In an alternative history of the United States, this might have been the big screen adaptation of The Watchmen:
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Seer|3.11.09 @ 5:13PM|#
Loved this the first time I saw it. Especially the parts about Rorschach being friend to the animals and the Comedian trying to "get that kiss."
Warty|3.11.09 @ 5:21PM|#
I thought this was pretty awesome until I saw the keytar. That put it over the top into pure WIN.
Robert|3.11.09 @ 5:49PM|#
What's a keytar?
Warty|3.11.09 @ 5:55PM|#
look at :50.
mallet diction|3.11.09 @ 6:04PM|#
The show worked until they brought in Bubastis's mutant tiger cub Buba-doo to appeal to the Rainbow-Bright set.
mallet diction|3.11.09 @ 6:06PM|#
I can't remember whether that was before or after season two, when Gwar stopped doing their guest spots.
|3.11.09 @ 6:16PM|#
I want a cartoon based on the great comic "Watchmen Babies in V for Vacation"
Seeing the above as a Saturday Morning cartoon adaptation may be worth it just to see Alan Moore's head spontaneously explode.
Lefiti|3.11.09 @ 6:28PM|#
"Check out Reason Senior Editor Brian Doherty's great analysis of Objectivist hero Rorschach."
Great? Reason sounds more and more like a snake oil sales pitch.
Hat Trick|3.11.09 @ 6:35PM|#
What's a keytar?
I think the proper term is guitboard.
|3.11.09 @ 6:36PM|#
an amusing parody
http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/72645/
|3.11.09 @ 7:13PM|#
The mutant tiger thingy talking like Cringer is pure gold.
economist|3.11.09 @ 9:56PM|#
Uh, I think the Comedian is the young Silk Spectre's father.
*shudder*
D.R.M.|3.11.09 @ 10:13PM|#
economist:
In the graphic novel (and movie)? Yes, yes he is.
Now, if you look closely, you might notice a subtle few other cases of things in the parody there that are reversed from the graphic novel.
Tim Cavanaugh|3.11.09 @ 10:13PM|#
Wait, this isn't dark and edgy at all!
|3.11.09 @ 10:57PM|#
## I want a cartoon based on the great
## comic "Watchmen Babies in V for Vacation"
That's "Watchmen Babies IN SPACE!"
Seriously, watching this clip left me speechless, and I'm not even a particular "Watchmen" fan (though I have a lot of respect for Moore, Gibbons, and their work as a team). Apart from being a wicked parody, this video has a thing of its own going on. Amazing.
John-David|3.11.09 @ 11:06PM|#
I want a cartoon based on the great comic "Watchmen Babies in V for Vacation"
Funny, because I just watched that episode of Simpsons tonight.