Is Watchmen A Better Murder Mystery Than Knives Out?

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as!</p><p id="5e82">Zack Snyder made a murder mystery where the identity of the murderer solves a mystery that unveils a darker truth.</p><h2 id="c6a7">Whodunit? Whydunit?</h2><figure id="12f0"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*Fhhyf-4givWD9kvG.jpg"><figcaption>Batman v Superman (Warner Bros)</figcaption></figure><p id="207b">In the game of <i>Watchmen v Knives Out</i>, superheroes fooled us into watching a murder mystery as much as a whodunit fooled us into watching a mystery comedy.</p><p id="b536"><i>See also: <a href="https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/1090746718398820352">Rian Johnson displays each movie poster that inspired Knives Out</a> (Twitter)</i></p><p id="ace1">And once you see how that murder mystery empowered Zack Snyder to impossibly make a better whodunit than Rian Johnson, you’ll also see how a legitimate murder mystery would have transformed <i>Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice</i> from impossibly awful into Snyder’s masterpiece.</p><p id="43ec">Because I think given Snyder’s tastes, he’s the only one that could turn the Red Hood into the detective we need.</p><figure id="4364"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*rootBy5DRIsjoaAbSci0FQ.png"><figcaption>Graphic by author, eleme

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Zack Snyder should embrace the kind of stories he’s great at telling

I wish it wasn’t such an easy case, but Chris Evans can’t own every franchise under the sun.

The real twist of Knives Out is that it isn’t actually a murder mystery. The victim took his own life. The likely killer is an innocent woman. The real criminals are the ones who tried to make it look like a crime happened in the first place.

Whodunit? Whydunit? The essential questions to a murder mystery are conspicuously absent.

Whodunit? Whydunit?

Batman v Superman (Warner Bros)

In the game of Watchmen v Knives Out, superheroes fooled us into watching a murder mystery as much as a whodunit fooled us into watching a mystery comedy.

And once you see how that murder mystery empowered Zack Snyder to impossibly make a better whodunit than Rian Johnson, you’ll also see how a legitimate murder mystery would have transformed Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice from impossibly awful into Snyder’s masterpiece.

Because I think given Snyder’s tastes, he’s the only one that could turn the Red Hood into the detective we need.

Graphic by author, elements from Photofunia and photo by Lukas Denier on Unsplash

If you like my work and want to support it, send me a tip or become a subscriber for Queer History on Patreon, Medium, YouTube, or Substack

Is Watchmen A Better Murder Mystery Than Knives Out?

Is Knives Out even a murder mystery?

Zack Snyder should embrace the kind of stories he’s great at telling

Is Watchmen even a superhero movie?

Whodunit? Whydunit?

The Worst Robin Makes The Best Batman

Put him as your main character and he will reign for ten seasons