| 'Watchmen' More Like Walk Men: Pedestrian | 角色無趣、劇情乏味的「守護者」 | |
| Despite Director Zack Snyder's public pledges of fidelity to the story, the core of "Watchmen," what turned it into the only graphic novel to land on Time Magazine's list of 100 best English-language novels, is by its nature next to impossible to re-create on screen, even with a 2 hour and 41 minute running time. | 「守護者」改編自唯一名列時代雜誌百大最佳英文小說的漫畫，雖然導演查克史奈德公開誓言，電影的核心情節「忠於原著」，但儘管本片長達兩小時又四十一分鐘，要將此漫畫搬上大銀幕幾乎是「不可能的任務」。 | |
| "Watchmen" takes place in an alternative universe very much like our own but with key differences. This universe has a tradition of masked crimefighters. A group of them banded together in the 1940s as the Minutemen, and another group, Crimebusters, was formed decades later. | 本片以和現實世界很像、但有關鍵差異的另類宇宙為背景。這裡有蒙面犯罪打擊者的傳統，在一九四Ο年代，有一群蒙面英雄組成了「Minutemen」組織，並在數十年後另組「Crimebusters」組織。 | |
| Most have been forced to retire, but still active, each in his own way, are the most compelling of the group, Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup) and Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley). Often seen pale blue and naked, the good doctor is a master of space and time, capable of bending matter to his will. | 組織成員雖然大半被迫退休，但他們仍各自以自己的方式活躍著；其中最令人印象深刻的是曼哈頓博士（比利克魯登飾）與變臉羅夏（傑基厄爾哈利飾）。通常以淺藍赤裸形象出現的善良曼哈頓博士，是時空專家，能憑自己的意志使物質彎曲。 | |
| At the other end of the spectrum is the haunted Rorschach, a sociopathic terror who is the first to suspect that "somebody's gunning for masks" and the first to investigate the plot against all superheroes. | 心靈有陰影的變臉羅夏的形象則南轅北轍，這位令人不寒而慄的反社會者，是第一個懷疑「有人要置蒙面英雄於死地」、並開始著手調查針對所有超級英雄陰謀的人。 | |
| This is just a hint of an outline of "Watchmen's" complexities. Those who haven't read the book will still get some idea of its greatness from the movie, but the story just wasn't designed to be made into a film. | 這只是「守護者」錯綜複雜劇情的概略提示。對尚未看過原著漫畫的人來說，他們仍能從本片稍微瞭解這部漫畫了不起之處，但它的情節實在不適合改編成電影。 | |
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