Watchmen Page 14

  • RawShark 18 Dec 2019 23:31:51 2,202 posts
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    @BinaryBob101 You raise a good point.

    Up til now I was of the opinion that it would have benefited from a box set release, and apart form the last two eps could have been watched in any order.

    But coming online and collectively going “what the fuck is going on?” has been a big part of the fun.

    Anyone gonna watch Westworld 3?
  • Syrette 18 Dec 2019 23:45:24 51,181 posts
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    The trailers look surprisingly good, so yes.
  • BinaryBob101 18 Dec 2019 23:53:33 27,755 posts
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    Probably not, unless Jesse is actually Jesse and that's him after Alaska.

    Shame none of you heathens watched Legion.

    RECOMEDED

    Edited by BinaryBob101 at 23:54:35 18-12-2019
  • RawShark 19 Dec 2019 00:49:34 2,202 posts
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    ROBOTS BITCH!
  • TechnoHippy 19 Dec 2019 10:04:44 19,245 posts
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    BinaryBob101 wrote:
    Probably not, unless Jesse is actually Jesse and that's him after Alaska.

    Shame none of you heathens watched Legion.

    RECOMEDED
    Legion was excellent. I loved the surreal nature of it.
  • Tonka 19 Dec 2019 10:41:49 31,979 posts
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    I definitely prefer when shows air one episode a week, as opposed to the Netflix way. I like the theorising in the kitchen at work.

    One of many highlights in this show was how Will Reeves made no sense the first time he started talking. Despite everything he was saying being true. When I saw it I was a bit annoyed by him being so mysterious.

    That'll tech me.
  • BinaryBob101 19 Dec 2019 11:25:44 27,755 posts
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    Some shit is meant to be binged. It's McDonald's TV and just as bad for your brain. It's one of the reasons I've finished with Netflix and Amazon. I'll pay for one month and use up the good stuff in my own time, then cut them off again. But, stuff like Stranger Things has just become almost offensive to me, so I'm very selective now.


    So, that final scene was hidden in plain sight from the moment the first poster dropped and we all though WTF is this shit?



    Edited by BinaryBob101 at 11:32:04 19-12-2019
  • RedPanda87 19 Dec 2019 11:38:29 2,169 posts
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    I don't think equating shows that are meant to be binged with McDonald's TV is fair. Some shows I think benefit from being consumer quickly (like a film), others from being spaced out. That has no bearing on quality though.
  • puddleduck 19 Dec 2019 23:55:10 2,002 posts
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    Really enjoyed watching this. Not sure we'll ever find out but anyone else think Angela will just fall in the pool? A sort of nod to Laurie saying that John doesn't tell jokes? Or is that silly?
  • BinaryBob101 20 Dec 2019 00:06:13 27,755 posts
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    @RedPanda87 I did say there was good stuff to be binged. I'll also be more selective next year with what I binge. I personally find Stranger Things to be McDonald's TV. Dark, also from Netflix, at least requires you to have some focus and concentration to keep track of wtf is going on. So yeah, maybe you didn't really understand there.

    Also, honestly 95% of Netflix and Amazon is pure shite. The same can't be said of HBO.

    Edited by BinaryBob101 at 00:07:50 20-12-2019
  • DakeyrasUK 1 Jan 2020 23:37:14 5,311 posts
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    Wow what a show! Have watched it all over the past two weeks, the last 6 this week and the last 3 episodes of which today. Sorry if that offends binary Bob, but the show just had me gripped throughout all I needed was the time to have and binge it I did!

    Only thing that has me a little confused is the role of the senator and his plans re the white night and police wearing masks by law.
  • JamboWayOh 2 Jan 2020 13:32:01 25,236 posts
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    What was confusing about it?
  • Load_2.0 2 Jan 2020 13:45:20 33,582 posts
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    I'm definitely in the minority. It was good TV and I'd certainly watch another season but it's closer to an 8 than a 9 for me.
  • Tonka 2 Jan 2020 14:16:11 31,979 posts
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    Because the good guys lost?
  • DakeyrasUK 2 Jan 2020 23:33:15 5,311 posts
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    @JamboWayOh I didn't take all that he said in and failed to understand why it was all necessary. Nothing a rewatch wouldn't sort.
  • JamboWayOh 2 Jan 2020 23:46:10 25,236 posts
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    @DakeyrasUK

    Essentially his problem was that it was hard to be a white man in America and he and others wanted to change that situation by making him a white supremacist version of Dr Manhattan.
  • DakeyrasUK 2 Jan 2020 23:48:24 5,311 posts
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    @JamboWayOh yeah I got the jist of that. It was the long play way about achieving that by the white night to get the cops to cover their faces that had me a little confused.

