Shife said:
The ending from the comic was not the same as the 2009 movie, and that was my real only gripe about it. The new ending worked for movie too
well after watching the show I feel vindicated the HBO production carried on the original spirit of Watchmen after the movie dumbed it down for the masses.
The show was ambitious for sure, but it's probably a good thing it will not be coming back.
I won't call this HBO take on Watchmen garbage but it certainly was heavy handed in its use of tiresome social themes. No amount of critical acclaim can cover up the fact that Watchmen was a huge trolling effort.
Did it work? Sure seems like lots of people are outraged and some are eschewing the bravery of tackling sensitive themes via science fiction.
I don't care one way or the other really. As with any socially liberal creative work, I can consume it, shelve it and get back to reality. Fantasy nonsense changes nothing at all.
1. I still think the white supremacy angle was cringy. Rather than giving up on it due to the first few episodes, I finished it out but was ultimately disappointed.
2. Jean Smart started out decent but the character's sarcastic nature got annoying after awhile.
3. The paradox that Angela created was a weak way to explain things.
4. Tim Blake Nelson was the best character in the show.
5. Keene, Jr was obviously a bad guy from the beginning.
6. The reasoning for teleporting Dr. Manhattan and the 7th Calvary/Cyclops from the warehouse to "downtown" Tulsa was not apparent to me. Having it all wrapped up near the theatre where Reeves was watching the movie in Episode 1 was eye rolling.
7. The background on Jon Osterman and the country estate on Europa was brilliant as was Veidt's imprisonment there.
8. Explaining the Dr. Manhattan head ring roofie as the primary means to get rid of him in 1985 was way too convenient.
