The in-show television show aping Snyder and being completely ridiculous might be the best commentary we get, but the montage of different groups watching it, including Abar's family doing so with a kid after all the warnings about it being unsuitable for underage viewers, was good
― mh, Monday, 28 October 2019 13:39 (four years ago) link
the second batch of Peteypedia pieces are up
https://www.hbo.com/peteypedia
― veronica moser, Monday, 28 October 2019 14:34 (four years ago) link
Perfect Strangers storyline was the best part of leftovers. Hope ALF makes a cameo in Watchmen. Maybe Doc Manhattan blew up Melmac?
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, October 24, 2019 1:20 PM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink
ALF already had a prominent cameo on Mr. Robot. Yes, seriously.
― Eldridge Borgnine (Old Lunch), Monday, 28 October 2019 14:40 (four years ago) link
I'm enjoying the show so far, the Veidt scenes are terrific and Regina King works wonders with some awful dialogue at times. The supplemental material they've been releasing is so nerdy, I love it.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 28 October 2019 15:10 (four years ago) link
I'm not sure I noticed any awful dialogue?
Don't want to get ahead of myself but at times this has that same quality that the Leftovers had at its heights...what I can only describe as this sense that just about anything can happen while simultaneously feeling bound by some internal coherence.
― ryan, Monday, 28 October 2019 16:08 (four years ago) link
Maybe not awful, but there's been some really forced dialogue clearly intended for meme-ification, see the "I got a nose for white supremacy and he smells like bleach" from episode 1. She's enough of a badass without needing 80s action movie punch lines.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 28 October 2019 16:14 (four years ago) link
Speaking of bad dialogue Veidt ('Veidt'?) took an entire freaking year to write that!
― Brakhage, Monday, 28 October 2019 19:02 (four years ago) link
guilty lol when the incineration kicked in
― mh, Monday, 28 October 2019 19:08 (four years ago) link
He has to be bad at something
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 28 October 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
This is why I'm convinced it's not him – Veidt was never this much of a goofball. (Though 'there are so many things I'd like to occur to you' is exactly what I'd expect him to say.)
Intrigued by Reeves' imperviousness to heat; he downed that hot coffee and grabbed eggs out a boiling pot.
― Brakhage, Monday, 28 October 2019 19:31 (four years ago) link
something very odd going on
got another cake for an unexplained anniversary again this day, I see
― mh, Monday, 28 October 2019 19:42 (four years ago) link
Tomatoes growing on trees and clones is one thing, but if there's a physics glitch then we'll know we're in a simulation
― Brakhage, Monday, 28 October 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link
Another good interview. I had totally forgotten the Hamm script, I had the same reaction to it (he also did an early Burton-Batman draft, I only remember a couple of scenes)
― Brakhage, Monday, 28 October 2019 20:43 (four years ago) link
Ah, early draft of Batman and the one that was eventually shot, I mean
― Brakhage, Monday, 28 October 2019 20:55 (four years ago) link
Interesting Twitter thread:
'Woke Garbage': Fanboys Don't Like HBO's 'Watchmen' Because It Deals With Race and White Supremacy https://t.co/02NdZGiYE0 pic.twitter.com/3Vh5mNvKL1— Atlanta Black Star (@ATLBlackStar) October 29, 2019
― dracula et son fils (morrisp), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 04:58 (four years ago) link
I don't buy it. Citing Metacritic comments is scraping the bottom of the barrel looking for an angle if you're looking for actual fans of whatever medium (comics, superheroes, HBO series) and their actual opinions -- it's all g4mergat3-style takedown bullshit. They're not fans in any real sense, they're moderately motivated contrarians moving from one complaint to another.
― mh, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 14:01 (four years ago) link
I agree the original tweet seems click-baity, but the discussion beneath it shows that the series is resonating(I’ve only seen the show discussed ITT, so I’m interested when I run into conversation around it elsewhere)
― dracula et son fils (morrisp), Wednesday, 30 October 2019 14:46 (four years ago) link
If anyone wants some background on Tulsa 1921, there's a great lecture-using-a-sim-as-a-visual-aid video on it (this was my gateway drug into all of his other urbanism-explained vids, which I highly recommend if two-hour docs on public housing is your thing)
― Brakhage, Thursday, 31 October 2019 23:00 (four years ago) link
Oakeshit talking about getting abuse off twitter trolls ;; stay strong sister!
― calzino, Thursday, 31 October 2019 23:11 (four years ago) link
lol wrong thread!
― calzino, Thursday, 31 October 2019 23:12 (four years ago) link
that guy's youtube channel is excellent
― Simon H., Friday, 1 November 2019 01:26 (four years ago) link
hey so it turns out jeremy irons is who we thought he was.
the voice of 'scar' in the lion king.
― kanye kendrick frank kendrick frank kanye (voodoo chili), Monday, 4 November 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link
holy shit jeremy irons is chiwetel ejiofor?
― non-euclidean lenin (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 4 November 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
spoilers
― kanye kendrick frank kendrick frank kanye (voodoo chili), Monday, 4 November 2019 16:57 (four years ago) link
funnily enough, Jeremy Iron's portrayal of this character is basically exactly how I imagine Jeremy Iron's own life is at his personal castle after reading this article:
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/09/inside-kilcoe-castle-jeremy-irons-irish-castle
― akm, Monday, 4 November 2019 16:59 (four years ago) link
i would assume he probably treats his clone servants with a bit less cruelty, but otm
― kanye kendrick frank kendrick frank kanye (voodoo chili), Monday, 4 November 2019 17:00 (four years ago) link
repeating myself, but that was a very leftovers-y episode with the single character focus and tight framing device...and just general aura of weirdness. great stuff.
