Welcome, dear reader(s), to another edition of pixelated woes. A Blog where I try to stave off depression by writing about a connection within a topic/ idea that I think is interesting, but has been looked over by the media at large. It might have something to do with video-games, it might not.

As many of you are no doubt already aware, DC has decided to relaunch the Watchmen series. Fuck marketing, Alan Moore forever etc. This does, however, mean we will be granted further insight into the back stories of the characters themselves which, at best, could be mildly intriguing or, at worst, disastrous. To be honest, I couldn't give a damn about the majority of them; after all, the characters themselves were initially designed to be one off archetypes, metaphors if you will, of the heroic world. Crafting a coherent, engaging, believable, history for characters that were purposefully designed to be clichés and dark parodies, in the first place, is going to be no small task for the writers involved. Although there is one that caught my eye...

How amazing is that art?! Anyway, that's beside the point. Apparently this book is set to deal with the early life of Adrian- namely; I'm guessing, his Alexandrian journey, obsession with the Macedonian conqueror and subsequent realization about the world and his future role in it. I, for one, think this is a fantastic idea- at least; this is the route I think they should go down. An understanding of Alexander is vital to a wider understanding of Veidt’s later motivations, they can’t overlook that connection. That’s what Alan Moore was trying to explore with this character- a dictator who was, in fact, benevolent. As someone who has always had a fascination with Classics and Ancient history (studying it at uni at the moment, useful I know :/), and as a Buddhist myself, I took a particular liking to the character of Ozymandias. I'm really interested to see how they develop his link to Alexander the Great and whether or not the writers will also be able to balance this with his supposed mystic Buddhist leanings. Unfortunately, I think it's pretty much a given that the writing will not live up to my expectations (or Alan's for that matter).

So what do you think? Will they treat Adrian Veidt's life story with the respect, detail, and care it needs in order for it to work or is this all just one big cash in?

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