Current Events > I hate how Watchmen has become popular because of the show

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I read the graphic novel back in high school 10 years ago and loved it then but for some reason the show doesn't resonate with me because of how it's made Watchmen popular now.
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If it gets more people to go back and read the GN, I consider it a win.

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I am usually excited when people discover something I like for the first time.

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The movie blew it up for the general public first, and I doubt we'd have the tv show without it.

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masterpug53 posted...

If it gets more people to go back and read the GN, I consider it a win.

Agreed.

But yah fuck the mainstream right tc?!


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I love the graphic novel. Seeing as how the HBO show is kind of it's own thing that builds off the graphic novel and doesn't really retrocon the story too much it's not a problem for me.

Watchmen in particular has a very fickle fan base. I wish the HBO show could have had Alan Moore's blessing but meh, what can you do.

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ssjevot posted...

I am usually excited when people discover something I like for the first time.

This. Although I'm mindful of the fact that Moore hates what they're doing with what he created.

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ssjevot posted...

I am usually excited when people discover something I like for the first time.

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If they read the comic it's cool to get more people interested.

But I do think the show has been rather poor, DC wasn't great but I found it more entertaining.

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Apparently they just resolved a 3 year story arc of Dr. Manhattan fucking with the DC universe recently.

vigorm0rtis posted...

This. Although I'm mindful of the fact that Moore hates what they're doing with what he created.

Moore hares everything done with his work. Sometimes it's justified, this time less so.

OctilIery posted...

Moore hares everything done with his work. Sometimes it's justified, this time less so.

I haven't seen the show, but Moore's a modernist and I sympathize with his point of view.

But you create under DC's label, you take what you get.

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vigorm0rtis posted...

I haven't seen the show, but Moore's a modernist and I sympathize with his point of view.

But you create under DC's label, you take what you get.

I wonder what Moore thinks of Superman inspiring Dr. Manhattan into rediscovering his humanity and a sense of hope.

If I didn't get into something when it wasn't popular, I'm usually LESS likely to get into it when it does.

OctilIery posted...

Moore hares everything done with his work. Sometimes it's justified, this time less so.

From what I read there was only like 2 things thay got his blessing, everything else he just acts like an angry grandpa.

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Prestoff posted...

From what I read there was only like 2 things thay got his blessing, everything else he just acts like an angry grandpa.

From what I know the only two are a Doctor Who fan animation and "for the man who has everything" for the Justice League show.

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Esrac posted...

Apparently they just resolved a 3 year story arc of Dr. Manhattan fucking with the DC universe recently.

How did that end? Is he dead? Kinda want him to be dead.

Imagine how Game of Thrones readers felt. (me)
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Abiz_ posted...

How did that end? Is he dead? Kinda want him to be dead.

It ended by Superman inspiring Dr. Manhattan to rediscover his humanity and hope and to narrate the future he sees of endless worlds created by future crises, all centered on the paragon Superman. Resulting in Dr. Manhattan restoring the various heroes he has erased from the timeline and the entire DC multiverse, then returning himself and the other Watchmen characters to their own universe (except the Comedian, who was killed by Lex Luthor). He also removed all nuclear weapons from his world to set it on a path toward peace.

Then Manhattan took a newborn boy from Mime and Marionette, raised him for a couple years before giving up his own existence to pass his powers into that boy and leaving him on the doorstep of an older Silk Spectre and Night Owl to be raised in a happy family and grow up to be the Watchmen universe's Superman. The boy had Manhattan's insignia on his forehead and was named Clark.

So, Manhattan is kind of non-existent, but maybe reincarnated himself into a boy he named Clark and bestowed his powers on. Because all these universes need a Superman who is good and just and his didn't have one. He realized he couldn't do it because he was too detached from humanity and that hero needed to be raised in a warm, loving human home to keep grounded despite his massive power.

I left out some details, meta-commentary, etc but that's the basic summary.