Who are the Watchmen?

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The WatchmenThe Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan)RorschachNite Owl II (Patrick Wilson)Ozymandias (Matthew Goode)Silk Spectre II (Malin Akerman)Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup)

<i>By Geoff Boucher</i><br>
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Take the outlawed superhero community of Pixars The Incredibles, drop it into a multi-generational tribal tale like The Godfather II and add a trippy riff on Forrest Gumps at-the-elbow-of-history plot device (one character parties at Studio 54 with Jagger and Bowie, another pulls the trigger the day JFK died in Dallas), and you start to get a feel for Watchmen, due in March. Heres a look at some of the key characters:

The Watchmen

( DC Comics/Warner Bros. )

By Geoff Boucher

Take the outlawed superhero community of Pixars The Incredibles, drop it into a multi-generational tribal tale like The Godfather II and add a trippy riff on Forrest Gumps at-the-elbow-of-history plot device (one character parties at Studio 54 with Jagger and Bowie, another pulls the trigger the day JFK died in Dallas), and you start to get a feel for Watchmen, due in March. Heres a look at some of the key characters:

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