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exmarx posted:lube guy rules Lube guy is like something from a parallel world where Mystery Men was actually funny, he rules.
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tadashi posted:I literally said "The gently caress?" 2 seconds before Night did. I am obsessed with silver lubed dick man.  I’m pretty sure that was a universal response to his introduction.
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eighty-four merc posted:Which part from episode one are we interpreting as Manhattan destroying Veidt's prison? A quick TV shot of him on Mars destroying a castle.
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With how original and creative this show is it does annoy me that the "menacing asian woman plutocrat who use a literal ticking timer as a tool of intimidation" thing was lifted more or less directly from Mr Robot.Ballz posted:
We see Veidt's clone babies are fished out of water. Sewers are full of water. QED lube man is a clone
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Why would Dr. Manhattan need a ship to get from Mars to Earth?
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Terra-da-loo! posted:Why would Dr. Manhattan need a ship to get from Mars to Earth? Vedit would, if he escaped
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Codependent Poster posted:A quick TV shot of him on Mars destroying a castle. We also see Angela’s son destroy a very similar model of a castle in the next episode which seemed like foreshadowing.
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Call me crazy but I don't think Doctor Manhattan is keeping Jeremy Irons locked up. Its going to be interesting if/when Trieu and Veidt are in the same space together. I feel like since this show is technically a sequel it has echoes of the original in the arc of the characters. If Trieu is basically the new Veidt, will he side with whatever plan she has or work to stop it?
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What was in that bag that Angela dumped onto the truck? I thought that's what she carried the Klan uniform in, and that she left that with Looking Glass. Also I am one hundred percent in the "Lady Trieu is the one keeping Adrian locked up" camp.
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:What was in that bag that Angela dumped onto the truck? I thought that's what she carried the Klan uniform in, and that she left that with Looking Glass. The cut up wheelchair.
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dreffen posted:The cut up wheelchair. Ah right yeah that makes sense.
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:What was in that bag that Angela dumped onto the truck? I thought that's what she carried the Klan uniform in, and that she left that with Looking Glass. I think it’s a red herring, given they already did the “Is that... Adrian Veidt?” line, which made you think for a second he was locked up inside there.
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Slowpoke! posted:I think it’s a red herring, given they already did the “Is that... Adrian Veidt?” line, which made you think for a second he was locked up inside there. otoh, Lady Trieu saying "he IS old" makes it clear that she knows he's not dead. Also a trillionaire obsessed with the concept of legacy who has styled herself after Veidt has infinity more reasons to keep him locked up in a paradise prison than Dr. Manhattan, who I insist would just atomize Adrian if he ever became a problem.
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So, yeah, this has reached terminal mystery box velocity, so time to check out. Good luck to anybody who's convinced themselves this isn't going to end up as anything other than unwatchable poo poo.
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Tehran 1979 posted:So, yeah, this has reached terminal mystery box velocity, so time to check out. I'm sorry for whatever led to "mystery box" becoming such a poisoned and meaningless term as "plot hole" to you and hope that in the future you don't have to watch five hours of a show before deciding whether or not you are enjoying watching it.
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But I wanna know all the answers NOW 
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Sleeveless posted:I'm sorry for whatever led to "mystery box" becoming such a poisoned and meaningless term as "plot hole" to you and hope that in the future you don't have to watch five hours of a show before deciding whether or not you are enjoying watching it. Mooooooooom somebody doesn't like what I like Calm down you autist feedmyleg posted:But I wanna know all the answers NOW Quoted for posterity, revisit this after as little as two seasons when you start seeing all this mystery box bullshit is meaningless
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The story wraps up in 4 episodes. It's a self contained narrative.
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Tehran 1979 posted:So, yeah, this has reached terminal mystery box velocity, so time to check out. Bye. The smartest thing they did was make this a self-contained 9-episode arc. It feels tight and every episode has a solid amount of answering questions alongside opening up new ones. And it's just so delightfully unpredictable - lots of homages to the comics (Trieu totally stealing Veidt's vivarium tech, which, considering who built it...) but no slavish devotion to just painting by numbers. It's great and I feel pretty confident in saying they'll stick the landing, given where we're at at the 44% mark.
