Watchmen spoof round-up

Released today, 'Watchmen' anticipation has inspired more on-line parodies and homages since 'Snakes on a Plane.'

A testament to both the popularity of the original Watchmen graphic novel and the excitement over the new movie version (released today and reviewed here) is the sheer quantity of Watchmen homages and parodies in cyberspace. I don't think I've seen anything like it since Snakes on a Plane-mania of 2007, which seemed to abruptly end when Snakes on a Plane finally opened. One of the cleverest, most widely-diseminated Watchmen riffs I've seen is this clip, which envisions the story as a 1980s kiddie cartoon:



Other video parodies include a pretty good one that spoofs "Two and a Half Men" and a weaker sitcom riff, "I Love Rorschach."

More esoteric quips: Comics Critics wonders "What if there were a Watchmen video game?" Boingboing envisions "Watchpeanuts," as if the comic book were drawn by Charles Schulz of "Peanuts" fame. The New Yorker magazine's on-line cover contest re-imagines its mascot Eustace Tilley as "Rorschach Tilley." Someone Photoshopped the official poster into Swatchmen. Plus I have to mention that several years ago, "The Simpsons" made a passing reference to "Watchmen Babies: V For Vacation."

Update: I'll add more as they come up, like Ombudsmen (Popeye as Rorschach).

(Thanks to Allison Keane for drawing my attention to some of these.)





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