It was a graphic novel, perhaps one of the most celebrated graphic novels of all time. The idea of alternate histories is something that I, as a nerd, very much enjoy.
What if super heroes really were around? How would they have changed the course of our history? We could have won World War 2 more easily (or about the same if you look at how Captain America fared during World War 2) or we could have, like in Watchmen, won the Vietnam War within days.
The movie plays mostly with the idea and the thin line between right and wrong. What is right? Is right following the laws placed upon us by governments? Is right following what you believe is right in your heart? Is wrong truly evil?
The blur between making someone a hero and someone a villain is confusing at best. In our lifetimes, we're often seen as both. In the eyes of some, we are but heroes, we can do good, we try to do good. But sometimes, other people view us as evil.
What we do throughout our lives, seen through other people's eyes, can be seen as right or wrong. What we see as good for us is bad for them. What we see as bad for us can be seen as good for them. It's confusing at best, and really, what is right and wrong, what is good and evil but human descriptions of things?
No comments:
Post a Comment