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Thom and the Heads posted:yeah can the three people who have seen the first 6 episodes like...chill for a few weeks The other preview poster was nice and understanding when I asked this. Maoist has had a mod edit and continues to do it E: and posting and spoilering the posts after announcing that youve seen the first 6 eps doesn't make you immune to it. The fact that you'd spoiler it reveals info and is just poor opsec really. KoRMaK fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Oct 24, 2019 |
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Oct 24, 2019 22:54
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muscles like this! posted:Stop posting spoilers Seriously. I accidentally rolled over because I though it was a guess or theory without looking at the avatar. If it hasn't aired why the heck are you posting spoilers.
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Oct 25, 2019 01:06
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How will we know he is a reviewer?!
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Oct 25, 2019 01:43
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Preston Waters posted:Folks, "Unforgettable" was in the movie because it was in the comics. It was literally on the TV commercial when Comedian gets his rear end beaten. No it isn’t. It does appear for one panel when Dan and Laurie attempt sad gently caress number one, as part of a commercial for Nostalgia. Blake’s death scene is silent each time it appears. There’s nothing visible on the tv except a vague human shape.
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Oct 25, 2019 03:49
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I vaguely hope that not everyone who believes in Rorschach’s diary is a 7th Kavalry member. That information being out in the world and only inspiring a KKK successor is sad. But then, passing thought- are the 7th Kav not literally the titular watch men, taking lithium batteries out of watches?
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Oct 25, 2019 04:24
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It still kinda blows my mind how good the cast is in this. I'm used to Regina King being great in a TV show, but I'm so happy to get several weeks worth of Tim Blake Nelson, Jean Smart and Jeremy Irons.
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Oct 25, 2019 05:10
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Antifa Turkeesian posted:No it isn’t. It does appear for one panel when Dan and Laurie attempt sad gently caress number one, as part of a commercial for Nostalgia. Whatever. It's the gently caress song then. It's in the novel. Anyway, continuing the black and white theme: what's black and white and red all over? A: a field of dead, bullet-ridden cows Preston Waters fucked around with this message at 06:42 on Oct 25, 2019 |
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Oct 25, 2019 06:40
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On the rewatch, people were thinking that Jeremy Irons might be Manhattan because he was given the pocket watch -- on the contrary, I bet he left the designs out for mystery servant to find because he's a clone of Osterman, who then builds it no problem. It was a test of sorts. I almost want to toxx on this. ALMOST.
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Oct 25, 2019 06:50
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Preston Waters posted:Whatever. It's the gently caress song then. It's in the novel. I didn't truly appreciate how totally hosed up those cows got until my second watch. Sister Night hiding behind that cow while it got absolutely shredded reminded me of Django Unchained.
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Oct 25, 2019 06:53
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Yea this show is full of symbolism just like the dang novel. Veidt riding a galloping horse to a castle. On the radio right before Sheriff gets murdered: "Hell if Joe, Jr. wants to mount up and gallop all the way to the White House, I say more power to 'em."
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Oct 25, 2019 06:56
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I’m pretty skeptical of Irons=Manhattan but one big clue that lends credence to the theory is that fade from the starry night to the beach. This could indicate the Irons scene takes place elsewhere in the cosmos. Either way it was a brilliant panning dissolve.
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Oct 25, 2019 06:59
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Colonel Whitey posted:I’m pretty skeptical of Irons=Manhattan but one big clue that lends credence to the theory is that fade from the starry night to the beach. This could indicate the Irons scene takes place elsewhere in the cosmos. Either way it was a brilliant panning dissolve. It could also just be a transition shot. Or it could mean that both Manhattan and Veidt are mirroring each other's actions. Also since it seems obvious that the 105 year old guy was the child at the beginning: who are we thinking the baby is that he found? Sister Night's ancestor? Someone we haven't met yet? 
