Watchmen review: One of the most unusual explorations of the superhero concept on television
The IndependentGet our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Adapting a graphic novel as beloved as Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore’s Watchmen will always be fraught, as the makers of the 2009 Hollywood blockbuster discovered. HBO’s new nine-part Watchmen, billed as a “remix”, is different in many ways, but in spirit it is truer to the dark comedy and complexity of the original. In a demonstration of how the series plays with the original Watchmen, the group has adopted the novel’s anti-hero Rorschach as a hero, wearing his distinctive mask as a mask.
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