In recent discussions concerning the quality of plot development in the new blockbuster movie, The Watchmen, many viewers who have not read the comic felt that there was a lack of coherence throughout, and a lack of resolution at the end of the movie. This discussion has brought about a controversial issue. The issue has been whether the alteration of the climax and end of the movie had anything to do with it's audiences' reaction. On one hand, some would argue that the detonation of a psychically transported squid would have been too much for mainstream viewers. From this perspective, non-Watchmen enthusiasts would find it too ridiculous. On the other hand, others argue that the change in the ending obligated the writers to leave out Doctor Manhattan's famous dialogue with Ozymandias; consequently leaving out the subliminal message through their dialogue. According to this view the content of the ending dialogue is too important to leave out.
In conclusion, the issue is whether to sacrifice content for style or style for preserving the intended message of the novel.

The Author of Madness Ia! Ia! Lovecraft Fhtagn!

"The world is indeed comic

, but the joke is on mankind."
H.P. Lovecraft


Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an author of science-fiction and horror. Some would say that he dealt in planes of madness and macabre others like Poe dared not touch. Lovecraft's works have a sort of occult following, and some actually believe in his brilliantly devised mythology which was coined "The Cthulhu Mythos" by August Derleth, his partner.

The Cthulhu Mythos is Lovecraft's mythology involving gods who came from space to Earth when it was still young, around the time of the migration of man to the Americas. Lovecraft blends these fictional gods with the gods of the Mayans and Aztecs. The most popular of these gods is the great Cthulhu, an ancient and malevolent god.

Cthulhu is more of a demi-god. Lovecraft says that the older more powerful gods retreated into the Earth during the melting of the polar ice caps. Cthulhu is an evil god. It is said that when he awakes he will rise and devour all of mankind. He is said to be slumbering to this day in his sunken city R'lyeh. The recent anomaly called "the bloop," an ultra low frequency of sound of unkown origin, has sent Lovecraft fans into a frenzy because it occurred at around 50° 0′ 0″ S, 100° 0′ 0″ W, surprisingly close to the coordinates Lovecraft said Cthulhu is waiting, 47° 9′ 0″ S, 126° 43′ 0″ W.

The Cthulhu Mythos is the largest portion of Lovecraft's work, but it is not all of his work. Lovecraft frequently wrote pieces dedicated to the flaws of science. Lovecraft was alive at the turn of the twentieth and found himself astonished at the worlds view of science. While many saw science as true and of endless potential Lovecraft found it rigid and overbearing.

Lovecraft was a man of imagination and frequently his mind would delve into the abyss of what lies beyond the comprehension of science and religion. It is from this macabre sense of the world that his great literature sprang. To this day there has not been another author quite like Lovecraft. There has not been another author who could make you feel that maddening sway as you read his works of terrible possibility.