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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 11 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 11 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 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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.