A television interview with Hollis Mason, The first Nite-Owl, about his life and the superhero community. Hollis Mason's autobiographical book Under The Hood, excerpted in the Watchmen comic is here converted into a faux talking heads TV documentary, a logical translation to match the comic's translation to big screen movie.<br/><br/>The only problem is that it is almost completely uninteresting to anyone who already knows what's going to be in it which, I suggest, is something over 99% of its target audience. And I suspect it is still going to be relatively tedious to anyone who hasn't previously read the source material or watched the movie.<br/><br/>I suppose we needed it. This faux news show featuring interviews with Hollis Mason (Stephen McHattie) and Silk Spectre among others about Mason's superhero expose 'Under the Hood' which runs 37 & a half minutes and can be found as an extra on the DVD of "Tales of the Black Freighter" (and presumingly on the upcoming special edition of "Watchman" as well) feels rushed and too cut and dried. Although this was supposed to be an old 1970's news show complete with commercials, it didn't really have that feel in the least so the general conceit of it just falls flat. Worth a watch for only the die-hard fans of "Watchman" and sadly not worth the time invested for anyone else.<br/><br/>My Grade: C-
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