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Oct 19, 2022 · If HBO’s “Watchmen” has even one hater, it’s the original comic’s creator, Alan Moore. Three years after the TV series debuted, the English writer said he rejected the Emmy-winning ...
- Alexandra Del Rosario
- Staff Writer
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- “This is what they think Watchmen was?”
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By Ryan Leston
Updated: Oct 29, 2022 3:07 am
Posted: Oct 18, 2022 8:17 pm
Watchmen creator Alan Moore isn’t a fan of the TV show, because of course he isn’t. During an interview with GQ, the legendary comic book writer revealed what he really thinks about the recent Watchmen TV show — an adaptation of his iconic graphic novel. Per usual, he has some harsh opinions.
“I would be the last person to want to sit through any adaptations of my work,” said Moore. “From what I’ve heard of them, it would be enormously punishing. It would be torturous, and for no very good reason.”
Moore famously hates all of the Hollywood adaptations of his work, including Zack Snyder’s Watchmen and the dystopian classic, V for Vendetta.
Still, Watchmen went on to critical acclaim, winning over audiences and critics as well as winning seven Emmys in 2020.
Moore, for his part, remains unimpressed.
“When I saw the television industry awards that the Watchmen television show had apparently won, I thought, ‘Oh, god, perhaps a large part of the public, this is what they think Watchmen was?’ They think that it was a dark, gritty, dystopian superhero franchise that was something to do with white supremacism,” he said. “Did they not understand Watchmen? Watchmen was nearly 40 years ago and was relatively simple in comparison with a lot of my later work. What are the chances that they broadly understood anything since? This tends to make me feel less than fond of those works. They mean a bit less in my heart.”
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Oct 18, 2022 · “ Watchmen ” creator Alan Moore revealed to GQ magazine that he disowned HBO’s Emmy-winning adaptation of his graphic novel and told the showrunner never to contact him. Moore did not cite...
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Oct 18, 2022 · Watchmen creator Alan Moore revealed his terse response to the showrunner of the 2019 HBO series based on his comics when that person reached out via a letter ahead of production. Moore...
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Oct 18, 2022 · Moore slammed HBO and Damon Lindelof's adaptation of his graphic novel, and admitted he wanted nothing to do with it at the time.
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