{"id":134767,"date":"2017-09-19T17:24:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T23:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=134767"},"modified":"2017-09-19T17:41:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T23:41:01","slug":"watchmen-coming-back-hbo-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/19\/watchmen-coming-back-hbo-series.html","title":{"rendered":"“Watchmen” is coming back as an HBO series"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s just crazy enough that it might work.<\/p>\n

I’m actually pretty fond of the Zack Snyder movie adaptation in a number of ways, from its efforts to capture the actual artwork in cinematic form, to its’ high production values. But it’s also got some limitations due to the short run time. An HBO series could actually engage with the material more deeply (though I can do without the pirate ship adventures), pull in some of the backstory that was elided, and allow speculation as to whether the movie or the book’s “fiendish plot” climax is used (or a different idea altogether).<\/p>\n

One thing we can be sure of: Alan Moore will hate it.<\/p>\n


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\nWatchmen HBO Series Begins Production<\/a><\/span>
\nDamon Lindelof has begun production on a Watchmen HBO series.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That’s just crazy enough that it might work. I’m actually pretty fond of the Zack Snyder movie adaptation in a number of ways, from its efforts to capture the actual artwork in cinematic form, to its’ high production values. But it’s also got some limitations due to the short run time. An HBO series could … Continue reading ““Watchmen” is coming back as an HBO series”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,11,41,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-comics","category-media-movies","category-media-tv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Watchmen-Nightowl-Comedian.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47940,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/11\/asimovs-foundation-trilogy-to-become-an-hbo-series-hmmmm.html","url_meta":{"origin":134767,"position":0},"title":"Asimov's "Foundation" trilogy to become an HBO series? 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