| Watchmen: Motion Comic | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Created by | Dave Gibbons Alan Moore |
| Based on | Watchmen by |
| Directed by | Jake Strider Hughes |
| Voices of | Tom Stechschulte |
| Theme music composer | Lennie Moore |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Wesley Coller |
| Running time | 25-30 minutes (per episode) 325 minutes (DVD) |
| Production company(s) | Cruel and Unusual Films |
| Release | |
| Original release | July 17, 2008 – February 23, 2009 |
Watchmen: Motion Comic is a 2008 American animatedshortfilm series of motion comics for web and television based on the DCcomic book series Watchmen, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons.[1] The series consists of twelve abridged 25–30 minute segments, each based on and sharing a name with one of the twelve chapters of the book. All characters are voiced by actor Tom Stechschulte.[2][3][4] It was released on DVD in March 2009 to coincide with the Watchmen film's release.[5][6]
Directed by Zack Snyder. With Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Malin Akerman. In 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it. Can't get enough of Watchmen? Discover exclusive memos, newspaper articles, essays, and other artifacts before the next episode.
Plot[edit]
In October 1985, during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and on the eve of nuclear war, a depressed Rorschach, one of several outlawed vigilante superheroes, begins to investigate why all former masked superheroes are either dead or have declined.
Episodes[edit]
| # | Title | Viewers (in millions) | Original Air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 'At Midnight, All the Agents...' | 4.09 | July 17, 2008 | TBA |
| Rorschach investigates the Comedian's death, formulating a 'mask killer' theory. | ||||
| 2 | 'Absent Friends' | 3.69 | October 6, 2008 | TBA |
| The Comedian is buried and his history is revealed through a series of flashbacks. | ||||
| 3 | 'The Judge of All the Earth' | 3.41 | October 20, 2008 | TBA |
| Doctor Manhattan's relationship with Laurie Juspeczyk erodes and he discovers that many of his colleagues have contracted terminal cancer. Doctor Manhattan exiles himself to Mars. | ||||
| 4 | 'Watchmaker' | 3.73 | November 3, 2008 | TBA |
| On Mars, Doctor Manhattan contemplates his history, which is revealed through a series of flashbacks. | ||||
| 5 | 'Fearful Symmetry' | 2.80 | November 17, 2008 | TBA |
| Rorschach continues to pursue his 'mask killer' theory, focusing on Moloch. Moloch is murdered and Rorschach is the target of a setup, leading to his capture by the police. | ||||
| 6 | 'The Abyss Gazes Also' | 2.79 | December 1, 2008 | TBA |
| In police custody, Rorschach is interviewed by Dr. Malcolm Long, a psychiatrist. Rorschach's history and identity are revealed. | ||||
| 7 | 'A Brother to Dragons' | 1.98 | December 15, 2008 | TBA |
| Silk Spectre continues to stay with Nite Owl and they become romantically involved. Nite Owl and Silk Spectre save people from an apartment fire, and resolve to break Rorschach out of prison. | ||||
| 8 | 'Old Ghosts' | 2.81 | December 29, 2008 | TBA |
| The current Nite Owl (Dan Dreiberg) and Silk Spectre break Rorschach out of prison. Doctor Manhattan takes Silk Spectre to Mars. In retaliation for the prison break, gang members murder Hollis Mason, the retired original Nite Owl, believing him to be the one responsible for the prison break. | ||||
| 9 | 'The Darkness of Mere Being' | 1.68 | January 12, 2009 | TBA |
| On Mars, Laurie (Silk Spectre) tries to convince Jon (Doctor Manhattan) to save the world, who insists life is unimportant. Laurie talks about her childhood, which is shown in a series of flashbacks. Laurie realises that the Comedian is her real father. | ||||
| 10 | 'Two Riders Were Approaching...' | 2.72 | January 26, 2009 | TBA |
| Nite Owl and Rorschach continue to investigate the 'mask killer' conspiracy theory, reaching the conclusion that Veidt (Ozymandias) is behind it. Rorschach mails his journal to the New Frontiersman, a right-wing newspaper. | ||||
| 11 | 'Look on My Works, Ye Mighty...' | 2.42 | February 9, 2009 | TBA |
| In Karnak, his antarctic base, Ozymandias narrates his history. When Nite Owl and Rorschach confront him, believing that he planned to start World War 3, he fights them off while explaining his plan to end the Cold War by faking an alien invasion, and reveals that his plan has already been set into motion. | ||||
| 12 | 'A Stronger Loving World' | 2.88 | February 23, 2009 | TBA |
| Doctor Manhattan and Silk Spectre head to Veidt's base. Veidt convinces everyone there that his fake alien has led to world peace and revealing the hoax will undermine it and make the deaths for naught. All agree except for Rorschach, who storms out, but Doctor Manhattan vaporizes him. In the end, Manhattan decides to leave Earth and Dan and Laurie assume fake identities. |
International broadcasters[edit]
| Country | Broadcaster | Series Premiere | Timeslot |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Space | June 9, 2009 | 22:00, 22:30 |
| Australia | GO! | December 5, 2010 | 23:00 |
| Portugal | RTP2 | November 22, 2010 | 23:30 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Jane Halsall, R. William Edminster. Visual media for teens. ABC-CLIO, 2009.
- ^Scott Chitwood. 'Blu-ray and DVD Reviews - Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic'. ComingSoon.net. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^''Watchmen' (2008) TV Series'. IMDb. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
- ^'Watchmen Comic Movie.com'. DC Comics. 6-10-08. Retrieved 2009-04-01.Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ^John Scott Lewinski (January 24, 2009). 'Gibbons Provides New Watchmen Art; Motion Comic Goes DVD'. Wired News. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^'This week in entertainment'. The Oakland Tribune. March 2, 2009.
External links[edit]
- Watchmen: Motion Comic on IMDb
Samyuktha Hegde
Motivation
In our case the issue is that we have multiple versions of our app deployed (6.1, 7.0, etc.).When a patch is requested, we need to recreate the environment used for that particular version.
For example, we had a release 6.1 that was based on ember-cli 3.1.2, node 10, etc.Now, our current release is using ember octane with node 12, etc.
We cannot rebuild the version 6.1 with our current environment. Node is conflicting with ember requirements and so on.
Based on our readings this is when Docker is supposed to help.
Most of the references out there are for setting up a server or tests but nothing really describing our scenario.The best documentation came from Dan Lynn:
Steps
Install Docker Desktop
Installing Docker Desktop seems to be the best option.It installs Engine, CLI Client, Compose, and a bunch of other things (that we dont really need but we don't care).
Prepare the repo for runing in Docker (Dockerize)
We basically had to add two files to our repo (see files below):
- Dockerfile: Define the app's environment for the container.
- docker-compose.yml: Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications. In our case, we are not really using it for its multi-container feature but rather as a simple way to capture the configuration for our ember application service.
We also added in our package.json a series of scripts related to docker.
Issue we faced
Initially, when we were trying to build or serve, we would get an 'out of heap memory'.It seems that Ember is really requesting a lot of memory.
The key to solve this issue for us was:
- In docker desktop, we boosted the memory resources to 8Gb
- in the docker-compose.yml, we added under the service embercontainer:
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The second issue/discovery/leasson learned is that if we changed a reference in the package.json, we had to stop everything and call docker-compose build to force the re-provisioning of the container. This is not something that is done often but something to remember.
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