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| [Spoiler] We're not seeing a "Baby Dr. Manhattan" -- at least not yet. |
I'm not the only one captivated by the HBO series that further chronicles the WATCHMEN story "that never ends".
The embedded twitter post below leads to a great podcast interview with the director/co-writer of the powerful, relevant series that reveals, in its fiction, forgotten true history about race relations in the U.S.
[Spoiler Alert] As I expected, HBO's WATCHMEN is becoming a kind of Dr. Manhattan "Passion Play". Can there be a story about a god-like being without playing with the theme of "incarnation"? It seems like that's the arrangement Angela made with John as he "put on the flesh" of Cal. Once the "Incarnation" box is checked, the themes of "betrayal" and "crucifixion" could be waiting in the wings.#WatchmenHBO: [SPOILER] Responds to Social Media Shock Over #DrManhattan Revelation [VIDEO] / #Watchmen #HBO #SisterNight #TickTock https://t.co/Z4V1HYQ45z— Bleeding Cool (@bleedingcool) December 2, 2019
The promo video (below) indicated, to me, that "The Passion of Dr. Manhattan" might be such a theme explored by HBO's WATCHMEN:
The relevance of the original WATCHMEN and the 2009 film deserved mention, in my opinion, in another tweet that I embed here:
#WaybackWednesday - 2009 WATCHMEN Collateral Media! -supplementing film & #Comics - Before #WatchmenHBO #flickr https://t.co/Y0x72HPWHZ— O. Douglas Jennings (@odouglasj) November 27, 2019
UPDATE after Episode 9 [Spoiler Alert]:
As expected, there was evocative imagery in the last episode that alluded to the crucifixion of Christ in this last episode of WATCHMEN on HBO. I'd describe it as a kind of materialistic "Passion Play" with a twist. Lady Treu was a villainous re-encapsulation of Ozimandias but in this case, she received payback for her hubris. Excellent episode, I'd say. Lots to carry through on if they decide to do a Season 2. I'm not convinced that Dr. Manhattan is gone for good.
© O. Douglas Jennings
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