So onto Chapter 4, probably my favorite thus far, by far.
I love the "voiceover" for the beginning of the chapter, esp the "all we ever see of stars are their old photographs" line. the first two pages is stellar.
Ok, I haven't been the biggest Blue Boy shipper, but the backstory about Jon has helped humanize him. I like how he was into watches, the whole time thing, but it kinda sucks how he let his Dad dictate who he'd become so easily, like throwing cogs to the wind. He's basically a young prodigy type who gets a job at Gila Flats, where he meets Janey :heart:
The part where he goes to retrieve her broken (he fixed it) watch from his lab coat is intense. I'm interested to see how it's portrayed on screen. A very emotional thing. Jon knows he's gonna die, everyone knows he's going to die and they can't do anything, Janey can't even bear to watch it so she leaves. Only thing is, he doesn't die. Over the next few months, pieces of him reveal themselves for moments in time until he finally materializes as the naked blue man.
1959. Janey's scared of Jon, Jon says he'll always want her. We know that's not the case. He tries on a costume but hates it, opting to burn the symbol onto his forehead. yeesh.
On tv, he's reported to be a real super hero, powers and all, and the best weapon the US gov't posssesses. That's a lot of power for one man. As a crimefighter he does some unmoral things, such as what appears to be vaporizing a man's head, and he doesn't seem to care about morals. First he no longer felt temperatures, and now he can't seem to care of what's right and wrong. I mean, he knows JFK will be assassinated, and yet he does nothing.
Flashforward and Janey and Jon are fighting again. He already knows the outcome and what would be said. That would piss me off personally, it's like how can you fight when the other one already knows what will happen. The earrings are proof enough.
1964. Jon makes eyes at a young Laurie, which pisses Janie off more. She's aging and he's still a 30 year old blue dude. So of course the jail bait is attracting him. ugh men. lol
John's dad dies 5 yrs later and i can't believe he never told him he was still alive. That's kinda messed up. Jon pretty much wins the Vietnam War on his own.
Ozymandius unmasks himself and retires. Laurie and Jon visit Veidt and I so want his cat Bubastis!
August 3rd 1977; the Keene Bill has been passed outlawing vigilantism. Blake and Jon can continue since they work for the gov't but people like Laurie and others must hang up their costumes. Nite Owl II chooses not to reveall himself to the public, but Laurie knows him. Rorschach continues to fight crime despite it now being illegal. His identity in unknown as well.
In the end there's some great "voiceovers" by Jon. I love how the time frames zip in and out, yet don't convolute themselves. John builds a big palace on Mars and asks a lot of questions about his life and life in general. The Einstein quote at the end is
as well.
The brief snipper of Professor Glass's work on Dr. Manhattan brings up a lot of concern about power struggles and politics and the like. And how dangerous Jon could truly be. It's a really good essay excerpt.
Well that's it for this chapter.
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