'Watchmen' series review: Beautifully chaotic and utterly compelling
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'Watchmen' series review: Beautifully chaotic and utterly compelling

New Indian Express  

In a country where the 1977 Keen Act has effectively outlawed vigilantes and masked heroes, the entire police force wears yellow hoodies and a small section of the police officers wear masks—all to fight off such fringe outfits seeking anarchy. One of the officers called Looking Glass wears a mask that is so silvery that a couple of officers use it as a mirror. Add to this, Glass is also a human lie-detector—so his mask offers his eyes, which seek out the truth from the person sitting in front of him, a cover too. To play such a complicated character, with and without his mask, you need an actor of some gravitas and Tim Blake Nelson, who has had a tremendous couple of years, provides exactly that.

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HBO's Watchmen is both a prequel and sequel to the Alan Moore-Dave Gibbons comic; here's a look at its universe – Firstpost
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HBO's Watchmen is both a prequel and sequel to the Alan Moore-Dave Gibbons comic; here's a look at its universe – Firstpost

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In the world of HBO’s Watchmen — as in Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ comic book — the mask you choose to wear reveals as much about you as it hides. As the series’ plot weaves back and forth from the past to the present-day, it picks up several other elements from Moore/Gibbons’ Watchmen: we get a glimpse of the …

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