    Edited by DakeyrasUK at 23:48:35 02-01-2020
  • JoelStinty 16 Jan 2020 14:42:59 9,530 posts
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    I’m a bit behind everyone else; but I just seen the hooded justice epsidoe, my word; what an incredible hour of tv.

    Best I’ve seen In a while.

    Been on the fence up to then. Wasn’t quite sure what to make of it, I like that it is slightly surreal and retains some of the feel of the comic ( though Im one of those that can’t really remember it that well) but I found it a bit nihilistic too; although I’ve found it really compulsive viewing at the same time.. looking forward to seeing the last few episodes now.
  • Vice.Destroyer 16 Jan 2020 23:04:04 7,437 posts
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    DakeyrasUK wrote:
    @JamboWayOh yeah I got the jist of that. It was the long play way about achieving that by the white night to get the cops to cover their faces that had me a little confused.
    I hope I'm not going to embarrass myself here, but the masks came about independent of the senator. You'll remember it's the night where the synchronised killing of the police happened, that alerted the racists to the fact that Dr Manhattan lived amongst them. Jeremy Irons with his explanation that Dr M would forget his powers and how to use them, apart from as a reflex.

    But it was the aftermath of the killings that made the remaining cops wear masks to protect their identities. Unless I've missed something fundamental, the masks were not a part of a plan, per se. More a by-product of the massacre and something else clever for the writers to explore.
  • BinaryBob101 16 Jan 2020 23:20:58 27,755 posts
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    Lindelhof mulling over season two, allegedly.
  • Baihu1983 17 Jan 2020 05:34:19 14,378 posts
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    Seen some reports say he had already walked away from it
  • Saul_Iscariot 17 Jan 2020 05:46:01 4,399 posts
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    Whilst I would love a second series it would have a lot to live up to. If it gets the go ahead then it shouldn’t be rushed but allowed to develop so it matches the first series.
  • Baihu1983 17 Jan 2020 06:29:28 14,378 posts
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    Yeah I would like another series but if it's 1 and done then fine. Show more than delivered.
  • Tonka 17 Jan 2020 06:36:57 31,979 posts
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    I hope they wait twenty years and then make series 2.
  • BinaryBob101 17 Jan 2020 07:30:49 27,755 posts
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    @Baihu1983 I've not bothered running around the internet finding stories, just saw this on reddit:

    https://www.cbr.com/watchmen-damon-lindelof-second-season-hbo/

    Tonks, I wouldn't even mind a couple of years production if the end result was great. Just let it all sit for a while, there's no rush.
  • Tonka 17 Jan 2020 09:32:07 31,979 posts
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    The time between the comic and now clearly gave the series some much needed room to work with.

    If they follow up right now then we would expect to find out what happened straight after the closing shot.

    Give it a decade at least. Let the showdown in the series become background for the next. Just as the showdown in the comic was for this.

    I know this probably won't happen though.

    How did the series rate in the end?

    Edited by Tonka at 09:32:23 17-01-2020
  • nickthegun 17 Jan 2020 10:00:42 87,711 posts
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    Sources are telling me there’s no second series. It’s dead after Lindeloff finally pulled out and HBO don’t want to proceed without him.
  • RawShark 17 Jan 2020 10:10:40 2,202 posts
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    Yep looks like that's the case:

    https://mashable.com/article/watchmen-no-second-season/?europe=true
  • nickthegun 17 Jan 2020 10:15:28 87,711 posts
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    For the best, really. Just look what happened to American Gods after Fuller left.
  • Dr-Strangelove 17 Jan 2020 11:24:34 2,309 posts
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    Or for that matter True Detective season 2 which they admitted they had to rush after the success of season 1.

    Good writing takes time, this single season of watchmen delivered in many, many ways and I'd be disappointed (and I feel it may taint this season) if they rushed out a half baked season 2.
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