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So. The Watchmen. That movie was fucked up. Talk about a bleak picture of the nature of humanity. That's really not a thought I like to share in. Also, the soundtrack is really fucked up too. Just the contrast of songs to the movie were weird.

I may have been the only person in the theater laughing when Veidt was talking about how he wants to be Alexander the Great. The elevator music playing the background? Was "Everybody Wants To Rule the World" by Tears for Fears. Perfection.

I can tell this about the guy who wrote it: he clearly does not like Nixon. And you can tell that this was written during the era of serious cold war paranoia.
Veidt's idea reminds me of a cross between the answer we got for why the US had been nuked in Jericho and the premise of the book...crap, I forget the name, but it's where we accidently nuke Moscow and then decide to nuke NYC in order to maintain peace. I read it for a class a while back.
It was a well put together film, but I can't say I'm a fan plotwise.

In other news, I totally want to see Star Trek now! Live long and prosper!