Watchmen: Social drama set in a comic book universe
Do people responsible for protection need protecting? Vigilantes or criminals wear a mask to hide their identity. They use masks for protection from the law as they do not have the legal authority to carry out their activities. So, does it make sense for people with legal authority to wear a mask? Why do they need protection? This paradox forms the crux of Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen universe streaming on Hotstar in India. This TV series is a sequel to the original 1987 DC Comic book series. Set in the same alternate universe, this is a world where the US has won the Vietnam War and is now their 51st state, Robert Redford (the American actor director) is the President and the Watergate scandal is never exposed. There are no mobile phones with people still using pagers. But there are inter dimensional portals and spaceships and satellites that travel across the galaxy. A white supremist group called the Seventh Kavalry, targets the police department in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This ...