Watchmen

2019 Directed by Nicole Kassell, Stephen Williams …

Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.

Regina King Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Jeremy Irons Tom Mison Sara Vickers

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Review by Tay ★★★★★ 19

me, giving something a star-rating in the year 2019? it's... dare i say... a thermodynamic miracle.
but Watchmen is more than a miracle—it is far more planned, articulate, masterful than chance. as a newcomer to the graphic novel and Synder's film, i find myself delighting in an alternate reality, for the most part. it is dark, violent, morally askew, erotic, crude, self-referential and self-critical. but it is also a very masculine text, both literature and film; it is universal inasmuch that the universe is made in the image of powerful men with faulty egos, hubris.
this Watchmen, though? it is of today, of yesterday, of a long history not represented, acknowledged, documented enough. the writers exploded an already fleshy political…
Review by Owen ★★★★½ 6

I used to think Zack Snyder's film was good. Then I watched the show and realized how mediocre the film is in comparison! In a year of disappointing shows like Big Little Lies S2 and Game of Thrones S8, it's good to know that there are still masterful original shows like this. Damon Lindelof can do no wrong!!
Review by Josiah Morgan ★★★★★ 14

Lindelof's career has been focused on the limitations of our presence in time, the limits of our aging and the hurt that ripples outward from where it is created inside of us. The new step that Watchmen takes is to make this focus disciplined, racially motivated, and formally coherent: the central narrative act of Mesmerism is intrinsically tied not just with the inception of the superhero genre but also the inception of film itself. Where the original comic was a critique of the medium at the time, Watchmen entangles a critique of the propagandist dimensions of media in relation to the long-term sprawl of history.
So, it's an imperfect work from television’s ballsiest writer. It is both dorky and a…
Review by josh lewis ★★★ 5

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seemed like a whole lot of fuss just to get to “dr. womanhatten when”. needed more lube man.
Review by Syaoran ★★★★½

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
A "superhero" show that actually took risks and tackled serious subject matters. Damn, Watchmen ain't playing. This shit is bananas.
Review by ˗ˏˋ Liam ˊˎ˗ ★★★★★ 4

"You can't heal under a mask, Angela. Wounds need air."
AND I BELIEVE IN TELEVISION
Review by Logan Kenny ★★★★★ 8

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I will think of the way this show portrays Dr Manhattan for the rest of my life. genuinely life changing shit in a way that shakes my body to the core, bringing me consolation and beauty in a way I was never expecting. can’t believe the show was able to adapt the ways his brain experiences time and incorporate it into the montage perfectly, instead of removing itself from humanity and showing how he loses his grasp on love, but by connecting him so deeply to another person that he’d give up every single thing. the way Episode 8 uses his soft voice and immaculate editing to show the entirety of a relationship, the crushing lows, the overwhelming highs and…
Review by coffee ★★★★★ 5

“This is the moment.”
the greatest TV we’ve gotten since Twin Peaks The Return. masterful stuff. it’s honestly kind of a miracle that television this good still exists today, television this focused, television this enthralling, television this consistent. lindelof is a god. all hail.
(note: the LB staff added this so it isn’t coming down, not a user thing like a lot of other shows added on here)
Review by Erik Nordgren ★★★★★

HBO: you WILL cry over this naked blue man
me: WHATEVER YOU SAY MR LINDELOF
Review by andy levy ★★★★★ 6

5 stars overall because it was one of most fascinating tv series i’ve ever seen BUT i didn’t love the finale. don’t get me wrong: i liked it, but for a series that never didn’t feel fresh and reveled in gleeful subversion, the finale seemed a little pat and, dare i say, comic-bookish to me
Review by Taylor Williams ★★★★ 5

I wrote a pretty long-winded review about my frustrations with how everything technically ties together but in a way that still feels very separate from each other, inconclusive, and not worth the time spent fleshing out aspects that go nowhere, but I think what it boils down to is that this is my first Damon Lindelof show. You can read that review on Patreon.
Despite these frustrations, though, the first half (maybe more) of this series was incredible, with inventive storytelling (except when it flashes back to what we’ve already seen to boast its own foreshadowing, not for the sake of breaking linearity), great new characters, and older versions of the original characters that only give them more depth, and…
Review by kyle dunne

regina BEEN king
can't wait for twitter to watch this one year from now and be like "y'all seen this show? it's SO good"

