Watchmen’ Creator Alan Moore Disowned HBO’s ‘Watchmen,

Watchmen’ Creator Alan Moore Disowned HBO

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Watchmen,’ Told Showrunner Never to Contact Him: ‘This Is Embarrassing to Me

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“Watchmen” creator Alan Moore revealed to GQ magazine

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Watchmen’ Creator Alan Moore Disowned HBO

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According to Moore, the showrunner sent him a letter during the HBO show’s

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Dear Mr. Moore, I am one of the bastards currently destroying ‘Watchmen.’”

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“That wasn’t the best opener,” Moore said of the showrunner letter.

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It went on through a lot of, what seemed to me to be, neurotic rambling.

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