What's the Difference between Watchmen the Graphic Novel and Watchmen the Movie?
| In the Graphic Novel |
In the Movie |
Edward Blake/The Comedian
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Edward Blake/The Comedian
Portrayed by: Jeffrey Dean Morgan
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Dr. Manhattan
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Dr. Manhattan
Portrayed by: Billy Crudup
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Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias
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Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias
Portrayed by: Matthew Goode
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Rorschach
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Rorschach
Portrayed by: Jackie Earle Haley
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Dan Dreiberg/Nite Owl
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Dan Dreiberg/Nite Owl
Portrayed by: Patrick Wilson
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Laurie Juspeczyk/Silk Spectre II
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Laurie Jupiter/Silk Spectre II
Portrayed by: Malin Åkerman
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Hollis Mason/Nite Owl I
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Hollis Mason/Nite Owl I
Portrayed by: Stephen McHattie
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Young Hollis Mason
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Young Hollis Mason
Portrayed by: Clint Carleton
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Sally Jupiter/Silk Spectre I
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Sally Jupiter/Silk Spectre I
Portrayed by: Carla Gugino
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Captain Metropolis
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Captain Metropolis
Portrayed by: Darryl Scheelar
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Watchmen Graphic Novel vs Movie
| In the Graphic Novel |
In the Movie |
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Wally dies of cancer in 1971 when he is 34 years old. |
He dies in 1981 and is much older. |
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Dr. Manhattan intervenes in Vietnam and after more than two months the Viet Cong surrender. |
It only takes one week for them to surrender.
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Veidt is talking to his secretary on his way to some meetings about his toy line. He is walking when a gunman approaches and kills his secretary. Veidt knocks him down and he dies on a poison capsule. |
He is having a discussion with Lee Iaccoca and several other leaders of big oil companies. He tells them he will make them obsolete. The elevator opens and the gunman shoots his secretary in the leg, then kills one of the men before shooting Iaccoca in the head. |
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Moloch leaves Rorschach a note for him to meet. He goes to his apartment and thinks he might have information about the attack on Veidt. Someone has called in a tip to the police. |
Rorschach finds out the guy who tried to kill Adrian worked for Pyramid Security and he recognized it from something he saw at Moloch's apartment, so that is why he goes there.
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Rorschach jumps from the window of Moloch's apartment and is beaten and apprehended by the police. |
After he jumps he takes on 10 cops and beats them up. He is finally overpowered. |