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I like how I laid out my criticism of a show while still giving it credit for other characters and it's summed up as bitching. also dismissing it all for a monolith of some untouchable "a legacy and mystery" is quite boring and vague
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Binary Logic posted:Her previous persona was The Comedienne: she's expected to tell jokes. Instead we got Bill Hicks. Woof
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Zmej posted:I like how I laid out my criticism of a show while still giving it credit for other characters and it's summed up as bitching. also dismissing it all for a monolith of some untouchable "a legacy and mystery" is quite boring and vague I like it too that's why I did it! You're welcome
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Binary Logic posted:Her previous persona was The Comedienne: she's expected to tell jokes. Milo and POTUS posted:Instead we got Bill Hicks. Woof Which was also the deal with the actual Comedian, a jaded nihilist creep whose assassination was accompanied by Rorschach doing "Doctor, I am Pagliacci" Basically all that stuff amounts to thus far is that she's become her dad, down to boning a subordinate 40 years younger than her
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Nov 12, 2019 19:20
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No. 1 Apartheid Fan posted:I'll have a large fry with that, also Nieuw Amsterdam posted:Sir, this is a Taco Bell. You're talking about the Watchmen show in the thread for talking about the Watchmen show, chill out.
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Nov 12, 2019 19:40
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WHY BONER NOW posted:Does the general public know rorshachs dead? No, only that he disappeared on a mission he didn't think he would return from. He's probably presumed dead.
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Nov 12, 2019 20:43
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 I'm sure my inkling about Cal is wrong, but dang that's cool.
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Nov 12, 2019 21:24
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Weedle posted:As a native Tulsan I can say that Lube Guy is an extremely believable local character.
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Hilario Baldness posted:Note well that Lady Trieu is a reference to a historical warrior from Vietnam that fought Chinese imperialism. I sort of think she wants to either free Vietnam or reverse history so it never becomes a state. The trauma that is "remembered" by the girl and Trieu talking about keeping the humidity at levels like that of Vietnam. I don't think her story is about taking over the world or something that big, I think it's all going to trace back to Vietnam. Maybe I'm wrong but I think a big part of this is some people trying to remove trauma that has shaped theirs or their loved ones lives.
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This song is now in my rotation btw. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wSXTN2EfRo So drat good.
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I had a moment of getting my wires crossed and when Triuxe went to the farm house with the baby and said that if they didn't adopt it she would find a good home for it, I suddenly thought "yes right like in a lab... Oh is this how Homelander was created" but then realized those are two different shows I was crossing over
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KoRMaK posted:I had a moment of getting my wires crossed and when Triuxe went to the farm house with the baby and said that if they didn't adopt it she would find a good home for it, I suddenly thought "yes right like in a lab... Oh is this how Homelander was created" but then realized those are two different shows I was crossing over Compound V was created by Manhattan in order to try and reconnect with humanity by bringing them closer to his level.
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Nov 12, 2019 22:11
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Anyone have a gif of Irons casually tossing bad babies over the side of a boat?
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Nail Rat posted:Really I don't care what the deal is with Veidt, it's kind of dumb that we still don't know halfway through the show. A story is more interesting and enduring than a mystery. Also if you think 4 out of 9 episodes is "too long" to hold a mystery, be glad you're not watching Mr. Robot. There's been a mystery in that show for 3 years now and I loving hate it.
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Boats have been known to crash!
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Colonel Whitey posted:Lindelof explicitly said Veidts storyline will crash into the main story at some point
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Nail Rat posted:Those structures weren't meant to be on the same spot. Not much time has passed because Trieu's daughter is still an adolescent. Was actually asking to try to validate whether a new Bian/Trieu clone was created between the 2 events, because (like you say) Bian looks the same. But looks like everyone is saying the "pop in" of 2019 structures was just a transition to a different part of Oklahoma, guess I just missed that somehow! Jedit posted:No, only that he disappeared on a mission he didn't think he would return from. He's probably presumed dead. Ooh this means there's a chance someone (maybe in the 7K) tries to pass themselves off as the real Rorschach. Jay-V fucked around with this message at 00:39 on Nov 13, 2019 |
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Weedle posted:As a native Tulsan I can say that Lube Guy is an extremely believable local character. Lube this town, vote Paul Tay
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Not sure if it has already been mentioned but enjoyed how the intro was a slight allusion to Superman (The Clarks and their farm, mysterious object from the sky, the show's references to popular superheroes like Batman). Does the fade imply this event happened many years ago before the city was built? Might imply the Clarks' kid could as a grown up be a vigilante, possibly lube man?
