Quick Thoughts and Pitch for the HBO "Watchmen" TV Series

The cast of Zack Snyder's 2009 adaptation of Watchmen

About two months ago, it was announced that Zack Snyder was in preliminary talks with HBO to develop a Watchmen inspired television series; most likely to fill the void that Game of Thrones will leave once it ends in a couple of years. Granted, Watchmen is complete as it is. The ultimate cut of the film and the graphic novel are all we really need of this universe. However, if we are to have an expansion of the brand as a gritty adult TV series, this is my pitch for what they should do.

Jessica Jones: Season 1 Review (Spoiler-Free)

You Will Remember Her Name

Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones

Superheroes are starting to get run into the ground at this point. You get a person with a troubled backstory, give them either super powers or intelligence, present them with a "bad guy" with some sort of personal link to the hero, they fight, he wins. You now have a first movie or a TV season in yet another commercially successful superhero franchise. Don't get me wrong; these series can be a lot of fun, especially when someone comes along and adds a bit of freshness to the formula. Every once in a while, we get a Dark Knight or a Kick-Ass that flips comic conventions on their head and gives us something new to enjoy or some new food-for-thought to chew on. However, these days it's all a bit too much of the same thing. Same super powered dudes, same motivations, same fights. Emphasis on the word dudes. Have no fear super-fans. Marvel, the king of the comic book genre, is back yet again to bring us something new and fresh: Jessica Jones. That's right. This is Marvel's first female led superhero property and it may be their best so far.