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The leftovers season 2 is some of the best TV of the last decade and is viewed as such by most critics and viewers alike I had mixed feelings on the watchmen on the whole but please don't drag my leftovers in to this
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Nail Rat posted:How is it socialistic? At the very end it celebrates Angela, a violent person who doesn't have a problem abusing power and doesn't answer to authority, grabbing godlike power for herself. That's a textbook objectivist fantasy. She kinda changed at the end there though, didn't she show is good (just good)
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Jan 21, 2020 21:20
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Aw man, like a hundred new posts had me assuming the trailer dropped for s2 of The Boys
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Jan 21, 2020 22:40
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Iodised QQ posted:The leftovers season 2 is some of the best TV of the last decade and is viewed as such by most critics and viewers alike Seriously? I liked season 1 way more than season 2. There was so much poo poo that happened that just had no goddamn explanation at all. I still haven't seen season 3, so I guess I should probably watch that before saying anything else. Only problem is that it has been so long since I've seen season 2, I don't really remember all the minor details, so I'm not sure if I need to rewatch it before season 3????
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Jan 21, 2020 23:14
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Grandpa Palpatine posted:Only problem is that it has been so long since I've seen season 2, I don't really remember all the minor details, so I'm not sure if I need to rewatch it before season 3???? Most of the minor details are irrelevant after the first episode. Hell, after the cold open. It's pretty egregious.
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Jan 21, 2020 23:35
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Alt Shift X is a smart guy Adrian Statue being a "golden yolk inside an egg shaped spaceship" is a nice symbol I missed
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Jan 22, 2020 01:27
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The REAL Goobusters posted:I also think Watchmen HBO was a really bad season of television both ratings wise and content wise. Well since you feel this way and the show is over there's not really much more reason for you to be in this thread. So don't be.
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Jan 23, 2020 20:36
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I feel like noone has mentioned that Calabar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabar#Seaport_City) was the most prominent origin port during the height of the Atlantic Slave Trade, with up to 20% of all ships laden with slaves departing the entirety of Africa leaving from this port.
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Jan 26, 2020 12:10
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So, was Don Johnson's character supposed to be the grandson of his character from Django Unchained?
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Mar 12, 2020 14:08
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Orange Devil posted:I feel like noone has mentioned that Calabar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabar#Seaport_City) was the most prominent origin port during the height of the Atlantic Slave Trade, with up to 20% of all ships laden with slaves departing the entirety of Africa leaving from this port. That link appears to me in grey so my immediate thought is that someone did.
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Mar 12, 2020 20:59
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https://twitter.com/watchmen/status/1243583774924865538
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Mar 27, 2020 19:42
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And they said they weren’t going to do a second season.
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Mar 31, 2020 13:41
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Tom Mison does a masterful Jeremy Irons impression
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Mar 31, 2020 19:18
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I wonder if people are going to start fashionizing their covid masks into superhero masks in real life.
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Apr 1, 2020 19:08
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Wow, Petey’s apartment looks like poo poo compared to everyone else’s fancy house (except maybe Ms. Cruickshanks and Mr. Philips), even though he was 100% more into it than half of them. We’ve got to fight the real plague: capitalism.
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Apr 1, 2020 21:37
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ruddiger posted:I wonder if people are going to start fashionizing their covid masks into superhero masks in real life. gently caress it I’m going full Looking Glass.
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Apr 4, 2020 14:19
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ruddiger posted:I wonder if people are going to start fashionizing their covid masks into superhero masks in real life. More like every cop in america is going to wear a mask.
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Apr 9, 2020 17:11
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lmao at this show's utter failure at being relevant in a world four months after its season finale.
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Apr 25, 2020 05:38
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Time moves faster now. What from four months ago is relevant now? I mean, technically Sars-CoV-2 but
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Apr 25, 2020 05:42
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The fact that this isn't just another garbage product designed to string nerds along for as long as possible instead of telling a complete story and loving off is a good thing, actually.
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Apr 25, 2020 06:28
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I think the real reason is no one watched it, and of those that did, at least half hated it by the end Because it ended up being garbage
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Apr 25, 2020 08:09
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BB2K posted:I think the real reason is no one watched it, and of those that did, at least half hated it by the end This thread is the only place I’ve seen people hating it. Most of my friends watched the show and all the ones that did were hooked til the end. Even on SA, whenever I’ve seen this show come up it’s been referred to positively. Like, yeah, people aren’t still actively discussing it because what’s to discuss? There’s no reason to theorycraft about season 2 because the show is done, there is no season 2. Thinking a show is going to be heavily discussed 4 months after it definitively ended while the world is also going completely bonkers isn’t really reasonable. Leftovers is regarded as some of the best TV of all time but people don’t really talk about that much these days either. Sleeveless posted:The fact that this isn't just another garbage product designed to string nerds along for as long as possible instead of telling a complete story and loving off is a good thing, actually. Also, this. Remember how people were furious going in that this was going to be a mystery box show and never really give any answers despite Lindelof saying “it’s just one complete season”? People were just that furious about Lost, I guess.
