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robellr13
10/26/19 1:36:24 PM
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I thought it was 4 masked heroes from the DC universe. I watched the first episode on hbo and Im utterly confused.

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DrizztLink
10/26/19 1:37:09 PM
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You're starting with the show?

That ain't gonna work chief
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AmericaTheBrave
10/26/19 1:37:51 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
You're starting with the show?

That ain't gonna work chief


To be fair, the show should be accessible to people who never read the comic.
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MabusIncarnate
10/26/19 1:39:31 PM
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AmericaTheBrave posted...
DrizztLink posted...
You're starting with the show?

That ain't gonna work chief


To be fair, the show should be accessible to people who never read the comic.

Yeah, I saw the movie but know literally nothing else, I watched and really liked the first episode of Watchmen and pretty much followed everything that was going on except for the raining squid. I can't even come up with any reason why that happened yet.
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robellr13
10/26/19 1:42:44 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
You're starting with the show?

That ain't gonna work chief


I mean is it an origin or a continuation ?

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boxington
10/26/19 1:43:51 PM
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it's a continuation
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robellr13
10/26/19 2:22:02 PM
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boxington posted...
it's a continuation


welp. Where do i start then

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CyricZ
10/26/19 2:23:09 PM
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robellr13 posted...
welp. Where do i start then
https://www.amazon.com/Watchmen-2019-Alan-Moore/dp/1779501129

The show may explain a few more things about the universe in the next couple of episodes, but if you want all the backstory, it's right here.

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DrizztLink
10/26/19 2:24:23 PM
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robellr13 posted...
boxington posted...
it's a continuation


welp. Where do i start then

Either the movie or the comic.

Preferably the comic.

I'm about twenty minutes in now, at the aforementioned squid thing.

It'd make more sense from the comic.
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dib153
10/26/19 2:54:09 PM
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Is the show a continuation from the original watchmen source material? Or does it take place in a sorta-kinda doomsday clock era of dc universe watchmen?

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HylianFox
10/26/19 2:55:02 PM
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needs more glowing blue penis
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Foppe
10/26/19 3:04:17 PM
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The squid thing is one of the changes the movie did...
In the comics they never set off those nukes, he teleported a giant alien squid into NY, which killed half of its population. The world feared an invasion from aliens that could cross dimensions, so they stopped the cold war and started to work together.
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AmericaTheBrave
10/26/19 3:36:52 PM
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Foppe posted...
The squid thing is one of the changes the movie did...
In the comics they never set off those nukes, he teleported a giant alien squid into NY, which killed half of its population. The world feared an invasion from aliens that could cross dimensions, so they stopped the cold war and started to work together.


I understand why the movie changed it.

Here you have this gritty, realistic portrayal of superheroes with the heroes just being costumed vigilantes. Any sci-fi stuff was restricted only to Dr. Manhattan, but the world was real, the themes were real, the people were real.

Then surprise, giant alien squid.

It was a little incongruous.
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