![]() ![]() In the 1930s and '40s, the vigilantes formed a group called the Minutemen to "finish what the law couldn't." Masked, costumed vigilantes fight crime in America. The opening credits show historical pictures as Bob Dylan's "Times They are a Changin" plays. He is killed when he hits the ground, and a smiley face button soon lands on the pavement next to his body. After they trade blows the assailant is clearly getting the upper hand, and he hurls the man in the bathrobe out the window of his high-rise. The Soviets would never risk going to war when we have a walking nuclear deterrent on our side.Ī tall slim figure breaks into the room. John McLaughlin: On a scale of 0 to 10 - zero being impossible, ten being complete metaphysical certitude - what are the chances the Russians will actually attack the United States? Pat Buchanan. ![]() WATCHMEN - 2009 | This story presentation includes some dialogue.īefore the credits, a mid-60's man in a bathrobe, puffing on a cigar, sits alone in his apartment watching PBS' The McLaughlin Group discuss a potential nuclear war with Russia. The actress worked out and trained to fight for her portrayal of the crime fighter. �kerman described her character as the psychology and the emotion of the film due to being the only woman among the men. Silk Spectre was ranked 24th in Comics Buyer's Guide's 100 Sexiest Women in Comics list. The film gives her date of birth as December 2, 1949. The former detail seems to have been retained in the final version of the film (though the Nite Owl's goggles gave her last name as her mother's maiden name, Juspeczyk). In a 2003 draft script by David Hayter, which was reviewed by IGN, Laurie uses the name, Jupiter, and the alter ego name "Slingshot". An offhand comment to Dan, in which she claims to want a better costume, with leather and a sidearm, implies she's thinking about taking over her late father's identity, thus becoming the second Comedian. On Mars, she realizes that The Comedian was her biological father.Īfter the final encounter with Veidt at the end of the series, she assumes the identity of Sandra Hollis and continues her relationship with Dan. When Doctor Manhattan leaves Earth, the government has her removed from the base and suspends her expense account, forcing her to move in with Dan, with whom she starts a romantic relationship.Īt the end of the eighth issue, Doctor Manhattan appears and takes her to Mars because he knows she wants to convince him to save the world. Laurie is kept on retainer by the government because of her relationship with Doctor Manhattan and lives on a government base at the beginning of the comic. If Before Watchmen is accepted as canon, then "Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #1" revealed that Laurie got her start as a super-hero being trained by her mother to continue the family legacy, before running away from home at the age of 16 and relocating to San Francisco with her boyfriend. ![]() Moore felt he needed a female hero in the cast and drew inspiration from comic book heroines such as Black Canary and Phantom Lady. Manhattan is similar to that between Captain Atom and the heroine Nightshade. Unlike the other protagonists, Silk Spectre was not based on a particular Charlton character, although her relationship with Dr. Laurie's mother apparently wanted her to follow in her footsteps and so she fought crime for ten years before the Keene Act banned vigilantes. Laurie is the daughter of Sally Jupiter, the first Silk Spectre. ![]()
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