Recent reviews

Review by Zach Milne ★★★★

So it wasn't what I expected it was going to be but it ended up being a pleasant surprise.
The acting in this was phenomenal and really was the anchor behind it all. The story was good... I like that they used the incident in New York from the Graphic Novel instead of from the Snyder movie but they still have some flourishes from the Snyder film.
I hope this is just a one-off limited series, because it is the best companion piece to the original so far.
Visually gorgeous and a good length considering how much story is involved.
Review by liam litman ★★★★★

HOW IS THIS SOOOOO GOOD OMG
Review by Aljak ★★★★★

WOW. WOW. WOW.
sumpah, Watchmen BAGUS BANGET! GILAK! masa bodo mau bilang gua telat nonton atau apa.
ceritanya bener-bener berisi banget, padat, kompleks. dan gua masih gak abis pikir itu semua bisa disajikan cuma dalam mini series 9 episode. kok bisa?!
setiap masa di sini punya porsinya masing-masing. masa lalu ataupun sekarang, itu semua langsung to the point dan sangat jelas. walaupun alurnya maju mundur (agak membingungkan di awal), tapi bener-bener terstruktur. rapih banget.
tiap karakternya juga punya history-nya sendiri dan saling bersinergi satu sama lain. gak ada waktu yg terbuang percuma, semua scene sama pentingnya.
dan jujur, gua berkali-kali dibuat balik ke episode awal cuma buat ngecek lagi karena pasti ada aja momen yang bikin gue: "oooh jadi ternyata begini. anjir kepikiran aja". cerdas banget sih. detail-detail kecil sangat berpengaruh di sini.
dan bagian terbaiknya, jokes agen Blake tentang "God with 3 heroes", wah gila gak bisa berkata-kata.
Watchmen terbaik!
Review by jacob ★★★★★

wasn’t sure what to expect when i started this but it slapped harder than Dr. Manhattan’s gigantic blue dick against his thigh! funny, emotional, intense, and very well directed.
i’m also glad to see that the catch-and-release fetus program is in full-swing 👶🏻 🎣 🚣‍♀️
Review by Mirna Dianasari ★★★★★ 2

Yhaaa~ cekokin aja terus diri ini dengan series2 HBO ampe gumoh 😅
Awal nonton sebenernya udh dr taun lalu, tp sempet stop di eps 3 soalnya ngerasa lost dan ga paham ceritanya. Yaudin, tinggalin deh. Sampe akhirnya ngumpulin lagi niat tadi siang buat nyoba nonton series ini, dan GAK NYESEL MY GOD WATCHMEN ANDA KOK BAGUS SYEKALIH SIIIH?? Gumusssh 🥺
Semakin eps bergulir, misteri yg dikupas makin asik, sampe akhirnya ada letupan twist yg bikin daku sampe cengo-bego-puas gitu 😭😭
MI LIKEY MI LIKEY MI LIKEY!!!!!
Review by Jon Adler ★★★★★

Amazing show.
Storytelling was so detailed - was continuously impressed as the show unfolded with how much thought went into the world and characters.
Great acting all around, especially from Regina King. Absolutely lived up to the hype, it was amazing to watch actors from what seemed to be different universes all end up colliding into such a crazy plot line.
loved the ways Damon Lindelof played with themes and visuals from his previous shows in WATCHMEN. Some of the music sequences and opening scenes particularly reminded me of The Leftovers, in the best way.
i wish it was longer, but i see how Lindelof accomplished everything he wanted to in the world with this series. i just was so taken with the world itself and the quality of the characters and storyline that it was sad for it to end in just nine episodes.
Review by haileighgray ★★★★½ 1

me anytime ozymandias did his lil schemes: yes peepaw you got this king i believe in you‼️
Review by pheebs 🦋 ★★★★½

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

everyone: i’m literally going kill you then absorb your power and there nothing you can do about it
dr. manhattan in his cage:🧎
Review by cmicahtaylor ★★★★

Weird to say this about a dystopian comic book series, but when the show is grounded in the more gritty, political police drama, it soars; when it fully surrenders to sci-fi, it falters, losing some of the more intimate, human parts.
Review by sammi ★★★★½

had no idea what was happening but it was fun :D
Review by OCristo ★★★★½

Incredible!!!!!
Review by NjaAvTio ★★★½

Underhållande och mycket välgjord onda vs dom goda story - och till skillnad från originalet är det väldigt självklart vilka dom onda/goda är. Saknar till stor del dom moraliska frågorna som originalet har och karaktärerna är mindre intressanta.