WATCHMEN- Doctor Manhattan

Doctor Manhattan

Jon Osterman's father was a watchmaker and he expected to become one himself, but following the destruction of Hiroshima by an atom bomb, the elder Osterman insisted that Jon become a nuclear scientist.

While working at a nuclear research center, Jon was accidentally locked into a test chamber and caught in an "Intrinsic Field subtractor" in 1959. This turned him into a blue-skinned superpowered being and he became a superhero contracted by the United States government, who gave him the name Doctor Manhattan. He is the only character in the story who possesses real superpowers.[4] He enabled the US to win the Vietnam War and his powers were such that he gave America a strategic advantage over the Soviet Union, which has increased tensions between the two nations at the start of the series.[3] Over time, however, Manhattan becomes more and more distant from humanity, illustrated in the fact that he wears fewer clothes over the passing decades to the point that by the time his girlfriend Laurie walks out on him, he wears no clothes at all (except in public appearances) and goes into self-imposed exile away from Earth.

Doctor Manhattan was based upon Charlton's Captain Atom, who in Moore's original proposal was surrounded by the shadow of nuclear threat. However, the writer found he could do more with Manhattan as a "kind of a quantum super-hero" than he ever could have with Captain Atom.[2] In opposition to other superheroes that lacked scientific exploration of their origins, Moore sought to delve into nuclear physics and quantum physics in constructing the character of Dr. Manhattan. The writer believed that a character living in a quantum universe would not perceive time with a linear perspective, which would influence the character's perception of human affairs. Moore also wanted to avoid creating an emotionless character like Spock from Star Trek, so he sought for Dr. Manhattan to retain "human habits" and to grow away from them and humanity in general.[1] Gibbons had created the blue character Rogue Trooper, and explained he reused the blue skin motif for Doctor Manhattan as it resembles skin tonally, but has a different hue. Moore incorporated the color into the story, and Gibbons noted the rest of the comic's color scheme made Manhattan unique.[5] Moore recalled that he was unsure if DC would allow the creators to depict the character as fully nude, which partially influenced how they portrayed the character.[6] Gibbons wanted to tastefully depict Manhattan's nudity, selecting carefully when full frontal shots would occur and giving him "understated" genitals — like a classical sculpture — so the reader would not initially notice it.[7]. In the Watchmen film he is played by Billy Crudup.

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[s18331833]

@cubed1OCBZ i think they forgot almost all of my personal favorite stuff. can't blame them though, they can't please every one, but i still think it's sad how they blockbusted the whole movie with un-needed effects.

[cubed1OCBZ]

@s18331833 I enjoy both. I prefer the graphic novel, of course, (I had long thought it to be unfilmable) but I can still enjoy the movie. There's room for both

[BishopDrawing]

@Narutomai except he can see all time at once and influence it so in essence he is god(depending on your definition) one could see him as divine(also it's impossible to make molecules form consciousness that doesn't exsist so i would call that a miracle of sorts)

[Lius525]

@ZachTh3Zombie Thank you!

[Stavol2Dual]

@ZachTh3Zombie The french made a superior one called the 'Supreme Being' sadly no, close but no cigar.

[Fall3nM3rc]

So salty over someone elses faith , their walk of life. Lol if you are atheist and you truly believe what you say...what the hell does it matter what "believers" say? You are right, remember? Leave us be

[Monaccio3991]

@priMMoz I think you may have misread. I'm asking about the song at the very beginning. The instrumental song that only plays for about 20 seconds.

[priMMoz]

@Monaccio3991 angel, massive attack