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Watchmen (1986)

美國 DC Comics(創作者 Alan Moore、Dave Gibbons,皆為英國籍)

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Atmospheric conceptual illustration — Watchmen (1986)
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Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's landmark graphic novel, whose finale stages a fabricated alien "squid" attack on New York to freeze the Cold War — treating the extraterrestrial threat as a lie to be dissected.

Watchmen treats alien life not as a genuine visitor but as a manufactured deception. In the finale, the retired hero Adrian Veidt (Ozymandias) bio-engineers a colossal alien "squid" and teleports it into the heart of New York, killing millions and convincing the world it has been invaded from beyond — shocking the superpowers into unity at the brink of nuclear war. The staged attack poses a hard question: if peace is bought with a monstrous lie, is it peace at all? The book inverts the familiar UFO-invasion narrative into a parable about power and manipulation.[1]

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References

  1. 1.
    Watchmen (Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons)DC Comics · 1986-1987Book
  2. 2.
    Address to the 42nd Session of the United Nations General AssemblyRonald Reagan / United Nations · 1987-09-21Govt report