Official Watchmen Thread

[blackgentlemenvoice]

It took a comicbook show to bring light to the Tusla massacre. I legitimately wish the worst for this nation.

why other nations have done worst and actually succeeded in making our people extincted in those lands.

All this anti U.S is bullshyt. makes our country weak

also PBS had a wonderful documentary on this a few years old and it on youtube.

 

[OJ Simpsom]

People still asking for dl links in 2019They don't teach Google in school?

 

[Jello Biafra]

This was a lot different than what I was expecting but also a lot better. Lindelof seems to still be in his LEFTOVERS mode because this first episode was an amazing hour of TV.

 

[Max.]

Can some explain the ending?

My fukkn neighbors never zhut the fukk up

 

[Max.]

I just want to see Dr Manhattan floppy blue penis no homo

 

[Adam3000]

The depth that I missed

 

[obarth]

I don't know if it was posted, but this gives me hope against the idea Lindelof will fukk up trying to use race relations as the backbone of this series:

How That Big Watchmen Twist Pays Off an Abandoned Lost Plot

Okay but what does Chief Judd’s death have to do with anything Lindelof might have wanted to do 15 years ago when a Watchmen TV series wasn’t even a twinkle in his eye? Well back in 2004 Lindelof was hard at work with J.J. Abrams sketching out the show that would launch him into the TV stratosphere: Lost. Their plan to dazzle audiences was to cast a famous movie actor (back before famous movie actors doing TV shows was de rigueur) as the show’s ostensible lead and then bump him off in the pilot. The actor in question was Michael Keaton and he would play Dr. Jack Shephard, the kind of identifiable hero TV audiences knew to look out for. But the real star of the show and leader of the plane crash survivors on that mysterious island would be Kate Austen played by then-newcomer Evangeline Lilly.

Lindelof has, diplomatically, never explicitly said why the network turned down this pitch prompting Keaton—who didn’t want to make an entire TV show—to drop out and Matthew Fox to pick up the mantle as the show’s leading man. But in a 2015 essay, former Lost writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach said bluntly that the reason Abrams and Lindelof couldn’t get away with it was “the sad reality of American network television in 2004 was that shows needed competent, easily identifiable main characters with abilities that undeniably spoke to their leadership and heroism: and that was, most of the time, a handsome white guy with an advanced degree in criminology, law, or medicine…and an absurdly tragic backstory.”

Grillo-Marxuach continued, “When J.J. and Damon returned from their first network notes session with a slightly bemused expression, I asked how the notes session went. I was not shocked when Damon shrugged with a not inconsiderable amount of contempt for his unimaginative corporate overlords and reported that, ‘We can’t kill the white guy.’” In a recent podcast interview, Lindelof said, “I agree with everything [Grillo-Marxuach] wrote. I would corroborate his account as being one thousand percent authentic. This is not a man who tells lies.”

If you've watched his post-Lost work, Lindelof is not afraid to have diverse casts. shyt, Lost was diverse as hell despite it's seeming "lead". His minority characters never play the background, nor are they one note, stereotypical characters. Obviously this doesn't mean he can't fumble things with Watchmen, but I don't think it'll be because of pressure from sensitive white people and definitely not because HBO won't let him do what he wants.

 

[hex]

Got this on deck, I been busy so haven't watched it. But I hear good things.

Fred.

 

[CHICAGO]

annd he was thirsty to shoot that plane out the sky even put his own life at risk, he didn't want them to talk.

HOW WERE THEY GONNA TALK IF HE LET THEM GET AWAY IN THE PLANE?​

“served the black cop up” as in he provided the info that he was one...him being @ the play is irrelevant...think you’re mistaking my statement as he did it himself...as to the other poster’s point it’s not impossible to fathom that given his position he (cac who got hanged) also had others on the inside who could’ve easily made it difficult for dude to access his weapon...the black cop was even hesitant to talk to the other person on the radio when he realized who responded to his call on some damn this is the last person I need on the other end right now in this moment of crisis

as to him going hard @ the dudes in the airplane...they could’ve possibly revealed his position...who knows? he went way too hard @ them for it to be overlooked as him just doing his job tho...very early on tho...just speculation...but him being @ the play is a non-factor...it will be interesting to see why he went so hard @ the dudes in the airplane who almost escaped to the point of not only risking his life but the other chic as well

THE PERSON WHO RESPONDED WAS PANDA...
THATS THE SAME GUY WHO WAS AGAINST THE OFFICERS CARRYING GUNS FOR 24 HRS
DURING THAT BIG MEETING WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
HES A STICKLER AND THE BROTHER DIDNT WANT TO DEAL WITH HIM.

YOURE OVER THINKING IT.
IT WAS ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP.
DID YOU NOT SEE THE CACS REACTION WHEN HE GOT PULLED OVER?

DUDE SAW THE MASK, SO THE CAC HAD TO SPRAY HIM.

Is Don Johnson's character "The Comedian" of this show

Not the actual character, but someone we get flashbacks too all season trying to figure out the cause of his death.

I THINK IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE
TO GIVE THE LOU GOSETT CHARACTER THE FLASH BACK SCENES
TO SEE HOW HE GOT FROM TULSA AS A KID
TO A HUNDRED YR OLD MAN HANGING A COP.

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[Saysumthinfunnymike]

These are the most obvious references and easter eggs but there are a ton more. They dove deep into this.

 

[Fillerguy]

why other nations have done worst and actually succeeded in making our people extincted in those lands.

All this anti U.S is bullshyt. makes our country weak

also PBS had a wonderful documentary on this a few years old and it on youtube.

im giving the same energy Amerikkka gives my people.

fukk this country. fukk its flag. fukk its military. fukk its constitution. I hope this nation goes the way of the byzantine empire. Hot when they started but got ethered by brown faces a couple hundred years in.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

I didn't notice on first watch that the new American flag has a lot more than 50 stars on it but in the trailer park the cavalry has the "original" flag so another point where they mirror the alt right they are against adding new states like the alt right are very anti immigrant and it also mirrors that these idiots in the real world will still parade around the confederate flag because things were "better" in those days.....

 

[CHICAGO]

HAVE WE EVER SEEN A BLACK WOMAN
IN A SERIOUS LEADING ACTION ROLE LIKE THIS?





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[obarth]

This is Lindelof we're dealing with, I don't think the twist will be as straightforward as we're expecting.

I'm interested in this Ozymandias character and how Dr. Manhattan exists in the same universe. Will the series explore supernatural abilities and genius intellect?

Lindelof did a great job of balancing reality with supernatural elements with The Leftovers. I think this series might be more grounded with Dr. Manhattan playing a role that this far seems tangential at best. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if he has a bigger role than the trailers show. But I think Moore purposely made it so that God-type character couldn't influence everything

 

[Ironman]

HAVE WE EVER SEEN A BLACK WOMAN
IN A SERIOUS LEADING ACTION ROLE LIKE THIS?





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Nicole Beharie on Sleepy Hollow was dope before Fox started pulling thatbullshyt
Though as far as this extensive with Regina King whooping ass with and without guns nah I don't think so Though not leading Nafeesa Williams as Thunder on Black Lightning stays handing fades out.