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I think it would have been pretty cool. There was an article on Total Film this month on what films they think should have been TV series, and one of them was Watchmen.

I think an episodic miniseries would have been PERFECT.

Like Band of Brothers, per se?

Yeah, something like that! Maybe twelve seperate hour long episodes for each issue. What do we think would have been the good and bad points about that idea?

Can't watch it in one sitting...

easily.

I don't know why people keep saying that it should've been a TV series or something that's more episodic. I honestly don't think it would've really worked unless it had a bunch of money sunk into it for the sake of production quality, which is highly unlikely. I think that the movie we got is probably the best adaptation of it we're ever going to get. It's true to the book and many of its themes, it flows well (although there a few people who will dispute this) and, I think most importantly, it mirrors reading the novel in the sense that it is an experience. No matter what you have to say about the movie, you cannot deny that you'd never really seen anything like it before and that you're not likely to see anything like it again. Even though it's extremely true to the book, it's a highly original movie and it saddens me that more people don't appreciate it more.

Had Watchmen been adapted into a miniseries, each episode would pretty much be the entire chapter of the book (like the motion comic), and nothing would be left out. That's why Mr. Gilliam and plenty of other people think that's the way it should have been done.

I don't really see that as being any better than the movie. Ultimate Cut's all I need.

*Puts on shades and drives into the sunset*

That's why I need the UC. And the DC. I'm getting them for Christmas but that's too far away. I'm sure I'll take back the miniseries thing once I see the Ultimate version. 215 minutes....

And Magic Rorschach's not even the best part!!!

What the hell Godziller, stop mentioning it! 6 weeks to wait dammit! D:

Hey I just realized that this thread is actually longer than the Sexiest Male Watchmen Star thread.

Apparently a lot of questions don't merit their own threads like a lot of fan girls like to talk about Jackie Earle Haley in a suggestive manner.

You don't want to piss off the JEH fangirls. You wouldn't like us when we're angry. We're like zombies...we roam in packs.

Yet I speak nothing but the truth...

*Pictures JEH fangirl zombies*

Okay I'll shut up.

A 12-part 30 minute long episode mini-series seems kinda pointless now, since we have the motion comics. Anyway there is no way they would be able to fund it. Band of brothers had a budget of 110 million, but then again a show like has a bigger audience. Also Watchmen would need a way bigger budget since it has more special and visual effects.

I......feel like a half-animated/half-voice acted version of the book is not a good substitute for a mini-series.

Not that I wanted one in the first place.

the only problem with the motion comics was that one guy narrated it. i for one think it would be even better if they had a full-blown cast.