― ryan, Monday, 4 November 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
I'm glad I'm not the only one who had to put subtitles on. no matter how high the volume was, the voices were drowned out by music. what gives?
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 4 November 2019 18:29 (four years ago) link
it's the first episode to solidly tie back to the comic by focusing on one of the characters from the source material
not sure I'm sold that they stuck it, but it was an interesting take
the flags around the Veidt castle seemed to strongly imply this is our Black Freighter side story, although it could have been a red herring
― mh, Monday, 4 November 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
ppl treating this like a serious work by a clever thinker, not some dumb shit by an idiot, are working really hard to convince themselves
"If you were dating the most powerful being in the universe, how could you ever date someone else?" Damon Lindelof explains why Laurie’s Doctor Manhattan dildo is more than a sight gag: https://t.co/8r82aWG1uC #WatchmenHBO pic.twitter.com/4Jx9pLrGRC— Decider (@decider) November 4, 2019
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Monday, 4 November 2019 20:11 (four years ago) link
Otm
― Οὖτις, Monday, 4 November 2019 20:29 (four years ago) link
It's a reasonable question and the dildo was amusing. (And Jean Smart is great.)
― Simon H., Monday, 4 November 2019 21:16 (four years ago) link
sic have you even watched the show? or did you watch the Leftovers?
I thought this episode was exceptional again.
― akm, Monday, 4 November 2019 21:19 (four years ago) link
sic has made it clear that he's never going to watch this show
― kanye kendrick frank kendrick frank kanye (voodoo chili), Monday, 4 November 2019 21:23 (four years ago) link
So judging from the conversation around this show, it is either brilliant or completely idiotic?
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 4 November 2019 21:24 (four years ago) link
it is both
― kanye kendrick frank kendrick frank kanye (voodoo chili), Monday, 4 November 2019 21:24 (four years ago) link
It's really, really entertaining but also kind of completely ridiculous. Some great performances and interesting detours that I'm not sure are going to pay off over the whole season.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 4 November 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link
it’s not really to the point how smart DL is or isn’t, and while I enjoy his work a lot he talks too much about it and rarely offers anything insightful that adds to my enjoyment. i’d recommend ignoring him!
― ryan, Monday, 4 November 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link
i don't think it's idiotic at all. there are elements of it that are ridiculous but I don't think it's any more ridiculous than any other comic book story.
― akm, Monday, 4 November 2019 21:28 (four years ago) link
fair, it isn't idiotic, but in less-skilled hands it certainly could be
― kanye kendrick frank kendrick frank kanye (voodoo chili), Monday, 4 November 2019 21:32 (four years ago) link
it's not stupid, it has smart friends!
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Monday, 4 November 2019 21:42 (four years ago) link
It's a reasonable question unless you read the comicsic have you even watched the show?I was 7 when I realised I didn’t need to re-read Lake Of Sharks any more. As a teenager, I waited for end-of-year 50%-off-backstock sales to catch up on Swamp Thing #141-171. I waited two years to borrow a friend’s TPB to read Twilight Children, having previously bought New Frontier In floppies and Absolute. I’m not going to scab now for someone who actively seeks out Abr4h4m Ri3sm4n for ethics advice, but I’m able to laugh at his thoughts in interviews when they are dumb thoughts.
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Monday, 4 November 2019 21:43 (four years ago) link
there are elements of it that are ridiculous but I don't think it's any more ridiculous than any other comic book story.you don’t think it’s any more ridiculous than The Walking Man or The Hospital Suite
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Monday, 4 November 2019 21:47 (four years ago) link
you're reading the interviews, though
― mh, Monday, 4 November 2019 21:48 (four years ago) link
I meant it's not any more ridiculous than any other filmed/tv superhero story.
― akm, Monday, 4 November 2019 21:50 (four years ago) link
certainly not 'more ridiculous' than the original Watchmen comics.
― akm, Monday, 4 November 2019 21:51 (four years ago) link
I’m able to laugh at his thoughts in interviews when they are dumb thoughts.
you're in luck as he has no non-dumb interviews
― Simon H., Monday, 4 November 2019 21:51 (four years ago) link
Incidentally, it's worth pointing out that the uh apparatus (apparently) does not actually get used and she does in fact fuck a regular dude instead.
― Simon H., Monday, 4 November 2019 21:53 (four years ago) link
certainly not 'more ridiculous' than the original Watchmen comics
not sure how a comic book about comics is ridiculous
is this TV show about TV shows?
― Οὖτις, Monday, 4 November 2019 21:57 (four years ago) link
you're reading the interviews, thoughafter Moore’s son-in-law pointed out that Lindelof was doing 900 interviews a week where he went on & on about Moore as a workaround for AT&T official publicity being legally barred from doing so, I hadn’t clicked on anything else, but I had to know if that dildo was a photoshop joke or legit from the showso I read some tweets responding to & quoting the interview instead of clicking
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Monday, 4 November 2019 21:58 (four years ago) link