http://www.metafilter.com/tags/comicswatchmen Posts tagged with 'comicswatchmen' at MetaFilter. Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:08:26 -0800 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:08:26 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/59376/Who%2DWatches%2Dthe%2DWatchmen%2DApparently%2Dthe%2Dpeople%2Dwho%2Dwrite%2DHeroes At a panel last weekend a major <a href="http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=9944">plot</a> point was revealed about the NBC show <a href="http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/">Heroes</a> (it goes without saying - contains spoilers). To many comic book readers this had more than a familiar similarity to the ending of the widely revered comic book series <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen">Watchmen</a>. Stories and themes are repeated throughout history in many mediums, but when is it a unique take, when is it a a homage and when is it theft? And when the medium that is lifted from is a less respected one such as comic books, does that make it more palatable? tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.59376 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:08:26 -0800 comicswatchmen heroes dig_duggler