Watchmen Episode 1 - It's Garbage

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  • Опубліковано 1 лис 2019
  • So is HBO's Watchmen a worthy successor to the critically acclaimed comic book and the dark and gritty Zack Snyder movie, or just a trashy, low-effort waste of time? Let's find out as I review Episode 1 - "It's Summer and We're Running Out Of Ice".
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  • @Ilovegirlotsandlots
    @Ilovegirlotsandlots 4 роки тому +8555

    Hollywood: “We are remaking “Jaws” as a series and the shark will be a racist, bigoted creature with an anti-gay agenda.”
    Fans: “Huh?”
    Hollywood: “Well it is a Great White.”
    Fans: *slap forehead*

    • @grzdrgz
      @grzdrgz 4 роки тому +139

      I knew it!

    • @CoolHardLogic
      @CoolHardLogic 4 роки тому +264

      _"Fans: slap forehead"_
      Twitter: "OMG! This is amaze-balls! Old white men definitely need not see this movie!"

    • @boomcat1337
      @boomcat1337 4 роки тому +68

      in current date i would not be choked if they did it... a Great White only going for colored and gays :P

    • @bigchicken4135
      @bigchicken4135 4 роки тому +150

      And the main character will be a female who overpowers the shark each time it would attack her
      Why you ask? Well because females are the stronger gender of course

    • @elexceer6226
      @elexceer6226 4 роки тому +15

      The Witcher comes to mind

  • @TheStapleGunKid
    @TheStapleGunKid 4 роки тому +4198

    "Law and order: Social Justice Unit"
    Please don't go giving Hollywood any ideas.

    • @Riskmangler
      @Riskmangler 4 роки тому +51

      It was at this exact moment when I gave this video the thumbs up. The rest is icing on the SJW cake.

    • @TheStapleGunKid
      @TheStapleGunKid 4 роки тому +32

      @Charlie Pendergast Yeah I never liked SVU. The original Law and Order series was my all time favorite tv show, and it infuriates me that SVU ended up getting more seasons then it did.

    • @Cautionary_Tale_Harris
      @Cautionary_Tale_Harris 4 роки тому +7

      @@seanhoogland1938 I think that one was actually Cultural Suicide Squad.

    • @Thane36425
      @Thane36425 4 роки тому +15

      The Democrats are already working to make that a reality and not just a show, just like they've done before.

    • @HumanAfterAll123
      @HumanAfterAll123 4 роки тому +7

      Too late it's already in production

  • @froglifechannel
    @froglifechannel 3 роки тому +513

    "Everyone is competent and stoic." That's pretty much all we get for characterizations these days.

    • @maxmfpayne
      @maxmfpayne 2 роки тому +6

      The characters get way more fleshed out and I think the first episode still does a lot to establish them.

    • @HOLLASOUNDS
      @HOLLASOUNDS Рік тому

      I fail to see any supper heroes.

    • @TheGoodLuc
      @TheGoodLuc 10 місяців тому +1

      And female with true, strong character 😁

  • @avrivah1101
    @avrivah1101 3 роки тому +298

    Good art asks uncomfortable questions of the audience. Bad art assumes the answers to those questions for the audience. Artists now have made up their minds about right and wrong, and are uncomfortable asking questions of the audience. It's sad.

    • @georgecaplin9075
      @georgecaplin9075 2 роки тому +6

      I agree. Nice, concise comment and, in my view, objectively right.

    • @SeraphsWitness
      @SeraphsWitness Рік тому +5

      @@georgecaplin9075 "in my view, objectively right" is a bit contradictory don't you think?

    • @Rise65487
      @Rise65487 Рік тому +5

      They're not afraid of asking questions, they simply don't WANT to ask any.
      And why would they?
      They're paid to promote an agenda with their products,
      Why would they risk having peoples considers differents opinions when they're paid to keep promoting the same ones already in place?

    • @thans2838
      @thans2838 3 місяці тому

      ​@@Rise65487if their agenda is bringing to light atrocities of the past that were unknown to the public, well good for them.

  • @helloworld-ll8ko
    @helloworld-ll8ko 4 роки тому +3076

    this show is like if star wars focused on a random girl with a stick and a random storm trooper. oh wait.

    • @DS94everXev
      @DS94everXev 4 роки тому +228

      The thing is, I think there are plenty of good storylines in a random stormtrooper and a woman with a stick.
      How did he become a stormtrooper? How does the First Order treat them? Why don't these people choose to work with the established government (this time not named Rebels)?
      How has this girl survived on a planet seemingly ran by Java the Hutt type beings? How much trust would this girl have on this planet? How would she treat strangers?
      There are plenty of plot lines they could have had. They simply chose to not have any.

