I haven't watched it yet but plan to. Does it follow the graphic novel/movie, or is it something all new?Sorry, had to use that title.
Premiered last night. I thought it was fairly incredible. Anyone see it or plan to?
I'm not a big comic/graphic novel person but the original book really is tremendous. It's a quick read too, if you're so inclined. The movie that was made, although it took a few liberties with the source material, was mostly faithful and gave a great sense of the bleakness from the comic.I didn't know anything about Watchmen and tried watching the 1st episode - I was really lost !
I'm not a big comic/graphic novel person but the original book really is tremendous. It's a quick read too, if you're so inclined. The movie that was made, although it took a few liberties with the source material, was mostly faithful and gave a great sense of the bleakness from the comic.
I didn't know anything about Watchmen and tried watching the 1st episode - I was really lost !
But if you are so inclined, I think you would miss a lot. It's pretty dense, 9 panels to a page. And art is so detailed, there's always stuff going on in the backgrounds. Watchmen works best as a comic book taken slowly, imo.It's a quick read too, if you're so inclined.
Watchmen was better left as a standalone story. DC trying to integrate the characters into their current day comics doesn't work, and this new series is just more "let's jam politics into a fantasy setting" style of story telling that has just gotten tiresome.
Sure the original Watchmen was set against a backdrop of a potential nuclear war, but it was all about these deeply flawed "heroes" and how they arguably did more harm than good at the end of the day. I just think it should have been left to stand on its own. Just my opinion of course.
I hope it actually turns back to the original theme. It was a good first episode but if this is going to be about a big race war then it’s going to get old fast.
Aren't there like 243 comic book movies that already do just this? There were probably 7 spidermans just last year. Whats wrong with something different? Some people like to be thought provoked.we just want to be entertained and to escape real life issues for a bit when we watch a movie, etc.
I think a lot of film makers today get caught up in this idea that entertainment needs to "reflect the issues we face in society today". Forget the fact that half the people in this country don't agree with one political slant or the other, we just want to be entertained and to escape real life issues for a bit when we watch a movie, etc. To me, Watchmen worked because the heroes were so different from the Supermen, Captain Americas, etc. What we are seeing now, both in print and on HBO, just seems like a money grab and I feel like it has nothing to do with what was a pretty damn good story.
Do they ? In comic book movies ?Aren't there like 243 comic book movies that already do just this? There were probably 7 spidermans just last year. Whats wrong with something different? Some people like to be thought provoked.
This will save you time and give you all the perspective on the backstory that you need.
Who watches the Watchmen premiere?
Also, when do those who watch the Watchmen premiere watch the Watchmen premiere?www.polygon.com
They're vigilante warriors, not social justice warriors. However, I suppose you can say they have the betterment of social justice in common interest. What have you against social justice?
They're vigilante warriors, not social justice warriors. However, I suppose you can say they have the betterment of social justice in common interest. What have you against social justice?
Yeah, I never got how the right came to think that fighting against social justice is somehow laudable. They are people who are naive about what it takes to move public opinion away from selfishness and fear on that kind of scale. They may not want to hear it but they need to hear it.
Defending someone who doesn't get context well is a lot easier than defending someone thinks the underlying prejudices shouldn't be called out.
You two are easily confused. I suggest you do better.
I have no interest in watching a show about that. We already have enough of that as it is. And thank god it isn’t.
Maybe someday you can read the book, because it’s not worth explaining to you.
Wow. Nope. That’s not what I said.
A lot of people don't understand that it isn't the concept of "social justice" that is targeted, but rather the idiots who take to twitter, etc because they see some sort of injustice everywhere they look. The people who moan about the Mandalorian not having enough women in it, the people who tell you that if you don't like something it's because you are a "fill in the blank", the people who just get so bent out of shape over pretty much everything they see, etc. The entertainment industry is full of those types, and most people just don't want that stuff rammed down their throat at every turn.
Probably hinges on what you define as "social justice". I'd say Traitor71 pretty much nailed it.They're vigilante warriors, not social justice warriors. However, I suppose you can say they have the betterment of social justice in common interest. What have you against social justice?
Only thing I'd change is person number 2 is not "rational". They're delusionalOn this site, this post is probably a good way to get a thread nuked, but I want to try and be clear to you how I think on this.
There is a difference, a clear difference, between a rational person who wants to work to make things better and an SJW. SJW's aren't rational, aren't interested in being polite, and aren't interested in lifting people up. They are interested in tearing people down in an effort to create this level playing field, this utopia that they claim to want. It's like some sort of a bizarre "let's get them back, let's get revenge" sort of belief system. This whole "you're white, you're male, you're bad" nonsense does nothing to help, and everything to hurt.
These types of attitudes are held by quite a few people in the entertainment industry. That ideology ran rampant through the comic book industry and has pretty much destroyed it. Now Hollywood is quite a bit sturdier than that industry, but these types are doing their best (worst?) to trash it.
I like to use the Star Wars example.
Rational person number 1. "I didn't like The Last Jedi. It was a poor example of story telling, it wrecked the overall arc of this trilogy, and it was shameful in its handling of the legacy characters."
Rational person number 2. "I liked The Last Jedi. It took chances, went in a different direction with unexpected plot twists, continued the story of new characters."
SJW. "If you didn't like The Last Jedi you are just a misogynistic, racist, man baby"
That last example is what I am tired of having rammed down my throat. It's beyond ridiculous when you have critics, twitter lunatics, and even film makers coming out and saying stuff like that. Don't make Terminator and tell us before it comes out that "straight white men will be scared of this character". Don't make Charlie's Angels and tell us that "If this movie fails it's because white men don't like women".
Just do your best to tell the story you want to tell and let us judge if we like it or not. Everything doesn't have to be a crusade, especially when it's all just fantasy world stuff.
Good lord that was a lot of typing. Ohio State scored twice in the time it took me to attempt to put these thoughts into some form of polite discourse.