Okay, admittedly not official, but pretty much a given considering NBCs decisions. Cut back to 10 episodes from 13. Decide against a double airing of episodes, instead going with also-poor-viewership alum Chuck. Now, not even going to air the full freshman season on air, but last episode via the Web.

No one's officially said it yet, but I don't see how it wouldn't be canceled.

Then ya - that's pretty much the death knell.

The graphic novel does a much better job on the political ramifications. Think The Incredibles for adults with a more relatable reference to the Cold War era.

It's in the movie, just not easy to see unless you know to look for it or were actually paying attention. Most people I know who never read the graphic novels didn't even understand what Ozymandias was trying to do at the end, only that he was a guy out to destroy the world because he's evil and had a Hitler complex.

I'm sure I missed some things (maybe things I'd pick up in another viewing of the movie), but I think I got it all for the most part, like the major points, etc. I haven't read the graphic novels though.

I know I definitely understood what was going on with Ozymandias at the end. A sort of "thrust people into peril so that they may band together and peace can be reached" thing. Kind of a cynical way to reach that peace but effective nonetheless. It was almost along the same type of lines as The Dark Knight's "play the bad guy and give the people a martyr (Dent) so that they have a reason to band together and rise against evil rather than lose hope and cower in the wake of it".