    • @etienne8110
      @etienne8110 4 роки тому +88

      @@preddyshite6342 yep but there was a thing called character development back in the days. It does matter.

    • @preddyshite6342
      @preddyshite6342 4 роки тому +14

      @@etienne8110 The thing about character development is it's the most fictitious thing in fiction.
      Some stories are less about an overall growth arc and more about a character as they are facing particular circumstances.
      Not every situation changes a person dramatically, and not all characters have to be irredeemable just to be redeemed in the final act.
      it's almost amusing that media has become so formulaic that it's so offensive to deviate from it.
      Even thinking about Rey and her Mary Sue-ness, it's insane to think that revealing her parents would somehow explain why she's such a badass, like that would explain why they were badasses, or why Anakin was a badass.
      Thinking about it, writing has encountered something like an uncanny valley, except because it isn't purely visual like CG that gets easily out-dated, tropes are more readily accepted and imitated in real life rather than critiqued. Media is a large part of entertainment and will never be more than that, no matter how well one in every 1000 stories integrates real world issues into their narratives.

    • @preddyshite6342
      @preddyshite6342 4 роки тому +3

      @@DS94everXev Bruh... As much as I joined in the communal defecation on the new trilogy, they literally answered all those questions.
      Honestly the most useless part of it, Fin and whats her faces trip to the casino planet was the most illuminating part of the whole Star Wars lore for me because I always assumed they used slave labor and just owned all the resources needed to build those ridiculous sized ships and fleet.
      Further, I prefer movies like Solo and Rogue which don't really focus on Jedi or Sith. I think once they tried to integrate some rando into the legacy, it was doomed to fail. They glossed over Luke rebuilding the Jedi academy and that's probably the only thing I wanted to see explored after Return of the Jedi.

    • @DS94everXev
      @DS94everXev 4 роки тому +44

      @@preddyshite6342
      They never answered any of those things beyond maybe a line. They never showed us life as that person.
      And I do want to know how life is like for a common stormtrooper it poverty striken gurl in useless planet in the Star Wars universe. While Luke was off saving the galaxy, what impact does that have on citizens?
      We never saw Finn explain why he was fine killing his friends when his friend is the one that died that turned him around. That is a worthy story.

  • @DirkusTurkess
    @DirkusTurkess 4 роки тому +2639

    More like "Dontwatchmen" amirite folks?

  • @VanWelij
    @VanWelij 2 роки тому +349

    The pilot episode of Lost is probably still one of TV's greatest introductions to a show ever. Every time I watch it again it sucks me in.

    • @thomasgrisfett
      @thomasgrisfett 2 роки тому +17

      I can't tell if that last sentence was a joke or just unfortunate.

    • @HugoStiglitz88
      @HugoStiglitz88 2 роки тому +23

      I still like that show. It didn't finish as strong but it was still great

    • @lonemaus562
      @lonemaus562 2 роки тому +9

      Lost was the first show I ever watched and completed , not the best show now that I look back on it but it was cool and suspenseful

    • @Creshex8
      @Creshex8 2 роки тому

      It’s too bad the ending episodes didn’t provide any revelations of the plot points. The series was just mystery piled upon more mysteries, and in the end they answered very few.

    • @quantumuniversetvinc.6117
      @quantumuniversetvinc.6117 2 роки тому +2

      "We're gonna make a show with no ending haha " JJ abramz, who teaches film classes to other fools who will make even worse movies

  • @KamiRecca
    @KamiRecca 2 роки тому +250

    Just wanted to put this out there:
    According to IMDB its a 8.2
    According to Critics rating on rotten tomatoes its a 96% (With 117 Ratings)
    According to Audience rating on rotten tomatoes its a 56% (with 7832 Ratings)
    Pretty much tells it all realy. Journalistic Integrity is dead. Long live the Journalistic Integrity.
    Edit:
    Batwomans critic score on rotten: 84%
    Barwomans audience score on rotten: 18%

    • @daveeed1119
      @daveeed1119 2 роки тому +12

      IMDb uses 100k reviews. Rotten tomatoes is useless. Just because u didn’t like it doesn’t mean the vast majority did.

    • @KamiRecca
      @KamiRecca 2 роки тому +6

      @@daveeed1119 didnt see it, but i trust a site that lists critics and audience separately myself.

    • @daveeed1119
      @daveeed1119 2 роки тому +2

      @@KamiRecca that’s fair just keep in mind it’s only using 7,000 users

    • @KamiRecca
      @KamiRecca 2 роки тому +1

      @@daveeed1119 i keep it in mind indeed

    • @KamiRecca
      @KamiRecca 2 роки тому +2

      @@Midwinter2 of course, to blame whit people for everything is quickly becoming a international sport.

