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Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
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Re: Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
Not seeing his face made him otherworldly and a mystery. I thought it was a good choice.
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Re: Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
I mentioned this upthread, but since this season is self-contained, I think subsequent seasons should be all new stories set in the Watchmen world. Dan has been conspicuously absent, so they could center a season around him. Or a season told from the perspective of the Soviet Union. A season set in the 1930s and 1940s that revolved around the Minutemen. A season set in the 1960s/1970s with Crimebusters.
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Re: Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
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Re: Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
Because that's "what happens." That's why they use the earlier example of the fight with Angela... why did he let it happen? Everything he experiences has an inevitability and whether it's due to a lack of imagination or something else, he is basically just going through the motions of what he already knows will happen.
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Because that's "what happens." That's why they use the earlier example of the fight with Angela... why did he let it happen? Everything he experiences has an inevitability and whether it's due to a lack of imagination or something else, he is basically just going through the motions of what he already knows will happen.
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Re: Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
Yeah all the time stuff is a doozy. Like, why did he even approach Angela in the bar? Because he knew he would fall in love with her 10+ years in the future when she fought on his behalf (so he knew he had to have a relationship with her). Which never would have happened if he hadn't sought her out in the bar (not an accidental encounter). chicken and egg, as they said. The show is handling it well, i think... but just can;t think too hard about it.
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Re: Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
I think the the "God" label both humans in the comic and we the human readers have given to DocM messes with our expectations due to our perceptions of what a "God" is...
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Re: Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
Because that's "what happens." That's why they use the earlier example of the fight with Angela... why did he let it happen? Everything he experiences has an inevitability and whether it's due to a lack of imagination or something else, he is basically just going through the motions of what he already knows will happen.
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Re: Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
Well in case you wanna know what happened to Agent Petey...
Anyway, I think they stuck the landing for the most part, but I will easily say that the trip was far more fun than the destination.
Anyway, I think they stuck the landing for the most part, but I will easily say that the trip was far more fun than the destination.
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Re: Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
That was wonderful and wrapped up way more than I was expecting.
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Re: Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
I did love the plans-within-plans going on here:
1. Cyclops was using both Seventh Kavalry and the Police to eventually capture Doctor Manhattan
2. Lady Trieu was using Cyclops so that she could capture Manhattan without him knowing about her plan
3. Dr. Manhattan and Will Reeves were using Lady Trieu to stop her plan
1. Cyclops was using both Seventh Kavalry and the Police to eventually capture Doctor Manhattan
2. Lady Trieu was using Cyclops so that she could capture Manhattan without him knowing about her plan
3. Dr. Manhattan and Will Reeves were using Lady Trieu to stop her plan
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Re: Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
Well in case you wanna know what happened to Agent Petey...
Anyway, I think they stuck the landing for the most part, but I will easily say that the trip was far more fun than the destination.
Anyway, I think they stuck the landing for the most part, but I will easily say that the trip was far more fun than the destination.
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Last edited by Dan; 12-15-19 at 10:24 PM.
#266
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Re: Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
Welp, I guess Adrian was in the statue. I was wrong on that one
Fantastic finale to a fantastic season. And there’s enough for a season 2 but it’s perfect like this too. Bravo to all involved.
Fantastic finale to a fantastic season. And there’s enough for a season 2 but it’s perfect like this too. Bravo to all involved.
#267
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Re: Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
Hated the end.
as soon as it was getting to the last scene when they started talking about the egg I knew exactly the last shot would be.
Hated it.
as soon as it was getting to the last scene when they started talking about the egg I knew exactly the last shot would be.
Hated it.
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Re: Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
They could still start Season 2 like that if they do another season. Dr. M said it was important she see him walking on water. If she can't, she'll know he's still out there somewhere.
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Re: Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
Falling through the water could also mean he never actually transferred anything into the egg (and he's really gone for good)
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Re: Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
I didn't hate it, but I knew what the last shot was going to be. I think anyone who's watched this type of show did. I was kind of hoping they'd subvert it in some way.
#272
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Re: Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
The thought of her stepping on the pool surface, plummeting in while screaming "Aww CHRIST!", and an immediate cut to black? God I would have loved that
#273
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Re: Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
I thought it would be funny if she did fall in the water, and was laughing to herself at the thought that he did it as a joke.
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Re: Watchmen (HBO) -- Season 1 Thread -- Premieres 10/20/19
Meh, sometimes the expected ending is the right one. I think that is the case here. Seems to have been a huge hit for HBO with viewership rising in each episode, will be really difficult for them not to do a season 2, though it will be difficult to capture the same magic.