QWhy does the assassin opt to fight the Comedian rather than quietly assassinate him?
AThe Comedian's assassin (Adrian) comes unarmed and kicks in the front door, rather than sneaking up quietly killing him. The reason Adrian decides instead to beat the Comedian half to death then toss him out the window is likely because Adrian hated the Comedian. In the one scene that shows any interaction between Adrian and the Comedian, the Comedian completely undermines Adrian's idea and is extremely rude to him. It can be assumed that there while the Watchmen were together the Comedian and Adrian had drastically different ideals and butted heads quite often. Also, it could be argued that Adrian wanted to give the Comedian (who was clearly the most violent and morally corrupt of the Watchmen) what he deserved. After he decided that the Comedian had to be killed in order for his plan to go smoothly, it was finally his chance to take on the Comedian in a man-to-man fight to the death. There's even a moment where Adrian has a hold of the Comedian's gun, but tosses it aside in favor of hand-to-hand combat. His face is not concealed to the Comedian when they fight (only to the audience) so it can be assumed that the Comedian knows who he is fighting - and that Adrian wanted him to know.Another question arises however, which involves Rorschach. When Adrian reveals his scheme at the end of the film, he says he had to kill the Comedian because he was working for the government and was onto Adrian's plan. He also says that the one snag in his idea was Rorschach's conspiracy that someone is taking out all of the Watchmen. When Dan says to Rorschach that it was a burglar who killed the Comedian, Rorschach does not believe that any ordinary burglar could have killed him. So Adrian, beating the Comedian and overpowering him, only fueled Rorschach's conspiracy. The answer could be that Adrian never could have predicted that Rorschach would develop such a conspiracy. When Dan comes to warn Adrian of Rorschach's suspicion, Adrian tells Dan that Rorschach is a sociopath and that one murder doesn't indicate a pattern. And while Dan becomes convinced, Rorschach is too stubborn to change his mind. Also, in by the end of the film, Rorschach's conspiracy does not foil Adrian's plot and only ends up being a minor inconvenience.
QWhat songs feature on the soundtrack?
AThe tracklist of the OST goes as follows: (1) Desolation Row (My Chemical Romance), (2) Unforgettable (Nat King Cole), (3) The Times They Are A-Changin' (Bob Dylan), (4) The Sound Of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel), (5) Me & Bobby McGee (Janis Joplin), (6) I'm Your Boogie Man (KC & The Sunshine Band), (7) You're My Thrill (Billie Holiday), (8)Pruit Igoe & Prophecies (Philip Glass), (9) Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen), (10) All Along The Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix), (11) Ride of the Valkyries (Budapest Symphony Orchestra), and (12) Pirate Jenny (Nina Simone). Though not found in the official soundtrack, the movie also features Nena's 99 Luftballons, Waylon Jenning's Clyde, a "musak" version of Tears For Fears' Everybody Wants to Rule the World and Leonard Cohen's First We Take Manhattan. It does not feature, however, Pirate Jenny, which is used during the end credits of the animated adaptation of "Tales of the Black Freighter".
QWhat are the extra 29 minutes in the Ultimate Cut?
AAlong with all the changes listed above in the Director's Cut, the Ultimate Cut features these additions:1. After Rorschach is seen walking through the streets talking about how "even in the face of Armageddon, I will not compromise in [his need for justice to be made]," we see the first clip from Tales of the Black Freighter, which is followed by a short scene featuring the two Bernies and an unmasked Rorschach.2. After Rorschach's anecdote about the Comedian and his views on life, there is another newsstand scene featuring the two Bernies and, this time, Hollis Mason. Shortly afterwards, the camera zooms in on the comic book one of the Bernies is reading, and Black Freighter resumes. Afterwards we return to Laurie and Jon making love in bed.3. After Dan and Laurie fight the knot-tops in the alley, we again cut to the Black Freighter, and after a section of this we return to the newsstand where a man announces that Dr. Manhattan has left Earth.4. After Rorschach is arrested we see the two Bernies discussing how Rorschach had been coming to the newsstand all that time and they hadn't realised it, and then we see another section of Black Freighter. Afterwards we come back to Rorschach and the psychiatrist.5. After Dan has his nightmare we see another part of Black Freighter, and then we see the knot-tops picking on the Bernie reading the comic book.6. After Rorschach and Dan leave for Antarctica, we again see the Bernies at the newsstand, and see another section of Black Freighter.7. Just after Adrian announces his plan, we see the final part of Black Freighter, and then zoom out and rejoin the Bernies just before Adrian's bomb kills them in the street.
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