Why HBO’s Watchmen is a perfect comic-book adaptation

Why HBO’s Watchmen is a perfect comic-book adaptation HBO We live in a world filled with superhero films and TV shows. But none have been as stunningly ambitious as this new take on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal graphic novel. Keeping the Watchmen spirit One reason why Snyder’s Watchmen film fell short was that he tried to copy the nuts and bolts of Moore and Gibbons’ work: the narration; the symmetrical lay-outs; the cross-cutting structure. The show retains Moore and Gibbons’ intricate and far-reaching plotting, wry humour, humane characterisation, and dark political satire Given that Lindelof is such a vocal fan of the graphic novel, it may not be too surprising that his show retains Moore and Gibbons’ intricate and far-reaching plotting, wry humour, humane characterisation, and dark political satire. The viewer has the unsettling and exhilarating feeling of being dropped straight into an America where everything looks familiar until it suddenly doesn’t Actually, both the TV series and the graphic novel are set in an alternate universe which has been changed in all sorts of subtle ways by the presence of numerous masked vigilantes and by one phenomenally powerful superhuman.