Watchmen (HBO) TV Show • Page 45

Also, Trent and Atticus fucking killed it with the score.

 

I know you said you haven’t listened, but he says the original both reveres and condemns superheroes at the same time. Which I think is mostly accurate.

 

That's somewhat better I guess but I don't really understand how. I guess just because it fundamentally is a superhero story told in the medium of most superhero stories you could argue his goal is to make superhero stories better, not just tear them down, because he does love them. But I don't really see that in the content of the book at all, its pretty overtly negative about superheros I think.

 

Great finale. Fantastic season overall. The moment where Jon says to Angela he's in every moment they've ever been together was touching. I have pretty much 0 complaints about this show.

 

I really wanted it to end with a wide shot of Angela falling into the pool, that she didn’t inherit Dr Manhattans power.

enjoyed the finale and the show as a whole even though I’m not in love with how they used Manhattan. I’ve said it every week but I genuinely think the show was meant to be binged and I probably would’ve enjoyed it even more that way.

also did anyone notice the destroyed theater marque only had DR M lit up after the ice squids? Nice touch.

 

A lot of fans seem to think the ending was flat, I don't agree. Not every finale has to have some kind of drama-ensuing, thrilling, action-packed finish. It felt like the 5 episodes prior were all of that and more, it was nice to get a half hour of the story that resulted in being relatively peaceful at a much slower pace just to let you know things were still going to be okay with the characters you care so deeply about.

 

If you listened to lindblom on the watch, I think you'd understand a lot of the best parts of this show were as good because he went to other people who were much smarter to discuss the best possible scenarios. He drove the ship fantastically but there's no way it would have been as good without that mindfulness (which he seemed to really hate having to do). He has true big dumb stubborn privileged guy energy.

 

That was awesome. I've been watching the Watchmen motion comic on youtube (Which is pretty neat, aside from one man doing all the voices which is jarring when Laurie is introduced) to coincide with the finale and needless to say I had a good time. Finally understand what the movie got wrong and what the show did so much better at. I definitely still need to get my hands on the graphic novel though. Looking forward to giving this season a rewatch very soon. Best TV of the year.

 

Does anyone have the stinger? My version didn’t have it for some reason.

 

Loved the final episode. A brilliant work which somehow elevates the source material while also working completely on its own.

Now, to devour all the post-script interviews with Lindelof.

 

if stinger means post credit scene, it didn't have one.

 

It def woulda been great had she fallen in the water lololol

 

See, I prefer the ambiguity, much better to end it with a what if to debate imo.

 

Yeah I thought the ambiguity was perfect.

Even though she obviously did get his powers, unless we think Dr. Manhattan was just pranking on Angela in one of the most intense moments of the show lol

 

It’s like the ending to The Thing. Would you want it to end finding out if either was The Thing or would you want to end with a question to make you think?

 

It wouldn’t make much sense for Manhattan to have been cooking or whatever in that moment if that wasn’t his intention. And just like how he sent away Adrien and Laurie, I interpret him as doing it because he knew he was going to get killed by someone who wanted to take his power but he wasn’t able to know if that person succeeded or not, so he left clues and put his trust in someone else to stop them

 

I might be forgetting something, but Manhattan told Angela something about "don't touch the light" that I'm not connecting. Am I missing something obvious?

 

im assuming the beam of light that promptly killed him

 

Ah. I guess that makes sense. It seemed like it was some future speak that would be revealed and then nothing happened.

 

According to that Rolling Stone interview, Lindelof seems to think she did in fact inherit the powers but regardless it was still shot and presented as ambiguous which is ultimately the best choice anyway.

 

im torn on it. it feels more in line with the show/damon to have her not get the powers and fall into the pool but it also is directly contrary to manhattan to say that something like that direct example could happen, lead to those circumstances happening and ... not follow through haha

 

Biggest disappointment was that the egg yolk wasn't blue

 

Exceptional television.


Was Manhattan naked in the comics or did he also wear that lame underwear Bob from Mad Men was wearing?

 

nakey

 

He was usually naked, but yes the weird underwear was his. Giant Manhattan was also wearing it in the clip of him fighting in Vietnam