2009 + media
Get teary eyed at the beginning of UP? Check. The film that probably had the most profound effect on him in the year 2009 was Watchmen, which was set in an alternate timeline during the Cold War and around the year that he first came to the United States. In it, it has the supervillain utilizes nuclear power to frame a superhero which results in the destruction the main city of each respective’s country in an effort to unify them and end the Cold War, which results in millions of deaths. Alex is terrified of nuclear war and it was the original reason that he decided to become a spy, in an effort to stop such a thing from ever occurring. And though he’s done bad things in the past, it’s also made him reflect about how far he would really be willing to go out of the oath he’s pledged…
