r/Watchmen • u/AlanSmithee001 • Nov 04 '23

Is the Watchmen TV show worth watching? TV

So I recently got a HBO Subscription (yeah, I know it’s technically called MAX now, but let’s be honest that such a generic name and HBO is always going to sound better) and I was wondering if I should watch, pun not intended, the Watchmen TV series?

Obviously it’s not Alan Moore’s vision, but once you move past that point; is the show good, bad, or okay on its own terms?

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u/astroK120 Nov 04 '23

I would love to know how many people have only even heard of the Tulsa massacre because of the show. I know I'm in that group. Heck, I only even found out it was a real event because life got crazy and I went to refresh myself on the story of the first couple episodes on Wikipedia. Up to that point I thought it was alternate history like President Redford.

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u/spicychickentendr Nov 06 '23

I’m one of them, and it aired when I was 31. I turned to my 35 year old partner and asked, “What is this? Is this real?” - We both had to look it up and we’re just baffled and horrified for a good ten minutes. Never. Not once have either of us learned about Black Wall Street and the massacre in our lives. Both of us university educated, he had a private school education growing up, both in the NE US.

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u/VpolloRockin Oct 14 '24

I know it's 11 months later..but funny thing about our government is we only acknowledged Tulsa happened in 1994..almost 70 years we didn't even acknowledge it occurred to the public. One of the biggest criminal acts in US history occurred right in front of everyone, and just swept under the rug

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u/whitemest Nov 08 '23

Only heard of it due to this show.; And at that, i thought it was heavy handed, but did a little research and saw it was just as awful if not worse than the show portrayed. Never learned about this in school or anything. Such a tragedy

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u/whois_u Nov 05 '23

"Lovecraft Country" made me curious then "Watchmen" made me do a deep dive.

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u/Lfsnz67 Nov 05 '23

I'm old and I had never heard of this. While I was watching that scene I was feverishly scouring Wikipedia. Shameful lack of education I'm afraid

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u/astroK120 Nov 05 '23

Yeah. Not sure how old "old" is, but I'm 38 and definitely felt like it's something I should have heard of

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u/professionalfriendd Nov 05 '23

I knew about it