Sunday, April 27, 2014

ARP - 17 - Watchmen Part 2

We dive into the deep end of dissecting the classic story The Watchmen by Alan Moore. Please listen to part 1 first so you get the summary of the story as we started right where we left off last time. There will not be live tweeting this week as I will be out of town and cannot guarantee that I will be near a computer.





Talking points



BAD THINGS
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Gibbons on the plot of Watchmen (0:29)

 
GOOD THINGS
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Technology (3:40)
   
Real superheroes drove people to want Pirate comics (6:09)

Deterioration over time (7:53)
 
The use of cancer as a scary thing (13:39)
 
Non-linear storytelling (16:24)
 
Supplemental materials (19:37)
 
What happens after Watchmen? (24:20)

 
MORE DISCUSSION
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Overall (58:49)

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ARP-17-WatchmenPt2.mp3

Our next podcast will be our review of The Amazing Spider-man 2 on May 4th.


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The intro music was composed by longzijun and can be found on youtube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETIcNYDGMk4&feature=player_embedded
 
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