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Oct 25, 2019 07:03
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Preston Waters posted:It could also just be a transition shot. My insane fan theory is that Dr Manhattan hosed off to create new life but he hosed up and just recreated the Earth and everything happened all over again including making another Dr Manhattan. It's like the Matrix or something and we're on DrM #7 or whatever. 
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:My insane fan theory is that Dr Manhattan hosed off to create new life but he hosed up and just recreated the Earth and everything happened all over again including making another Dr Manhattan. It's like the Matrix or something and we're on DrM #7 or whatever. Yea but then when the reveal could have been something really cool (matrix within a matrix) it'll get brushed away as something lame.
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Oct 25, 2019 18:05
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My hot fan theory is why is it breaking news that Dr. Manhattan is on Mars he's been on Mars for like 30 years. edit: Antifa Turkeesian posted:He left for another galaxy at the end of the book. I thought maybe it was a switcheroo and that was archival footage, but there was no cable news in 1985. New fan theory is Dr. Manhattan is real and he scrambled my brain to make me forget what happened at the end of the comics. Xanderkish fucked around with this message at 23:54 on Oct 25, 2019 |
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Oct 25, 2019 19:31
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Second fan theory is has anyone tried to eat the sky squids.
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Xanderkish posted:My hot fan theory is why is it breaking news that Dr. Manhattan is on Mars he's been on Mars for like 30 years. He left for another galaxy at the end of the book. I thought maybe it was a switcheroo and that was archival footage, but there was no cable news in 1985.
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Oct 25, 2019 22:52
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Yea I think he just now returned to the Solar System
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Oct 25, 2019 23:09
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pyrotek posted:The discussion over the last couple of pages made me check IMDB and I found out that Lindelof wrote Star Trek Into Darkness. That's what I keep thinking of when people say they're cagy about Irons being Ozymandias so he must not be. Like, this is the same writer who spent months insisting Khan wasn't Khan when it turned out he really was Khan. Maybe he's just being coy when he doesn't have to be.
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Oct 25, 2019 23:21
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The problem with writing a surprise into your story is that people will always guess it unless it’s dumb.
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Oct 25, 2019 23:24
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My theory is that the guy who looks like Ozymandias 30 years later, talks like Ozymandias 30 years later, and appears to be living a life in all respects consistent with Ozymandias 30 years later is actually one of the vagina squids who took on the body of its creator after murdering him Blade Runner style. Presumably after Ozymandias tried to eat him, as any god-fearing American would. Xanderkish fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Oct 25, 2019 |
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Oct 25, 2019 23:53
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Antifa Turkeesian posted:The problem with writing a surprise into your story is that people will always guess it unless it’s dumb. Changing your script because some rear end in a top hat on reddit guessed it is a guaranteed way to make a bad script. Just let the dude be smug about guessing it and everybody who didn't read that reddit thread won't even care or notice and the show would still be good.
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Oct 25, 2019 23:59
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Agent355 posted:Changing your script because some rear end in a top hat on reddit guessed it is a guaranteed way to make a bad script. Just let the dude be smug about guessing it and everybody who didn't read that reddit thread won't even care or notice and the show would still be good. And also people will watch years later if it’s good. I shouldn’t say that it’s actually a problem. Has Lost had any staying power at all? Do zoomers ever watch it?
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Oct 26, 2019 00:04
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Also it tracks that a dude who thinks himself vastly smarter than everyone else would seclude himself far away from other people with only his moron sex bots to keep him company. He's got better technology, but functionally he's the same as a dude with one of those weird anime body pillows who insists his parents don't understand their love.
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Xanderkish posted:Also it tracks that a dude who thinks himself vastly smarter than everyone else would seclude himself far away from other people with only his moron sex bots to keep him company. He's got better technology, but functionally he's the same as a dude with one of those weird anime body pillows who insists his parents don't understand their love. That's a pretty vivid description...
