They do have powers, though often not as ridiculous and over-the-top as many other superheroes, but their human emotions and problems end up causing them tons of grief and messing with their lives as well as their ability to do good for society like they used to. They're not supermutants like most of the Marvel superheroes are, they're just superhuman with no terribly adverse physical effects or anything. These problems aren't the only thing stopping them from doing so, though, because even though they don't touch much on it in the movie, its detailed more in the book, but the U.S. passed a law that prohibited superheroes from wearing masks and also made them subject to the same consequences as anyone else regarding breaking the regular law. The exceptions to this are The Comedian and Dr. Manhattan, because they're both employed by the US government for certain tasks. Comedian was put in charge of making sure the people who used to be superheroes remained "under the radar" and didn't cause any trouble, and Manhattan is very obviously employed as a government weapon against the Soviets.-So what I basically took away from this whole thing is, they are regular people (minus Dr.M) that just so happen to wear superhero outfits, but they don't have any special powers or anything like that?
Rorschach does very specifically mention in the comic that its a good possibility Ozy was gay in a conversation with Dan (Nite Owl,) but I don't remember further references past that, but I am reading the book right now to refresh and compare the two.Also, funny tidbit, I didn't notice this but a friend of mine did, apparently in Ozy's files is a folder titled "Boys". I don't remember any specific references to him being gay in the comic except for Rorschach mentioning he should look that up. Where did that suspicion come from?
Those people and what happened to them are covered in much more detail in the comic, most of them either died, retired and got old, and/or passed on the torch to a new generation of heroes to replace them. Like Fina mentioned, there are some hints about what happened to some of them that disappeared mysteriously in the book in the little appendixes and stuff or through conversations that take place, but nothing too conclusive.-During the film there are some other superhero's mentioned, but Rorshach only touches upon them briefly, except for the noose guy, at least I don't remember him mentioning him. He was in the original group in the purple get-up who stopped the Comedian from raping Spector. Who was he?
It is described as his "palace" or "castle," and yes, the design is based on his obsession and fondness of watches/time while he was a human. He justifies this as a place he can be in an environment he's comfortable with and where he doesn't have to worry about other humans disturbing him, it being on Mars and all. He wanted solitude after Laurie left him and he got confronted about the cancer thing on national TV.What exactly was Dr.M building on Mars?
Also, for anyone who is deep fan of Watchmen and is also a fan of video games, I've been playing the recent downloadable Watchmen game for Xbox 360 (I think its available for PS3, too, but not sure) and though you don't play any of the events that take place in the movie or book specifically, the storyline is still canon to the series. You get to play as Rorschach or Nite Owl in what is basically a 3D beat-em-up game, but the story follows them both back when they were fighting crime, before the Keene Act went into effect and the Watchmen disbanded/quit, and you end up playing through a few events and chasing a few of the criminals that were mentioned in the books, but never shown. Its a fun game with a ton of replay value, some gorgeous graphics and good control, and though the price point is at $20.00, I think its worth it.