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But didn't Before Watchmen also debunk that Rolf Müller wasn't Hooded Justice?
 
I think something we should keep in mind though is that they were made by two completely different production teams
 
What about stuff like the cars though? They are all retro futuristic and what not in 1985 but in 2019 they resemble what we have today
 
I know that but regular 80s cars didn't exist in the Watchmen universe why wouldn't they carry on the car designs into 2019 unless it's a Fallout situation where they used real life cars in the show but in the games they are fictional
 
iceman109 said:
I know that but regular 80s cars didn't exist in the Watchmen universe why wouldn't they carry on the car designs into 2019 unless it's a Fallout situation where they used real life cars in the show but in the games they are fictional
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The technological luddism spawning from the new York disaster is a major plot point of the show
 
ScottishRyzo said:
Is it a 1:1 comic adaptation?
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So I watched and I wouldn't personally use it as background for the TV show unless I can't be bothered reading the comic

They explicitly said the comic was canon to the show and there's more than enough deviations to disqualify it, especially part 2.

Is good tho, don't understand the hate I've seen for it on socials
 
ScottishRyzo said:
So I watched and I wouldn't personally use it as background for the TV show unless I can't be bothered reading the comic

They explicitly said the comic was canon to the show and there's more than enough deviations to disqualify it, especially part 2.

Is good tho, don't understand the hate I've seen for it on socials
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What deviations are their?
 
iceman109 said:
What deviations are their?
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Top of my head:

The scene where Hollis comes by knowing about the tenement fire save should be one of the detectives from Blake's murder who warns him to leave his return at that.

The cops come pretty soon after when they shouldn't come back until after the prison break

Actually the whole bit where Nite Owl threatens to blow up the block to the guys in the bar when he finds out Hollis is dead isn't in it at all and he just freaks out extra hard at Rorschach in the 'sorry I'm a bad friend' scene when he finds out then instead

A lot of info and lines from the supplemental material is crammed into scenes

The psychiatric interview scene was compressed

There's some more but you get my point. Most of the changes were clearly just for pacing purposes for a two parter and adapting to a different medium but it results in enough deviations from the comic to not be called canon to the show

However I enjoyed it like I do most of these adaptations and it's serviceable if you or someone else can't be bothered reading the comic but want something more accurate than the Snyder movie before watching the series, because it is pretty faithful
 
ScottishRyzo said:
Top of my head:

The scene where Hollis comes by knowing about the tenement fire save should be one of the detectives from Blake's murder who warns him to leave his return at that.

The cops come pretty soon after when they shouldn't come back until after the prison break

Actually the whole bit where Nite Owl threatens to blow up the block to the guys in the bar when he finds out Hollis is dead isn't in it at all and he just freaks out extra hard at Rorschach in the 'sorry I'm a bad friend' scene when he finds out then instead

A lot of info and lines from the supplemental material is crammed into scenes

The psychiatric interview scene was compressed

There's some more but you get my point. Most of the changes were clearly just for pacing purposes for a two parter and adapting to a different medium but it results in enough deviations from the comic to not be called canon to the show

However I enjoyed it like I do most of these adaptations and it's serviceable if you or someone else can't be bothered reading the comic but want something more accurate than the Snyder movie before watching the series, because it is pretty faithful
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I compare examples like this to the Ahsoka novel vs. the final episode of The Clone Wars revival in Star Wars Canon.

It's not "contradictory" as it is, how you also said, "condensed". Malleable but not incompatible.
 
selfishmisery said:
I compare examples like this to the Ahsoka novel vs. the final episode of The Clone Wars revival in Star Wars Canon.

It's not "contradictory" as it is, how you also said, "condensed". Malleable but not incompatible.
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I'd agree if we had anyone from the show saying this was canon but they were pretty clear that it was a direct continuation of the comic

Ultimately the most important factor is if it'd fit in this timeline and the condensing and whatnot will make it pretty impossible to with the flashbacks in the show set during the events of the comic like the looking glass origin or Oz's daughters conception

Then there's the people who made the two parter already volunteering for a doomsday clock or before Watchmen adaptation, both of which would definitely conflict with show canon, so I think it's better just to take this simply as an entry into the animated multiverse
 
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