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Shot by Shot with the ‘Watchmen’ Trailer

Alan Moore won’t be a fan of HBO’s bold new vision for the sequel series, but the rest of us will be.
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By  · Published on September 16th, 2019

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A carnival has turned into a bloodbath. This massacre is also quite reminiscent of the scenes of carnage in New York that took place in the comics, so perhaps history is repeating itself, albeit in a rural area?


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The pirate flag that Ozymandias rides by is a shout-out to Tales of the Black Freighter, Watchmen’s comic-within-a-comic. In the Watchmen universe, the American comics industry is dominated by pulpy pirate adventure stories, whereas superhero fare is obsolete.


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Cut to Laurie being held captive. It’s safe to assume that her captors are the Seventh Calvary, and they probably want to probe her about her past life.


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Here we see Nite Owl’s ship, the Archimedes, crashing down in a field. It remains to be seen if Don Johnson will step out of it, but it’s safe to presume that the character will feature in the series.


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The trailer ends on a humorous note, with Laurie telling Angela that it looks like she has things under control. She doesn’t.

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