Watchmen on HBO

#51
#51
I didn’t really understand a lot of it because I’ve never read the book or seen the movie, but I still thought it was a good show. Action and mystery and it definitely has my interest.
 
#52
#52
Interesting first episode but I'm not really following everything. Or maybe we're not supposed to yet?

I'm not going to re-watch the movie, but I'll probably hunt down a movie recap and see if that helps some.
 
#53
#53
TheDeeble said:
Interesting first episode but I'm not really following everything. Or maybe we're not supposed to yet?

I'm not going to re-watch the movie, but I'll probably hunt down a movie recap and see if that helps some.
Click to expand...
Not a movie recap but here is an article from a critic who talks about the things that he thought might be helpful to know from the original comic for the show.

What to Know About the World of ‘Watchmen’
 
#54
#54
So why did Veidt kill The Comedian? That article mentions it, but doesn't explain the reason for it. Did Blake find out what Veidt was doing?
 
#56
#56
Premire was pretty awful in my opinion. Nothing really pulled me in or made me want to watch anymore of it.
 
#58
#58
The second episode definitely increased my interest but I am also wary of the Lindelof signature move, which is to do weird, random stuff that never ends up having a cool explanation.
 
  • Like
Reactions: utkCREW and BenGrimm
#60
#60
n_huffhines said:
The second episode definitely increased my interest but I am also wary of the Lindelof signature move, which is to do weird, random stuff that never ends up having a cool explanation.
Click to expand...

I’m really only familiar with Lost. Which I enjoyed but admit they started several mysteries but turned out they really had no plan for it.

What other shows is he guilty of this?
 
#61
#61
burntorangeVOLffle said:
I’m really only familiar with Lost. Which I enjoyed but admit they started several mysteries but turned out they really had no plan for it.

What other shows is he guilty of this?
Click to expand...

The Leftovers, but to be fair, he told people from the get go that the show wasn't going to resolve the mystery of the catastrophe. He said the show is just about how people dealt with it.
 
  • Like
Reactions: BenGrimm
#62
#62
Well this last episode 100% confirms the movie is not canon and it is a sequel to the book.
 
#68
#68
This episode really turned the graphic novel on it’s head. Sort of. It was always heavily implied he was this circus strong man but no one knew for sure. So this certainly fits

I don’t really get why his wife left him though. Or did she find out about the gay stuff and I just missed that?
 
#69
#69
burntorangeVOLffle said:
This episode really turned the graphic novel on it’s head. Sort of. It was always heavily implied he was this circus strong man but no one knew for sure. So this certainly fits

I don’t really get why his wife left him though. Or did she find out about the gay stuff and I just missed that?
Click to expand...

Yeah, seems like some scenes there got cut but I don't mind at all.
 
#70
#70
burntorangeVOLffle said:
This episode really turned the graphic novel on it’s head. Sort of. It was always heavily implied he was this circus strong man but no one knew for sure. So this certainly fits

I don’t really get why his wife left him though. Or did she find out about the gay stuff and I just missed that?
Click to expand...

She may have figured out the gay affair but imo it was because she felt like he had become consumed with his alter ego and his “mission”.
 
#72
#72
VolsSportsFan said:
She may have figured out the gay affair but imo it was because she felt like he had become consumed with his alter ego and his “mission”.
Click to expand...

Hmm... seemed like she was pushing the mission in the beginning. Didn’t it happen after he caught his son purring on the costume? I was working on something else while watching so I may have missed something.
 
#73
#73
burntorangeVOLffle said:
Hmm... seemed like she was pushing the mission in the beginning. Didn’t it happen after he caught his son purring on the costume? I was working on something else while watching so I may have missed something.
Click to expand...

Yeah, they showed us that he was evolving into this new existence (gay, angry, consumed with Cyclops) but they didn't really show her experience that much. It was kinda like she was supporting his being a superhero, then we have the scene where he tells her he doesn't want to go back to Tulsa, then she leaves him because he had a little freakout on the kid. It doesn't totally add up and you gotta fill in some spaces and assume she was seeing a lot of the stuff we were seeing. But again, I don't care. I can handle little plot holes like that because I don't even want to see the scenes where we get those specific answers.
 
#74
#74
burntorangeVOLffle said:
Hmm... seemed like she was pushing the mission in the beginning. Didn’t it happen after he caught his son purring on the costume? I was working on something else while watching so I may have missed something.
Click to expand...

Yeah she was but I'm getting my take on her line about when she said something like "I thought you doing this would cure your rage" or something like that but she said it didn't.
 
  • Like
Reactions: BenGrimm
#75
#75
n_huffhines said:
Yeah, they showed us that he was evolving into this new existence (gay, angry, consumed with Cyclops) but they didn't really show her experience that much. It was kinda like she was supporting his being a superhero, then we have the scene where he tells her he doesn't want to go back to Tulsa, then she leaves him because he had a little freakout on the kid. It doesn't totally add up and you gotta fill in some spaces and assume she was seeing a lot of the stuff we were seeing. But again, I don't care. I can handle little plot holes like that because I don't even want to see the scenes where we get those specific answers.
Click to expand...

I get ya. I thought it was a great episode. That was the one part that made me double take.
 
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.

VN Store



Back
Top