Watchmen Archives

Just because it's been a few months since we last visited HBO and Damon Lindelof's pseudo-sequel/"remix" of Dave Gibbons/ He-Who-Doesn't-Want-To-Be-Named's classic comic book series Watchmen doesn't mean the cast has stopped thinking about us. In this time of social distancing and self-quarantining caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Regina King, Tim Blake Nelson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jean[...]

As well as how the DC Earth has been rebooted and relaunched, from one Crisis to the next… 'Like those poor Watchmen' – very good, Brian, very good, translated, interpreted, misinterpreted… and fictional? And Superman as the only one who can save the timeline But… which Superman?   Jonathan Kent, destined to be Superman, and trained into that[...]

Differences between Moore and DC, principally over the rights to Watchmen and V For Vendetta, saw him withdraw from the project It was never published, though aspects have appeared in a number of series since, most notably Kingdom Come This is what Alan Moore would have written for DC next if they had agreed to[...]

Luckily, it's by the same writers: Watchmen's Damon Lindelof and Nick Cuse. That being said, if it's not clear, we're going to get into spoilers for The Hunt and HBO's Watchmen. In The Hunt, billionaire liberals led by Athena (Hillary Swank) kidnap a group of strangers, including Crystal (Betty Gilpin) and hunt them Why? Despite what Fox[...]

Tyler (Watchmen, The Purge) are set to join the series, based on characters and situations from Thomas Harris' novels, and stemming from writers and executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet. A pilot script has been penned and will film before an official series order is given – but a writers room has already been open[...]

But also Watchmen (and Watchmensch) colourist John Higgins, artist Bryan Hitch, as well as Lee Sullivan and Simon Williams. The queue snaked around the store, split in two, and caused minor pandemonium as the crew gained a larger crowd than the store had been expecting, still rather massive when I turned up half an hour later[...]

Who watches the Watchmen? We do. We get Jim Lee's WildCATS, we get Jim Lee's Justice League And Wally West watched Doomsday Clock happen and make more changes. And if some of those events are no longer meant to be in DC canon, well We have contradictory versions of Teen Titans too. All sitting alongside each other in[...]

So we're starting a little "unofficial" thing we're calling the "Watchmen Dept of Speculation" to keep track of all the hints, rumors, and allegations being throw around about a second season of Damon Lindelof's pseudo-sequel/"remix" of Dave Gibbons/ He-Who-Doesn't-Want-To-Be-Named's classic comic book series. Following up on yesterday's post covering Regina King's thoughts on a second-season return[...]

Damon Lindelof's sequel-"remix" of classic Dave Gibbons/ He-Who-Doesn't-Want-To-Be-Named's Watchmen ended 2019 and started 2020 with a ton of praise (even topping our The Bleeding Cool TV Top 10 Best of 2019 list) – and a ton of speculation on if there will be a second season… or if there should even be one. Well, we've heard[...]

HBO really wants you watching Watchmen… or rewatching Watchmen… or re-rewatching… Okay… you get our point. Damon Lindelof's sequel-"remix" of the classic comic book series from He-Who-Doesn't-Want-To-Be-Named and Dave Gibbons has been on a ton of "Must See" lists since its late 2019 debut (topping our The Bleeding Cool TV Top 10 Best of 2019 list)[...]

HBO and Damon Lindelof's sequel-"remix" of [REDACTED] and Dave Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen made a major impact on the television landscape in 2019 (topping our The Bleeding Cool TV Top 10 Best of 2019 list) Catching many by surprise, the series ended the year and began 2020 reaping the accolades (and awards) it[...]

I wonder if Geoff Johns looks at the DC Comics' Free Comic Book Day edition, Generation Zero solicitations and wonders what Pandora's box he opened with the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen, Doomsday Clock Here's the solicitation for the comic by Scott Lobdell and Brett Booth that follows their Flash Forward series. In order to save his[...]

Now that HBO's wonderfully authorized pseudo-sequel to [REDACTED] and Dave Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen has been unveiled to the world – the world likes what it sees from Damon Lindelof's "remix" Even die-hard Watchmen purists appear to be slowly coming around – as they should So much so that the series fought its[...]

Now that HBO's wonderfully authorized pseudo-sequel to [REDACTED] and Dave Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen has been unveiled to the world – the world likes what it sees from Damon Lindelof's "remix" Even die-hard Watchmen purists appear to be slowly coming around – as they should So much so that the series fought its[...]