  • @jaysonraphaelmurdock8812
    @jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 4 роки тому +800

    And people wonder why Alan Moore hates what happens to his work.

    • @natorious76
      @natorious76 4 роки тому +51

      Writer needs to start putting in their contracts when they sell their materials that they have more power in how it is used

    • @thisismyname3928
      @thisismyname3928 4 роки тому +3

      No they don't.

    • @IntoleranceForStupidity
      @IntoleranceForStupidity 4 роки тому +1

      Expect that to happen when you take those checks.

    • @AdrianCelsiusTepes
      @AdrianCelsiusTepes 4 роки тому +46

      I'm sure the anarchist who wrote Rorschach as a satire of objectivists would be completely against left-wing politics in watchmen, right guys? :-D

    • @christianbjorck816
      @christianbjorck816 4 роки тому

      natorious76 Yes. Or just publish it themselves - more control that way.

  • @wolfhawk1999
    @wolfhawk1999 4 роки тому +588

    "Who watches the Watchmen?"
    ...Probably nobody

  • @DOSkywalkR
    @DOSkywalkR 2 роки тому +163

    I remember me and everyone I talked to about the Watchmen movie really liking it when it came out (I even bought the graphic novel after seeing it) and was baffled when over the years I found out it appearently has many haters. It has its flaws, sure, like every movie. But to this day I find it amazing and a great adaptation, even with a better ending than the comic imho. The only thing the movie didn't do as well as the graphic novel was communicating how Dr. Manhattan perceives time. It tackles it, but doesn't go into detail - "Arrival" managed that one better about the time perception.

    • @humblebugg5270
      @humblebugg5270 Рік тому +7

      Agree. But if you didn't watch the this show...correct that. I like the drinker. But he was wrong about this . It was a masterpiece

    • @humblebugg5270
      @humblebugg5270 Рік тому +2

      @Tanuki Joshua Grahamyou're entitled to your opiinion

    • @CAMSLAYER13
      @CAMSLAYER13 Рік тому +5

      The movie misses the point a few time but honestly I wouldn't have even hoped for a such an accurate adaptation and overall they did a good job and the ending was pretty good

    • @Blynat
      @Blynat Рік тому

      Many people that hate it wanted another generic pile of crap but got something better. So the dumbest of those types were angry and confused. Also many things were changed for time and story coherence in that said time frame. But purists will always get angry about any changes (good or bad) but you domt have to be a purist to hate the Watchman show... it was so obviously trying to over correct for something racist it's creators did at some point. "Let's just give God like powers to a random woman and kill off Dr. Manhatten.

    • @DeePal072
      @DeePal072 Рік тому

      The movie is quite a good adaptation, the show is woke trash. It has some glimpses, but in the end, it's about black/female empowerment and white people being 💩, that's all folks.

  • @jarredgrondein2081
    @jarredgrondein2081 2 роки тому +274

    The Watchmen movie was really good. Very underrated.

    • @stephenturner757
      @stephenturner757 2 роки тому +20

      I think it was done pretty well given the source material is so dense and rich. It's gotta be tough to adapt that fantastic graphic novel into a two hour movie.

    • @user-wf5vc2zv8e
      @user-wf5vc2zv8e 2 роки тому +2

      only piece of HW trash I ever walked out on and I endured the whole Titanic

    • @Normie6969
      @Normie6969 Рік тому +12

      @@stephenturner757 i watched the ultimate cut and i gotta say that it takes almost everything from the comic. The only important thing they missed is Ozymandias'' backstory at the end

    • @DeePal072
      @DeePal072 Рік тому +3

      100% agree 👍

    • @josiahp.6960
      @josiahp.6960 Рік тому +3

      Love it. Every minute.

  • @dr.j.h.1070
    @dr.j.h.1070 4 роки тому +2709

    Personal point of privilege: we prefer to call it Watchpeople!

    • @soulfirez4270
      @soulfirez4270 4 роки тому +134

      And dont clap you fascists it triggers us we do jazz hands now ..

    • @TerminvsEst
      @TerminvsEst 4 роки тому +61

      Fuck off Justin Trudeau.

    • @sonix7119
      @sonix7119 4 роки тому +51

      Actually.... I hate to be a fucktard...but.. I think its " Point of Personal Privilege "......sorry man........ " Please... don't.... use... gender specific language ".... sorry man.... !!! :)

    • @MirandaSinistra
      @MirandaSinistra 4 роки тому +45

      I'm genuinely surprised they didn't call it Watchpeople.

    • @dr.j.h.1070
      @dr.j.h.1070 4 роки тому +20

      @@sonix7119 Point of personal privilege: please don't use gendered language.

  • @todo9633
    @todo9633 4 роки тому +633

    "But Drinker, you exceedingly intoxicated yet curiously arousing prodigy" The writing is pure gold.

