From the beginning, Damon Lindelof - the creator of Lost and The Leftovers - made it clear that his would be the most particular way of understanding a classic like Watchmen , the comic by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons published in 1986 by DC Comics . In fact, it is so different from all of the above that it is not necessary to be an expert in the field. Any neophyte can immediately join the cause. In fact, just a few minutes from the first chapter of the HBO series are enough to understand the nuances of a dark dystopian society, of a world of superheroes far from traditional banality.

Here racial charge and power struggles reign with the Tulsa (Oklahoma) massacre of 1921 in the background, when a white mob charged the black population leaving a balance of 36 dead, 800 wounded and 6,000 blacks detained. The series is installed in an alternative reality in the same city but in 2019, an approach to American problems of rabid current affairs and a dissection, in short, of the weak state of mind of the current world through the eyes of some superhero troops. Nothing to do with the mediocre adaptation to the cinema of Zach Snyder of 2009.

Lindelof explains that he has chosen to turn the tortilla around. His thing goes from a group of white supremacists chasing the police, covered in masks, with a black agent ( Regina King ) in the center of the plot, and although many expect her as a series of superheroes, it's anything but that. The historical and political burden is its true superpower.

"In a traditional superhero movie, the bad guys face the aliens and when they defeat them they return to their planet and everyone wins," explains the creator of Lost . But in this case, "there is no concept of defeating white supremacism. It is not going anywhere, but I thought it was a formidable opponent."

One of the great virtues of the series lies in its ability to borrow elements from the comic and then unravel at will. It seems and does not resemble at the same time, which has not prevented the expectation around the series on social networks has been substantial due to the mere association of the product with the original graphic novel. Clarify, moreover, that if Alan Moore had depended, Lindelof's adaptation would have never seen the light. It is one of those who hate to version their work.

"It is definitely not a world you should recognize," Lindelof insists. "We are using alternative history, science fiction, popular fiction for themes that prevail in the real world." In any case, it is so difficult to recognize the dystopian novel in his series that he does not doubt that he may soon be swimming in a sea of haters . " Some will say that it is an aberration and hopefully it did not exist, but there will be those who have no relationship with Watchmen, " and can discover that world through their series.

King was chosen by Lindelof to head one of the most tempting proposals of the season for HBO, also taking advantage of his particular moment of form, with Oscar and Golden Globe still recent.

King is Detective Angela Abar , aka Sister Night , a cool mix of police and nun, making room in her leather belt for the police badge and the rosary. She is a woman "product of her experiences and environment that she feels she has to wear different masks," he explains. Without incurring any spoiler , the actress shares that her character is a mystery even for her, a woman to discover that helps the viewer understand much of what happens in Tulsa through her eyes.

He also had to shoot the first sex scene of his career . "That will be something quite different for fans. Men will like it. And some girls too," he says with a laugh. The cast also includes stars like Jeremy Irons or Don Johnson.

Watchmen , in short, "is an examination of institutions, culture and politics that form our society, and that is the richness of the series," in the words of its creator. The sensation remains, among mass shootings, demonstrations of white supremacists, murders of blacks by white police or the simple election of Donald Trump, that little or nothing has been advanced since that massacre in Oklahoma.

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