends and some how prepares you for the following chapter.
I don't know why they did that I was very freaking annoyed
nah. the main downside to motion comics is it's a completely different way of experiencing the story from how the original creators intended.
I don't have a problem with people watching motion comics, but if you think motion comics are just like normal comics aside from _that_ one downside you mentioned then I'd have to disagree with you a lot.
For a casual reader/viewer who only wants the story, motion comics can be fine. But if you want the reading experience, the intended pacing, the visual look & arrangement of a comic book and so many more aspects that are *especially* relevant for Watchmen as the quintessential representation of the comic book medium's boundaries, then you're selling yourself short by just settling for a motion comic and thinking chapter ends are the only negative aspect.
sorry if my comment sounded hostile though, I mean my comment respectfully, even if it is 5 years late & worded in an overly-matter-of-fact way :)
Kaizer Complete and utter bullshit. I'm amazed how can people write so much nothing so convincingly.
@@KaizerBeatz-vf9wf The score is great for these motion comics and gives me a greater sense of immersion. Whatever suits you but having fitting music suits me better.
“The light...the light is taking me to pieces.”
It must be exhausting being able to see events in your life happen in the past, present and future all simultaneously.
Who’s still watching this in 2019? This is my favorite chapter by the way.
It's October 2019. I am seeing this for the first time in my life and simply blown away.
SimChucky welcome to the watchmen fan club
@@SimChucky me tooooo. Wtf. Idk what took me so long to 'get into the comic'. Never crossed my mind to even read it. Loved the movie
This is some incredible stuff. Simply an amazing graphic novel 👌 👏.
I wanted to point out at 7:16 I would do this with my cousin to express that I like her. First woman I really cared for.
I like to think the Fatman crushing the watch is the bomb leading to the news paper. The paper leading to the watch being tossed, and on and on until dr Manhattan
What
I want to marry this section of the story.
The music and narration are incredible.
Masterpiece. Thanks for making this!
The movie has nothing on this, holy shit when I read this it was eye opening
But that soundtrack though
pokey gorilla elaborate more?,wdym by eye opening?
Sushant K9 ye this soundtrack is fucking sick
Not at all two different experiences. Personally I prefer reading the graphic novel then watching this because it provides barely anything.
Late reply, it was how he told the experience of time from the perspective of someone who is outside of it. Where the past, present, and future are practically the same to him. Blew my mind.
This is one of the most beautifully executed chapter i,ve seen in any type of fiction the whole symbolic value and meaning is pure gold with it's amazing themes
this chapter is so well crafted. my favourite from the comic
the word masterpiece was invented to describe this chapter
This is no mere comic book. It is illustrated philosophy.
the two arent mutually exclusive lol. but yeah youre right its not a comic book since this is a motion comic so its devoid of half of what makes Watchmen so great by experiencing the boundary pushing pinnacle of the comic book medium in comic book form.
Watchmen is unmatched. No comic book comes closes to this. Maybe The Dark Knight Returns.
"His eyes are sad and knowing"
Truly every character is so masterful. Ozymandius and dr. Manhatten might just be the most tragic though
Same
The writing and the narration is just superb
So far the best of the first 4 issues. This one's amazing.
Comments: WAmeN VoiCeS
The narrator: Totally Indifferent.
"The photograph is in my hand"
20:30 "an almost religious awe"
Still to this day, one of the most memorable pieces of literature I've ever read.
15:20 This was one of the coldest things to say. I don’t think Jon realized how insensitive it sounded. Informative, yeah; helpful, yeah?
"The morality of my activities escapes me..."
Not gonna lie. This may be my favorite chapter.
This chapter was executed brilliantly. The music, the graphics, the narration of this incredible writing, all incredible. Does anybody know the name of the score?
it's July 4th 2021 I discover an 8 year old video for the first time
My favorite episode .. by far!
dr manhattan's talking mannerism while conversing with wally reminds me of forrest gump
In 2019 I was at home watching youtube, because I had no money.
This motion comic is super rad!!!
This playlist could play on as a marathon on theaters and id sit through hours without a break. Take my fucking money already.
Just Brilliant! Thank you for posting.
“If I’m to have a symbol, it should be one I respect.” 12:34
My tat.
I want to marry and have children with this chapter
Literally same
26:11 Everytime I watch the news
Seeing your own past, present, and future is incredibly useful, but it takes away any excitement life would have. Poor Jon.
Wishing he could only live in the moment. Unable to escape from the curse of knowledge and emotion. Powerless against the reality of time. If god was human this would be his story. Literally comic book Jesus.