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Agent355 posted:Changing your script because some rear end in a top hat on reddit guessed it is a guaranteed way to make a bad script. *Shakespeare writing Julius Caesar* Some guy looking over his shoulder: Hey, didn't that guy get stabbed? Shakespeare: Ah gently caress *tears up the page he was working on*
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Agent355 posted:Changing your script because some rear end in a top hat on reddit guessed it is a guaranteed way to make a bad script. Just let the dude be smug about guessing it and everybody who didn't read that reddit thread won't even care or notice and the show would still be good. Pretty much this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyanTVqlJ2o
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Xanderkish posted:My theory is that the guy who looks like Ozymandias 30 years later, talks like Ozymandias 30 years later, and appears to be living a life in all respects consistent with Ozymandias 30 years later is actually one of the vagina squids who took on the body of its creator after murdering him Blade Runner style. I’d argue against this, but the reminder as to how the Khan reveal was handled is the exact scenario I’m trying to suggest wouldn’t make any sense narratively, so who knows? Mysterious character who everyone familiar with the source material instantly knows is a certain character, and everyone who isn’t familiar with the source material wouldn’t find any narrative weight in a reveal of a character they don’t know anything about. Klungar fucked around with this message at 03:51 on Oct 26, 2019 |
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Oct 26, 2019 03:48
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Agent355 posted:Changing your script because some rear end in a top hat on reddit guessed it is a guaranteed way to make a bad script. Just let the dude be smug about guessing it and everybody who didn't read that reddit thread won't even care or notice and the show would still be good. I remember when the original ending of the Terminator Salvation script leaked they changed it to something much more boring due to the backlash. If you're going to be bad, at least be bad and interesting.
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LesterGroans posted:I remember when the original ending of the Terminator Salvation script leaked they changed it to something much more boring due to the backlash. If you're going to be bad, at least be bad and interesting. I vaguely remember this? What was the original ending again?
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I feel all this discussion of the show is missing one of the finer things in the first episode: 'Milk & Hanoi' is an excellent pun name for a Vietnamese bakery. Just top shelf.
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Oct 26, 2019 14:42
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IIRC, John Connor dies, and because nobody's seen him in so long due to him being in hiding, the experimental Terminator swaps places with him and leads the resistance against the machines. So the events of every previous Terminator film would be recontextualized. Also maybe they swapped faces or hearts or something? Either way, a lot more interesting than what we got. Though I think that Bale being cast as Connor and wanting to amp up the prominence of his part had as much to do with the radical changes as the fans throwing a fit online did.
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masterpine posted:I feel all this discussion of the show is missing one of the finer things in the first episode: 'Milk & Hanoi' is an excellent pun name for a Vietnamese bakery. Just top shelf. What's the pun
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Milo and POTUS posted:What's the pun A land of milk and honey.
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Hahaha I'm dumb as gently caress. Or I've been pronouncing Hanoi wrong for years
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If it's called Milk & Hanoi then Bob's Burgers must be next door in this universe
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feedmyleg posted:IIRC, John Connor dies, and because nobody's seen him in so long due to him being in hiding, the experimental Terminator swaps places with him and leads the resistance against the machines. So the events of every previous Terminator film would be recontextualized. Also maybe they swapped faces or hearts or something? Either way, a lot more interesting than what we got. Though I think that Bale being cast as Connor and wanting to amp up the prominence of his part had as much to do with the radical changes as the fans throwing a fit online did. Yeah, the original leak was "John Connor dies, they graft Connor's face on the Sam Worthington Terminator's body and only the people closest to him know it's a ruse." If you believe McG, in post-release interviews, this would have been doubly subverted by having Skynet retake control of "John Connor" at the very end and having him kill the other surviving heroes. (This definitely feels like a bullshit spin to make the "No, no, we weren't reacting to snap judgements on the internet" story play out.)
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Preston Waters posted:Anyway, continuing the black and white theme: what's black and white and red all over? Dark Waters confirmed canon.
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