Quote: Bob Schroeck wrote:In the book or in the movie? Both Dr. Manhattan's first girlfriend, Janey Slater, and both Silk Spectres smoked (the first one in flashback;
Quote: One thing I noticed, they cut out all references to smoking, except for the Comedian.I sat through the credits and I noticed that there is in fact a disclaimer near the end that declares pre-emptively that no one associated with
the film took any money to promote smoking. That led me to think back and realize that I could only remember the Comedian and Moloch smoking...
she doesn't smoke in the retirement home). In fact, the whole thing with Archie's flamethrower is set up with Laurie looking for a cigarette lighter
while puttering around in Nite Owl's lair. I remember thinking that Janey's cancer could have been attributed to her smoking, but in going back and
reading the novel (which I just did after seeing the movie), she tells Doug Roth that she's started smoking because she really has nothing to be afraid of,
since she's got cancer already. All of these were pulled from the movie.
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