After sitting in on a fantastic speaker this afternoon (the most cool @andybloxham ), I wondered what we were really trying to accomplish in our Watchmen project. Are we trying to tell a clouded narrative that has more twists and turns than the road to Winnipeg, or are we trying to ask our viewers a question?
Much of what we have read this year in AP lit was literature rooted deep in questions. Mary Shelly's Frankenstein questioned what it meant to be human and questioned humanity's reactions to itself. Cormac McCarthy's The Road and Yan Martel's Life of Pi are question what it means to survive in a world that is indifferent to your own demise. Watchmen is no different in its questioning of what it means to be good and morality (among a few thousand other things). Ultimately these works carry their gravity in their narrative, but their questions are what make them so intensely interesting.
As readers, we put ourselves (theoretically) in the same situation as the protagonists. As we venture into storytelling, I feel that if we can truly make our users think about the question we choose, we have made something powerful. After looking at story-bible and scene descriptions, I know we have a great opportunity to make something that will have a lasting impact. The writers (and all those who have helped them) have done an incredible job, and as we grow nearer to filming I know the story will really come together.
I can't wait to start filming!
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