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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 4707470" data-attributes="member: 151">That's a pretty good point.&nbsp; Moore goes out of his way to show Rorschach essentially stepping around prostitutes and ignoring drunks and drug users in the streets.&nbsp; The only time we see him harassing one is when he gives Moloch a hard time about the pills...and that's obviously more because it's Moloch, not the pills.I don't know about that.&nbsp; I find a lot of relevance in the situations and concepts of Watchmen that still resonate strongly today.&nbsp; I also find it interesting that Watchmen is fundamentally about the US, but the author is British, putting an interesting perspective on the proceedings.I also wonder about interpretations based on age.&nbsp; I was 17 when Watchmen came out.&nbsp; Fear of a Nuclear Holocaust was very real in my teens.&nbsp; Reflection on the Vietnam War doubly-so.&nbsp; Bernhard Goetz (dubbed the &quot;Subway Vigilante&quot;) and the Guardian Angels were big in the news, referenced by Moore in the introduction to Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns.&nbsp; I wonder how differently, if at all, someone who didn't live through any of those events or times views the Watchmen and it's themes?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 4707470, member: 151"] That's a pretty good point. Moore goes out of his way to show Rorschach essentially stepping around prostitutes and ignoring drunks and drug users in the streets. The only time we see him harassing one is when he gives Moloch a hard time about the pills...and that's obviously more because it's Moloch, not the pills. I don't know about that. I find a lot of relevance in the situations and concepts of Watchmen that still resonate strongly today. I also find it interesting that Watchmen is fundamentally about the US, but the author is British, putting an interesting perspective on the proceedings. I also wonder about interpretations based on age. I was 17 when Watchmen came out. Fear of a Nuclear Holocaust was very real in my teens. Reflection on the Vietnam War doubly-so. Bernhard Goetz (dubbed the "Subway Vigilante") and the Guardian Angels were big in the news, referenced by Moore in the introduction to Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns. I wonder how differently, if at all, someone who didn't live through any of those events or times views the Watchmen and it's themes? [/QUOTE]

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