HBO’s Watchmen - NOTHING EVER ENDS...Except When It Should

[Y2K Baby]

I’ll make you die in a second

libtard

Prove it, fatty.

 

[Lemmingwise]

In the squid attack, at minimum a few million die plus it would kill off at maximum 25% of the jewish population

Huh, maybe it was a masterstroke that could bring world peace after all, huh.

 

[XYZpdq]

I thought a bunch of cities got fucked whether it was Squid in the comics or Fake Doc in the movie?

 

[2021Murder]

Prove it, fatty.

Its like 3,000 people. Katrina killed half as many but led to way more injured and homeless.

Huh, maybe it was a masterstroke that could bring world peace after all, huh.

Or more likely the jews suddenly use their tactics to manipulate people into developing warp technology to try and find that fucking squids people

 

[Y2K Baby]

Katrina killed half as many but led to way more injured and homeless

That was also the work of a terrorist so.

 

[EmpireOfTheClouds]

Was 9/11 committed by fucking aliens from god knows where? No? Then STFU. Your example is terrible because 9/11 happened because of Islamic fundamentalism -a problem STEEPED in religion and politics- that may or may not have a real solution..

the actual cold war ended without any uniting tragedy, and moreso, 9/11 happened years later and it didn't make the US any friendlier with their supposed allies. (the latter point is the biggest reason the movie's ending doesn't make any fucking sense lol)

Jesus, did you fail English, @BrunoMattei??

 

[BrunoMattei]

Jesus, did you fail English, @BrunoMattei??

EmpireOfTheClouds?

More like EmpireOfTheCucks.

 

[Y2K Baby]

EmpireOfTheClouds?

More like EmpireOfTheCucks.

You mean libtards.

 

[_blank_]

WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN?

...apparently nobody anymore... shit's been cancelled, fam.

HBO won't pursue second season of 'Watchmen' after creator bows out

HBO's 'Watchmen' won acclaim (and ratings), but creator Damon Lindelof says he isn't interested in a second season, and so neither is HBO.

www.usatoday.com

PASADENA, Calif. – "Watchmen" won a loyal following and critical acclaim, as the superhero comics series was adapted into a politically relevant drama about race and the criminal justice system.

But don't look for a second season of the drama, which wrapped up its nine-episode run last month, largely because creator Damon Lindelof isn't interested in doing it.

HBO programming chief Casey Bloys told USA TODAY Wednesday that Lindelof, the co-creator of ABC's "Lost" who also created HBO's "The Leftovers," "brilliantly took this graphic novel and just kind of broke it open and created a whole new world," in which Regina King starred as a masked cop in Tulsa, in a 2019 when Robert Redford is president.

"It's really in Damon’s thinking about what he wants to do. If there's an idea that excited him about another season, another installment, maybe like a 'Fargo,' 'True Detective' (anthology) take on it, or if he wants to do something different altogether. We’re very proud of 'Watchmen,' but what I’m most interested in what Damon wants to do."

The answer: Nothing.

Lindelof told USA TODAY this week that he's told the story he wants to tell and has no interest in a second season, though he's "given my blessing" to HBO should it want to pursue a new installment with another writer-producer.

But Bloys concedes that's unlikely to happen: "It would be hard to imagine doing it without Damon involved in some way."

Sorry, fans, but the season-ending cliffhanger will likely never be resolved.

 

[Ahriman]

WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN?

...apparently nobody anymore... shit's been cancelled, fam.

HBO won't pursue second season of 'Watchmen' after creator bows out

HBO's 'Watchmen' won acclaim (and ratings), but creator Damon Lindelof says he isn't interested in a second season, and so neither is HBO.

www.usatoday.com

[Laughs uncontrollably]

 

[Marco Fucko]

I'm so glad the market is unresponsive to the various attempts at molesting Watchmen throughout the years. Serves them right for not just leaving the fucking thing alone.

 

[EmpireOfTheClouds]

I'm so glad the market is unresponsive to the various attempts at molesting Watchmen throughout the years. Serves them right for not just leaving the fucking thing alone.

