That obnoxious sound overlay. ecch, when it on, I have to mute or FF, so I have only heard it once. HBO- making your previews obnoxious is not a way to gain viewers.
+1
To me, she will always be Brenda from 227
Robert Redford will play… President Robert Redford: Robert Redford to Play President Robert Redford in HBO's Watchmen
The series will be set in 1992. Will they digitally de-age him, as they did for Michael Douglas in Ant-Man and Samuel Jackson in Captain Marvel?
Bumped.
A new trailer is out, and the show will premiere Oct. 20: - YouTube
I saw a significant chunk of the first episode today at comicon. It has a very different feel from the movie or book (and I loved the book and rather liked the movie, actually), but I think it has potential as a show as long as you let the source material go. But, the fanboys are going to hate it.
It’s set in current day.
Oh, one other thing, they clearly extended it from the squid ending, not the movie ending.
It’s set in now-ish, he’s just been President for 27 years because apparently the 22nd Amendment has been removed.
Also:
Yeah, I’ve seen you control big parts of the government, you’re not fooling anyone, Robert. HAIL HYDRA.
The next-to-last paragraph of that article says it’s set in 1992.
The article is incorrect.
The book suggests that the reason Moore chose Robert Redford was in order to make jokes about an old Hollywood actor with the initials RR becoming president.
The show makes clear that Redford has taken advantage of the lack of term limits put in place by Nixon in the universe. We didn’t see him in the episode they showed, but multiple references to him. Even the small Jeremy Irons scene they showed was very odd and I’m not sure what they’re doing with that character. The episode was more centered around Regina King’s character, who appears to be the real star of the show.
ivism and nihilism for the minute, what I want to know is, what does Moore think about his characters? Rorschach is just this side of a Nazi (he reads that extreme right wing rag that openly mocks Jews and others), the Comedian murdered Woodward and Bernstein, and of course Veidt murdered millions of people for “the greater good” with the only person who could stop him deciding to take a powder (Manhattan). The ostensibly “good” superhero is literally and figuratively impotent.
Does the author agree with these characters? The “bad guys” win in the end *, as far as my interpretation goes.
*nothing ever really ends.
I have no idea where my beginning went. It should read:
Ignoring moral relativism and nihilism for the minute
Alan Moore is kind of a weirdo who professes odd beliefs. I like a lot of his work, but I’ve learned to put my own interpretation on it rather than look to explanations from him.
At the panel, Lindeloff specifically said that Moore instructed him not to use his name, and he praised him namelessly.
Jeremy Irons may be Ozymandias. Note him riding horseback past a skull and crossbones flag. It could be a callback to Tales of the Black Freighter pirate illustrated book from the comics, whose story was a parallel to Ozymandias. Also, Jeremy’s attire is very aristrocratic, much like Veidt wore.
As for what they’re doing with him, the Calvary (the people in Rorschach masks) may be working to expose the deception Ozymandias perpetrated in the movie.
He’s definitely Ozymadias. They winked and nodded about that.
Yeah, one of his books is kiddie porn lite, so very much a weirdo.
I think he hates his audience, too. Not that would be a real hindrance to enjoying his work, just something to keep in mind. Especially if you start looking to the Comedian for moral guidance.
Was going to start a new thread but will just add to this one. It is getting great reviews. One TV reviewer I follow on Twitter said it was the best show of the new season (and maybe one of the best all time they added).
Here is another positive one. I was cautiously optimistic but now I think I am excited. It helps that I just read Doomsday Clock (DC’s Watchmen/DCU crossover) which was not bad.