Nite Owl Origin - The Batman Of Watchman Universe, A Complex & Multifaceted Hero With A Moral Code

Nite Owl Origin - The Batman Of Watchman Universe, A Complex And Multifaceted With a Strong Moral Code
#watchmen

[@thefurrybastard1964]

Actually Nite Owl is supposed to be the Watchman Universe's version of Blue Beetle, specifically Ted Kord.

[@devonjohnson9483]

His engineering skills are of the charts Batman eat your heart out

[@strongman5243]

are you sure about that?

[@DinkusDorf]

Batwing>Owl Ship

[@jasonbean2764]

I was there when the comic book series began. An avid collector in the 1980's, I had already been aware of Alan Moore through the Swamp Thing series. I started collecting Watchmen from the first issue. When I realized there would be a graphic novel, I stopped and waited until it was printed. I wanted to read the whole story all at once. I wasn't disappointed. I am astonished that the film turned out to be as good as it is. The story seemed too complex to be encapsulated in a single movie. I haven't seen the TV show. Maybe someday.:)

[@jasonbean2764]

@@Saddonghussein is it that bad? It sounds interesting...

[@g0ng5ter]

Jason Bean, from what I remember they did a different take that seemed to be quite a far cry from the source material. You’ll definitely need an open mind to watch it.

[@strongman5243]

ikr

[@calvinheslop2585]

In the DC animated movie version of crisis on infinite earths Owl man is fighting batman and is explaining how the infinite universe works and mentions that there are versions of himself that batman would find quite charming and the first thing I always thought was that he was talking about this guy.

[@calvinheslop2585]

@@Saddonghussein thats the Talon from the court of owls.

[@rikudo282]

@@calvinheslop2585 nah that's ras al guhl from the league of assassins

[@damianprock1650]

@@rikudo282 no way in hell, neither the League of Assassins or the Court of Owls operated in New York

[@rikudo282]

@@damianprock1650 I know, it was a joke cause the names kept getting bigger 🤣

[@damianprock1650]

@@rikudo282 it wasn't a very good one

[@doforselfent]

Nite Owl is actually based on Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)... the entire Watchmen characters was all based on the original Charlton Comics characters that was later absorbed into the DC Universe during the early 80s

[@damianprock1650]

Sort of like how the characters from Virgil Hawkins' universe became part of the main DC canon

[@doforselfent]

@Damian Prock nah Milestone was always under DC since it's creation... kind of like Wildstorm... Charleton Comics was another comic book company that was independent of DC and Marvel... so you can say it was more like Fawcett Comics (original Captain Marvel / Shazam publisher) I think Charleton was purchased and absorbed into DC right before Crisis of Infinite Earths and their Earth was dubbed Earth 4

[@osmanyousif7849]

He's also kind of like Spider-Man, as without the mask, dude's someone with no girlfriend, very little hobbies, and zero social skills. He was a nerdy loser who wanted to be somebody. Think of Dan Dreiberg as what if Peter Parker donned the mask to try and make himself feel more confident around people, including his crush? What if he never got that lesson about responsibility?

[@inesatt1313]

At least he has a conscious unlike the others

[@Karlos1234ify]

Everyone was kind of A-hole. Except Dan

[@zacharyjochumsen9677]

@@Karlos1234ify yeh but silk spectre honest bloke prrty hot

[@remc0s]

@@Karlos1234ify Dreiberg definitely changes after his arrest in 1995 and basically becomes more like Rorschach than he would ever like to admit. He isn't in the tv show, as he's in prison for violating the Keene act, but the Peteypedia files mention that he refused a plea deal to join the Anti-Vigilante Task Force by quoting Rorschach, saying: "Never compromise, never surrender." This makes Dreiberg way more interesting than the insecure goody two shoes he used to be, just like how Cyclops from the X-Men only started to become interesting once he gave up being Professor Xavier's teacher's pet and started to lean more towards Magneto's worldview.

[@Karlos1234ify]

Remember when he found out his mentor died? Nite Owl made that one gang member swallow swallow his teeth. Rorschach had to intervene.

[@damianprock1650]

So Rorschach's like the good cop in this case?

[@Karlos1234ify]

Rorschach had to pull him away. He didn’t want to see Dan go down a dark path & break his no kill code.

