Watchmen

God damn the characters in this show are great.

Caeden said:

Ok. If watching with the wife who has neither read nor seen the adaptation, will she be able to catch up in series or good idea to plow her through it?

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I haven't read any comic books (outside of picking up a few Spawn comics to draw from, as a kid), but I have seen the Watchmen movie. I really like the movie, but I seem to the the odd man out, on this show.

After watching 6 episodes, I still had a difficult time caring about anything happening in the show. I think it was due to the fact that I didn't know anything from the comics, which in turn made it hard to find any of the characters sympathetic, and I couldn't find anyone to identify with, so I couldn't get emotionally involved enough to care. I even started fast forwarding though some of the Hooded Justice shit because it was putting me to sleep.

I also felt the same way about The Leftovers and only made it through 6 episodes before giving up on it, so maybe it's something about Lindelof's writing.

But I kept watching and with episode 7, finally started to gain some interest in where it is going. So, now, it looks like it might pay off, in the end, and be more enjoyable a second time through (if it finishes strong).

Are they going to come back to the silver slime guy who squeezed into the sewer??

Attog said:

Are they going to come back to the silver slime guy who squeezed into the sewer??

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i figured that was the FBI lady's assistant

yeah, very good development yet again.

Interesting to see how this all wraps up.

we won't know until 2 more weeks whether they stick the landing or not but so far its really good. so good that i'm forced to admit that maybe Lindelof isn't a giant fuck bag for Lost, and after Watchmen ends I will probably go watch The Leftovers which everyone always says is good but I ignored because Lindelof made it

spronk said:

we won't know until 2 more weeks whether they stick the landing or not but so far its really good. so good that i'm forced to admit that maybe Lindelof isn't a giant fuck bag for Lost, and after Watchmen ends I will probably go watch The Leftovers which everyone always says is good but I ignored because Lindelof made it

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If you do watch The Leftovers, just know that the mystery of the Sudden Departure is not the point of the show, and don't expect it to be explained.

Caeden said:

Alright. I loved the comic and I loved the director’s cut version Snyder put out.

Is this really good or is it just “white men bad?”

I’ve avoided it because I figured they were retconning Rorschach into a racist rather than a right wing moral absolutist.

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Wait til it's over and see the reactions. It's still Lindelof.

spronk said:

we won't know until 2 more weeks whether they stick the landing or not but so far its really good. so good that i'm forced to admit that maybe Lindelof isn't a giant fuck bag for Lost, and after Watchmen ends I will probably go watch The Leftovers which everyone always says is good but I ignored because Lindelof made it

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The Leftovers is a waste of time.

I love this show and I absolulety hate Lindelof. Maybe he learned from L O S T and Prometheus (The Leftovers isn't bad deal with it).

Yeah, another great episode I thought.

Not sure how they are going to cram it all next week though.

He doesn't perceive linear time.

Jeremy Irons has to be the actor who most thoroughly enjoys being an actor.