Newbie? Obsessive? Zack Snyder fiend? Our guide to HBO's 'Watchmen' has you covered
Damon Lindelof has long maintained that his "Watchmen" is neither a direct adaptation nor a reboot of the original comic book series created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
Instead, the showrunner has described his HBO series, which premieres Sunday, as more of a "remix," albeit one that treats the 12-issue comic as canon: The new series does not alter any of the events that happen in its source material.
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