It's been hailed as a 'bombshell', an 'origin story' for the United States and an exploration of 'the hottest social issue of our time' — here's what you need to know about Watchmen.
, original name Jon Osterman, who had an accident with an "intrinsic field generator" that turned him blue, radioactive and superhuman.
Bottom line: if you're after a superhero story, you might be missing the point; as TV critic Lauren Carroll Harris told RN's The Screen Show: "Comic books are always about origin stories … But Watchmen is doing something completely different;Watchmen comics' Silk Spectre II appears in the HBO series as Agent Blake .Sort of — it's closer to a sequel. It's set in 2019, and the story features a mix of existing and new characters.
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