Watching these has given me so much insight and more love for the movie as well. I never actually read the book but I've known the movie well enough to quote it and see how it runs parallel. The story goes so much deeper here and the movie actually does a few things better. I know some people are purists and will crap on anything that isn't the original, but putting the two together makes for a more complete work in my opinion.
this is the best part of Watchmen,, out of an already great book
This chapter was pure genius fr
The lack of credit to Alan Moore (yes i am aware it was at his request) makes this motion comic seem like a clock without a craftsman
Watching this after having never read the series and having watched the movie multiple times and falling in love with it, I have come to an important conclusion.
This is more awesome than the movie. Absolute genius storytelling!!!
Same here, this chapter alone is more awesome than anything in the movie.
@@SimChucky True!!
They should have kept the scene where his father tosses his watch parts. That seemed like a detrimental omission from the film.
The film is nothing compared to the comic.
God damn it... this writing is just...perfect....
Alan Moore, man. Say what you want about the guy but Jesus Christ...
This isn’t the finest comic book ever written (it absolutely IS... but let me finish) it’s one of the finest pieces of writing ever put to paper.
Makes you stop and wonder about it all.
It's October 2024. I'm reading from Brasil. I found a masterpiece.
Incredible. Perhaps one of the most underrated pulp synopses of the soon to be posthuman phenomenon. With the coming singularity, humanity will be rendered as immediately anachronistic as museum fossils...our struggles deemed to be no more important than those of loud, yelling ants.
Big thanks!
Still waiting on that singularity?
@@thatguybehindtheglassHe'll be waiting for a long time lol
I think this adaptation is actually better than the movie.
This is the original book not an adaptation dummy
@@falaflani4831 The original book was *adapted* into a motion comic. That makes it an adaptation.
Don't be an ass.
@@robotspgc motion comic is just the comic dumbass
@@falaflani4831Now you're just being an asshole.
They still had to adapt it into a motion comic. No matter how similar it is to the original product, that fact remains unchanged.
@@robotspgc they are the same just moving sprites of the comic. Nothing has changed. That's like calling an audio book an adaptation
Watching this after HBO Watchmen Episode 7.
14:00 when you arrive at the comic con
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The chapter is stating that the future is already predetermined and cannot possibly change. This means that all people, including doctor manhatan doesnt have free will and just follow the path of events in time. I have one question, when he says that he knows the future and that soon they will have sex what is stopping her to just dont do it? I mean is it possibly for someone to know the future if he is able to act freely? What is stopping her from acting differently than what is determined?
Her emotional reactions, bewilderment, fear, the need for comfort. It's all too much for Janey at that moment to process, too confusing. Jon is still the one constant in her life in 1963 and the only person she can turn to in order for things to make sense again, and she still loves him. That was what made their lovemaking after the argument inevitable, predetermined. Especially as it was yet another step on the way to their breakup three years later, part of the pattern of events.
God Analitical Philosophy as been trying to speculate on these argouments since the dawn of time. The basic idea is that you aren’t free because you can’t alter the past and the laws of Physics, so you have the illusion of begin free, but aren’t actually.
It can also be either his perception of time or his apathetic response to that perception. Maybe he only sees his future because he doesn't attempt to change the future and only really acts out his memory of the future simply happy to passively experience his memorys of the future he can see.
@@LordZontar should I make love with my cousin? I want to help with her bipolar issues, and doing it will comfort her and relax her in bed if I spend the night with her. I’m just trying to help, and she understands that I like spending time her, even though she has a boyfriend.
@@JakeTheComicBookDude What are you gibbering about?
21:30 the voice for Adrian literally sounds like a young Jeremy irons who portrays him in HBO’s Watchmen 2019, or maybe the casting was just so oddly perfect.
I would love to see a version of Argo but with the Comedian as the Ben Affleck role. I just imagine him walking into a little, sweaty cave with guns a'blazing.
Genius. I love it so goddamn much.
Dr. Manhattan takes note of Ozymandias👀superb foreshadowing
...its so fucking good...
It’s crazy how well the words create emotion but dr Manhattan has a monotone voice
Alan Moore’s Superman.
The power of a god on Earth ends up not meaning anything if everyone dies anyway.
The photograph is my hand
Jeez - that intro was fantastic.
Doctor is living in hell! He can't die, he knows every horrible thing that will happen and can't do anything about it, his perception of time is so skewed that his mind is detached from reality. Its like knowing everything that will happen and everything that you will do and just becoming a puppet in your own eyes.
He's a puppet who can see the strings
Awesome Chapter and soundtrack.
Beautiful..a real treat to find.!
Somewhat should make a cut of this with Pruit Igoe and Prophecies playing in the background
they should have released this in theaters instead of the watered-down version we all saw
What a great comic book....
It is June 2021. I found watchmen at a library and decide to get it for no reason. I don't like reading comics normally so I have the motion comic on in the background while reading. I get to chapter 4 and after I finish reading it I make a meta comment on the video.
My favorite chapter from the book. Absolute poetry....
this...is...fucking...amazing"salivates"
who wouldve thought dr manhattan would turn out to be billy pilgrim
My head hurts