on Sunday, marking the first time a comic-book adaptation has taken home a top prize at the annual celebration of television’s best work.production earned the most nominations of any series heading into Sunday night’s ceremony, with 26 nods across nearly every category possible.
Although HBO’s “Watchmen” is based on the acclaimed 1986 graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons about a world in which costume vigilantes are real, the nine-episode series is not a traditional adaptation. Rather than depict the events of the original — as director Zack Snyder did in the 2009 feature film — Lindelof’s team brought the events of the novel into the present day with new characters and a new setting.
“Watchmen” proved that a show could at once wholeheartedly embrace the familiar tropes of comic books while providing a profoundly trenchant examination of the most pressing issues facing the country today — anddoing so. Fans of comic books have known this was possible for decades.
That barrier was finally broken with the first show Lindelof co-created, “Lost,” which won the Emmy for best drama for its first season, one of 11 wins out of 54 nominations over its 2004–2010 run. Lindelof has been clear he’s not interested in making more “Watchmen,” but he’s been equally supportive of HBO enlisting someone else to spearhead a new season. With “Watchmen” winning as many Emmys as “Lost” did in its entire run, the drumbeat for a new season is only going to grow that much louder.
The first three episodes were unnecessarily rough. It gets better but not much better. Disappointing. Dull. Ambitious but not amazing. But lightly rewarding.
So Oscar and shit load of Emmys in just one year, another W for DC...
This looks like shiiiiiit
Wasn't It crap?
Congratulations!
lets go DC
In an era where Virtue Signalling Talent, Awards are meaningless.
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A worthy winner. I had it as the top TV show I've seen this year so far.