What in the Hell is This? - [HBO's Watchmen]

[J!!]

I think Snyder did about as good a job as anyone could ask for, given the difficulty of the source material.

[LittleRaven]

https://news.avclub.com/alan-moore-not-thrilled-about-hbos-watchmen-damon-li-1836705768

If we waited for Alan Moore to like something, we'd never get anything done. The man wrote a lot of interesting stuff, but he is also Grade-A crazy-toots. I don't blame Damon for moving ahead anyways.

[Mecha82]

As crazy as he is I still take Alan Moore over post-Sin City Frank Miller who wrote abominations like The Dark Knight Strikes Again, All-Star Batman and Robin, Batman/Spawn and worst of all Holy Terror thank you very much.

[LittleRaven]

I don't think too many people would put Miller over Moore in a write-off.

I actually like Miller fine, but the problem is that if you've read one Frank Miller comic book, you've pretty much read them all. The man knows what he likes - and what he likes is sexy women wearing very little, heavy shading and ludicrous levels of gibs. There's nothing wrong with any of that...but we can't all stay 14 forever.

Moore's range is considerably larger, which is both a plus and minus. He's written some fantastic stuff...he's also written some really weird stuff....remember Lost Girls? There's nothing about being nuts that keeps you from being a great artist...heck, if you're the right kind of nuts, it probably helps.

[Deledrius]

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Oh, geez, Lindelof is running this? Well, that seals it. The show will be a complete mess that despises its audience for thinking about the questions it raises. That's the complete opposite of what anything connected to Watchmen should be.

Moore's range is considerably larger, which is both a plus and minus. He's written some fantastic stuff...he's also written some really weird stuff....remember Lost Girls? There's nothing about being nuts that keeps you from being a great artist...heck, if you're the right kind of nuts, it probably helps.

Yeah, Lost Girls had potential in the premise, but instead it was just boring and uninteresting. It's not even gratuitous (which I'm sure some expected) or at least though-provoking. It does nothing and goes nowhere. The weird elements are all it has going for it, and IMO that simply wasn't enough.

[LittleRaven]

So am I the only one watching this?

It's pretty well done so far. The acting is top notch, the production values are fantastic, the stunt work is great, and the mystery is appealing. Lots of callbacks that will be meaningful if you're a fan of the original but it's not required.

The only question is whether or not they can stick the landing.