But Lindelof isnt actually trying to start a war with legendary comic writer Moore.
I dont think that Ive made peace with it, he said.
The wrestling match will continue.
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He then immediately followed up with, Thats clickbait, guys!
Lindelof did promise, however, that the original source material isnt being retconned or rewritten inhis HBO version.
We reexplore the past but its canon, he says.
Everything that happened in those 12 issues could not be messed with.
We were married to it.
There is no rebooting it.
All I can say is I love the source material, Lindelof says.
I went through a very intense period of terror of fing it up.
Im not entirely sure Im out of that tunnel.
But I have a tremendous amount of respect for this.
I had to separate myself a little bit from this incredible reverence to take risks.
Watchmendebuts in October on HBO.
