This is NOT your mother’s Watchmen
showrunner confessed that he knew the subject matter"needed to be presented in a responsible way," and warned that the first episode of hisWatchmen
"In a traditional superhero movie, the bad guys are fighting aliens, and when they beat the aliens, the aliens go back to their planet and everybody wins. There's no defeating white supremacy. It's not going anywhere, but it felt like a pretty formidable foe," Lindelof said. Lindelof is prepared for mixed reviews from fans, noting that some will embrace his take and others will consider it an"aberration.
Lindelof hasn't"made peace" with not having Moore's blessing on the project, but he's committed to taking"risks" with it. "They've abolished term limits," Lindelof explained, adding that the show analyzes"what happens if a well-intentioned white man is president for far too long.", during which Richard Nixon was president."Everything that happened in those 12 issues could not be messed with," Lindelof said. But moving past the comic books, Lindelof's vision took place: Nixon was president in '85 and re-elected in '88 before Gerald Ford then took over.
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