Also very bad imdb ratings at this early stage for an HBO show. Wow, I was hyped till yesterday
Watchmen tv show is out and apparently it's shit. Didn't watch it myself but I hear bad things about it.
Maybe try it instead of go by that, found the pilot to be good. Slow world building, its very fitting to the attitude of the comics very raw and cynical dystopian world. But its completely stand alone original work (its 34 years after comics, it's not adaptation but building on the world view of the comics with new storyline, its like a what if story).
Also the show runner is the same from Lost and the Left overs. He is a subtle and clever mofo who gives you narrative crumbs with fairly significant pay off later, and defenitely wont be what you expect (Him alone is reason to give the show a chance).
Meaning some of the silly triggered tears is about the nature of bad guys of the plot, but it wont be as simple as single shallow first reviews (of a pilot??) seem to assume. The world of Watchmen is a world of tons of moral grey areas (and very political in its commentary, as the comic was too). It doesnt really do good guys and bad guys the way peeps are used to, as the ending of the pilot hinted at.