Comic book lovers know the temperament of Alan Moore and the fact that the cartoonist tends to have nothing to do with the on-screen projects that come out of his works. Recently, Moore himself revealed that he was against a Damon Lindelofshowrunner of guardsto want nothing to do with the show, to reject it completely.
Alan Moore revealed that Lindelof didn’t contact him initially but sent him a letter during the development of the show.
The debut was – said the cartoonist himself – ‘dear Mr. Moore, I’m one of those bastards who destroy your guards’, it wasn’t a great presentation and it got worse when I read questions like ‘can you tell us how we pronounce it? ? the name Ozymandias?’. And so I reacted pretty vehemently and said I’d be with Warner Bros. would talk to them and tell them not to contact me again. I said I would have rejected that work, also because in television and film there is a tendency to associate my name with productions that do not reflect my work. So I replied by saying that this embarrassed me and that I didn’t want anything to do with the show.
A harsh answer, in line with Alan Moore’s typical demeanor. And the same author added:
When I saw Watchmen win all those awards, I thought ‘now people are going to believe that’s Watchmen’. They will come up with something dark that has to do with racial supremacy. Could it be that she didn’t understand what Watchmen is talking about? It’s something I wrote 40 years ago, and it’s much simpler than a lot of things I’ve worked on.
Basically, it’s an open battle between Alan Moore and Damon Lindelof. Although the author rejects the TV series, there have been many who have appreciated it, both at the public and at the level of critics. Obviously, the show is a sequel that deviates a lot from the base story of the Alan Moore comic, drawn by Dave Gibbons and released in 1986.
At the heart of that comic was the deconstruction of the superhero character, who was presented as much more human and weak than what had been seen in any other comic at the time (The Boys are based in Watchmen). While the TV series uses those same characters to open up a socio-cultural discourse that is of great significance both today and in 2019, the period of its release on HBO. For example, the opening of the series is a flashback that leads directly to Tulsa in 1921, during the racial massacre that left more than 300 dead.
Here’s a video of Regina King and other Watchmen protagonists narrating that scene.
For its bold and socially critical approach inserted into a superhero story, Watchmen won 11 Emmy Awards, with many asking for a second. Damon Lindelof himself said of this possibility:
I wish I had an idea for the second season of Watchmen, and I wish there was a Watchmen 2. But we put it all on the first season. And every great idea we had was a ‘let’s put it all in these episodes’ versus ‘leave this for later’. Will there be a second season? Personally, I’d love it, but I don’t think it will ever exist, as the audience enjoyed the first one.
Even the main character Regina King has spoken out about the possibility of a second season, in which the actress would definitely like to participate. Here are his words:
I’d definitely like to participate in a second season, but I’d like to see it as intelligent and engaging as the first. And this is a difficult goal to achieve. But if it comes to that, I’d be happy to join. So in order to have a second season, I’d like it to be as close to the first as possible.
We’re sure Alan Moore wouldn’t want a second season of Watchmen given his setbacks for the first.
Source: Lega Nerd
