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Damon Lindelof Says HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ Was Designed to Only Last One Season
https://collider.com/watchmen-hbo-only-one-season/

Does that mean that there isn’t going to be anymore Watchmen? Not necessarily. Does that mean that I will be working on subsequent seasons of Watchmen? I don’t know is the answer to that question. We designed these nine episodes to be as self-contained as the original 12 issues. We wanted to feel like there was a sense of completeness, to resolve the essential mystery at hand. Obviously, there is a potential promise for the further exploration of the world but like the seasons of Leftovers that I did as opposed to Lost, which was designed to have cliffhanger finales and a promise of future storytelling.”
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Or...an anthology series?????? Set within the Watchmen universe????
 
orpheus said:
See, y'all should read all the books like me BEFORE the TV series comes out. :grin: :wine:
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Nah. No articles. No preparation for me. If the piece cannot stand on its own, I'm not interested.

If I haven't read something before the screen adaptation comes out, I'll put off reading until I've seen the adaptation (if I'm interested to see it). The overall experience is usually more enriching that way. Usually.
 
roenick said:
Been watching and really love the totally different direction it has gone then I thought. Talk about giving NOTHING in the trailers. Love it.
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Only in, like, the last two episodes have I had ANY idea where the show was going as far as its end game. And even now, my idea is fleeting and will probably get dropped on its head before the season is over.

For the first 5 or 6 episodes, though, I had NO idea what the f*** was going on. But I knew it was going somewhere and I f***ing loved it.

Hell of a follow up to the comic.
 
HO-Lee Crap, Watchmen!

As far as the reveals from the past few episodes have gone, this one seemed a little anticlimactic. But I mean that in an "8/10 instead of a 9/10" kind of way.

The layers and the way the meanings of things worked out, going all the way back to episode 1....

The convoluted storyline that, as far as I can tell, absolutely holds up....

The way it ties back to the book, even!



They haven't renewed it yet. They left plenty of meat on the bone to go back if they want. But if they leave it at that as a "hit it n quit it," I'd be totally satisfied. Even if I did hope for more of this great show.
 
If HBO Gives ‘Watchmen’ A Second Season, Damon Lindelof Has No Idea If He’ll Be A Part Of It
https://uproxx.com/tv/watchmen-season-2-damon-lindelof/

I am comfortable saying, “Every single idea that we had is onscreen and presented in these nine episodes. And there isn’t anything that occurred to us that was like, ‘Oh, that would be a good Season Two. We should save that.'” Everything that we wanted to do, we did. So I feel like the plate is empty. There’s nothing rattling around in my brain right now that feels like a compulsion to do more.

That being said, Lindelof stressed that “Watchmen is bigger than me” because “of course it is.” After all, he continued, the graphic novel was created by other people decades ago, and it has “endured as one of the greatest pieces of storytelling for 30 years before I had anything to do with it.” He even admitted, should HBO decide to go ahead and make another season without his direct involvement, and with another showrunner entirely, that he’d be “thrilled” by that.
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This season took 2 years to develop. The writing was so terrific. Perfect balance of influence/original. Casting/acting was ridiculous. Jeremy Irons is a treasure. I wanted more 'Mirror-guy'. Could come back as a continuation, or an anthology.
 
darby said:
HO-Lee Crap, Watchmen!

As far as the reveals from the past few episodes have gone, this one seemed a little anticlimactic. But I mean that in an "8/10 instead of a 9/10" kind of way.

The layers and the way the meanings of things worked out, going all the way back to episode 1....

The convoluted storyline that, as far as I can tell, absolutely holds up....

The way it ties back to the book, even!



They haven't renewed it yet. They left plenty of meat on the bone to go back if they want. But if they leave it at that as a "hit it n quit it," I'd be totally satisfied. Even if I did hope for more of this great show.
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"He may say something. you're my mother"......"I know"

"Why didn't you send me?"......"I didn't want to be alone"

So good.......
 
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