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Offline kimmy

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Re: New TV Season
« Reply #60 on: December 14, 2019, 01:46:31 pm »
HBO's Watchmen is the best show of 2019, and the finale hasn't even aired yet.

Are you familiar with the Watchmen-- the original comic book series or the movie?  I'm a huge fan of the Watchmen comic book series, so I am feeling a little trepidation over this.  On the one hand, I'd love to spend more time with that series. On the other, I'm concerned about tarnishing the legacy of the Alan Moore series, and I'm not sure it needed anything added to it.

I read the comics once as a teenager, again as an adult, and again a few years back. Each time I got more out of it and saw things I didn't understand in previous readings.  As a teenager I was too dumb to understand much of what the book was really about.  As an adult, and after spending some time trying to write and participating in a writing group, I was able to put a lot more of what Moore was saying together, and was completely mesmerized and enchanted.

I did like the Zach Snyder movie.  While it didn't manage to capture the full breadth and depth of the source material, it was at least a worthy tribute that touched on the main themes.

The missus isn't familiar with Watchmen at all, so I'm not sure if I should make her read the graphic novel, or watch the movie, or both or neither, before we dive into the new series.


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