WATCHMEN - Rorschach

Rorschach

A vigilante who wears a white mask that contains constantly shifting ink blots, Rorschach (pronounced "ROAR-shack") continues to fight crime in spite of his outlaw status. Born Walter Kovacs, his mother was a prostitute. He was raised in an orphanage and worked in the garment industry. By the time the story begins, he is seen walking around New York carrying a "The End Is Nigh" notice. In 1975, after a failed attempt to find and rescue a young kidnapped girl before she was murdered, he loses his sanity, viewing Rorschach as his real identity and Kovacs as his real "disguise."

Moore based Rorschach on the Steve Ditko creation Mr. A. Moore said he was trying to "come up with this quintessential Steve Ditko character — someone who's got a funny name, whose surname begins with a 'K,' who's got an oddly designed mask".[14] As a result, Rorschach's real name is given as Walter Kovacs. Ditko's Charlton character The Question also served as a template for creating Rorschach.[2] Comics historian Bradford W. Wright described the character's world view as "a set of black-and-white values that take many shapes but never mix into shades of gray, similar to the ink blot tests of his namesake". Rorschach sees existence as random and, according to Wright, this viewpoint leaves the character "free to 'scrawl [his] own design' on a 'morally blank world'".[15] Moore said he did not foresee the death of Rorschach until the fourth issue when he realized that his refusal to compromise would result in him not surviving the story.[1]

In the Watchmen film he is played by Jackie Earle Haley.

-Wikipedia

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DC Comics
2008 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC

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[THEn00b557]

to be honest he's my fav character lol

[awesomly47]

"None of you all seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with me!"

[initialZEN]

hes such a beast

[Nagneto]

"Never Compromise. Even in the face of Armageddon"

[Trebgah]

He seems like a pretty good actor but Rorschac's voice is supposed to sound bland and monotone, not like Christian Bale.

[LubbyLibby]

I just came here because I googled "How do you pronounce Rorschach?" Read the whole novel pronouncing it "Rorshushsuchshss"

[Gabreya]

Love ya', Ror. :)

[dolemite951]

What's the song?

[darkfire532]

@SuperMicklovin No, if all cops were like Rorshach, we'd like in a totalitarian police state. As much as I love Rorshach, there can only be one of him

[ikkf1976]

I love the part at 1.16 when he's kicking the door in he's so tiny but he fills the doorway!!

[DKsaNn7]

i thought they called him something else in the movie?

[Searcheur]

oscars don't deserve JEH