‘Can you at least tell us how to pronounce “Ozymandias”? I got back with a very abrupt and probably hostile reply telling him that I’d thought that Warner Bros. That wasn’t the best opener. It went on through a lot of, what seemed to me to be, neurotic rambling. He claimed that the letter resulted in him telling Lindelof and the folks at Warner Bros. Moore, I am one of the bastards currently destroying ‘Watchmen.’” The comment was possibly in reference to the aforementioned idea that Moore does not like seeing his writing adapted, but even if it was made in jest, it didn’t sit well with the V For Vendetta creator. Alan MooreĪccording to Moore, showrunner Lindelof sent him a letter during the show’s production in which he stated – “ Dear Mr. It would be torturous, and for no very good reason.

From what I’ve heard of them, it would be enormously punishing. I would be the last person to want to sit through any adaptations of my work. The creative has a long history of disliking adaptations of his work, and in a recent interview with GQ, he revealed that HBO’s Watchmen did nothing to change this.Īs a disclaimer, Moore confirmed that he has not actually seen the series, which starred Regina King in the lead role. Since its release, Moore has remained mostly quiet about the continuation of his world. Created by Lost veteran Damon Lindelof, the live-action series took place 34 years after the events Alan Moore’s seminal masterpiece, and served to explore similar themes as the 1986 classic in the modern world. It’s been nearly three years since Watchmen, HBO’s acclaimed sequel to the original graphic novel, finished its run.

Watchmen by Alan Moore