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darkprince45
10/20/19 10:49:07 PM
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YokoGeri
10/20/19 10:50:05 PM
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I am afraid this new 7th cavalry stuff will inspire more right wing nutjobs to do bad things.
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Hexenherz
10/20/19 10:51:18 PM
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I watched the trailers and I was afraid there weren't going to be enough characters in masks, are there more masks in the show than what was previewed?
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darkprince45
10/20/19 10:52:09 PM
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MabusIncarnate
10/20/19 10:55:54 PM
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I completely forgot it premiered tonight, I know what i'm watching in an hour.
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DrizztLink
10/20/19 10:58:08 PM
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shockthemonkey posted...
Theres a Watchmen show?

Who watches it?
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MabusIncarnate
10/20/19 11:00:30 PM
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shockthemonkey posted...
Theres a Watchmen show?

First episode premiered on HBO tonight
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Gobstoppers12
10/20/19 11:01:21 PM
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I don't know much about it. When does it take place?
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_Matchabuu_
10/20/19 11:02:28 PM
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Gonna have to check it out tbh
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DocileOrangeCup
10/20/19 11:05:13 PM
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darkprince45
10/20/19 11:06:40 PM
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Gobstoppers12 posted...
I don't know much about it. When does it take place?

Now, the main gist so far(by trailers and press releases so no spoiler)

Its like a remix but new which makes no sense. Takes place in 2019 after the events of Watchmen. Cops have to wear masks to protect their identity
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konokonohamaru
10/20/19 11:07:26 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
shockthemonkey posted...
Theres a Watchmen show?

Who watches it?


Who watches the watchmen. Nice
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MabusIncarnate
10/20/19 11:07:40 PM
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I hope there is giant blue man penis
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DrizztLink
10/20/19 11:10:05 PM
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konokonohamaru posted...
DrizztLink posted...
shockthemonkey posted...
Theres a Watchmen show?

Who watches it?


Who watches the watchmen. Nice

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Gobstoppers12
10/20/19 11:11:22 PM
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DocileOrangeCup posted...
Didn't trent reznor do the sound track

Trent Resin Or*
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Bad_Mojo
10/20/19 11:24:45 PM
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AngelsNAirwav3s
10/21/19 2:27:15 AM
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I was very skeptical going in, but it was really good. They had a lot of good callbacks to the comic, but also a bunch of new stuff that doesnt overly rely on the source material. Also, Trent Reznor crushed the sound track, it was amazing.

I am already hooked on the storyline, I cant wait to see how everything fits together in the upcoming episodes
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Jagermeister513
10/21/19 2:31:32 AM
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Wokemen.
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AngelsNAirwav3s
10/21/19 2:47:46 AM
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Jagermeister513 posted...
Wokemen.


This was a big worry for me going into it, but I thought the political balance was very well done this first episode, no pandering really that I noticed
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im not 13
10/21/19 2:52:29 AM
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Watched the movie over the weekend in anticipation for the show...still as good as I remember it

Hope the show delivers
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Smashingpmkns
10/21/19 3:19:03 AM
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I really dont understand why this show is called Watchmen other than for marketing. First ep was decent though.
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ThyCorndog
10/21/19 12:26:38 PM
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oh shit. didn't know they made a watchmen show. guess I gotta look it up
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YokoGeri
10/21/19 12:34:01 PM
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ThyCorndog posted...
oh shit. didn't know they made a watchmen show. guess I gotta look it up


IMO it's just capitalizing on the watchmen name it's very, and I mean, very loosely related
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Oldin
10/21/19 12:35:52 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
Who watches it?
Who watches the watchesmen?
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Foppe
10/21/19 1:04:59 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...
it was decent all except for one thing. why are the Seventh Kavalry white supremacists? they supposedly follow Rorschach's ideology. except Rorschach was not a white supremacist. not in the least, in any way, shape or form. i don't understand why the Seventh Kavalry are white supremacists, that being the case. except because they are the "villains", and the villains need to be recognizably "villainous", and what's more villainous right now than white supremacists lol amirite.

srsly, it makes absolutely no sense. the only guess i have for it is that it's like a Pepe the Frog kinda thing. someone in the intervening time between the end of Watchmen and Watchmen HBO's alternate 2019, some 4Chan trolls were like "lol guis let's convince people that the Rorschach mask is a symbol of white supremacy lol it b funnay" and actually convinced people that it was legitimately a symbol of white supremacy when it's not, and then actual white supremacists co-opted it because why not. that's literally the only way i can make "sense" of it (sense in quotations because it actually doesn't make sense, just like in real life).

It will probably be explained later, but if we look at symbols that white supremacists use then we will see that they love to steal other symbols and find new uses for them.
The Arrow Cross was an ancient symbol of the Magyar tribes who settled Hungary, it was used in Christianity and the Arrow Cross Party during WWII.
The Aryan Fist is just a recolored Black Power Fist.
Runes and Thors Hammer are old Viking symbols.
The Bowlcut is an old haircut.
Fasces is an old Roman symbol.
H8 is just 1337 speech.
Identitarian lambda is just a Lambda symbol.
The Imperal German Flag is just an old flag.
The Iron Cross is an old pre-German military decoration.

