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Reviews for HBO's Watchmen starring Regina King are out (84 on MC)
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almost all of the HBO series have been, so i guess this will aswell.
i'm glad Lindelof is developing a new story around the world as opposed to a straight adaptation. makes me more excited to see this since we already have the Snyder movie which is almost entirely 1:1 (regardless on one's opinion about its performances or direction etc.)
normally lindelof gives me pause but I fucking loved Leftovers for the most part
normally lindelof gives me pause but I fucking loved Leftovers for the most part
I was skeptical, especially since season one of The Boys did the Watchmen thing so well, but I'll definitely check it out.
I'm cautiously optimistic. I know everyone raves about The Leftovers but I couldn't get past the first season.
As someone who is very familiar with Watchmen-I wonder how "Viewer friendly" this will be with new audiences. My wife has never read Watchmen and she saw the movie once over 10 years ago and remembers nothing about it.
As someone who is very familiar with Watchmen-I wonder how "Viewer friendly" this will be with new audiences. My wife has never read Watchmen and she saw the movie once over 10 years ago and remembers nothing about it.
I'm into adaptions that take themes and concepts from the source then mix them all up into something completely different.
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The trailers made it look pretty anti-cops and more pro-one specific cop operating outside the bounds of the law.
At the end of Watchmen Doctor Manhattan states he's leaving to go somewhere else and that's how it ends.
Canonically, he travels to the DC Universe, but that's only a recent development. The original max-series by Alan Moore was intended to be a closed end story.
I thought it was the complete opposite?
Anyway, super excited for this. Word of the soundtrack has me hyped.
Doctor Manhattan can be in many places at once at this point, I would imagine. On Earth, another solar system. He could already dupe himself, I wouldn't be surprised if his powers have only gotten stronger in the decades since.
I don't like the idea of Manhattan going back to Earth, why would he go back and leave Mars? the other 2 coming back are fine
I love alt-history world-building in TV shows, but it is far rarer than it should be. This show takes place in a world where reparations were paid, Superman exists but lives on Mars and keeps to himself these days, and the world unified in terror after a failed alient attack 30 years earlier. And Robert Redford has been president for 20 years. How can I not be in?
most of what I've heard about the show suggests that it depicts law enforcement and white supremacists as being on opposite sides, rather than working in concert as in reality. hopefully the actual show is better than that
can't wait! the 1-2 punch of this and his dark materials is gonna be great
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Damon Lindelof experienced a mega transformation for season 2 of the leftovers, out of nowhere he became a mediocre/pretty good showrunner to an all time great showrunner