  • @travestytv1857
    @travestytv1857 3 роки тому +409

    “IT CAME TRUE, YOU’RE LOOKING AT IT!!”-Comedian (smartest man on the planet)

    • @travestytv1857
      @travestytv1857 3 роки тому +2

      @Chad Radwell okay but explain, in a good way “woke”? Cause I used it in reference to the Comedian saying that America is currently fucked?

    • @Renirhs
      @Renirhs 3 роки тому +9

      Woke is always referring to some one waking up to the reality that "they" see. The Comedian knew the truth and chose to play along with the joke.

    • @shockedbatman2377
      @shockedbatman2377 2 роки тому +3

      Just a reminder comedian also raped silk spectre

    • @micahwright5901
      @micahwright5901 2 роки тому

      You completely missed the point…

    • @barackobama9552
      @barackobama9552 2 роки тому +1

      @@shockedbatman2377 w

  • @danguillou713
    @danguillou713 3 роки тому +98

    "Jeremy Irons hams it up to the best of his ability. Although if he turns out to be who I I think he is, it's going to make for the most disappointing antagonist since Kylo Renn."
    But of course he did turn out to be that guy.

    • @RoScFan
      @RoScFan 3 роки тому +3

      who?

    • @CayeDaws
      @CayeDaws 2 роки тому +8

      Well as we then learn, Ozymandious didn't turn out to be the antagonist

    • @davidw.2791
      @davidw.2791 2 роки тому

      @@CayeDaws But no one focus on the fact that the female genius antagonist was a result of spermjack rape. Cuz the “victim” is a guy amirite

  • @mave12ick90
    @mave12ick90 4 роки тому +673

    "Who watches The Watchmen?"
    Apparently no one in the writer's room.

    • @thelaughingrouge
      @thelaughingrouge 4 роки тому +6

      Insert "I'm about to ruin this man's whole career." reaction gif here.
      Cuz that was perfect my friend!

    • @au6769
      @au6769 4 роки тому +7

      Damon Lindelof is a massive Watchmen fan what are you talking about??

    • @HiddenGhul
      @HiddenGhul 4 роки тому +3

      It’s based on the book not the movie though...

    • @u4yk
      @u4yk 4 роки тому +7

      @@au6769 he was probably forced to say that by the brass at Warner Media.

    • @au6769
      @au6769 4 роки тому +2

      Chuckie B he’s on Comic Booking shopping with Coy Jandraue too he knows his shit lol

  • @grantwilson4506
    @grantwilson4506 3 роки тому +2521

    Nothing ends racial division like blaming everything on one group.

    • @lazarwolf120792
      @lazarwolf120792 3 роки тому +51

      Fortunately, I believe the show goes on to address the end of racial divisions a lot more nuanced than this, where turmoil is mounting not just because of white supremacists but also because of massive egos of people of a variety of races and backgrounds. A difficult message it still DOES have is that you can't end racial divisions by just telling everyone to forget about them. Don't take your view on this show, let alone the discussions around racial divisions, from this video's rant about the first episode based on a universe created in one of the most multilayered and carefully crafted comic series ever. I'd say HBO does Alan Moore's creations JUSTICE (lol).
      Edit: here's a great explainer of the whole show! ua-cam.com/video/Cl3izXcp86w/v-deo.html

    • @maskon1724
      @maskon1724 3 роки тому +147

      It was only one group of people who killed all those black people in Tulsa. Denial of the past doesnt end division, it only further supports it.

    • @DrunkenAussie76
      @DrunkenAussie76 3 роки тому +247

      @@maskon1724
      "It was only one group of people who killed all those black people in Tulsa"
      If you judge an entire race of people by the actions of a few of them you are no better than those you are attempting to judge.
      And then to hold others of the same race responsible decades or even centuries later is even more unjust and reprehensible.

    • @maskon1724
      @maskon1724 3 роки тому +48

      @@DrunkenAussie76 I never judged an entire race, just pointed out historical facts of the time in which the show discusses. I will not forget nor forgive the role of those white peoples who participated in deplorable racists acts of America’s past that still live on in violent, economic and privileged ways(which is discussed in the show if u had watched it). Btw, u are the definition of “white fragility”, anytime truthful American white history gets brought up, there’s always one white boy who takes it oddly personal. Paranoid?

    • @DrunkenAussie76
      @DrunkenAussie76 3 роки тому +181

      @@maskon1724
      "I never judged an entire race"
      It was heavily implied by your initial comment, and confirmed with this gem;
      "Btw, u are the definition of “white fragility"
      You have no idea what race I am, just as I have no idea of your race...
      "I will not forget nor forgive the role of those white peoples who participated in deplorable racists acts of America’s past"
      What about the horrific acts of any other races in Americas past?
      Let me guess they don't count because power + privilege or some other racist platitude right?

