How old were you when you read Watchmen and when?
I'm 13, finished it about a week ago.

Never read it but my friend did, And I can't wait for the movie Big Glowing Blue Dick!

I'm 18, finished last summer.

14 when I got it. Movie's going to rock. What gets me going is people making comments trying to sound like they know Watchmen but don't, like when they're trying to discuss what powers they all have.

18 now, read it last year.
20th century fucks better not screw this one up for us.

We will pray together...

15, I read it last year.

And may I ask what sort of discussion is expected to come from this thread?

Read it a couple of months ago, me and 2 of my friends are going to see it on launch day, and probably be very pissed off.

3.6.09

19; bought it last year after seeing the trailer for the movie in The Dark Knight. I left the theatre, walked straight across the street and bought it ignoring all the Batman graphic novels they had out.

14 read it two months ago. Can't wait for the movie

17. Heard something about it, bought it, read it, Loved it!

I am 18, I read it last December. I love it but I have no interest in the movie because I am skeptical about Hollywood's ability to convey such a story without reducing it to a collection of hackneyed stereotypes.

I read it 10 years ago when I was 16.

I've been following the movie production, and really other than them changing the ending (something that I'm not exactly up in arms about, if you read the directors reasoning it makes great sense) it looks near perfect. Even the casting.

I was 16 I think.

Escher, you do know Alan Moore meant for Rorschach to be unlikeable character because Moore disagreed with The Question's/Ann Ryand's philosophy right?

apsham:
I've been following the movie production, and really other than them changing the ending (something that I'm not exactly up in arms about, if you read the directors reasoning it makes great sense) it looks near perfect. Even the casting.

I think it looks like Watchmen if were drawn by Rob Liefeld. I thought the movie would best shot on DV, either using a hand held camera or a basic tripod.

Pseudonym2:
I was 16 I think.

Escher, you do know Alan Moore meant for Rorshach to be unlikeable character because Moore disagreed with The Question's/Ann Ryand's philosphy right?

he may be unlikable but in the end he is the closest thing to a hero the book presents. Imagine, of all the people to realise the value of human life it was a madman

He also

Adam Jenson:

Pseudonym2:
I was 16 I think.

Escher, you do know Alan Moore meant for Rorshach to be unlikeable character because Moore disagreed with The Question's/Ann Ryand's philosphy right?

he may be unlikable but in the end he is the closest thing to a hero the book presents. Imagine, of all the people to realise the value of human life it was a madman

Spoiler

He also tried to bring about Armageddon which would have killed even more innocent people. Once everyone had already been killed, any other path would lead to even more deaths and would not help the original people killed.

apsham:
19; bought it last year after seeing the trailer for the movie in The Dark Knight. I left the theatre, walked straight across the street and bought it ignoring all the Batman graphic novels they had out.

That was a pretty sweet trailer, yes.

Copter400:

apsham:
19; bought it last year after seeing the trailer for the movie in The Dark Knight. I left the theatre, walked straight across the street and bought it ignoring all the Batman graphic novels they had out.

That was a pretty sweet trailer, yes.

I was asked to see TDK again and wasn't sold on it until I remembered I could see the trailer again. Yes... I liked the song choice and imagery THAT much.

16 read it a couple of months ago after I watched the trailer. Please don't mess it up. This will make a great movie if they do it right.

The problem is it's more about character development than block buster action scenes. And with the 300 director working on it that worries me some what. Its not like 300 had a lot of story to it.

I first read it when I was 12, when I received it with a bunch of other comics from a family friend. At the time, I was just getting into the world of comics and had no concept of subtlety, overreaching themes or even decent narrative. I read it in it's entirety but did not enjoy it because the artwork wasn't very outlandish (I was a big Todd McFarlane fan) and "nobody had superpowers except the blue guy." Inside of a week, I had put it aside in favor of a stack of War Machine back-issues.

Last year, I reread it along with V for Vendetta at the request of my friend, who insisted I was missing out. How right he was. By then, I was able to understand the nuances of the story, and the subtle beauty of the art. Rorschach's quiet intensity and troubled past were now compelling, Nite Owl II's sexual frustration and bout with inadequacy as exciting as any War Machine book. To this day, Ozymandias remains one of my all time favorite villains, if he could indeed be called such.

So that's my story. Didn't mean to ramble. Here's hoping the movie doesn't suck, eh? Already starting to nitpick, though. In the latest trailer, Rorschach refers to the Mask Killer targeting members of "The Watchmen." I'm pretty sure the name is supposed to be "The Crimebusters."

I got hold of a pre-natal copy, read it as soon as my fingers had seperated.

Didn't appreciate the artwork as much as I do now, it really is awfully dark in a womb.

I read it when I was around 14

my friend got the collection for christmas a few years ago, i read it straight through in a single sitting.

i must have been in my late teens or early twenties.

17, finished... *God time has been a horrible thing for me recently..* last month sometime? It was okay. Some nice lines. Some good characters. Not enough action for my tastes though.

Got it after I saw the epic trailer when I went to see The Dark Knight.

Fox can eat all the dicks. Anybody who has followed the production of this movie knows what I'm talking about.

EDIT: Read the whole thing in 3 sittings over the course of 2 days.

I first read it when I was 10. It was the first graphic novel that actually interested me. Rorschach is easily my favourite character from a comic/graphic novel EVER.

I can't wait for the movie. I don't like Ozymandias' new costume, it seems to defeat the 'godly' style he went for, but otherwise I can't complain. The new Nite-Owl suit is awesome, Rorschach's design is perfect and so is Dr. Manhatten's. I can't wait to see what they do with the alien amongst other things.

CroutonsOfDeath:
I first read it when I was 10. It was the first graphic novel that actually interested me. Rorschach is easily my favourite character from a comic/graphic novel EVER.

I can't wait for the movie. I don't like Ozymandias' new costume, it seems to defeat the 'godly' style he went for, but otherwise I can't complain. The new Nite-Owl suit is awesome, Rorschach's design is perfect and so is Dr. Manhatten's. I can't wait to see what they do with the alien amongst other things.

the alien won't be making an appearance.

I read it when I was 14.

But I refuse to watch the movie for two reasons:

1.) Its directed by the same guy who directed "300." And I wouldn't be surprised if the guy just glazed with the same gaudy and ostentatious slow-motion effects and make the audience completely forget what the original comic book was trying to say.

2.) As a genuine fan of comics, I will refuse to watch the movie out of resepct to the source material's writer. I'm not exactly sure how many people know this, but Alan Moore was apocalyptically enraged when his baby was going to get the Hollywood treatment, and he's on my short list of top graphic novel writers (others include Pat Mills, Jean Van Hamme, Pierre Christin, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Garth Ennis. Read the stuff written by these guys, you'll be blown away).

Adam Jenson:
the alien won't be making an appearance.

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Then how does Veidt kill off half of New York? Nukes?

Figgis Fiddis:

Adam Jenson:
the alien won't be making an appearance.

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Then how does Veidt kill off half of New York? Nukes?

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If what I have read is correct, Veidt creates a machine that mimics the powers of Dr Manhattan and uses it to destroy New York, thus making Manhattan the third party and giving him another reason to leave Earth.

Read it when I was 18 on a day off from my summer job, walked for 3 hours to the best comic shop in the city to buy it.