Ed Boon asks Twitter for feedback on a the controversial inclusion of Watchmen characters in Injustice 2.
Ed Boon, co-creator of the all-time great Mortal Kombat series and creative director for the Netherrealm Studios, the group responsible for ongoing MK games as well as the DC Universe fighting game series Injustice, took to Twitter seeking feedback on new characters to include in the upcoming Injustice 2.
Boon asked fans if they'd like to see characters from the seminal creator rights cautionary tale Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons join the fighting game. Watchmen, the story of how one man's rigidity costs him terribly in the face of a world of moral relativism, was originally published in 1986 by DC under an arrangement that allowed the rights to the characters revert to the creators once the story went out of publication. Thirty years later, the book remains in continuous publication, spawned numerous prequel series, and is threatening to integrate into the new Rebirth continuity of the DC comic book universe.
These characters' inclusion in Injustice would be unheard of, and while the super move possibilities are endless (Ozymandias drops a giant squid on his opponent; Dr. Manhattan picks his fingernails while disintegrating his opponent; old Silk Spectre burps and her opponent, bathed in alcohol fumes, catches fire), their potential inclusion is sure to spark controversy.
We reached out to Alan Moore for comment, and will update the article as soon as we find a way to translate his response from the original backwards Sanskrit.