  • @VulpesDay
    @VulpesDay 3 роки тому +58

    11:44 Drinker predicts Falcon and the Winter Soldier

    • @hanskneesun123
      @hanskneesun123 2 роки тому +4

      I refuse to believe it is a coincidence but instead another example of the far lefts inability to create something new.

  • @ssuperstar8989
    @ssuperstar8989 3 роки тому +214

    This seems like a show CW should have carried. By the way the CW is the toilet of networks.

    • @albarabebo6306
      @albarabebo6306 3 роки тому +22

      i fuckin hate them , the only good show they had was supernatural and in the last seasons they managed to add it to their list of fuckups !!

    • @attackoftheclonesisnotthat790
      @attackoftheclonesisnotthat790 3 роки тому

      Jajajjajajaja WHAT? please elaborate

    • @attackoftheclonesisnotthat790
      @attackoftheclonesisnotthat790 3 роки тому +2

      @@cyberspark4206 I don’t mean flash i mean Watchmen, how in the hell can someone say the Watchmen show is like a CW show.

    • @gameplayloop5571
      @gameplayloop5571 3 роки тому

      WC

    • @strengar7145
      @strengar7145 3 роки тому +7

      @@attackoftheclonesisnotthat790 if watchmen was a CW show they would have about 15 seasons abt now

  • @mrbyun7135
    @mrbyun7135 4 роки тому +1441

    Exactly why Alan Moore hates adaptations of his work. He saw this coming, that crazy bastard

    • @AceTheBathoundProductions
      @AceTheBathoundProductions 3 роки тому +35

      Alan Moore a crazy bastard... Bastard yes. Crazy yes. You would get like that if your works were adapted to some visual media like TV or Movies and POORLY at that, wouldn't you?

    • @AceTheBathoundProductions
      @AceTheBathoundProductions 3 роки тому +9

      @NANA DOTWA irony and sarcasm...

    • @AceTheBathoundProductions
      @AceTheBathoundProductions 3 роки тому +2

      @NANA DOTWA irony and sarcasm works best when it isn't clearly delineated... Irony and sarcasm, I mean.

    • @jasonryan2555
      @jasonryan2555 3 роки тому +49

      Alan Moore was pissed that everyone loved Rorshack who was suppose to be a mocking representation of conservatives.

    • @victorsantoro8582
      @victorsantoro8582 3 роки тому +6

      @@AceTheBathoundProductions yes, I think His drying His tear with Euros

  • @MorticiaGravesyde
    @MorticiaGravesyde 4 роки тому +2755

    "Imagine you've just ordered a burger at your favorite restaurant, and the waitress brings you a big, steaming turd on a bun. And, when you complain about it, she says, 'You're just not willing to accept how this Fecal Sandwich challenges your worldview and beliefs about burgers, so you dislike it. You need to do better.'"
    -- The Critical Drinker, 11/02/2019

    • @pikiwiki
      @pikiwiki 4 роки тому +41

      let's face the facts here. HE IS A GOD

    • @herheartbeats5727
      @herheartbeats5727 4 роки тому +44

      This is the best part of the review. Seriously Drinker, we need more thinkers like you, here and now.

    • @metalliclark86
      @metalliclark86 4 роки тому +50

      Well, the show wasnt renewed for a second season because nobody watched the watchmen LMAO

    • @MothraBlues
      @MothraBlues 4 роки тому +6

      @@metalliclark86 Riight. It wasn;t cancelled simply because the creators had told their story, now, wazzit*? No - it had to be because of the bad ratings (witch it may have had - I wouldn't know, nor do I particularly care. I was MORE than satisfied with one season, ta very mutch*.
      You see how life works, now, right? For every opinion you consider valid (because, duh, it's your own), there's always another opinion that might , just MIGHT be equally valid? A complex concept to grasp, I know (sadly currently reduced to the 'fake-news' labeling idiocy of idiots on BOTH sides of the current debate, neither of witch I find particularly helpful nor palatable, fyi). But once you give it some further thought, you may begin to see some Truth in the concept witch* I'm trying - as politely as I'm able - to open your mind to. Cheers! (oh - you might have got an 'F' on your schadenfreude, but you'll be pleased to know you DID receive an 'A' on your 'Who watches the Watchmen' joke - - sincere, btw) :-)
      (*ALL stet)

    • @Entreped
      @Entreped 4 роки тому +54

      @@MothraBlues Except none of it is based on opinion, it's based on the ratings, which you admit in the very first sentence you "don't care about." Lmao. That's about as far from intellectual as you can get. "I don't care that the show was cancelled because the ratings sucked. I wouldn't know because I live in my own little bubble which consists of only caring about information that validates how I feel." Does that sound about right? Typical leftist. You pretend you are enlightened but only when you close your eyes and ignore anything that might contradict your world view. It's great that you enjoyed the show, more power to you, but it was cancelled because most people thought it was woke trash and they couldn't financially justify a season 2.