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No. Trieu started building the millennium clock after Veidt disappeared. He's been gone 7 years in the present of the show. She had already begun building it in the farm flashback so it's less than 7 years ago.
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Jay-V posted:Wow good catch on his name. Also, "Excalibur" is the name of Laurie's Dr. Manhattan dildo. So you have: Sorry, this was a dumb joke post I made but now I can't stop thinking about it. Cal is the one who insists Dr. M can't look like a human. Also, Cal could have rescued Angela by annihilating all trace of the 2nd 7K dude during White Night (thus why everyone thinks she had just one attacker). I may have brainworms e: AND Laurie is attracted to him 
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As I watched the episode in real-time with a buddy, it was pretty awesome when he uttered "...the gently caress?!" at seeing Lube Man, moments before Sister Night said the same thing. Then last night I rewatched it with my wife who hadn't seen the episode yet... and she did it too.  It's pretty remarkable Lindelhof and crew succeeded in creating such an instant, universal response to that moment.
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Nov 13, 2019 03:06
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DaveKap posted:Between this and Sam Esmail having to explicitly state that a character died in his interviews, I'm kinda sick of show creators spoiling/explaining their own in-progress shows. Yeah sorry I probably shouldn’t have mentioned it.
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Trieu makes a big deal about her clock being safe from any kind of disaster, which makes me think that she's going to do some kind of hard reboot of the world, either in the past or presant. Create a centerpiece of a new civilization, collect a bunch of people you want to lead it/clone yourself then BOOM CRTL-ALT-DEL the world and you can have your perfect society, well, perfect for you. Though I think tech that enables the clock to survive changing time may not be reasonable for what we've seen of this world though.
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Mulloy posted:Compound V was created by Manhattan in order to try and reconnect with humanity by bringing them closer to his level. twistedmentat posted:Trieu makes a big deal about her clock being safe from any kind of disaster, which makes me think that she's going to do some kind of hard reboot of the world, either in the past or presant. Create a centerpiece of a new civilization, collect a bunch of people you want to lead it/clone yourself then BOOM CRTL-ALT-DEL the world and you can have your perfect society, well, perfect for you.
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Jay-V posted:Sorry, this was a dumb joke post I made but now I can't stop thinking about it. Cal is the one who insists Dr. M can't look like a human. Also, Cal could have rescued Angela by annihilating all trace of the 2nd 7K dude during White Night (thus why everyone thinks she had just one attacker). Wasnt the 2nd gunman Judd?
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Collateral posted:Wasnt the 2nd gunman Judd? We dunno
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The Dave posted:Let the mystery be [it's easier for me that way] The writing and directing have been good but the acting and music have been outstanding.
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The show has so much diversity that frankly I'd consider it hugely disappointing if the sole character with Vietnamese ethnicity existed purely to be an inscrutable Other who acted as a mouthpiece for some Vietnam ethnostate that transcended time and space.
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Sister Night's Vietnamese!
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The scene with Veidt pulling babies from cray pots out of the water was one of the most delightfully bonkers things I've ever seen.
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Tace Vim posted:The scene with Veidt pulling babies from cray pots out of the water was one of the most delightfully bonkers things I've ever seen. It's the best scene in the whole show, so far.
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Colonel Whitey posted:Yeah sorry I probably shouldn’t have mentioned it.
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Tace Vim posted:The scene with Veidt pulling babies from cray pots out of the water was one of the most delightfully bonkers things I've ever seen. It felt like something out of a David Lynch movie.
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UmOk posted:Anyone have a gif of Irons casually tossing bad babies over the side of a boat? Looking for one with a thicker skin. 
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Night fishing on Lake Placenta.
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