HBO’s Watchmen has forgotten about the present

Mansur Shaheen
5 min readNov 10, 2019

The pilot episode of HBO’s Watchmen was incredible.

61 minutes of heart-pounding tension. A great mix of callbacks to the iconic 1980’s graphic novel that built the foundation for this series, and an introduction to a new caste living in a world that is dealing with the aftermath of the events of the book decades later.

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Mansur Shaheen

Freelance writer. Bylines in American Magazine, SB Nation and Mondoweiss. Culture and Sports.