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->''I took potshots at him in the media. I was the first person to say Watchmen wasn't very good – in fact, the only person to ever say that. And that made him angry so then I would get worse. I said that Watchmen was the 300-page equivalent of a sixth-form poem. That kind of trash talk, I'd brought from being in the band because that's what you're like in a band. I'd brought all that across with me to comics and it didn't go down well. I think it genuinely upset him.''

->''Alan Moore didn't speak to me after that and would take his own little shots. He called ''Arkham Asylum'' a "gilded turd." Since then, I've had nothing to do with him and he's got nothing to do with me. A lot of comic fans like to think there's some feud but a feud would actually need to involve people's interest. I read his stuff, he reads my stuff – he pretends he doesn't, but he does.''

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->''I took potshots at him in the media. I was the first person to say Watchmen wasn't very good – in fact, the only person to ever say that. [[CantTakeCriticism And that made him angry angry]] so then I would get worse. I said that Watchmen was the 300-page equivalent of a sixth-form poem. That kind of trash talk, I'd brought from being in the band because that's what you're like in a band. I'd brought all that across with me to comics and it didn't go down well. I think it genuinely upset him.''

->''Alan Moore didn't speak to me after that and would take his own little shots. He called ''Arkham Asylum'' ''[[ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth Arkham Asylum]]'' a "gilded turd." Since then, I've had nothing to do with him and he's got nothing to do with me. A lot of comic fans like to think there's some feud but a feud would actually need to involve people's interest. I read his stuff, he reads my stuff – he pretends he doesn't, but he does.''
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->''I've read ''Watchmen'' many times. The reasons that I hated it when I was 25 are still there, but now I kinda like it because I'm older and I like the structure and I'm quite in awe of the absoluteness of it. But for all the same reasons, I hated it.''

->''The fact that none of the characters were allowed to be smarter than the author, that really drove me nuts. The world's smartest man is an idiot. He makes a plan all his life that is undone by the end of the book in an instant. The psychiatrist sits with Rorschach for five minutes and Rorschach tells a super banal story of how he became a vigilante and the psychiatrist cracks. If you're a criminal psychiatrist who deals with men in prison, you've heard a million of these stories. It was all to make a specific point about how the real world isn't like superhero comics.''

->''In my school, I was taught in this Scottish Presbyterian way that structure is hidden: you don't see the writer's mechanics. ''Watchmen'', you can't turn the page without him saying "Look at me, look at me, look at me." Okay, we get it, man. You got thrown out of school at 16 for dealing acid, you're clever.''

->''I took potshots at him in the media. I was the first person to say Watchmen wasn't very good – in fact, the only person to ever say that. And that made him angry so then I would get worse. I said that Watchmen was the 300-page equivalent of a sixth-form poem. That kind of trash talk, I'd brought from being in the band because that's what you're like in a band. I'd brought all that across with me to comics and it didn't go down well. I think it genuinely upset him.''

->''Alan Moore didn't speak to me after that and would take his own little shots. He called ''Arkham Asylum'' a "gilded turd." Since then, I've had nothing to do with him and he's got nothing to do with me. A lot of comic fans like to think there's some feud but a feud would actually need to involve people's interest. I read his stuff, he reads my stuff – he pretends he doesn't, but he does.''
-->-- '''Creator/GrantMorrison'''

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->''Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I've seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"''...''[[LittleNo and I'll look down, and whisper "No."]]''\\

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->''Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I've seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"''...us!"'' ...''[[LittleNo and I'll look down, and whisper "No."]]''\\
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''Now the whole world stands on the brink, staring down into bloody hell, all those liberals, and intellectuals and smooth-talkers...and all of a sudden, nobody can think of anything to say.''

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''Now the whole world stands on the brink, staring down into bloody hell, all those liberals, liberals and intellectuals and smooth-talkers...and all of a sudden, nobody can think of anything to say.''
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''Now the whole world stands on the brink, staring down into bloody hell, all those liberals, and intellectuals and smooth talkers...and all of a sudden, nobody can think of anything to say.''

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''Now the whole world stands on the brink, staring down into bloody hell, all those liberals, and intellectuals and smooth talkers...smooth-talkers...and all of a sudden, nobody can think of anything to say.''
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''Now the whole world stands on the brink, staring into bloody hell. All those liberals, and intellectuals and smooth talkers, and suddenly no one can think of anything to say.''

