Damon Lindelof's Watchmen

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

Otm

It's a reasonable question and the dildo was amusing. (And Jean Smart is great.)

sic have you even watched the show? or did you watch the Leftovers?

I thought this episode was exceptional again.

sic has made it clear that he's never going to watch this show

So judging from the conversation around this show, it is either brilliant or completely idiotic?

it is both

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.

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!

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.

fair, it isn't idiotic, but in less-skilled hands it certainly could be

it's not stupid, it has smart friends!

It's a reasonable question

unless you read the comic

sic 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.

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

you're reading the interviews, though

I meant it's not any more ridiculous than any other filmed/tv superhero story.

certainly not 'more ridiculous' than the original Watchmen comics.

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

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.

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?

you're reading the interviews, though

after 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 show

so I read some tweets responding to & quoting the interview instead of clicking

ah, well then

(and I open Vulture links in private browsing in case of Ri3sman)

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.

It was worth pointing this out, as it makes it delightfully even more stupid :)

is this TV show about TV shows?

― Οὖτις, Monday, November 4, 2019 4:57 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

kind of?

I suspect we're going to get a fair bit more American Hero Story.

did someone say American Horror Story?

American Hero Story, a serial adventure featuring an anthropomorphic Subway sandwich trying to avoid being eaten by Whiney

quick spoilery question about the content of the actual episode

was the car that fell from the sky angela's car? or was it just another random car?

Was wondering the same thing myself, I wasn't sure. The various recappers seem to believe it was.

yeah i assumed it was. it was the 'brick' that was thrown up .... in the last episode.

I am looking forward to the continuing discourse between people who like and have seen this show and ppl who hate it and have not seen it

this show sucks buddy

(i haven't seen it)

I will say one thing for certain, like him or not, Lindelof -- and Jean Smart -- understands the person Laurie is a hell of a lot better than Snyder and Akerman did.

that is the faintest conceivable praise

So this is the year's show that people who dislike it are going to be really loud and persistent in reminding us about how much they hate it, huh?

so Jean Smart is / was also on Legion, so she's 2/2 for fucking weirdo auteur comic book tv series.

Playing a woman whose boyfriend/husband has left earth in both!

Someone has probably mentioned it upthread, but at the New York Comic Con they had pictures of the cast, and it said that Jeremy Irons was playing 'Probably who you think he is'. I absolutely loved the reveal, which was so silly and over the top for something that everyone who had read the comic must have figured out, or otherwise didn't make a lick of sense. 'Ps, glad you enjoyed the tomatoes'.

The thing about Lost was that so much of it was basically postmodern meta about storytelling, knowledge, the lack of knowledge, mysteries, the unknowable, but it was mostly presented like a regular tv show, so people got annoyed when in the end it failed to pay off like a tv show is supposed to. And since then Lindelof has seemed pretty determined to make clear that he understands the rules of the games, and when he breaks them, it's on purpose.

Snyder has never understood a human being in his life

My partner used to have a blue vibrator that we called Dr Manhattan, so we dug that scene

Soooo story time

So this is the year's show that people who dislike it are going to be really loud and persistent in reminding us about how much they hate it, huh?

― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 14:12 (yesterday) link

Like, on the “this show shouldn’t exist” level, I understand why some people aren’t in a charitable frame of mind about it.

That said, I’ve really enjoyed the show so far. It’s funny and weird and the world building feels very true to the comic. It could all easily fall apart by the end but for now, I’m on board.

First chunk of the soundtrack is up on streaming services.

in my tireless quest to ruin the music of every single HBO show, i have to point out the music for episode 3 of Watchmen sounds a lot like "Mo Bamba" pic.twitter.com/NdPadfCL8x

— demi adejuyigbe (@electrolemon) November 7, 2019

Lol I had that same thought

So this is the year's show that people who dislike it are going to be really loud and persistent in reminding us about how much they hate it, huh?

https://i.imgur.com/4k8ZDEi.jpg

All of this has reminded me how stellar Bolland’s drawing is on the series.

It literally says 'Dave Gibbons' in the post above yours.

proof that stealing literally hundreds of millions of actual dollars from artists pays off for them after all, in exposure

yes! Just saying that I’m seeing Gibbons’ illustrations more than I have in many years and am reminded of everything I liked about him when I used to spend my days poring over the work of comics artists.