[@damianprock1650]

@@Karlos1234ify glad to hear it

[@KillerGrim47]

When rorschach has to pull you back yk its bad😂😂

[@RiccoDaniiDev]

Here's something I can personally enjoy. I met the actor's mother. She was my vocal coach in college 😀

[@RiccoDaniiDev]

He also played the phantom from the phantom of the opera. His mother is a singer and worked at my college back in 2009/2010

[@damianprock1650]

@@RiccoDaniiDev well, good for you, now here's something that you didn't know before about Johnny Depp, he was an old childhood friend of my father's

[@lovethalonely]

I’ve been waiting on you to do this video lol , Awesome video 💯💯

[@devonjohnson9483]

Same

[@ericdabronze151]

I thought Night Owl was based on Blue Beetle II (Ted Kord).

[@doforselfent]

He is based on Ted Kord... all the characters in Wathmen are based on all the original Charleton Comics characters

[@thefurrybastard1964]

You thought correctly.

[@brodyratliff7441]

A dark super hero parody that Doesn't make the heroes complete assholes? Man this is great!

[@deathcold_longplaysua4846]

I wonder if Nite Owl ever cross paths with Batman. But i doubt that they would be friendly to each other, since the court of owls is Batman's enemies, Batman could easily see Nite Owl as his enemy.

[@damianprock1650]

Nah, this guy came long before Batman started defending Gotham City, he's most likely from the time Batman's predecessor, the Shadow was still active, it's even a time before Marvel's finest and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles started defending New York

[@deathcold_longplaysua4846]

@@damianprock1650 I'm talking about a modern Nite Owl. Already forgot his name, but he could cross paths with Batman. Also, i know that there is a Watchmen and Batman crossover comic book out there, but i don't know what is it about.

[@damianprock1650]

@@deathcold_longplaysua4846 chronologically speaking, the 2nd Nite Owl was active during the 1970s-1980s, unless there's a third Nite Owl, you're off a stake

[@deathcold_longplaysua4846]

@@damianprock1650 Didn't Batman started at the same time? Like, Batman Year One.

[@damianprock1650]

@@deathcold_longplaysua4846 not sure I'd even put money on that just yet

[@helloooopl]

Snow owl suit is my favorite lol

[@AH-is5yg]

The gang leader that killed the first nite owl died when Ozymandias killed everyone in New York. I prefer the DC Watchmen crossover version as the canon while the TV series was non-canon.

[@johnnyagregaard5873]

On your next video can you talk about mutagen man please

[@rubyrubio3970]

Origin of dark horse comics ghost and Sakura kasaungano

[@user-bv3lk9zr5w]

I remember they wanted to sue vanoss for using night owl

[@KillerGrim47]

Woahhh seriously!?

[@AshTheDuke]

He looks same as owl man batman villain

[@SteveGarcia-uc6nd]

Nite Owl 2 🦉

[@alexanderhoward4833]

i like night owl 2

[@sparkageddon3186]

Nite Owl vs Owlman

[@danielfritts854]

But can he reproduce???

[@xheralt]

@@Saddonghussein Yes he can, but only after caping.

[@jonahstirbis3408]

Villians always have a stupid reason for committing there crimes.

[@voltrondefofunv5708]

I thought rorschach was more like batman then owl man and🖕in advance for spelling nazis

[@brianpaul5667]

One of the lamest not-so-super heroes. I don't know if the comics had a different character but the one from the movies was booooorrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiinnnnnngggggg.

[@damianprock1650]

You say that about Nite Owl, you say that about Batman, you don't need superpowers to be a superhero you know

[@brianpaul5667]

@@damianprock1650 Batman always still felt larger than life to me. Always came off as an unflinching dedicated bad ass. I get that they tried to create a story with more down to earth characters that people could imagine themselves being but it just doesn't work for me. Night Owl especially of all the characters in the movie seemed whiney, lacking in confidence at EVERY turn, and in a state of deep depression half the time. There wasn't one point in the movie where I was like "wow, what a bad ass how cool!". Nite Owl may be a hero but he doesn't seem very super in the movie.

[@damianprock1650]

@@brianpaul5667 well, it's basically like you're saying that about Batman as well

[@MLBlue30]

Watchmen was an almost satirical approach in that superheroes in real life would probably have lots of issues, problems and questionable personalities and motives so you're really not meant to identify with them in the way you would with a Marvel or DC hero. The Moth ended up in an insane asylum and Silk Spectre 2 hated being a superhero...at first.

[@MLBlue30]

@@brianpaul5667 None of them are meant to be bad ass or super. They are all fucked up people in a fucked up world in an insane situation. Its made to make you think, not really about action.

[@CyberRabid.]

Nite Owl is actually my least favorite from Watchmen. Too much of a Batman rip-off.