WATCHMEN: HBO Releases Three Cryptic Teasers Featuring Callbacks To Alan Moore's Classic

WATCHMEN: HBO Releases Three Cryptic Teasers Featuring Callbacks To Alan Moore's Classic

Three new teasers for HBO's upcoming Watchmen series have been released over on the show's official Instagram page, and they all contain little nods to Alan Moore's original graphic novel. Take a look...

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By MarkCassidy - May 01, 2019 01:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Watchmen
We're still waiting on a proper teaser for HBO and Damon Lindelof's mysterious Watchmen series, but three cryptic new promos have now been shared over at on the show's Instagram page.

While the brief videos don't contain any actual footage, they do feature some intriguing callbacks to Alan Moore's original story.

The first is a clear reference to The Black Freighter (the pirate story that accompanies the main narrative), while the second shows an American flag with 51 stars, signifying Vietnam's arrival as the 51st state. The final teaser seems to be a nod to Doctor Manhattan's little trip to Mars.

Lindelof has said that this won't be anything like a direct adaptation, and the reveal that Jeremy Irons will be playing an older version of Ozymandias obviously suggests that it'll actually be closer to a sequel.

We'll find out for sure when Watchmen premieres later this year, but for now, check out the teasers below and let us know what you think.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

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It’s not 1985 anymore.

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Reach out and touch Mars.

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SpideyPuffsMJ
SpideyPuffsMJ - 5/1/2019, 1:19 PM
Hope it doesn't disrespect the source material. I hope that's even possible here.
dracula
dracula - 5/1/2019, 1:47 PM
@SpideyPuffsMJ - Well we know that no matter how good or bad it is. Alan Moore will think it's trash. The movie was pretty faithful and had good performances and he doesnt even want to give it a chance
krayzeman
krayzeman - 5/1/2019, 1:20 PM
If Lindelof combines what he learn from Lost and The Leftovers then he might be able to hit this out of the park!!!
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 5/1/2019, 1:26 PM
GIMME A RELEASE DATE!!!!
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 5/1/2019, 1:26 PM
Can we get some actually stuff here lol enough of this cryptic nonsense. We're already interested in a live action Watchmen tv show.
dracula
dracula - 5/1/2019, 1:49 PM
@Kevwebsz - When does this even take place, during the book, before the book, after the book
Kman
Kman - 5/1/2019, 1:32 PM
While I maintain a Spawn HBO live action show would've been cooler - HBO is good shit, and I'll be watching this when it comes out.
dracula
dracula - 5/1/2019, 1:51 PM
@Kman - hopefully they can keep the quality up, a lot of hbo shows end up going down hill after the first few seasons. the only consitantly great, long runnining show from them is Sopranos
Kman
Kman - 5/1/2019, 2:00 PM
@dracula - that's debatable - Wire was good, Deadwood was good and canceled too early (as evidence of the movie being made), GOT hasn't fallen off, The Leftovers was good, Enoutrage and Big Love kept me intrigued -

But they do have a fair share of things that fell off.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 5/1/2019, 2:32 PM
@dracula

That’s a little hyperbolic
MrCamw1
MrCamw1 - 5/1/2019, 1:33 PM
Off topic last week I watched the movie The Time Machine and Jeremy Irons was playing some Morloch character and he was acting circles around everybody in the movie. That's it I got nothing else. I'm excited for this show though.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 5/1/2019, 1:34 PM

I did it 35 minutes ago.
narrow290
narrow290 - 5/1/2019, 1:35 PM
Live action Black Freighter would be awesome!
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 5/1/2019, 1:37 PM
I have a very good feeling about this show
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 5/1/2019, 1:48 PM
I'm assuming this takes place in the present day, being that Ozzy is an old man. Interesting premise to see where all these characters ended up, but that means no Rorschach : (
It looks like they're doing a Sons of Batman/Jokerz story for his part.
Asturgis
Asturgis - 5/1/2019, 1:54 PM
@HeavyMetal4Life - Dude, you need to watch Into the Badlands. I don't care if I sound like a broken record, I know you love martial arts movies, and this show is one of the best things on TV right now.
dracula
dracula - 5/1/2019, 1:55 PM
What happened to the League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen tv series. It was being developed and we havent heard anything in a long time. At least we had Penny Dreadful
lemric
lemric - 5/1/2019, 3:26 PM
@dracula - im guessing its dead since the only thing i can find about it is from 2013, where fox was developing a pilot for it. then 2015 they were working on a reboot movie for it that went nowhere. now disney owns the rights to it
TheCantilope
TheCantilope - 5/1/2019, 2:13 PM
Will this be the show that takes over "Game of Thrones'" place? I know, you can't replace "Game of Thrones." However, as incredible as "Westworld" is, it just doesn't seem to be picking up the fanbase that a show like "Game of Thrones" has/will have had.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 5/2/2019, 12:03 AM
@TheCantilope - to be honest, I dont think there will be a tv series as big as GoT anytime soon
ThunderThighs
ThunderThighs - 5/1/2019, 2:20 PM
Why bother making a comic book based show that has nothing to do with the comic book or resembles it in any way?
Brave
Brave - 5/1/2019, 2:42 PM
The Watchmen film is almost a great experiment into how presentation affects adaptation. Despite being a 1:1 translation of Alan Moore's writing (minus the flipped implications of the ending), it feels COMPLETELY different from the comic. The movie literally feels grim and gritty, everything is stylized and extraordinary while the comic is the complete opposite: ordinary, unsettling, and melancholic. They contrast even in the casting and acting performances vs the comic characters - people who stand out in the regular world vs super mundane folks.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 5/1/2019, 3:10 PM
@Brave - It amazes me how those motion comic scenes were in a special featurette for the digital release of Watchmen, and the featurette itself (or another one) has a bunch of people involved in the film talk about how unorthodox and odd the colour choices for the graphic novel were. And yet, for some stupid reason the film ditches all of that for this ugly combination of an overwhelming blue filter and muddy browns.

Perfectly illustrates how Snyder thinks he gets something but he really doesn't.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 5/1/2019, 3:40 PM
On-Topic:

Was @TMP banned??
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/1/2019, 6:13 PM
It's funny that these have been released, as I am currently reading Before Watchmen Omnibus.
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