Would that be a match made in heaven? I mean even when I was reading the Comic Book I felt like this could work extremely well as a TV mini-series. Especially how each of the 12 books ended.
Imagine Watchmen being adapated as an HBO mini-series?
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Dunno...it's got a comic, and animated comic, and a movie...what would the series do differently? If it's going to remain true to the story, what's the point of another adaptation?
I'm a little more pessimistic. To me it was about a perfect length for a movie... I'm afraid they'd Hobbit trilogy Watchmen and water it down just to get a "decent" length of series. Like anything else it would all come down to who adapted it. The worst material can become a great adaptation with the right writer/director and conversely even the best ip can be adapted into something awful.
I thought the film was perfectly fine as an adaptation Especially for something deemed "unfilmable". I feel it even did an good job of translating the episodic form of the series.
In general though television is certainly an appropriate option for adapting comics since they're already a serialised medium but Watchmen's already been done, recently. And its certainly not the kind of story that fans would like seeing rebooted or altered like other comics such as Batman or Superman can be.
In general though television is certainly an appropriate option for adapting comics since they're already a serialised medium but Watchmen's already been done, recently. And its certainly not the kind of story that fans would like seeing rebooted or altered like other comics such as Batman or Superman can be.
It would work better than the movie. One of the main problems I had with the movie is how much they tried to cram inside the length of a feature film. It gave the story so little breathing room that a lot of details would be missed if I wasn't already looking for them.
Not necessarily match one chapter to one episode, but 6 to 8 episodes should do a lot better in terms of pacing.
Not necessarily match one chapter to one episode, but 6 to 8 episodes should do a lot better in terms of pacing.
Watched the movie, then read the book. The movie does a pretty good job of carrying the main plot over. They changed the manufactured alien to a nuke, but really it is the same outcome, and frankly, the nuke(Dr. Manhattan) is a way better device.
Although, I think the nuke misses the point of the ending, where it seemed like the cold war was only prevented for a time by the alien. Like it seemed the news was reporting how everyone was becoming increasingly skeptical of it, and it ends up not detering the war from occuring at all. Which is kinda what Manhattan says to Ozy at the end.
And I haven't even seen the best director's cut (although I saw some of the added scenes). I imagine the director's or ultimate cut or whatever, is pretty darn good as an adaptation.
A series would work well, but is kinda redundant at this point. Maybe in a decade or so.
Although, I think the nuke misses the point of the ending, where it seemed like the cold war was only prevented for a time by the alien. Like it seemed the news was reporting how everyone was becoming increasingly skeptical of it, and it ends up not detering the war from occuring at all. Which is kinda what Manhattan says to Ozy at the end.
And I haven't even seen the best director's cut (although I saw some of the added scenes). I imagine the director's or ultimate cut or whatever, is pretty darn good as an adaptation.
A series would work well, but is kinda redundant at this point. Maybe in a decade or so.
How about an animated adaptation? Where they could actually recreate the ludicrously impractical costume designs from the comic? The authentic 80s style coloring? Anyone?
For all its faults, I think the Zack Snyder film is going to be as definitive an adaptation as we're going to get for a good while. It's about as close as you can get to the source material in live action, and while it excises some elements (the backstory of the first Watchmen, the pirate comics, Ozymandias' character), it trims and improves on some as well (mainly the ending).
For all its faults, I think the Zack Snyder film is going to be as definitive an adaptation as we're going to get for a good while. It's about as close as you can get to the source material in live action, and while it excises some elements (the backstory of the first Watchmen, the pirate comics, Ozymandias' character), it trims and improves on some as well (mainly the ending).
It would work extremely well with the comic's twelve-issue episodic structure. Whether or not a single issue of the comic book could fill out a 30-60 minute episode is...less certain.
If the film hadn't been made, I would think this would be a better idea. But the film was made, and as films go, it didn't suck that hard - it was about as good an adaptation of Watchmen as we could ask for, considering that much of the comic's complexity is rooted in the medium.
If the film hadn't been made, I would think this would be a better idea. But the film was made, and as films go, it didn't suck that hard - it was about as good an adaptation of Watchmen as we could ask for, considering that much of the comic's complexity is rooted in the medium.
If you have a good to great production team behind it, writers, producers, showrunner, script, cinematographer, then go for it. Plus, directors that can bring the characters and stories to life. No weak links.
