![]() ![]() No special equipment or other hidden cash extras are necessary. All that is required is the desire for perfection and the will to achieve it. Our third and longest chapter presents a carefully coordinated series of physical and intellectual exercise systems which, if followed correctly, can turn YOU into a superhuman, fully in charge of your own destiny. It also claims that discipline and study can turn anyone into a superhero: In addition, some introductory text for a self-improvement book sold by Veidt, on the "Veidt Method", is included at the end of Chapter X. Possible for the "ordinary person." There's a notion I'd like to see buried: the ordinary person. By applying what you learn and ordering your thoughts in an intelligent manner it is possible to accomplish almost anything. ![]() I have studied science, art, religion and a hundred different philosophies. The means to attain a capability far beyond that of the so-called ordinary person are within reach of everyone, if their desire and will are strong enough. VEIDT: The disciplines of physical exercise, meditation and study aren't terribly esoteric. NOVA: You'll forgive me for saying so, but isn't that philosophy a little bit Norman Vincent Peale? That self-realization stuff? How exactly do you exploit the potential to the degree that you obviously have? Believing in yourself in your own potential is the first step to realizing that potential. To answer your question, you get to be a superhero by believing in the hero within you and summoning him or her forth by an active will. NOVA: So, how do you get to be a superhero?. An interview Veidt gave to Nova Express is included at the end of Chapter XI: In the original books, Adrian Veidt attributes his own powers to training and discipline. In-universe, Veidt trains relentlessly as a boy, becoming a superb fighter in response to being bullied and regularly beaten by his peers. Peter Cannon, barring accident, might live to be One hundred percent of his brain power, which gives him a certainĪmount of Fakir-like control over his bodily processes. In Cannon’sĬase, it’s simply because he’s a superb paragon of humanity inĮvery detail, he has a flawless physique and is in peakĬondition all the time, and because he is able to use the full ![]() ![]() In Captain Atom’s case this lack of age was due to his complete control over his body’s atomic structure, which would prevent any decay. Peter Cannon is about thirty-seven, but he also looks younger. Adrian Veidt did grow directly out of the Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt character.Īlan Moore discusses the Charlton-Watchmen Connection And I quite like the idea of this character using the full 100% of his brain and sort of having complete physical and mental control. there was something about the art style, almost bordering on kind of Alex Toth style, though it was never as good as Toth, but it sometimes had a pleasing sensibility and a nice design sense about it that I was quite taken by. This gives him unparalleled control over not just his mind, but also his body.Īdrian Veidt was Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt I always quite liked Pete Morisi's Thunderbolt strip. According to Alan Moore, Ozymandias is the only person in the world who is capable of using 100% of his brain. ![]()
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