There are tragically plenty of real world cases of things like Kitty Geneovese's fate in the novel. I don't recall the novel ever stating that Kitty Genovese was a real person. It's a story.

I referred to the fictional Kitty Genovese because that is the character in the story whose fate leads Kovacs to become Rorschach. That's all. I don't see what is not "true to life" about her in the story. It's based on real world events and there are many real life examples of such behaviour. I don't know why or what…

Additionally, the comic presented society's views as represented by the psychiatrist as also flawed. The smug psychiatrist attempting to analyse Rorschach ends up being deconstructed himself. He's exposed as being there for reasons of self-interest (Rorschach points out that there are many inmates with problems more…

The first thing he did after killing his boss was sit at the desk. I got the impression that almost immediately he would press the button for his secretary and have various reports sent in. By the time anyone even began to organise a response to the murder he was probably already on top of three different ongoing…

Of course! Normal, healthy, non-violent people don't do anything. They read the paper and feel sad for a few moments and then get on with their day. Just like you do. Whereas Rorschach took action. Normal people are the ones who ignored that a woman (Kitty Genovese - the trigger that started Rorschach to become a…

Always irritates me when people attribute the "bloodline of Christ" idea to Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. He ripped it off heavily from a work titled The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail which achieved modest success. Dan Brown then packaged up the work in a bad thriller and re-sold it for millions.

I think what he is, is a supreme pragmatist. He's summed up in his own words when he announces "I want you to know I take no pleasure in what is about to follow" just before killing his wrestling partner. He just gets on with things. When asked if he is a Christian in the initial screening, he asks if that is…

There is an exit wound. You can see it on one of the later scenes. It's a dark red spot on the back of his t-shirt. It's not a big hole, though. You just see red.

Depends on whether it's on his mother or his father's side.

Thanks.

Same here. I didn't bother watching last weeks (first since the beginning that I haven't) and am only skimming through the reviews to see if it sounds like it's worth being drawn back. Whatever the target demographic is, it's not me. To me it just seems like a catalogue of everyone I wouldn't enjoy hanging out with…

I liked Rorschach. He risked his life going after really nasty people and his particular targets were rapists and child abusers. He also believed that the murder of millions of people was not okay to get away with whereas Dan, Laurie and Manhattan all sadly shook their heads and accepted Veidt living on as a hero. He…

When is Rick and Morty being shown in the UK? Seasons 1 & 2 are on Netflix. Will Season 3 be appearing there today as well? And if so will it be a Netflix binge style release or weekly?

I have no problem with them being white, I'm white myself.

Aaaaand that is how the Left made Trump president.

I don't see it that way at all. And I don't think you can support that. You honestly sound mainly angry with them for being White and successful. The first thing that comes to mind when you talk about them dismissing other people's problems is the hobbit / photoshop episodes. The end of that with Wendy sitting alone…

Yikes! I feel your pain from here. Satire seems to be dying as an art form. It also seems to be unidirectional. Where is the modern George Carlin doing the "Seven Things You Can't Say on Campus?" Where are the Dario Fo's of today?

A lot of people find being robbed less annoying than being preached at. ;) I mean, at least the mugger doesn't tell you how to think.

Insightful point.

Oh, well then that's scary.