Movies Hollywood Was Forced To Change For The Middle East

When it was announced that Warner Bros. was making an R-rated film out of Alan Moore's 1986 classic comics series Watchmen, fans anticipated some of the source material's dark, violent moments to be included on the big screen. While characters like Rorschach, Ozymandias, and the Comedian tend to be at the forefront of the series' brutality, many more facets of Moore's grim universe wouldn't be exactly considered "kid-friendly"... or, for that matter, appropriate in certain cultures.

Perhaps the most obvious example would be Doctor Manhattan, the scientist who accidentally gains God-like abilities (as well as fluorescent blue skin) after an atomic experiment goes wrong. While the character himself is actually one of the tamer members of the team, his apparel, or lack there of, is controversial. Manhattan is typically depicted as nude, baring all parts of his blue body for the world to see.

Zack Snyder's cinematic Watchmen stayed true to the source material, featuring an at-times nude Doctor Manhattan. For this reason, several scenes involving the blue superhero were cut out of the movie in Middle Eastern theaters. For those overseas hoping to see Mr. Blue in all his glory, you'd have to wait to buy the DVD — which, interestingly enough, was not censored.