I just realized why Watchmen seems so familiar. It’s really The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

A campy, slightly gay bad guy who loves his fancy outfits and lives in a secluded fortress of his own design

“Come on up to the lab . . .”
wants to use a hunka-hunka-burnin’-science project  to turn the world to the way he wants it.

” . . . and see what’s on the slab.”
The only people who can stop him are a formerly straight couple who’ve recently discovered the kinky thrill of leather costumes

(l to r: Slut, Asshole, Slut, Asshole)
and a snively, scrawny, obsessive weirdo who’ll do anything, even sacrifice his own life, to stop the evil guy’s plan from working.

There’s even a knock-em-dead “Time Warp” number inside Watchmen, with Dr. Manhattan’s “forward and backwards in time” soliloquy in the middle of the second act.

But they did miss an opportunity by burying The Comedian instead of eating his roasted remains at a fancy banquet. I bet Zack Snyder’s kicking himself right now.

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Posted by Violet Glaze in Writer's Corner