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Posted 22 October 2019 - 02:08 PM

Haven't watched the show yet, (giant blue) but(t)...

View PostBfuckinK, on 21 October 2019 - 07:46 PM, said:

Scratch that. I'm watching movie before I dive into Ep1.


View Postworry, on 21 October 2019 - 07:56 PM, said:

To my knowledge, the show is a sequel to the comics and not the movie continuity -- probably wouldn't hurt as a general refresher though.



Yep. The only significant deviation is the conclusion involving Dr Manhattan instead of the teleporting pisonic giant octovagina suicide bomb thingy.
I've always thought the comic ending was so silly that the movie was an improvement.

View PostBfuckinK, on 21 October 2019 - 08:24 PM, said:

Been so long I've forgotten a lot of this stuff. Love the music in it.

View PostBfuckinK, on 22 October 2019 - 03:05 AM, said:

I think this movie aged extremely fucking well. I liked it better today then I did in theater or on my 2nd watch at home trying to understand it. Very interesting stuff going on in it.


Agreed. I recognize a lot of the critiques, notably how the movie misses a lot of the irony from the comic, ie Roscharch becomes a 'good guy', the Comedian as a wholly 'bad guy' but it never bothered me because Moore's work was well open to interpretation even if Moore himself felt otherwise.
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Posted 22 October 2019 - 08:06 PM

In the comics, instead of a megabomb or whatever happens in the movie, Ozymandias actually causes a kaiju sized squid to destroy NYC. Needless to say (jk, it needs to be said) the squid is a scientific creation of Ozy (and Dr. Manhattan? I forget) that they only pretend is an alien/interdimensional being in order to unite all of humanity against it. I personally prefer that ending to the movie, in all its goofy comic book glory, but YMMV.

This squid rain on the show is a callback to that -- and in terms of the series, is a minor mystery as to why it's still happening, so you aren't totally lost.

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Posted 26 October 2019 - 03:40 AM

I'm very lost. I never read the comic(book, whatever it was), but I watched the Movie.

Can anyone help explain how it jumps to what seems to be a series about race?
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Posted 28 October 2019 - 04:00 AM

Night is a badass with a badass get-up.
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Posted 28 October 2019 - 04:33 AM

Beatsie Boys at the end..

It's a good series, I'm still lost.

Why are the bad guys wearing Rorschach masks? Thought he was a good guy.
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Posted 28 October 2019 - 10:48 AM

Rorschach was definitely not a good guy.
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Posted 28 October 2019 - 02:49 PM

Only seen the film once, thought Rorschach was a good guy?
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Posted 28 October 2019 - 03:55 PM

View PostMorgoth, on 28 October 2019 - 10:48 AM, said:

Rorschach was definitely not a good guy.


Indeed. Here's creator Alan Moore on Rorschach.

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Posted 28 October 2019 - 05:29 PM

I mean, part of it is his circumstances right, his childhood was awful, but yeah he's pretty horrible, even if he's fighting for something (probably) noble...
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Posted 28 October 2019 - 07:11 PM

Speculation time!
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Posted 28 October 2019 - 08:03 PM

View PostMacros, on 28 October 2019 - 02:49 PM, said:

Only seen the film once, thought Rorschach was a good guy?


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Posted 28 October 2019 - 08:05 PM

View PostQuickTidal, on 28 October 2019 - 03:55 PM, said:

View PostMorgoth, on 28 October 2019 - 10:48 AM, said:

Rorschach was definitely not a good guy.


Indeed. Here's creator Alan Moore on Rorschach.

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It's been forever since I'd seen it. I could either Google everything or have a discussion.

I just remembered him killing the rapist guy and for some reason I thought he went around killing bad guys.

EDIT: Also, the prison scene is just total badass. Maybe I just wanted him to be a good guy in my mind.

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Posted 28 October 2019 - 08:18 PM

View Postworry, on 28 October 2019 - 07:11 PM, said:

Speculation time!
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Posted 28 October 2019 - 08:22 PM

You should read the book some time. It's excellent and collected in a readily available Trade Paperback, and I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of libraries carried it. The movie is a mixed bag as an adaptation, as it seems Zack Snyder understood some themes and not others, particularly with Rorschach and Ozymandias. That said, it's undeniable how good Jackie Earle Haley's performance is, and the movie is riveting whenever he's on screen. But it's now clear the show is definitely a sequel to the books and not the movie, so it would help there (and is worth it in its own right, show or not).
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Posted 28 October 2019 - 08:26 PM

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View Postworry, on 28 October 2019 - 07:11 PM, said:

Speculation time!
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Posted 28 October 2019 - 08:26 PM

I'll add it to the To Read List. It's gotten so long, but I might wait until the series is over.
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Posted 28 October 2019 - 08:30 PM

View Postworry, on 28 October 2019 - 08:26 PM, said:

View PostBrujah, on 28 October 2019 - 08:18 PM, said:

View Postworry, on 28 October 2019 - 07:11 PM, said:

Speculation time!
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Spoiler



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Posted 28 October 2019 - 08:34 PM

View PostBfuckinK, on 28 October 2019 - 07:20 PM, said:

Also I think paparazzi are scum fucks and this Ep made me happy we don’t share the same tech. That was crazy as fuck seeing people suited up.


Yeah, those paparazzi were fn' awesomely done.
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Posted 28 October 2019 - 08:58 PM

Wowowowowow
This show is free on All 4 in the UK.


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Posted 28 October 2019 - 09:12 PM

View PostMacros, on 28 October 2019 - 08:58 PM, said:

Wowowowowow
This show is free on All 4 in the UK.


There goes my productivity in the evenings

WUT.

I was planning to reinstall Now TV but this is great news!

Edit: are you sure? Can't see it...

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