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Who Watches HBO's [Watchmen]?
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While I enjoyed the episode (and the whole series), a few nitpicks...
2. Triue claiming to have to look through "the galaxy" when SURELY all she possibly could have done is scanning the solar system /nermode
3. Abar just passively watching dr Manhattan being vacuumed without at least trying to punch Triue in the face and taking control over the Manhattan-vacuuming machine.
When's the Snyder cut of it coming out?
The badge doesn't stop her from doing whatever the hell she feels like doing. And aside from that, I'm not sure the Angela we watched all season would just eat the egg on the spot. And finally,
the dude said make an omelette, so make a fucking omelette. Follow that guy's instructions to a T, just in case, after you watched unfiltered Manhattan turn a man into soup.
It is what her conversations with Will were about, as well as Ozy's final words to the Gamekeeper. Masks make men cruel and no one can heal while wearing one
But just standing by when people are being treated how they have been when you could have the power to stop it isn't an option either
So she is going to be Angela Abar, but wield her husband's gifts in service of those who don't have any themselves
It's a cautionary tale really.
you could also argue there are a lot of other kinds of people who shouldn't get great power also. like those who are willing to snap human fingers like twigs for information...
angela's violent streak was never really addressed
She did some heinous shit!
She isn't a moral paragon, but she wants to be a better person. Whether or not that works...who knows!
But an imperfect person trying to do what's best for the world with no clear answer as to how that's gonna go seems right in line with Watchmen as a narrative foundation
RE: Angela and That Ending.
Sister Night beat the literal piss out of a Kavalry sympathizer; Angela puts her gun down in the hopes Keene and the 7K will listen to her.
Sister Night disregards Trieu and considers an obstacle to her real goal - figuring out what Will wants. Angela hears her out and susses out that she's the real threat based on her behavior and her grandstanding.
Sister Night tells Will to fuck off; Angela accepts him into her life.
It's also worth noting how Angela and Will react to their kids finding out about their alter-egos; Will tries to scrub it off Marcus, and Angela seems to be talking it out with Topher when we leave them.
Angela's fallible, but going off her track record, she at least seems to be a better fit for godlike power than a solid 90 percent of the other candidates.
I did think there should've been more of a payoff though; like maybe the camera pulls skyward and we see her standing in the center of the pool, or something
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
otherwise, very very good tv
Manhattan could perceive a lot but he was always bound to his own perspective in time, he didn’t know what would happen after he died. He didn’t know if Angela would eat the egg or not
The choice, divorced from any further influence from him, is part of the gift
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Part of why the ending works so perfect for me as is
Whether you consider it definitive/ambiguous or not despite the clues given, whether in the show or comic, it always ends mid-moment. Lindelof even says that felt like a good place to end a Watchmen story in his interview with Hollywood Reporter. What happens next wouldn't be as memorable
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I shouted coward at my screen
Genuinely clicked that expecting it to be a couple more renditions of Careless Whisper
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Spoilers for Lost and the Leftovers in there
Things that had me hooting and hollering:
Lindelof is great and Watchmen is great, actually, but it's an easy mistake to make!
I was super impressed he managed to have a complete thought and run it from start to finish for once!
My only criticism was that the ending felt slightly rushed? Like everyone's big plan was revealed and then defeated in 30 minutes.
Dude you rolled into a thread of folks enjoying a thing and shit all over it, while catching other stuff people like in the spray. I don't know what response you were hoping for or expecting
I was expecting to share an opinion on a show on the internet, I didn't realize this was For Fans Only. I got it now, though.
It is possible to express a negative opinion without being condescending to people who enjoy it. It ain't a "For Fans Only" thing, it's basic courtesy and empathy. It's rude anywhere to burst into a positive conversation with, "The thing you like is dumb and bad, actually" - that this is the internet does not mean modes of human interaction no longer apply.
It is a really weird, not-great look to say something intentionally provocative and antagonistic, then play the martyr when people (very gently!) push back against that.