True. I couldn't stand Band of Brothers for different reasons. Basically it's an attempt to make a TV Saving Private Ryan, already a wildly overrated movie. The series was just boring as hell to me. And then there was Pacific, and I literally fell asleep watching the first episode.

Production Value wise its probably the only time a TV crossed the line and just became a really long movie.

Yeah I thought the Pacific was not as good. I mean if you thought the characters in Band of Brothers all blend in how samey looking some of their faces were I forgotten almost everyone's name in Pacific. The only character I remember was this psychopath looking guy that looks like he is high on 3 different drugs.

I think the movie is already as good a Watchmen adaptation as there'll ever be, but I'd watch it. Would be surprised if Alan Moore were even marginally involved though.

Ditto.

The only way Moore might be involved is setting fire to the studio.

Watchmen is already pretty complete story in and of itself, and it doesn't need prequels or sequels or whatever.

And I don't know if a superhero series would fit in all that well with the rest of HBO's programming and find an audience, even if it's a grimdark "realistic" one.

I think they'd have better luck with a faithful From Hell adaptation, going after the True Detective crowd.

Hmmm it seems most of the special effects for the movie was with Dr Manhattan (At least going from memory) as well as Rorschach's face constantly changing; It shouldn't be that expensive to do most of the TV series for most of the acting and story, except where maybe more special effects are required.

But it's been a few years... And my exposure is only from the movie so...

Well, my take on the comics/movie is that it's a great story, but I just feel like it's been told... the story feels satisfying on its own and I don't feel like that much could be added. I feel a sense of closure by the time the story has ended so to speak.

I'll admit I'm sceptical about what they can possibly add to the story, but I'll keep an open mind and withhold final judgement until I see it.

I don't... the ending to the movie sorta felt stupid, the whole faking an explosion to prevent nuclear war felt incomplete or something to me. But, my exposure to Watchmen is minimal...

Not just any explosion, an explosion supposedly caused (the reader and a select few in the story know better, the rest of the world doesn't) by a non-human threat (Dr Manhattan in the movie & a bona fide 100% extra-terrestrial alien attack in the comics).

It's painfully realistic. Nothing makes us reconcile our differences faster than a threat that is even more different.

Believe me, if an alien specie attacked earth, a lot of our inter-national rivalries would suddenly become petty in comparison. After all, the difference between countries pales in comparison to the difference between species!

Did anyone read any of the books of the prequel? Are they any good? Or are they an attempt to grab more money at the expense of an epic story that seemed to be half-forgotten until the move came about?

To me, that is the only way for us to have world peace: a major threat from outside our human society.

One of the prequal books was written by J. Michael Straczynski and that was for Dr. Manhattan and Nite Owl comics

Everything other than Minutemen by Darwyn Cooke (possibly the best current comic book author I know) ranged between just boring and quite terrible (at least in the 1-2 issues I lasted). And even Cooke's effort felt just unnecessary, and despite being a great fan of his I didn't read the entire series. It just this kind of thing when even when it's not bad, it somehow detracts from the original just by existing. If that makes any sense.

Were the ones you read written by J. Michael Straczynski of Babylon 5 fame?