Greetings Nerdy List aficionados and it’s trailer explained time yet again and ok I’m
super excited for this one.
Legit goosebumps I was skeptical when they announced the premise but this trailer my
hopes are up.
Please don’t dash my hopes.
So we’re going to break this down there’s a lot this is one that bears repeat viewings
editing solid, ok I’m going to stop gushing.
So the Watchmen is a hugely influential graphic novel written by Alan Moore and published
from 1986 to 1987.
Alan Moore has some feelings about it as well feelings about whether you should call it
a comic book or a graphic novel also for the impact it had on how dark things became along
with the publication of the killing Joke and The Dark knight returns that one by Frank
Miller changed the comic landscape.
He’s also had a pretty public falling out with DC but this isn’t about that this is
about this trailer.
So this Watchmen series is set to take place in modern times or our time at the time of
filming.
And as a result takes place post Ozymandias’s plan come to fruition, but it clearly did
not bring the era of peace he had hoped for/ The trailer showcases a world divided with
a whole sect of Roarshachs with a mission that pits them against the cops.
Cops who are themselves masked to protect their identities perhaps or perhaps ozy’s
new world order.
They also appear to be a religious sect standing underneath a banner of psalm 65 with some
of the letters blocked out.
Although it’s unclear if they’re worshipping God or Roarshach this of course raises the
question of what occurred with Roarshachs journal which detailed his investigation into
the death of the comedian which ultimately led to the revelation of Adrian Veidt’s
master plan.
When he sent it in did it ultimately get published or was it seen only by a select few spread
in an underground network of course it restarted the doomsday clock as is foreshadowed by the
stain which falls upon the shirt of the kid who finds it right on the comedian smiley.
Cause it is a joke isn’t it.
Another theory is that these roarshach members are former cops who have read the journal
and that they disagree with Ozymandias’s methods perhaps killing cops who read the
journal but agree with what he did.
You do see the one woman clip the badge to her belt before heading out.
It would also explain why the sheriff at the trailers conclusion verbally utters the words
tick tock.
This trailer also features constant ticking along with vocalizations of Tick Tock this
of course a reference along with numerous other clocks seen to the doomsday clock counting
down.
The doomsday clock originally counting down to nuclear Armegeddon may have a new end target
in this series.
What societal collapse the return of Doctor Manhattan, of Super heroes.
We do have some masks on the cast and see a couple in the trailer, during the funeral
sequence.
All in all it’s very cleverly cut creating the impression that the scenes flow together
but it could just be a clever misdirect we’ll have to wait and see for example the collapsed
people at the carnival is that from the present or the past after the incident.
Ozymandias played the excellently cast Jeremy Irons appears briefly as well, looking pretty
well to do so it doesn’t appear he’s been found out by the public at large.
Unless he’s a bird in a guilded cage, or in hiding.
While this will be an original story it will have ties of course to the original watchmen
but also potentially to the Doomsday Clock by Geoff Johns.
The characters of Mime and Marionette have been cast prominent players in the doomsday
clock, they are recruited by Ozymandias to help him find Doctor Manhattan.
They also have a past with crooked cops.
Now in the doomsday clock storyline Ozymandias is a fugitive as the journals contents were
published and he now needs Doctor Manhattan to save their world.
In this hbo trailer Ozymandias appears to be reflected in a characters mask as images
of human atrocities alongside jingoistic imagery play against the background.
Implying that this series will have some depth and symbolism to it which was a huge part
of the graphic novel.
One thing is for certain this trailer is going to spark a lot of theories.
Side note the funeral scene the way it’s shot is very reminiscent of the funeral for
the comedian which as mentioned was the catalyst for the heroes finding out about the incoming
doom.
His death not the funeral.
Also where were night owl and silk spectre are they going to be in it at all, I hope
so, maybe they were there already.
So long story short, I’m excited I’m looking forward to the theories, to Jeremy irons to
the hboness.
Here’s hoping it’s not too doomsday clocky although those universes merging is 100% a
your mileage varies kinda deal.
So let me know what are you hoping for out of this series and are you excited or have
trailers burned you too many times, once bitten twice shy.
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I’m Sasha and Kelly Johnny and I will see you again soon here on Top 10 Nerd.