The Terrifying Truth of the Watchmen Movie’s Comedian
Please hold on to your bags with boards in them, comic fans. Astute TR reader and certified genius Matt Bradshaw has uncovered a horrifying truth regarding the Comedian, one of the superheroes of the upcoming Watchmen movie. You remember this pic of the Minutemen I posted a few days ago, showcasing the old heroes of the Watchmen universe?
Well, Matt put two and two together and realized that the Comedian is played by none other than…
…Commander USA, former host of USA Network’s “Groovy Movies” from ’85-89. As Matt puts it on his blog, this is “pretty fucking devastating.” The only comfort we have that better Commander USA than Up All Night‘s Gilbert Gottfried (if only marginally). I’ll be back on Monday morning for a full week of nonsense, so you guys have a good weekend and I’ll see you then.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.