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Should you watch Watchmen?

Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

Watchmen

Series · 2019

Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.

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  • Masked police in Tulsa
  • The 1921 Tulsa massacre
  • A blue god who left for Mars

Watchmen is good for you if…

  • you like a story that hides its own history and makes you dig for it.
  • you like a story about who gets to wear a mask and police a city.
  • you like finding out a character was never who you thought.

Watchmen is bad for you if…

  • you can't take gunfire and brutal killings in a police story.
  • you want a warm, low-stakes evening after work.

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