The one good thing about this Watchmen movie is we're treated to lengthy rambling interviews with Alan Moore again. Always a pleasure, never a chore.

With the movie about to completely miss the point, Tom Spurgeon asks his readers to define the seminal comic in a few sentences. Some good stuff in there. I like Matthias Wivel's explanation:

"Fundamentally it is about what all Alan Moore's comics are about: Order. The sense that there is a structure to the universe, and to existence, and how this structure starts in ourselves and determines our perception of the world. Moore exemplifies this in the meticulous structure of the comic itself, but also in the character of Dr. Manhattan who perceives the order we can only intuit.

"The conflict of the story arises from the way the individual deals with it, and the main characters each make their own choices: The Comedian absolves himself and becomes amoral, Ozymandias wants to control it, Rorschach has lost faith in it, Dan and Julie chose to make their way within it, and Dr. Manhattan stands back. The play's the thing."

Finally got my copy of the new-ish League of Extraordinary Gentlemen book. While a thrilling read on its own this wonderfully anal guide adds depth and plenty of it.

Interview concludes covering psychogeography, his novels, very early work appearing online and other stuff.

Been a while since someone let the magnus ramble on about stuff for hours and then transcribed it. Always a pleasure.