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''Now the whole world stands on the brink, staring down into bloody hell. All hell, all those liberals, and intellectuals and smooth talkers, talkers...and suddenly no one all of a sudden, nobody can think of anything to say.''
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''The dusk reeks of fornication and bad consciences. I believe I shall take my exercise.''\\

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''The dusk reeks of fornication and bad consciences. I believe I shall take my exercise.''\\''
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->''Slept all day. Awoken at 4:37. Landlady complaining about smell. She has five children by five different fathers. I am sure she cheats on welfare. Soon it will be dark.''\\
''Beneath me, this awful city, it screams like an abattoir of retarded children. New York.''\\
''On Friday night, a comedian died in New York. Somebody knows why. Down there...somebody knows.''\\
''The dusk reeks of fornication and bad consciences. I believe I shall take my exercise.''\\
-->-- '''Rorschach's journal, October 13th, 1985'''

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''Now the whole world stands on the brink, staring into bloody hell. All those liberals, and intellectuals and smooth talkers, and suddenly no one can think of anything to say. Beneath me, this awful city, it screams like an abattoir of retarded children, and the night reeks of fornication and bad consciences.''\\
''Tonight, a comedian died in New York, somebody knows why. Somebody knows...''

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''Now the whole world stands on the brink, staring into bloody hell. All those liberals, and intellectuals and smooth talkers, and suddenly no one can think of anything to say. Beneath me, this awful city, it screams like an abattoir of retarded children, and the night reeks of fornication and bad consciences.''\\\n''Tonight, a comedian died in New York, somebody knows why. Somebody knows...''
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''...now the whole world stands on the brink, staring into bloody hell. All those liberals, and intellectuals and smooth talkers, and suddenly no one can think of anything to say. Beneath me, this awful city, it screams like an abattoir of retarded children, and the night reeks of fornication and bad consciences.''\\

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''They had a choice. All of them. They could have followed in the footsteps of good men like my father, like President Truman. Decent men who believed in a day's work for a day's pay. Instead they followed the droppings of lechers and communists and didn't realize that the trail led over a precipice until it was too late. Don't tell me they didn't have a choice.''\\
''Now
the whole world stands on the brink, staring into bloody hell. All those liberals, and intellectuals and smooth talkers, and suddenly no one can think of anything to say. Beneath me, this awful city, it screams like an abattoir of retarded children, and the night reeks of fornication and bad consciences.''\\
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-->-- [[spoiler: '''Dr. Manhattan''']]

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-->-- [[spoiler: '''Dr. Manhattan''']]
Manhattan'''



->''Dan, I'm not some comic book villain. [[spoiler: Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago.]]''
-->-- [[spoiler: '''Adrian Veidt''']]

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->''Dan, ->''"Do it?" Dan, I'm not some comic book a Republic serial villain. [[spoiler: Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke masterstroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago.]]''
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-->-- [[spoiler: '''Adrian Veidt''']]
Veidt'''
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->''Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I've seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"... and I'll look down, and whisper "No."''\\

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->''Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I've seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "Save us!"... us!"''...''[[LittleNo and I'll look down, and whisper "No."''\\"]]''\\
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-> ''I have walked across the surface of the sun. I have witnessed events so tiny and so fast that they could hardly be said to have occurred at all. But you, Adrain, you're just a man. '''The world's smartest man poses no more threat to me then does its smartest termite.'''''

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-> ''I ->''I have walked across the surface of the sun. I have witnessed events so tiny and so fast that they could hardly be said to have occurred at all. But you, Adrain, Adrian, you're just a man. '''The The world's smartest man poses no more threat to me then does its smartest termite.'''''''
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->''I'm not a Republic serial villain. [[spoiler: Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago.]]''

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->''I'm ->''Dan, I'm not a Republic serial some comic book villain. [[spoiler: Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago.]]''
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-> ''I have walked across the surface of the sun. I have witnessed events so tiny and so fast that they could hardly be said to have occurred at all. but you, Adrain, you're just a man. '''The world's smartest man poses no more threat to me then does its smartest termite.'''''

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-> ''I have walked across the surface of the sun. I have witnessed events so tiny and so fast that they could hardly be said to have occurred at all. but But you, Adrain, you're just a man. '''The world's smartest man poses no more threat to me then does its smartest termite.'''''
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->'''Dan Dreiberg''': What the hell happened to us? What happened to the American dream?
->'''Edward Blake''': What happened to the American dream? It came true! You're looking at it.

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->'''Dan Dreiberg''': What the hell happened to us? What happened to the American dream?
Dream?
->'''Edward Blake''': What happened to the American dream? Dream? It came true! You're looking at it.
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->'''Dan Dreiberg''': What the hell happened to us? What happened to the American Dream?
->'''CG''': "What happened to the American Dream?" It came true! You're looking at it.

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->'''Dan Dreiberg''': What the hell happened to us? What happened to the American Dream?
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dream?
->'''Edward Blake''': What
happened to the American Dream?" dream? It came true! You're looking at it.
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->'''Dan Dreiberg''': What the hell happened to us? What happened to the American Dream?
->'''CG''': "What happened to the American Dream?" It came true! You're looking at it.
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-->-- '''Dr. Manhattan.

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-->-- '''Dr. Manhattan.
Manhattan'''.
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-> ''I have walked across the surface of the sun. I have witnessed events so tiny and so fast that they could hardly be said to have occurred at all. but you, Adrain, you're just a man. '''The world's smartest man poses no more threat to me then does its smartest termite.'''''
-->-- '''Dr. Manhattan.

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