  • @WanderfalkeAT
    @WanderfalkeAT 2 роки тому +71

    You know, 15 Years ago I was rooting for the Female Characters in Blockbuster Movies and even Games, but now I cannot watch them anymore without thinking how totally unrealistic they are. That is okay in a Superhero Movie, where Physics are thrown out of the Window. But when I see a 100 Pound Model beating up 200 Pound Martial Artists I am somehow confused. I mean think about the Choreography in such a Fight. How do those 200 Pound Men fly around like the Model would kick with tripple the Force she has in Reality. Do they do that all with Wires?

  • @SeraphsWitness
    @SeraphsWitness Рік тому +14

    I assume the "raining baby squid" thing is a reference to the ending that happened in the original graphic novel.

  • @BarokaiRein
    @BarokaiRein 4 роки тому +1480

    I'm surprised they didn't rename it to Watchwomen or Watchpeople since it's 2019

  • @saintgogeto675
    @saintgogeto675 4 роки тому +217

    I guess we got the answer to the question :
    "who watches the watchmen?"
    Not Damon Lindelof

    • @mos6507
      @mos6507 4 роки тому +4

      I see what you did there...

    • @hypernovie
      @hypernovie 4 роки тому +3

      how did they even get rights to the Watchman name? Someone wasn't watching and didn't see the script.

    • @mr.vargas5648
      @mr.vargas5648 4 роки тому +2

      There is actually no watchmen to watch anymore.

  • @NateTheGreat368
    @NateTheGreat368 Рік тому +123

    I love how the show has no connections to either the graphic novel nor the movie, except for that they use Rorschachs mask as the symbol for the KKK which genuinely infuriates me

    • @_Code_3
      @_Code_3 Рік тому +4

      Who cares? Stop talking and clap for the brown people

    • @Brownie-ms6sv
      @Brownie-ms6sv Рік тому +10

      Except for the fact it has Dr Manhattan, Ozymandias and Silk Spectre in it, and the giant alien squid monster being teleported into New York at the end of the original story is a major part of the plot.

    • @diegoandres2499
      @diegoandres2499 Рік тому +10

      Rorschach wasn´t a good person tho

    • @charlespuruncajas9663
      @charlespuruncajas9663 Рік тому +8

      That’s false. The whole squid thing, the whole Ozymandias plan, the New Frontiersman and alt right as*holes? None of that means nothing to you?

    • @ericbedrosian3284
      @ericbedrosian3284 Рік тому

      Why he was written as an extreme far-right character? The New Frontiersman was his favorite magazine and the excerpt that Alan Moore features in the novel defends the actions of the KKK. He also calls a Mexican woman a welfare cheat.

  • @angrygolem9952
    @angrygolem9952 2 роки тому +11

    It's not about shows having political messages, it's about the same political message.

    • @theunknowngamer5477
      @theunknowngamer5477 8 місяців тому +2

      After a pint of Daniels, and a hellish scream of pain....your post removes my anger.

  • @khukri_wielderxxx1962
    @khukri_wielderxxx1962 4 роки тому +700

    The Zack Snyder movie was awesome. Flawed, but awesome

    • @madxruler
      @madxruler 4 роки тому +63

      It was ahead of its time. 2009 was still fresh in a way to the superhero movie genre. (Considering Iron Man was 2008) If Watchmen came out today it would be praised more. The movie is one of my favs.

    • @withnail-and-i
      @withnail-and-i 4 роки тому +37

      @Jackie Corpron It adapted perfectly the surface and esthetics but missed the deeper themes. People don't hate it, they were just dissapointed (although the opening sequence was glorious)

    • @Popdaddy88
      @Popdaddy88 4 роки тому +16

      @@withnail-and-i i agree. That opening sequence was glorious.

    • @Cautionary_Tale_Harris
      @Cautionary_Tale_Harris 4 роки тому +19

      I never read the comics. The movie is one of my favorites, though. I am willing to bet that I'd enjoy the comics, too.

    • @babaluji12345
      @babaluji12345 4 роки тому +22

      I read the comics and I always said to people that Zack probably made the best version of it (besides the version never made by Gilliam but thats in the realm of "what if"). To condense so much material and still be an actual movie movie is a feat on its own, I truly believe that at the time he was the best director for it, plus the man lives and breathes comic books so he tried to respect the source up to maximum.

