Watchmen (2019)Created by Damon LindelofThe graphic novel "Watchmen" is close to my heart – it's one of the first graphic novels I read in the early 2000s when I was getting into these things, and in 2005, a copy of the book was the first thing I bought with my very first salary after I started working. I enjoyed Zack Snyder's 2009 movie adaptation (there were some inconsistencies though, and I would have loved for them to have stuck to the original ending) as well. So, I was thinking, what was the point of adapting it again to a TV series?Later I realised that this show is not an adaptation of the book, but a story set 34 years after the events of the original. The story follows Detective Angela Abar a.k.a. Sister Night (Regina King) uncovering a conspiracy in 2019 Tulsa, Oklahoma, involving the Seventh Kavalry (a radical cult following a twisted Rorschach ideology). So far there are six episodes that have been released (I actually signed up for Hotstar just for this show), and they've all been very good. The show is actually pushing it better with each episode, the characters, the ideas are all very well done. And I'm really glad they're taking off from the book (I was overjoyed when I saw squid references in the first episode). The atmosphere and worldbuilding is awesome. This 2019 feels like our world, but at the same time you know there's something off – for instance, none of the characters use mobile phones like we do, no cameras, no internet and computers like we have. I guess things kind of evolved differently in this world.The superb music score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross has to be mentioned, it hugely complements the show.I drew Angela Abar, the drawing was done with @staedtlermars ballpoint pens on A6 sketchbook (new one – Arto by Campap is the brand), and scanned.#dailymoviesketch #watchmen#501 / 27-Nov-19
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