Etc etc.
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AngelsNAirwav3s
10/21/19 2:43:32 PM
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Yeah I hope we get a lot more details on the Seventh Kavalry. My only gripe at first was how they turned Rorschach into a racist symbol, since he was my favorite character in the original series and had literally nothing to do with race. Even the new Rorschach in the comics is black.

I am going to wait a few episodes to get more background, but like the above poster said, a lot of racist symbols are just misreads of what the original symbol meant. It is clear that is what Lindelof is going for here, since most of the Seventh Kavalry video was just excerpts from Rorschach's Journal. I am guessing we get lots of twists and turns throughout the show.
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alimajor
10/21/19 2:48:57 PM
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Just watched it, I liked it and Im excited to where itll go. I hope that theyre just not using the name for easy marketing but based on the season preview after the episode I dont think it is.

Starting off with the Tulsa Riot was brutal.
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Smashingpmkns
10/21/19 2:49:33 PM
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After sleeping on it, I still think I would have liked the concept of this show more if it was a retelling of the original story instead of some sort of pseudo-sequel, or whatever it is. As a standalone concept it's a great idea, but riding off of the Watchmen name feels unnecessary and confusing.

Is the viewer supposed to be aware of the original story in order to understand the events of the show? I'm still uncertain as to how it's connected to Watchmen other than aesthetics and very minor costuming references. Why the fuck is Rorschach's mask being appropriated to white supremacy? I guess we have a whole season to hopefully get these answers but as far as the first episode I feel completely lost in terms of the connection to the original series and have little expectations for it to make any clear connection.
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TheBlueMonk_
10/21/19 2:52:53 PM
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no thanks. the watchmen movie was terrible and i dont need to see more of that
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UnfairRepresent
10/21/19 3:00:19 PM
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TheBlueMonk_ posted...
no thanks. the watchmen movie was terrible a

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Foppe
10/21/19 3:09:09 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w" data-time="

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DeadBankerDream
10/21/19 3:17:07 PM
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Why wouldnt I just read the comic instead?
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KILBOTz
10/21/19 3:18:59 PM
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I have TC tagged as likes looking at dicks. Was their lots of blue dong in the tv show?

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spudger
10/21/19 3:19:51 PM
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i guess i should watch the movie finally? *shrug*
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DeadBankerDream
10/21/19 3:21:42 PM
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spudger posted...
i guess i should watch the movie finally? *shrug*

If you like an audio visual representation of a movie director wishing cancer on his audience.
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boxington
10/21/19 3:49:52 PM
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TheBlueMonk_ posted...
no thanks. the watchmen movie was terrible and i dont need to see more of that

it follows from the graphic novel and not the movie
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CyricZ
10/21/19 5:14:15 PM
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KILBOTz posted...
I have TC tagged as likes looking at dicks. Was their lots of blue dong in the tv show?

There was a naked old guy at a typewriter.
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MabusIncarnate
10/23/19 2:45:32 AM
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WOW that first episode was really awesome, I went from kind of excited to really hyped for the next episode. I think i'm going to love this series.
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HylianFox
10/23/19 2:54:08 AM
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MabusIncarnate posted...
I hope there is giant blue man penis

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im not 13
10/23/19 4:24:51 AM
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Eh, it was OK but kinda all over the place I don't get how the police chief had a convoy following him only to get killed by himself

The action scene was also kind of eh. The first time we get to see the Owlship and it gets destroyed almost instantly?
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Beveren_Rabbit
10/23/19 4:27:32 AM
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YokoGeri posted...
I am afraid this new 7th cavalry stuff will inspire more right wing nutjobs to do bad things.


kind of like how it inspired incels to put up a fake "no singles policy" sign at an AMC theater?
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HylianFox
10/23/19 4:33:21 AM
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boxington posted...
TheBlueMonk_ posted...
no thanks. the watchmen movie was terrible and i dont need to see more of that

it follows from the graphic novel and not the movie


really though, remember when the movie was announced and people were all 'THIS IS BASED ON THE GREATEST COMIC BOOKS EVER MADE'

but then the movie came out to a resounding 'meh' and the franchise was promptly forgotten
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YokoGeri
10/23/19 9:25:14 AM
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Beveren_Rabbit posted...
YokoGeri posted...
I am afraid this new 7th cavalry stuff will inspire more right wing nutjobs to do bad things.


kind of like how it inspired incels to put up a fake "no singles policy" sign at an AMC theater?


More like the OK sign and Pepe the frog, but with the added danger of inciting people to do bad things
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CyricZ
10/23/19 12:18:05 PM
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DuranOfForcena posted...
i got the feeling that there's not just one of those anymore. they are probably like cop cars. there's probably a fleet of them.
I wouldn't go that far. I'd say it's tantamount to a police force breaking out an APC. Perhaps each precinct has one or two. Or maybe this precinct is special in particular.

Especially since we actually did see plenty of cop cars. :-P

We'll see later for sure.

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