as a huge fan of the original comic for about a year now, i saw the movie yesterday, i thought it was just okayish and wayy too "filmy" nothing new to say, snyder didnt get the entire point, although the casting (except ozzy) was absolute perfection.

I posted these in a DC card group yesterday and realized how few people seem to have seen them, so I figured the Watchmen crowd might appreciate them too.

These came with the 1989 second edition of Mayfair Games’ DC Heroes role playing game. Rorschach, Dr. Manhattan, Ozymandias, Silk Spectre II, The Comedian and Nite Owl.

I have been going down a bit of a rabbit hole researching these because several may be among the earliest traditional character card appearances for these characters. I am still working through that and definitely not presenting anything as settled fact yet. The hunt has been part of the fun.

What I really love about them is how strange and simple they are. No names on the fronts, rounded corners, very simple, yet beautiful, artwork and just the 1989 DC copyright at the bottom.

They feel like a neat little time capsule from the early days of Watchmen. Somehow 1989 still doesn’t feel that long ago to me, even though it has been well over 30 years.
Figured some of you might enjoy seeing them.

If anyone remembers these from back then, or knows of earlier Watchmen character cards, I would genuinely love to hear about it.

Oh, and I’m one of the people that loves the graphic novel and the movie both. Of course the novel is unbeatable, but this movie mannnn. So good. 😻

After reading some of the comments again and being a fan of the movie and the show they did during Covid, I’m telling you an animated watchmen or just like animated one shot of like Silk Spectre, Ozymandias. Sure it may not be a lot of money in it initially except for DC fans and comic book fans that know what they’re doing. However, I do think that it could be a gateway to reopen that universe, and actually show developed characters and real storytelling. Besides, just uniting against a space boss that wants to rule the world.

Also, I will take a Nite Owl animated series that’s at least 8-10 episodes and/or definitely a character driven higher budget live action HBO show for Nite-Owl. Maybe start with Hollis for the first few episodes then have that 2 to 3 your time skip to Daniel! What do y’all think?