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It may not be the comics' canon, but Damon Lindelof has confirmed that the original Watchmen comic alone IS CANON to his HBO series. Can we just simplify things and put the information from the comic not mentioned in the show on the pages of the characters?
A lot of the Gotham, Watchmen, and HBO's Watchmen characters could use updates for their infoboxes. I've made suggestions on the talk pages, but no one's changed them. If people could just read the recommendations and then make their own calls on it, that'd be fine. Thanks!
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Which Watchmen universe is Tom King's Rorschach canon to? We've placed it under the comics here on the wiki, implying it's in the canon of Watchmen, Before Watchmen, and Doomsday Clock. But King himself specifically stated that it contradicts nothing in the graphic novel or the HBO series, implying it's in the canon of Watchmen and HBO's Watchmen. Plus, the comic makes a reference to an event that happened in Oklahoma, likely referring to the final showdown with Lady Trieu, Cyclops, and Veidt in See How They Fly.
Any insight?
We've been treating Rorschach by Tom King as though it's set in the universe of the Watchmen comics (ie Watchmen, Before Watchmen, Doomsday Clock). But there are a few key details that prove this incorrect, and that it is, in fact, set in canon with HBO's Watchmen universe (Watchmen, HBO's Watchmen, Peteypedia). So here's... that. Like, the details:
The first issue mentions how popular of an identity Rorschach is, even after Kovacs' death years earlier. Not only that, but there's no mention of anyone else (ie, Reggie Long) taking up the mantle. And keep in mind, that was in 1992, and this is 2020. It also points out that it's still popular "even after Oklahoma". Seventh Kavalry, anyone?
The second issue shows Alma Thompson reference the fact that the US winning the Vietnam War made Vietnam a state. I'm pretty sure that's exclusive to Damon Lindelof's work, no?
At DC FanDome, Tom King said "nothing contradicts the show" in the comic, implying that's the world it's set in.
This Tweet from Tom King, the writer of Rorschach, from just a few months ago. Honestly, I should have just led with this:
I reccommend we put the info from Tom King's Rorschach under Watchmen (TV Series) instead of just "Watchmen". It's clearly the correct canon.
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I saw HBO's Watchmen recently, having no clue about any of its story and not read the graphic novel or watching the movie before watching, and now I'm confused.
Dr. Manhattan experiences time all at once and he can see the events of the past and future and he knows what's going to happen but he can't change it? E.g. He and his wife know they're going to have an argument and they try to just stop talking but it happens anyway? So it means that in Watchmen universe events of the timeline are rigid? How can this concept of time exist in the DC Multiverse where alternate timelines also exist and people with the knowledge of the future or past change the timeline like all the time?
My favorites have got to be the Man of Steel ost, by Hans Zimmer, and the Watchmen (2019) ost, by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
I was hesitant when i first heard about the t.v. show because the graphic novel was my favorite book and while the movie was entertaining it didn't compare but every episode has gotten better and better. Really excited to see where it goes from here
