Comments on: The real life Doctor Manhattan http://www.thinkartificial.org/misc/real-life-doctor-manhattan/ Exploring the hi-tech artificial, virtual things we design Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:54:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hrafn http://www.thinkartificial.org/misc/real-life-doctor-manhattan/comment-page-1/#comment-13871 Hrafn Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:01:47 +0000 http://www.thinkartificial.org/?p=901#comment-13871 Hi Joel. Indeed, it sounds likely that he did have Slotin in mind. I hadn't heard of the Cusack movie. Sounds good. I'll pick it up a DVD and check it out. And yeah, it would be interesting to see what Moore could do with them, do you know if he's still working on something? Hi Joel.
Indeed, it sounds likely that he did have Slotin in mind.

I hadn’t heard of the Cusack movie. Sounds good. I’ll pick it up a DVD and check it out. And yeah, it would be interesting to see what Moore could do with them, do you know if he’s still working on something?

]]> By: Hermenautic Circle blog » The Tragic Death of Dr. Manhattan’s Real-Life Counterpart [Watchmen] http://www.thinkartificial.org/misc/real-life-doctor-manhattan/comment-page-1/#comment-13841 Hermenautic Circle blog » The Tragic Death of Dr. Manhattan’s Real-Life Counterpart [Watchmen] Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:46:23 +0000 http://www.thinkartificial.org/?p=901#comment-13841 [...] Just a human body, blasted by mutation-causing particles racing through the "blue light." Real Life Dr. Manhattan [via Think Artificial] Thanks, [...] [...] Just a human body, blasted by mutation-causing particles racing through the “blue light.” Real Life Dr. Manhattan [via Think Artificial] Thanks, [...]

]]> By: Joel http://www.thinkartificial.org/misc/real-life-doctor-manhattan/comment-page-1/#comment-13839 Joel Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:38:17 +0000 http://www.thinkartificial.org/?p=901#comment-13839 I'm thinking Alan Moore did have Dr. Slotin in mind, or was at least aware of some of the accidents of the early research into atomic power. Slotin inspired a fictionalized treatment of the incident in the 1989 film "Fat Man and Little Boy," where John Cusack recreates the criticality accident, but with the timeframe moved up to within the 1945 race to create the atomic bomb rather than almost a year after the war ended. Cusack's character is supposedly a composite of Slotin and also Harry K. Daghlian, Jr., who died in September, 1945, 21 days after having a similar accident. Daghlian's accident came closer to the actual time setting of the movie, but was still a few weeks after the a-bombings of Japan. Moore's Dr. Manhattan seems to fictionally embody both these men's stories and those of others who gave their lives pushing science's envelope. And kind of resonates with this new Hadron Supercollider and the hysteria surrounding it. I'd love to read what Moore could come up with based on some of these wild theories! I’m thinking Alan Moore did have Dr. Slotin in mind, or was at least aware of some of the accidents of the early research into atomic power. Slotin inspired a fictionalized treatment of the incident in the 1989 film “Fat Man and Little Boy,” where John Cusack recreates the criticality accident, but with the timeframe moved up to within the 1945 race to create the atomic bomb rather than almost a year after the war ended.

Cusack’s character is supposedly a composite of Slotin and also Harry K. Daghlian, Jr., who died in September, 1945, 21 days after having a similar accident. Daghlian’s accident came closer to the actual time setting of the movie, but was still a few weeks after the a-bombings of Japan.

Moore’s Dr. Manhattan seems to fictionally embody both these men’s stories and those of others who gave their lives pushing science’s envelope. And kind of resonates with this new Hadron Supercollider and the hysteria surrounding it. I’d love to read what Moore could come up with based on some of these wild theories!

]]> By: Tomorrow Museum » Archive » The real life Doctor Manhattan http://www.thinkartificial.org/misc/real-life-doctor-manhattan/comment-page-1/#comment-13751 Tomorrow Museum » Archive » The real life Doctor Manhattan Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:49:57 +0000 http://www.thinkartificial.org/?p=901#comment-13751 [...] is an aside titled 'The real life Doctor Manhattan' dated 9/8/08 The real life Doctor Manhattan. Think Artificial on how chemist Louis Alexander Slotin’s lethal exposure to the [...] [...] is an aside titled ‘The real life Doctor Manhattan’ dated 9/8/08 The real life Doctor Manhattan. Think Artificial on how chemist Louis Alexander Slotin’s lethal exposure to the [...]

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