  • @faroosiexe
    @faroosiexe 4 роки тому +880

    This show is like if they made the Terminator a family man and replaced John Connor with a slim teenage girl who can't hold a piece of paper
    Ohh wait

    • @aegonblackfyre9947
      @aegonblackfyre9947 4 роки тому +2

      Lol

    • @Alexander-Hatfield
      @Alexander-Hatfield 4 роки тому +13

      Thank god nothing like that will ever take place. That would be horrifying.

    • @megashark1013
      @megashark1013 4 роки тому +5

      Turning the Terminator into a family man could be a smart idea, if done well. It would be a nice ending to his character arc. It was just done terribly.

    • @faroosiexe
      @faroosiexe 4 роки тому +1

      @@Alexander-Hatfield Hollywood my friend knows no limits

    • @fran3ro
      @fran3ro 4 роки тому +17

      @@megashark1013 It's a machine, it doesn't have character arc.

  • @novadjsau
    @novadjsau 3 роки тому +8

    It gets worse. what they did with Dr Manhattan was sacrilege

    • @barryb90
      @barryb90 3 роки тому

      What did they do? After what they did to Rorschach I couldn't watch it.

  • @misturfixit45
    @misturfixit45 Рік тому +51

    It's 2022 and nobody even remembers this show. It got 26 emmy nominations. What a messed up time in history when crap like this got a free pass.

    • @JustaPerson1988
      @JustaPerson1988 Рік тому +9

      I remember this show, it was great

    • @misturfixit45
      @misturfixit45 Рік тому +10

      @@JustaPerson1988 In 6 months, you're the first person who felt the need to say so. I'm glad you liked the show, really, but I think the point stands.

    • @marocainforlife
      @marocainforlife Рік тому +4

      I liked the show too

    • @kdrkdr5123
      @kdrkdr5123 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@Mistur Fixit Agree...show sucked and no one talks about it. It has no lifespan. Like many shows it preferred to preach vs tell a good story.

  • @unlimitedrabbit
    @unlimitedrabbit 4 роки тому +194

    Watchmen fans 2009: Where is the squid?
    Damon Lindelof 2019: I've got you covered.

  • @DeusNyx
    @DeusNyx 4 роки тому +471

    The Boys, has more in common with Watchmen than this 'modern' take.

    • @tylerleach1833
      @tylerleach1833 4 роки тому +13

      The difference being Watchmen is great and The Boys is edgelord garbage

    • @jefesteel
      @jefesteel 4 роки тому +27

      @@tylerleach1833 fun edgelord garbage

    • @cabrondemente1
      @cabrondemente1 4 роки тому +21

      @@tylerleach1833 Says the edgelord.

    • @loken9124
      @loken9124 4 роки тому +14

      @@tylerleach1833 sounds like your a captain marvel fan

    • @tylerleach1833
      @tylerleach1833 4 роки тому +6

      @@cabrondemente1 I'm being an edgelord. I legitimately hate The Boys. Not so much the show, I haven't watched it yet, but I read some issues of the comic...like 3, and then I dropped it because I thought it was garbage. Call me a stick in the mud, but I despise the concept of superheroes being assholes.

  • @arturoalvarezkawai6773
    @arturoalvarezkawai6773 Рік тому +85

    I don't live in the USA. I was completely unaware of the so called "culture wars", BLM, Antifa, and all that craziness. I heard that some people in that country refused to stand to the national anthem, but didn't get why exactly, what they pretended to achieve. So, before I learned about all that, I watched the TV show and remember thinking: "This is strange". Something was definitely off. After the first episode, I researched about the Tulsa riots and what REALLY happened then. And after each episode, I started to realize this wasn't a TV show at all: It was propaganda, indoctrination. True authentic garbage.

    • @mladens1779
      @mladens1779 Рік тому +7

      And what REALLY happened? I'm curious.

    • @michielayers3692
      @michielayers3692 11 місяців тому +2

      I need to know the name of this country so I can move there!

    • @arturoalvarezkawai6773
      @arturoalvarezkawai6773 11 місяців тому +4

      @@michielayers3692 I doubt it. I live in the second poorest country in the American continent. We have our own problems. Compared to Portland, New York, Chicago or maybe the entire state of California, my poor little land might not look that bad, but there is plenty of other great places in the USA where you can work hard and thrive.

    • @A_Random_Ghost
      @A_Random_Ghost 11 місяців тому

      @@mladens1779 A white girl said a black man raped her. Not sure if they went to court but that was the time of "Believe all women". A fight broke out(some things happened before this). You can see wikipedia but you can trust their info as much as you want. Nine whites people die, sixty eight blacks die. Till today we do not know if the rape allegation was even true.

