Official Watchmen Thread
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The Leftovers was absolute smart dumb nonsense, and one of, if not the most overrated show in recent memory.You didn't peep The Leftovers breh?
Lowkey, one of the best series ever on HBO and had one of the best episodes of television in the last 5 years.
Samilktray
Pro
So is the raining squids thing going to be a spoiler if anyone explains what that was all about?
daemonova
hit it, & I didn't go Erykah Badu crazy, #yallmad
In the comic book, A giant squid attacks New York instead a duplicate of Dr. Manhattan's powers
I don't fukk with comic book shyt, so I wasn't really feeling this from the jump; Lindelof gives me even less incentive to stay on board.Wait lindelof made thisthis may be my last episode
TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
Good premiere, it kinda throws you in blind and by the time it ends it has done little except establish the post-Watchmen comics world but that is good enough for now.
iseetrolledpeople
A silent witness to all this trolling going on.
Looking like another HBO classic in the making but I don't know anything about the Watchmen universe besides the Watchmen movie. Can someone give me a link so get some info so I can know what they're talking about?
daemonova
hit it, & I didn't go Erykah Badu crazy, #yallmad
Photo: HBO's Mark Hill
HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ mostly shot in Georgia - but not that castle
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This is spoiler free. HBO has already released some basic plot points, which I will include.
Georgia can cover a lot of territory as a place to shoot. It’s masqueraded as New York, Miami, the Ozarks, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles and New Orleans, to name a few.
Georgia can cover a lot of territory as a place to shoot. It’s masqueraded as New York, Miami, the Ozarks, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles and New Orleans, to name a few.
But there are limits to what the state can provide - like a medieval castle. HBO’s sprawling, big-budget drama “Watchmen,” debuting Sunday amid largely positive reviews, features Oscar winner Jeremy Irons playing an eccentric wealthy man residing in a massive castle and riding around on a majestic white horse.
That castle is real, not CGI. And HBO had to travel to Wales to shoot it. “We looked everywhere in Georgia,” to no avail, said Nicole Kassell, executive producer and director of the first two episodes. “We did shoot interiors and nature landscapes in Georgia” for some of Irons’ scenes.
That castle is real, not CGI. And HBO had to travel to Wales to shoot it. “We looked everywhere in Georgia,” to no avail, said Nicole Kassell, executive producer and director of the first two episodes. “We did shoot interiors and nature landscapes in Georgia” for some of Irons’ scenes.
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The series, based on a successful 1980s comic book, is set in an alternative 2019 universe where the U.S. won the Vietnam War, superheroes have been marked as vigilantes and banned, Robert Redford has been president for more than 26 years and the Internet does not exist. And people still use beepers and answering machines.
The cast is packed with well-known actors including Regina King, Jean Smart, Don Johnson and Louis Gossett Jr., who moved permanently to Atlanta last year.
“Watchmen” is largely set in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where masked white supremacists killed so many cops, the cops began donning masks themselves. The question is: who’s the good guy and who’s the bad guy really?
HBO shot the pilot 16 months ago and the other eight episodes earlier this year. For Kassell, the show gave her a chance to work again with show creator Damon Lindelof, known for two other metaphysical dramas “Lost” and “The Leftovers.”
“It’s important what he is saying and addressing,” said Kassell, who has also directed episodes of “Westworld,” “The Leftovers” and “The Americans.” “As a filmmaker, the canvas is massive. I knew it was going to be a huge physical challenge and a long, long shoot. I also knew that it’s very rare that content like this comes along with this cast and crew.”
“Watchmen” - which went by the code name “Brooklyn” while shooting and features flashbacks going back decades - shot all over the Georgia. Among its stops: Midtown and downtown Atlanta, Peachtree City, East Point (a trailer park scene), Jonesboro (for a dock scene set in the 1950s shot in March) and Decatur. (Iberian Pig restaurant in the square is readily seen in the trailer).
Interior shots were done largely at Atlanta Metro Studios in Union City.
A Vietnamese street fair was set in Griffin in April since in “Watchmen,” Vietnam became the 51st state in the 1970s.
There is an entire episode based in New York City in the 1930s shot largely in Macon in May. And the opening scene -re-enacting the 1921 Tulsa race riots when white supremacists ransacked a black neighborhood - was shot in Cedartown in Polk County.
That scene was also the first one that “Watchmen” producers did.
“It was emotionally intense,” Kassell said. “It was a very profound way to start. Our first day of filming was the 97th anniversary of the event. We had a priest come to set to bring us together to pay honor to the victims of the massacre and be supportive of each other and set the tone.”
Ultimately, she said Georgia was “a good fit for Oklahoma. The big difference is there is much more foliage and density of trees in Georgia. But this is an alternative universe. In this one, Tulsa has done better. It’s growing. When the squids fall on the overpass, the skyline has a lot more building than the real Tulsa.”
She said given that this world is very much like our own yet not at all like our own means every reference, every visual cue, every sound means something.
“I wrote a book with rules of this universe,” Kassell said. “Everyone on the crew read it.”
For instance, oil is not the primary driver in this United States. A cup in the car is paper, not plastic, because plastics are not used as much as they are in real world 2019. The cars are largely electric and last a lot longer, meaning a greater variance in the age of vehicles on the road. “There’s a different approach toward consumerism,” she said.
The cast is packed with well-known actors including Regina King, Jean Smart, Don Johnson and Louis Gossett Jr., who moved permanently to Atlanta last year.
“Watchmen” is largely set in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where masked white supremacists killed so many cops, the cops began donning masks themselves. The question is: who’s the good guy and who’s the bad guy really?
