After a tepid opening hour that feels as much like a sequel to Watchmen as it does a reading of a Ta-Nehisi Coates essay on reparations, the show takes a couple of entries to find its footing. Play Watchmen’s initial episodes are loaded, to say the least. Before the show skips forward to the modern day, it draws visual parallels between the masks and robes of the Klan, and the outfits of most modern superheroes its fuse comes pre-lit through direct, unapologetic racial imagery, even though it doesn’t always balance those instincts perfectly. The first episode even opens with a depiction of the 1921 Black Wall Street Massacre, in which the KKK and other white citizens in Tulsa, Oklahoma attacked and killed dozens of wealthy black residents while injuring hundreds more. Though, perhaps most potently, the show delves into some of the comic’s unexplored corners as a means to explore American history - specifically, parts of history that have been swept under the rug. It focuses, for the most part, on characters who feel like spiritual successors to the original Watchmen lineup, before slowly but surely roping familiar names back into its story. None, that is, until HBO’s nine-part TV series from Lost and The Leftovers showrunner Damon Lindelof.The show is distinctly of the “now,” invoking the racial politics of a fractured America, while taking place in an alternate 2019 that sprung from the events of the comic. None came anywhere close to the original’s prowess, because none seemed to capture the lightning that was its in-your-face politics, told through a tongue-in-cheek deconstruction of the era’s superhero genre. Shawn is also a published author, with a non-fiction book about the Stephen King Dollar Baby Filmmakers and has begun work on a new fiction series as well.Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark 1986-87 comic has seen numerous adaptations - much to the chagrin of Moore, who claims to have been swindled out of the rights by DC - from a 2009 Zack Snyder film, to a 2012 line of prequel comics, to the recently concluded Doomsday Clock, which sees the Watchmen characters interact with the likes of Batman and Superman. His work on the Internet has been featured on websites like The Huffington Post, Yahoo Movies, Chud, Renegade Cinema, 411mania, and Sporting News. He has work published in newspapers such as Daily Oklahoman and Oklahoma Gazette and magazines such as Vox Magazine, Loud Magazine, and Inside Sports Magazine. Shawn is a former member of the Society of Professional Journalists and current member of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle. He has worked as a journalist for over 25 years, first in the world of print journalism before moving to online media as the world changed. Shawn received his Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma with a minor in Film Studies. Lealos is a senior writer on ScreenRant who fell in love with movies in 1989 after going to the theater to see Tim Burton's Batman as his first big screen experience. It seems there is no slowing down for comic book entertainment on the small screen, and it is resulting in some of the best superhero TV shows of all time. DC has started upping its output as well, with its first series connected to the DCEU arriving in Peacemaker and a Batman spin-off series coming as well. Marvel is putting out multiple new superhero TV shows every year, almost all of them receiving critical acclaim. Now with Warner Bros owning HBO Max and Disney owning Disney+, they have a lot to gain by using these services to push the comic book companies they own, DC and Marvel. Before streaming services, it was up to networks to take on or pass on comic book adaptations. Lealos: Superheroes on TV are becoming even more prevalent. With so many great shows, only the best of the best have received critical acclaim from Rotten Tomatoes. At the moment, there are several shows on The CW and rotating shows on Disney+.Īdd in superhero shows on HBO Max in the DC Universe and at least one major show on Prime Video, and there is a lot to choose from. Thanks to a resurgence in things like The Arrowverse, Netflix's Marvel shows, and now the Disney+ Marvel series, comic book shows are as hot as anything on television. Superhero television has been very hot over the past few years.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |