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Christopher Nolan Calls Zack Snyder’s ‘Watchmen’ a Film ‘Ahead of Its Time’: It Should Have Been Released Post-‘Avengers’ (www.indiewire.com)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

the main character is a raging asshole while the show acts like we're supposed to be sympathetic to her.

So… like the comic?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's what they were going for, but missed completely. In the series it feels like she gets rewarded for being that way, the ending especially sucked.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

rewarded

You are assuming a “just world” framework that is explicitly rejected by the work.

ending especially sucked.

I thought it was very tastefully done. But that’s obviously a matter of taste.