Watchmen (HBO 2019)

[RallyMo]

I figured that this is worthy of its own thread. Did anyone else catch the first episode yet? I really think that this has the potential to be truly great. I loved it. I never watched "The Leftovers" and boy was I disappointed in the end of "Lost,," but Lindeloff is off to a strong start on this one.

[Lou]

12 minutes ago, junkorama said:

I figured that this is worthy of its own thread.

wrong. 

[RallyMo]

Just now, Lou said:

wrong. 

I'm now even more confident. The validation is appreciated.

[red321]

Watched it last night...enjoyed it. Not sure how much I need to read up...Times had a primer for people "new to watchman", so it gave a little backstory but not a bunch.

[red321]

looks like HBO has released some "documents" that help fill in some of the backstory

 

https://www.hbo.com/peteypedia

[RallyMo]

I honestly think that Snyder's film was really, really good, but might not be a great intro to this since it's not considered canon and changed some things up. The comic honestly doesn't take long to read at all.

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 hour ago, junkorama said:

I honestly think that Snyder's film was really, really good, but might not be a great intro to this since it's not considered canon and changed some things up. The comic honestly doesn't take long to read at all.

I think it's a criminally underrated film... at least the directors cut (never saw the theatrical).

[RallyMo]

13 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

I think it's a criminally underrated film... at least the directors cut (never saw the theatrical).

Yep, the Ultimate Cut is absolutely fantastic.

[RallyMo]

Also of interest is that this is shining a light on a relatively unknown and completely horrific event:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/10/21/hbos-watchmen-depicts-tulsa-race-massacre-that-was-all-too-real-hundreds-died/?fbclid=IwAR3eQDz5VHlwgAAuT0dqqxj5ATqQu6dLFdbbQIdaJF56UE5YhX2k4PvFo0c

I think that most people would have no idea that the scene was actually representative of something that happened.

[AngelsLakersFan]

3 hours ago, junkorama said:

Also of interest is that this is shining a light on a relatively unknown a completely horrific event:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/10/21/hbos-watchmen-depicts-tulsa-race-massacre-that-was-all-too-real-hundreds-died/?fbclid=IwAR3eQDz5VHlwgAAuT0dqqxj5ATqQu6dLFdbbQIdaJF56UE5YhX2k4PvFo0c

I think that most people would have no idea that the scene was actually representative of something that happened.

Wow I had no idea.

[Tank]

3 hours ago, junkorama said:

Also of interest is that this is shining a light on a relatively unknown a completely horrific event:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/10/21/hbos-watchmen-depicts-tulsa-race-massacre-that-was-all-too-real-hundreds-died/?fbclid=IwAR3eQDz5VHlwgAAuT0dqqxj5ATqQu6dLFdbbQIdaJF56UE5YhX2k4PvFo0c

I think that most people would have no idea that the scene was actually representative of something that happened.

holy schnikes. had never heard of this. what an atrocity.

[RallyMo]

3 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Wow I had no idea.

 

2 hours ago, Tank said:

holy schnikes. had never heard of this. what an atrocity.

I know! Isn't it crazy? You'd think that this kind of thing would be covered in history classes.

Did you learn about this in school @Lou? I'm just checking to see if private schools had this in their curriculum. 

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 minute ago, junkorama said:

 

I know! Isn't it crazy? You'd think that this kind of thing would be covered in history classes.

Did you learn about this in school @Lou? I'm just checking to see if private schools had this in their curriculum. 

Lou only learned about the zoot suit riots in school.

[RallyMo]

Also, there's a pretty great motion comic to watch if you're interested in checking out the comic book.

Here's the first chapter:

 

 

[Adam]

Watched ep 1. Not for me

[mtangelsfan]

14 hours ago, junkorama said:

Also of interest is that this is shining a light on a relatively unknown and completely horrific event:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/10/21/hbos-watchmen-depicts-tulsa-race-massacre-that-was-all-too-real-hundreds-died/?fbclid=IwAR3eQDz5VHlwgAAuT0dqqxj5ATqQu6dLFdbbQIdaJF56UE5YhX2k4PvFo0c

I think that most people would have no idea that the scene was actually representative of something that happened.

I hate people

[Blarg]

31 minutes ago, Adam said:

Watched ep 1. Not for me

Yeah, it obviously has a destination but I'm not sure I want to continue the journey.

[red321]

12 hours ago, Blarg said:

Yeah, it obviously has a destination but I'm not sure I want to continue the journey.

Bachelor in not so paradise?

[Lou]

12 hours ago, Adam said:

Watched ep 1. Not for me

you've redeemed yourself after that whole "I want to take my son fishing" fiasco 

[mrwicked]

never seen any of these. but i've heard the hbo one is pretty good.

"watchmen" always makes me think of "go set a watchman," harper lee's book that was written before "to kill a mockingbird" but just published a few years ago. 

it was ok. 

[RallyMo]

Episode 2 was great.

[RallyMo]

On 10/23/2019 at 10:23 PM, Adam said:

Watched ep 1. Not for me

Yeah, I don't think that this was made for you.

[Lou]

On 10/25/2019 at 3:15 AM, mrwicked said:

never seen any of these. but i've heard the hbo one is pretty good.

"watchmen" always makes me think of "go set a watchman," harper lee's book that was written before "to kill a mockingbird" but just published a few years ago. 

it was ok. 

you do realize that 99.98% of AW has no idea what the hell you're talking about, right? 

[Tank]

5 minutes ago, Lou said:

you do realize that 99.98% of AW has no idea what the hell you're talking about, right? 

the sony watchman was a nice little toy, but it was expensive and you couldn't always pick up a good tv signal.

the sony walkman was an absolute game-changer.

[Redondo]