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Apr 25, 2020 15:17
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Well, the show took a stab at a lot of important and current real world issues while also being a sequel to one of the most beloved comic books of all time, though it was ultimately in service of a story that didn't seem to have all that much bite to it. Obviously no one expects a TV show to be discussed all day every day forever by everyone who watched it, especially in light of a pandemic. But 20-30 years from now will anyone be talking about the show and debating what it meant the way they do the comic? I'm not sure they will.
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Apr 25, 2020 15:43
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So is everyone mad that the show took on the topic of institutional racism or that a tv show couldn't solve institutional racism in the real world in nine episodes?
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Apr 25, 2020 17:09
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:So is everyone mad that the show took on the topic of institutional racism or that a tv show couldn't solve institutional racism in the real world in nine episodes? And it actually had an effect- look at all the pushes for investigating mass graves in Tulsa that popped up when people learned about the massacre for the first time because of the show.
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Apr 25, 2020 17:15
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Ugly In The Morning posted:And it actually had an effect- look at all the pushes for investigating mass graves in Tulsa that popped up when people learned about the massacre for the first time because of the show.
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Apr 25, 2020 17:35
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:So is everyone mad that the show took on the topic of institutional racism or that a tv show couldn't solve institutional racism in the real world in nine episodes?
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Apr 25, 2020 17:53
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I really enjoyed the arch tone and irreverence for the source material, but the ironic distance kind of clashes with the antiracism piece. Like Jeremy Irons and even Trieu are great light absurdities, but they don’t belong in a story that examines white supremacy and generational trauma in a serious way. Dr. Manhattan doesn’t really belong in that story either, even though he fled the holocaust and was a Jew in the 40s.
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Apr 26, 2020 00:36
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I think some people have this expectation that a serialized piece of fiction should be a continuous linear progression of entertainment levels that peaks in the final episode. Saying Watchmen sucked because the character and thematic parts peaked a couple episodes before the finale is like saying Breaking Bad sucked because Ozymandias was the climax and Felina was mostly wrapping everything up.
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Apr 26, 2020 17:09
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Watchmen sucked because the show correctly was saying nobody should desire or have the power that Dr Manhattan has, but then Angela does desire it and gain it (Lindoff has pretty much confirmed she doesn't fall into the pool like an idiot). And she's a very violent person who doesn't follow anybody's rules but her own. She absolutely shouldn't have that power. I loved the show pretty much up until "Cal is actually Dr Manhattan in blackface lol." It ended up being quite the rollercoaster but I don't see myself watching it again.
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Apr 26, 2020 17:13
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Nail Rat posted:Watchmen sucked because the show correctly was saying nobody should desire or have the power that Dr Manhattan has, but then Angela does desire it and gain it (Lindoff has pretty much confirmed she doesn't fall into the pool like an idiot). And she's a very violent person who doesn't follow anybody's rules but her own. She absolutely shouldn't have that power. It's true, when a character in a show does something it's because the show thinks that it's good and right and the creators fully endorse it IRL.
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Apr 26, 2020 17:48
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Nail Rat posted:Watchmen sucked because the show correctly was saying nobody should desire or have the power that Dr Manhattan has, but then Angela does desire it and gain it (Lindoff has pretty much confirmed she doesn't fall into the pool like an idiot). And she's a very violent person who doesn't follow anybody's rules but her own. She absolutely shouldn't have that power. Just because something happens doesnt mean it's an endorsement.
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Apr 26, 2020 18:41
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Sleeveless posted:It's true, when a character in a show does something it's because the show thinks that it's good and right and the creators fully endorse it IRL. That’s what drives me nuts about that argument. 90 percent of what Angela does is stuff the show straight up shows is a terrible idea and becoming Dr Manhattan is her completing the journey to being the platonic form of the phrase “the road to hell is paved with good intentions”
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Apr 26, 2020 20:02
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Honestly, Dr. Manhattan being like "hmm I should try being a black man in America" is extremely accurate to the character; if anything they put too much effort into justifying the decision
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Apr 26, 2020 20:03
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Martman posted:Honestly, Dr. Manhattan being like "hmm I should try being a black man in America" is extremely accurate to the character; if anything they put too much effort into justifying the decision Not just America, Tulsa. It worked well with his whole being tired of being a god thing?Where better to get away from not only having power over people but physics itself than being a black man in Tulsa? He hasn’t been treated as human for 80 years, but now he’s on the opposite end of the spectrum. It was a good twist in the character.
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Apr 26, 2020 20:08
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I haven't watched this show since the 3rd episode, and I'm excited to pick it up again judging by the thousands of posts and thread rating plummeting from Gold to Dooty
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May 9, 2020 12:28
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Man Musk posted:I haven't watched this show since the 3rd episode, and I'm excited to pick it up again judging by the thousands of posts and thread rating plummeting from Gold to Dooty There are some really good episodes and some kinda lame plot developments but people like to be histrionic ITT and it's fine.
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May 9, 2020 17:34
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Hey, remember that idiot who said the show was irrelevant four months after broadcast? 
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Jun 11, 2020 20:16
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https://twitter.com/planetlabs/status/1269046985119727616 which ep was this 
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dont fall for it too hard tho, its a nice gesture by the DC mayor but that same mayor has historically tried to gently caress up the BLM movement
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