The Comedian
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We're society's only protection./
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Edward Blake / The Comedian: A superhero who is commissioned by the U.S. government.
One of the most active vigilantes in the Watchmen universe, Edward Blake
operated as the Comedian for decades, in addition to working for the
U.S. government in Vietnam and elsewhere. Originally a jester-themed
hero, he later took on a more militaristic outfit, in keeping with his
violent solutions to most problems. He is by all appearances a cynical
egotist using moralistic vigilantism as a cover for his sadistic
tendencies.
Ozymandias
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A world at peace. There had to be sacrifice./
Matthew Goode as Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias: A retired superhero who has since made his identity public.
Adrian Veidt, acclaimed as "The World's Smartest Man," was inspired by
the life of Alexander the Great to take on the costumed identity of
Ozymandias. Having trained his body to athletic perfection, he operated
for only a few years before retiring, revealing his secret identity
publicly, and building a financial empire based around his past as a
costumed hero. Determined to do true good in the world, he is one of the
few vigilantes apparently free from psychological scars from his years
fighting crime.
Nite Owl II
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We were supposed to make the world a better place./
Patrick Wilson as Daniel Dreiberg / Nite Owl II: A retired superhero with technological expertise
Inspired by the original Nite Owl from the hero team known as the
Minutemen, Dan Dreiberg used his skills as an inventor to become the
second, much more gadget-driven Nite Owl. Partnering with Rorschach, the
two operated as a team, using Nite Owl's Owlship, a round, owl-themed
craft named Archie, to quickly fly to the scene of the crime. Relatively
even-keeled when compared to his fellow heroes, Dreiberg retired when
costumed vigilantes were outlawed, and as the years passed he has fallen
out of shape and been plagued by growing insecurities.
Rorschach
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This city is afraid of me. I've seen its true face./
Jackie Earle Haley as Walter Kovacs / Rorschach: A masked vigilante who
continues his extralegal activities after they are outlawed.
Motivated by a traumatic childhood and an unwavering sense of right and
wrong, Walter Kovacs became the costumed hero Rorschach, wearing a
trench coat, a fedora, and a mask with a shifting, mirrored pattern of
black shapes on a white background. Highly skilled in physical combat
and able to turn almost anything to hand into a makeshift weapon,
Rorschach worked as a team with the second Nite Owl until costumed
vigilantes were outlawed. Nite Owl retired, but Rorschach refused to
follow suit, operating illegally and becoming increasingly paranoid. His
journal is the regular record of all of his activities and his
increasingly misanthropic musings.
Silk Spectre II
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I am used to going out at 3am and doing shometing stupid./
Malin Åkerman as Laurie Juspeczyk / Silk Spectre II
Laurie Juspeczyk was pushed into adventuring by her mother Sally
Jupiter, the original Silk Spectre. The youngest of the Watchmen, Laurie
was haunted by ghosts from her mother's past, which complicated her
own, limited activities as a vigilante. She became involved with Dr.
Manhattan and quickly retired her Silk Spectre identity as costume
vigilantes were outlawed, choosing to live with Dr. Manhattan at a
private government institution. Their isolated lives together make her
witness and captive to his increasingly inhuman eccentricities.
Watchmen
A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, Watchmen is set in an
alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the
fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” – which charts the
USA’s tension with the Soviet Union – is permanently set at five minutes
to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed
up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover
a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he
reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion – a ragtag group of
retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers – Rorschach
glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their
shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission
is to watch over humanity…but who is watching the watchmen?
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