I mean Lindelof even outright said season 2 is not a priority for him even as far back as before the show first aired. either way, me happy

 

[Marco Fucko]

I mean Lindelof even outright said season 2 is not a priority for him even as far back as before the show first aired. either way, me happy

I get you but DC keeps doing shit like prequel comics and including them in a crossover event, when the source material is so clearly it's own thing that just doesn't jive with the core DC properties. Even when guys like Batman are at their darkest there's this sense of epic heroism within the story itself, and when you flip over to Watchmen there's the opposite effect. There's less stupid monologues mid fight, characters who "should" act a certain way go against script, etc.

It's like throwing Deadpool into a mainline Marvel movie. I know they recently got rights to do that but if they ever do there's going to be this huge whiplash to a character that's used to referencing sex, swearing constantly and just outright killing people he fights keep it PG 13 for the "mainstream" Marvel heroes.

 

[Dom Cruise]

WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN?

...apparently nobody anymore... shit's been cancelled, fam.

HBO won't pursue second season of 'Watchmen' after creator bows out

HBO's 'Watchmen' won acclaim (and ratings), but creator Damon Lindelof says he isn't interested in a second season, and so neither is HBO.

www.usatoday.com

Well that it's for that.

When they first announced HBO was making a Watchmen TV series I thought that was going to be something amazing, of course I assumed it would be an actual adaption of the comic, one more faithful than the movie.

Instead we got a great big wet fart.

 

[BrunoMattei]

WHO WATCHES THE WATCHMEN?

...apparently nobody anymore... shit's been cancelled, fam.

HBO won't pursue second season of 'Watchmen' after creator bows out

HBO's 'Watchmen' won acclaim (and ratings), but creator Damon Lindelof says he isn't interested in a second season, and so neither is HBO.

www.usatoday.com

Good. Fucking good.

 

[Cyril Sneer]

It's like throwing Deadpool into a mainline Marvel movie. I know they recently got rights to do that but if they ever do there's going to be this huge whiplash to a character that's used to referencing sex, swearing constantly and just outright killing people he fights keep it PG 13 for the "mainstream" Marvel heroes.

And yet the best Deadpool stories were written by Joe Kelly way back in the late 90s under very PG-13-ish constraints.

 

[Muttnik]

Fucking GOOD. I'm glad.

Watchmen and I became well acquainted a little over a year ago when I read the comic for the first time. It was a religious experience with how much I loved it. With a shitty woke show only reaching one season due to a lack of anyone giving a shit, it preserves the dignity of the source material and leaves behind a legacy of why people should stop trying to adapt the un-adaptable.

Fuck Lindelof. No one should give that fucker a single story after what he did to Lost.

 

[Marco Fucko]

And yet the best Deadpool stories were written by Joe Kelly way back in the late 90s under very PG-13-ish constraints.

I'm definitely showing my hand but outside of a few highlights like Watchmen or DKR I'm not a comic book guy. If the best of Deadpool in the comics is PG-13 then that's cool, it might even be genuinely good.

Now the movies the audience are familiar with? My point still stands. Watchmen the comic is too tonally different from the rest of DC due to a core difference in execution. Moore is a cynic and isn't even really a fan of superheros, so he had Watchmen be very anti-Hero in that sense. The two official heroes are a sociopath and someone so utterly indifferent to the human race they're fine with "living" on Mars. The vigilantes are unhinged, retired or dead. Stark contrast to how Batman is basically Gotham's unofficial guardian angel, or how Superman is usually more officially supported due to his cleaner image and ethos.

Bringing that back to Deadpool, the movies exist to riff on core super hero movies and have fun with it. They reference all sorts of random normal facts that just don't matter, like how Hugh Jackman is Australian or there were two X-men timelines running simultaneously, one running into the modern era without really aging up the characters. You contrast that with the main Marvel movies, which are as straight as an arrow. Any "subversive" qualities that exist in these movies are previously established and not really that subversive. Deadpool has every reason to hate Ajax and kills him when he finally gets the chance? The Avengers play out fighting Thanos for two long ass movies and wait for Iron Man, the original* hero to finish him off. I could go on, but hopefully the point's been made.

*Yes I know Hulk was technically first.

 

[Commander X]

I love how Lindelof’s excuse is that he told the story that he wanted to tell while the articles about the cancellation also mention how the season ended on a cliffhanger.

 

[Devilish Jack o Lantern]

I love how Lindelof’s excuse is that he told the story that he wanted to tell while the articles about the cancellation also mention how the season ended on a cliffhanger.

to be fair so did the comic end as well with an open ending