The Keene act that was introduced in the first chapter of Watchmen is the act that makes vigilante heroes illegal in the Watchmen world. We talked in class about how The Incredibles universe has a law that does the same thing after Mr. Incredible hurt someone while trying to save his life, and how this concept was taken directly from Watchmen. Are there any other pieces that we can see in today's pop-culture that are taken from Watchmen?
I feel like instead of stealing specific issues or scenes from Watchmen, the genre of superhero movies has moved as a whole toward watchmen. It seems like, as Mr. Farenkopf pointed out, Superhero movies are getting darker. Batman locked out the police in order to violently attack the Joker, Superman killed someone. These actions would not have been acceptable before Watchmen, but are now seen as edgy and exciting. This is not only from Watchmen, but I believe that Watchmen played a large part in this transition
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