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* [[Captain Metropolis]] is included minimally in flashbacks, but with no speaking parts; [[Dan Dreiberg]] is used in his place as organizing the [[Crimebusters]] meeting.
 
* [[Captain Metropolis]] is included minimally in flashbacks, but with no speaking parts; [[Dan Dreiberg]] is used in his place as organizing the [[Crimebusters]] meeting.
   
* While the ending is relatively faithful to that of the comic, Hayter adds Dan witnessing <u>Rorschach</u>'s death, and an intense fight between Dan and Ozymandias.
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* While the ending is relatively faithful to that of the comic, Hayter adds Dan witnessing [[Rorschach|Rorschach]]'s death and an intense fight between Dan and Ozymandias, in which the latter is impaled by one of Nite Owl's boomerangs.
   
* Instead of a giant squid, <u>Adrian Veidt </u>triggers a series of nuclear explosions around the world.
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* Instead of a giant squid, [[Adrian Veidt|Adrian Veidt]] triggers a series of nuclear explosions around the world.
   
 
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Revision as of 19:50, 13 March 2009

Watchmen was a script adaptation by David Hayter of Alan Moore's landmark 1986-87 comic maxi-series Watchmen.

Plot

See Watchmen for a synopsis.

Differences from the Comic

  • While the ending is relatively faithful to that of the comic, Hayter adds Dan witnessing Rorschach's death and an intense fight between Dan and Ozymandias, in which the latter is impaled by one of Nite Owl's boomerangs.
  • Instead of a giant squid, Adrian Veidt triggers a series of nuclear explosions around the world.