Similar to other Watchmen characters, Alan Moore drew inspiration from DC Comics characters for Silk Spectre, like Phantom Lady and Black Canary. Silk Spectre - specifically the second Silk Spectre, Laurie Juspeczyk, played by Malin Akerman - was another character considerably altered by Snyder and the design team. Nite Owl wasn't the only hero to receive significant changes to his costume. Aside from that, his costume, along with his dialogue and characterization, makes him the most comic-accurate character in the movie. The only keen difference between the comic and film characterizations is that Jackie Earle-Haley, who plays Rorschach, is right-handed, whereas the character is left-handed in the novel. When he suits up he wears a purple business suit, brown overcoat, grey scarf, Rorschach inkblot mask, and a fedora hat - all of which carried over to the silver screen in Snyder's adaptation. He wears raggedy clothing and holds up a "The End Is Nigh" sign. In the comics, when Kovacs is in his civilian attire, he appears to be homeless. Along with Doctor Manhattan, Rorschach's appearance also remains virtually unchanged in the film adaptation. Rorschach, aka Walter Joseph Kovacs, not only narrates Watchmen via his journal entries but moves it forward through his investigation and his affairs with former Watchmen members.
He's arguably the least powerful character in the film, but this is Rorschach's story. According to Dave Gibbons, in Watching the Watchmen: The Definitive Companion to the Ultimate Graphic Novel, The Comedian's costume was originally going to be more militaristic, outfitted with more armor and less leather. Then there's The Comedian's badge - the yellow smiley face - which has become the iconic symbol of the Watchmen. In those flashbacks we see The Comedian, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, wear his all-American costume: a black leather outfit with a white-and-blue star on his right shoulder, and red-and-white stripes on his left. Although he is not the central character, and only appears in flashback sequences, Blake's death is what prompts Rorschach's investigation in the first place. In 1985, Ozymandias kills The Comedian for accidentally uncovering his nefarious plan to destroy New York City. That's also how he got his superhero alias: Ozymandias is the Greek name for Ramesses II.Īfter the Keene Act of 1977 banned costumed heroes, Edward Morgan Blake, aka The Comedian, and Doctor Manhattan became the only two government-approved superheroes thanks to their participation in the Vietnam War. That is why Veidt's superhero costume is heavily evocative of Egyptian royalty with long, purple garb with gold plating (which he derives from his fascination with Ramesses). Since he perceived Alexander to be similar to that of Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, he opted to become more like the latter. Veidt attributes his need for saving the world from a nuclear holocaust to what Alexander the Great did centuries before him, joining the known world under one empire. In the comic he's considered the "smartest man on the planet." To not only create but carry out such a treacherous plan - one that remained secret to all the other Watchmen, including Doctor Manhattan - required the skills of a mastermind, which is exactly what Veidt is. By uniting the nations of the world against a common enemy, Doctor Manhattan, Veidt was trying to negate the purpose of having costumed heroes at all. He was once a member of the Watchmen before deciding to orchestrate a type of world peace through mutually-experienced destruction. Adrian Veidt, played by Matthew Goode, is both the hero and villain of the story.
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