Darren New wrote:
> nemesis wrote:
>> I'm just saying there that "The incredibles" has a very similar plot 
>> to Watchmen 
> 
> No, you're saying Incredible was *inspired* by Watchmen, not just similar.
> 
> You would need to show that Brad Bird, for example, was aware of 
> Watchmen and knew the plot when he was making the Incredibles, as a 
> minimum.

How could he not be aware of this classic?  You know Alan Moore was 
featured in a Simpsons episode?  You know Brad Bird was creative 
consultant to the Simpsons?  No, I don't know if the episode is from 
before or after he left, what I do know is:

* a super-hero world where heroes are banned is by itself a very 
non-conventional plot for a super-hero story (at least until Watchmen 
got it done)
* the plot is kicked off when an older hero goes missing (and is found 
to be dead)
* the villain threatens the world with a fake attack so that he can be 
"heroic"
* the threat is a huge, monocular monster with tentacles
* the monster was raised in a remote Island
* the dead hero was killed because of what the plans he uncovered in the 
Island
* cape is bad for your health

If that's not enough for a link, I'll eat my underwear...

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