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A time machine? I don’t know, but tachyons travel backwards through time and also cockblock Dr Manhattan. Something falls from space onto a midwestern farm owned by a loving childless couple and your first thought is Adrian Veidt? Uh huh. We know squids aren’t coming from another dimension because other dimensions are a fake ruse created by Veidt. Yet it’s raining squid. Little clone squid, as it were. If I had a time machine in the Watchmen universe maybe I want to make sure someone else walks into the intrinsic field chamber. Someone like me. I think there’s an arrow pointed towards real superheroes with powers entering the equation. Superman references. Advanced cloning. Advanced physics. A culture primed to accept masked vigilantes. What’s the external threat that needs to be overcome here?
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Systemic racism and authoritative governments?
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Tehran 1979 posted:
ah yes, calling people autistic when they call out your bullshit, classy.
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AccountSupervisor posted:ah yes, calling people autistic when they call out your bullshit, classy. There's probably more of us in here than a Critical Roll meet and greet. Nothing wrong with playing the odds.
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From PeteyPedia  
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Note well that Lady Trieu is a reference to a historical warrior from Vietnam that fought Chinese imperialism.
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Rocksicles posted:There's probably more of us in here than a Critical Roll meet and greet. Nothing wrong with playing the odds.  Anyways, Im in the Lubeman is Petey camp. It seems weird to me thered be someone like that in Tulsa and nobody knew about him, since we havent really been shown any other vigilantes that werent police running around. Between that, the body type, the timing and it becoming more obvious Peteys fandom extends beyond just extensive historical knowledge, I wouldnt be surprised.
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As for people not knowing who Laurie is in the current day I don’t think that’s that much out of the ordinary. If you show a picture of current day Monica Lewinsky to young people I doubt they could tell you who she is. Hell you could probably do the same thing with 80s icons like Madonna or Brooke Shields
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Squidster posted:It seems very likely to be Petey, but I think the twist is going to be that it's not his idea. This is Laurie ordering him to tail Angela in a way that mocks the local cop vigilantes. "Spandex isn't tight enough, kid. I've gotta really see your moose-knuckle ready to burst out. Okay, a little more. More... just a little bit more..."
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Nieuw Amsterdam posted:A time machine? I don’t know, but tachyons travel backwards through time and also cockblock Dr Manhattan. Regarding superman references note wills last name.
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Jay-V posted:Eggs sure do seem to be important to this narrative, huh To add more nonsense to the "mystery box", I think that the image of mitosis itself looks like a Rorschach ink blot...mirrored down the middle. The Kalvary has been around for a while, but if someone is raining down populations of cloned squids, I wonder if it's possible that some of the masked Kalvary members are also clones being commanded by some power (Keene?) to push an agenda. Maybe they were collecting those watch magnets to help fuel whatever technology that Trieu and Vedit are using to make clones? Now I'm just more confused after writing this out.
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Bread Set Jettison posted:Got a hunch that Petey is lube man He didn't even have to make the costume. Laurie just gave him the lube and silver bag that comes with the blue dildo.
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I missed lotsa pages of this thread, but I'll repeat it anyways: First volume of the soundtrack is up on Spotify (and probably everything else) and it owns. The track "TRIGGER WARNING" is fairly interesting. I wonder if it was meant to be in front of the episodes, but got axed.
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massive spider posted:Regarding superman references note wills last name. Isnt that more of reference to Bass Reeves though? Probably gave himself that name after being orphaned after Tulsa.
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Mantis42 posted:The story wraps up in 4 episodes. It's a self contained narrative. That's what they said about LOST but they were dead the whole time!
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Fartington Butts posted:I missed lotsa pages of this thread, but I'll repeat it anyways: First volume of the soundtrack is up on Spotify (and probably everything else) and it owns. It played in front of the American Hero Story scene with Hooded Justice in the grocery store two(?) episodes ago.
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