HBO shot the pilot 16 months ago and the other eight episodes earlier this year. For Kassell, the show gave her a chance to work again with show creator Damon Lindelof, known for two other metaphysical dramas “Lost” and “The Leftovers.”
“It’s important what he is saying and addressing,” said Kassell, who has also directed episodes of “Westworld,” “The Leftovers” and “The Americans.” “As a filmmaker, the canvas is massive. I knew it was going to be a huge physical challenge and a long, long shoot. I also knew that it’s very rare that content like this comes along with this cast and crew.”
“Watchmen” - which went by the code name “Brooklyn” while shooting and features flashbacks going back decades - shot all over the Georgia. Among its stops: Midtown and downtown Atlanta, Peachtree City, East Point (a trailer park scene), Jonesboro (for a dock scene set in the 1950s shot in March) and Decatur. (Iberian Pig restaurant in the square is readily seen in the trailer).
Interior shots were done largely at Atlanta Metro Studios in Union City.
A Vietnamese street fair was set in Griffin in April since in “Watchmen,” Vietnam became the 51st state in the 1970s.
There is an entire episode based in New York City in the 1930s shot largely in Macon in May. And the opening scene -re-enacting the 1921 Tulsa race riots when white supremacists ransacked a black neighborhood - was shot in Cedartown in Polk County.
That scene was also the first one that “Watchmen” producers did.
“It was emotionally intense,” Kassell said. “It was a very profound way to start. Our first day of filming was the 97th anniversary of the event. We had a priest come to set to bring us together to pay honor to the victims of the massacre and be supportive of each other and set the tone.”
Ultimately, she said Georgia was “a good fit for Oklahoma. The big difference is there is much more foliage and density of trees in Georgia. But this is an alternative universe. In this one, Tulsa has done better. It’s growing. When the squids fall on the overpass, the skyline has a lot more building than the real Tulsa.”
She said given that this world is very much like our own yet not at all like our own means every reference, every visual cue, every sound means something.
“I wrote a book with rules of this universe,” Kassell said. “Everyone on the crew read it.”
For instance, oil is not the primary driver in this United States. A cup in the car is paper, not plastic, because plastics are not used as much as they are in real world 2019. The cars are largely electric and last a lot longer, meaning a greater variance in the age of vehicles on the road. “There’s a different approach toward consumerism,” she said.
Photo: CR: Mark Hill. Regina King and Yahya Abdul-Mateen in "Watchmen."
The key protagonist in the early going is King’s Angela Abrah, a former cop about to open a bakery. Angela has a supportive husband and a son. But she is also a lot more than that, including her undercover persona Sister Night.
King - who won a best actress Oscar this year in “If Beale Street Could Talk” - is able to embody this extremely complicated character with realistic discernment. “She’s got maturity and badassery and vulnerability,” Kassell said. “She can play every shade of anything.”
Smart’s character’ Laurie Blake is an FBI agent who is equally complex with a close connection with the mysterious God-like figure Doctor Manhattan. “Jean is the older version of a main character from the source material,” Kassell said. “Jean is wickedly funny. She has a command of the comedy.”
King - who won a best actress Oscar this year in “If Beale Street Could Talk” - is able to embody this extremely complicated character with realistic discernment. “She’s got maturity and badassery and vulnerability,” Kassell said. “She can play every shade of anything.”
Smart’s character’ Laurie Blake is an FBI agent who is equally complex with a close connection with the mysterious God-like figure Doctor Manhattan. “Jean is the older version of a main character from the source material,” Kassell said. “Jean is wickedly funny. She has a command of the comedy.”
Photo: CR: Mark Hill Jean Smart as Laurie Blake on "Watchmen."
Ultimately, Kassell wants “Watchmen” to be not just entertaining but thought provoking.
“We grapple with issues in our culture today,” she said. “And we address issues of legacy and family and trauma.”
“We grapple with issues in our culture today,” she said. “And we address issues of legacy and family and trauma.”
Fillerguy
Veteran
Lost is the biggest scam in television history and i tapped out of Leftovers 5 episodes. He cant/wont write a plot. I wanted the season finale of Leftovers and felt like it didnt miss a thing.You didn't peep The Leftovers breh?
Lowkey, one of the best series ever on HBO and had one of the best episodes of television in the last 5 years.
Imma gonna give this show a few episodes cuz alot of white ppl are made right now
ill drop when this show does the inevitable "bothsides" nonsense.
daemonova
hit it, & I didn't go Erykah Badu crazy, #yallmad
I like Lost and wasn't as taken aback as everyone else on how the plot turned out, nor did I go back and rewatchedLost is the biggest scam in television history and i tapped out of Leftovers 5 episodes. He cant/wont write a plot. I wanted the season finale of Leftovers and felt like it didnt miss a thing.
Imma gonna give this show a few episodes cuz alot of white ppl are made right now
I gave up Leftovers after 5 episodes myself
I like Prometheus and and didn't have the problems that everyone else had with it
I see a show and If I want to watch it, I'll watch it. If I have to bail like I did with Glow this year and other shows I will
PoorAndDangerous
Superstar
The leftovers is a goat tier show, it really picks up by the second season but the first season is great too. International assassin is one of the greatest singular TV episodes in the history of television
Lord_Chief_Rocka
Superstar
Probably not going to keep watching. The shyt is just too weird. Don’t really follow what’s going on. Didn’t like the movie either.
Adam3000
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What a stupid comment.Wait lindelof made this
The Leftovers >>> your favorite show
