has he not put his own spin on characters that were created by other writers hell he made wendy, dorothy and alice well not so innocent anymore. There's no denying the guys a [frick]ing genius but this is him kinda being a hypocrite. and He really needs to watch Game of Thrones

I don't understand why some people believe creativity and originality are the same thing.Just because something isn't original, that doesn't mean it's not creative.Same as just because something is original, it doesn't means it's actually creative.

Look at the Star Trek movie.That was a reboot of an old concept.Did that make the movie any less creative?Rise of the Planet of the Apes was also a reboot of an old concept.Did that make it any less creative?

Like Hellsing pointed out, Moore has used established literary characters in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for over a decade.That's one of his most notable works.He found news ways to use those characters.Is that not creative?

As far his comments about the entertainment industry, It's about speed and figuring out ways to pay people as little as possible. Look at reality shows, you don't have to pay writers wages, or actors wages, the cameras are cheap and there is no talent just people making fools of themselves, but it doesn't cost that much to keep it on the air, so it stays whether anyone watches it or not.

The man is continuously and predictably ridiculous. I enjoy a lot of his stories, but there's always the misogynous undertones - and he really seems to enjoy writing violence against women. Notice as well how the women in his stories are depicted as clueless, unintelligent, and victimized.

I have in my collection, a trade printing of a dozen stories he contributed to DC back in the 80s.
In Superman (a what-if story) - he kills Lana.
In Green Arrow - he has Black Canary shot and badly hurt.
In Green Lantern - he has Katma Tui waste time and Arisia is more or less told a bedtime story by Tomar Re.
In Omega Men - he has a female scientist mistakenly agree to what she thinks is sex with another species, but is really killed as a part of this species rite of passage.
In Vigilante - a mother is beaten and stabbed to death, and a prostitute is butchered.
In Batman - Clayface goes batty over a mannequin who he imagines is unfaithful to him, and of course, the Joker paralyzes Barbara with a gunshot before beating her in the nude.

Look at V For Vendetta - Evey is a moron, and in Watchmen Laurie is kind of short on intellect herself. From Hell's FOCUS is on "Jack the Ripper" and the brutal murders of prostitutes.

Just some observations. I think he's too proud of himself.

When the basics of a story gets used to create something new I call that 'the natural evolution of material'.

You can see it in everything. It's the way it works. That's why when something completely original pops up, it's magical.

He right in domes cases. But bitter in the majority

Swamp Thing. - Nuff said

And the last time you made something entertaining was....?

Moore is such a [frick]ing hypocrite. What characters of his are original? Each character from Watchmen were originally going to be based off of older comics. Dr. Manhatten was origianlly supposed to be Captain Atom, Nite-Owl was Blue Beetle, and so forth..... Moore you are such a joke. You have been given your dream job of writing comics for a living something thousands of others would kill for a chance at (including myself) and you complain because the publisher likes your stories and wants to make more of them?????? What an asshole. Seriously.

When's that Johnny Depp movie coming out?

But really, the reason people are up in arms over this is because to those people Watchmen is a sacred topic. It would have been like telling a 9/11 joke on 9/12. Even today, some people would find such a joke deplorable, but the number of those diminishes as time passes. After a certain amount of time Watchmen will enter the public canon of stories. If this series was being made then, not many people would have cared, as evidenced by the fact that no one was concerned over the use of characters in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, or novelist Gregory Maguire's take on the Wizard of Oz, Wicked.

As for myself, I'm not particularly interested in this new series. But instead of complaining, I'm going to vote with my wallet and just not buy it.