Tick tock… tick tock… the countdown to HBO’s Watchmen finally came to an end on Sunday night and fans were not shying away from reacting to the premiere. The new series, created by Damon Lindelof (Lost), is set in an ‘alternate history’ where superheroes are treated like outlaws. The series is essentially a continuation of the iconic comic book series by writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons, set 30 years after the events of the comic. Tick tock: Tick tock… tick tock… the countdown to HBO’s Watchmen finally came to an end on Sunday night and fans were not shying away from reacting to the premiere The pilot episode, entitled ‘It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice,’ takes place in an alternate America where, according to the pilot description, ‘police conceal their identities behind masks to protect themselves from a terrorist organization.’ The episode opens, however, several years earlier, in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921, with a re-creation of sorts of the Tulsa Race Riots, which has been called the ‘single worst incident of racial violence in American history.’ RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next ‘It put everything in perspective’: Oscar winner Regina King… Regina King stuns in a black cutout… Read full this story
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