Now that HBO's wonderfully authorized pseudo-sequel to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen has been unveiled to the world – the world likes what it sees from Damon Lindelof's "remix" Even die-hard Watchmen purists appear to be slowly coming around – as they should So much so that the series fought[...]

This go-around, I'm taking a closer look at The CW's Supernatural, HBO's Game of Thrones, The CW's Crisis on Infinite Earths, Netflix's Stranger Things, and HBO's Watchmen. Warner Bros, HBO, Warner Bros, Netflix, HBO Just in case you still need the warning? MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD! Warner Bros "Supernatural" – Deux Ex Machina When it comes to battling the who's who[...]

It's for the ladies' eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid" – Andy Wilson #1 "Watchmen" (HBO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymgtV99Rko&t=13sVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Watchmen | Official Tease | HBO (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymgtV99Rko&t=13s) "Watchmen": From Damon Lindelof and set in an alternate history[...]

But can it still be buzzworthy? Can it find its voice again in a world where Game of Thrones has shuffled off HBO's programming mortal coil and shows like Euphoria and Watchmen have everyone talking Can it find a way to not just cater to the loyal fanbase, but also bring new viewers in to[...]

here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here), Bleeding Cool TV Editor Ray Flook explains why Damon Lindelof's pseudo-sequel to the comic book classic earned the crown by being the very thing Lindelof envisioned – and none of us expected. #1 "Watchmen" (HBO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymgtV99Rko&t=13sVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Watchmen | Official Tease | HBO[...]

Now that HBO's wonderfully authorized pseudo-sequel to [REDACTED] and Dave Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen has been unveiled to the world – the world likes what it sees from Damon Lindelof's "remix" Even die-hard Watchmen purists appear to be slowly coming around – as they should. One self-professed "geek" and Conan the Barbarian comic book[...]

Lindelof used the superhero genre and the Watchmen dynamic of deconstructing ideas to explore Race in America and put the show firmly into the zeitgeist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2QGhpoxDcEVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Watchmen: Episode 9 Promo | HBO (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2QGhpoxDcE) But the show is not perfect[...]

(DC Comics, creative team: Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Brad Anderson, Rob Leigh) Imaging coming up with everything that went right about Dr. Manhattan's

Now that HBO's wonderfully authorized pseudo-sequel to [REDACTED] and Dave Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen has been unveiled to the world – the world likes what it sees from Damon Lindelof's "remix" Even die-hard Watchmen purists appear to be slowly coming around – as they should. We reached season/series finale "See How They Fly", where[...]

Now that HBO's wonderfully authorized pseudo-sequel to [REDACTED] and Dave Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen has been unveiled to the world – the world likes what it sees from Damon Lindelof's "remix" Even die-hard Watchmen purists appear to be slowly coming around – as they should. We reached season/series finale "See How They Fly", where[...]

It's far beyond Marvel and DC with successful TV series like Amazon's The Boys, Netflix's Umbrella Academy, and HBO's Watchmen The HBO series' success took a life of its own expanding beyond the Alan Moore comic while maintaining its integrity If Watchmen can work for TV, why can't the likes of Kingsman, Kick-Ass, or Scott[...]

Now that HBO's wonderfully authorized pseudo-sequel to [REDACTED] and Dave Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen has been unveiled to the world – the world likes what it sees from Damon Lindelof's "remix" Even die-hard Watchmen purists appear to be slowly coming around – as they should. HBO Now we've reached season/series finale "See How They Fly",[...]

Now that HBO's wonderfully authorized pseudo-sequel to [REDACTED] and Dave Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen has been unveiled to the world – the world likes what it sees from Damon Lindelof's "remix" Even die-hard Watchmen purists appear to be slowly coming around – as they should. Now we've reached season/series finale "See How They Fly",[...]

Doomsday Clock #12, the final issue of the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen, by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, published by DC Comics Man, I'm going to miss typing those words So what goes down in the first 6 pages? Well, we still have nine-panel grids, so, plenty But first, we remember how Watchmen ended But[...]

Now that HBO's wonderfully authorized pseudo-sequel to [REDACTED] and Dave Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen has been unveiled to the world – the world likes what it sees from Damon Lindelof's "remix" Even die-hard Watchmen purists appear to be slowly coming around – as they should. Now we've reached season/series finale "See How They Fly",[...]

Now that HBO's wonderfully authorized pseudo-sequel to [REDACTED] and Dave Gibbons' celebrated comic book series Watchmen has been unveiled to the world – the world likes what it sees from Damon Lindelof's "remix" Even die-hard Watchmen purists appear to be slowly coming around – as they should. Now we've reached season/series finale "See How They Fly",[...]