Things become interesting when a comic book adaptation comes to screen.
However, The recently released TV series DMZ has been criticized for not being loyal to the DC/Vertigo comic book.
The American Dystopian series was released on March 17, 2022, with its four episodes on HBO MAX.
Roberto Patino created the miniseries based on the 2005 published comic book series of the same name by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli.
Ava DuVernay and Ernest Dickerson directed the drama series, following alternate history.
The series features American actress and producer Rosario Dawson; she is known for various roles in other comic books adaptations, including parts like Batgirl in the lego batman movie, and portraying Ahsoka Tano in the second season of The Mandalorian, and is set to star in the upcoming Disney plus original series Ahsoka.
Rosario played Alma “Zee” Ortega in DMZ; alongside her, the series stars Hoon Lee, Freddy Miyares, Jordan Preston Carter, Venus Ariel, Amandla Java, and Benjamin Bratt as the main cast.
The series follows the story of Alma, a woman who tries to find her lost son on the other hand.
A civil war has broken out in futuristic America. The events take place in the future, where Manhattan has become a demilitarized zone.
The series is different from the comic book, and the reader will know that the concept is unfamiliar from what they have read.
The original comic focused on a journalist name Matty Roth.
The series is more centered on individual stories.
However, the series was criticized for the changes and didn’t receive a good response from the audience. It holds 55% ratings on rotten tomatoes and 5.3 IMDb.
We can stream the series on HBO max and take a look ourselves.
