Originally Posted by
elevenism
i'm about to watch episode 2; loved episode 1.
I also recently read the original material, which is only the second comic i've ever read, the other being the walking dead, since trying archie as a kid and deciding that comics weren't for me.
And GOOD GOD, Watchmen fucking blew my mind. I was SO moved by it, intellectually. I'm STILL thinking about it, and i read it before watching episode 1. I really liked the movie, but, after seeing the original material, i understand why comic fans didn't. There wasn't quite enough there to capture the full spirit of the thing.
One thing that freaked me out about episode one: that massacre- the Tulsa massacre- at the beginning, really happened. Having lived my whole life in Dallas/Fort Worth, or up in the Panhandle, i can't believe i'd never heard of it. We damn sure didn't learn about it in history class.
It was the "single worst incident of racial violence in american history," perpetrated against the "wealthiest black community in the United States:" an area of Tulsa, which was called Black Wall Street. I thought that scene was part of the alternate history thing.
I guess they've done a good job of burying THAT shit.