    • @whitneyANDbunny
      @whitneyANDbunny 9 місяців тому

      Yeah All I was told that 1 white guy was shot and essentially blacks were all innocent ... then I learned they opened up fire on a crowd of white people and that's what REALLY started it. Then read letters ppl wrote to NYT writers asking why their doing essentially the same same thing they do today ...lie and push a agenda ... its really effed up how that rapist piece of 💩 that tried raping that girl is potrayed innocent .

  • @AstralDragoon
    @AstralDragoon 2 роки тому +15

    I can't help but wonder how Hollywood's recent "writers" managed to write long enough or have enough success to even be noticed by big studios. If they have no ideas for stories or characters beyond whatever is trending in identity politics, how were they able to create enough compelling material to be recognized in the first place?

  • @johnsketcher2222
    @johnsketcher2222 4 роки тому +293

    So why isn't Jussie Smollett starring in this? He was clearly the inspiration for this show.

  • @dickmobster4043
    @dickmobster4043 4 роки тому +255

    Law and Order: Social Justice Unit. Man I couldn't have been any more let down. You hit the nail on the head

  • @kipter
    @kipter Рік тому +18

    The whole show is basically a power fantasy built on the insane world view of the people who wrote it.

  • @TophDaGreat
    @TophDaGreat 3 роки тому +15

    Your simple to the point titles will never cease to entertain me.

  • @stevepalpatine2828
    @stevepalpatine2828 3 роки тому +1269

    That clip of Dinklage throwing up never gets old...

    • @pedroian5964
      @pedroian5964 2 роки тому +17

      I might be the only one who thinks the sound doesn't get so bad after you hear it too many times

    • @gabrielkawai7494
      @gabrielkawai7494 2 роки тому +18

      Not fond of it, but do think it became a bit of a drinker staple

    • @Jebu911
      @Jebu911 2 роки тому +11

      always makes me sad cos it reminds me of better times when only the first few seasons of got were made.

    • @jamesbizs
      @jamesbizs 2 роки тому +2

      @@gabrielkawai7494 you think it became? Lol it’s literally a trope he uses specifically

    • @gabrielkawai7494
      @gabrielkawai7494 2 роки тому +5

      @@jamesbizs obviously, but something becomes a staple when it is used frequently, so whether he chooses to use it or not is irrelevant for something to become a staple of someone... I think you missed the point

  • @bookillful
    @bookillful 4 роки тому +208

    The Watchmen movie directors cut was 10 years before it's time.

    • @Flayne009
      @Flayne009 4 роки тому +22

      I have no idea why people shit on Zack Snyder. Watchmen was the best adaptation we could hope for and BvS, despite third act issues and shoehorning in Doomsday and Superman's death, is the best popular comic book movie imo.

    • @TonyG8992
      @TonyG8992 4 роки тому +19

      When James Cameron, Scott Derrickson, Darren Aronofsky and Christopher Fuckin Nolan praise Zack Snyder's Watchmen, anything fuckboys, cineblend, Screen Rant, Comicbook. Com, John Campea, Robert Stroms or the fat fuck of Jodys Corner, anything they say about Zack Snyder is completely irrelevant.

    • @babaluji12345
      @babaluji12345 4 роки тому +1

      Amen to that brother!

    • @tjfrye11
      @tjfrye11 4 роки тому +10

      @@Flayne009 i agree about watchmen, there's simply no way you could perfectly adapt the comics to the big screen (which is why the original writer didn't want it done), however, i disagree about BvS. That was bad. He went stomping all over basic character motivations (i.e. having batman kill people). If you want to see a version of BvS that actually does the job, watch the animated movie the dark knight returns. that was great, because they had the 2 fight, but they were fighting because they had to to protect what they believed in, not just for some stupid hostage situation.

    • @Flayne009
      @Flayne009 4 роки тому +4

      @@tjfrye11 I understand Batman's no kill policy is key to his character but I wasn't going to let that ruin the movie for me. I'll just pretend this is Earth 2 or something. Also, the Batman fight scene in the warehouse was the first time I EVER saw Batman on screen and said "Yes, that is Batman from the comics. I'm watching a Batman comic book and it's beautiful."

  • @leonid123ful
    @leonid123ful 3 роки тому +54

    “Watchmen? Did you just assume our gender? Or the fact that we are watchable? Typical patriarch”.

    • @NickVarn
      @NickVarn 3 роки тому +3

      We prefer the term “watchbeings” or “x force”

    • @bobnix3240
      @bobnix3240 3 роки тому +1

      "Or the fact that we are watchable." Priceless.
      Other people made the first part of that lame joke, but you took it to a whole new level. I salute you, Len B.

  • @leonid123ful
    @leonid123ful 3 роки тому +20

    Wow, the “hanging out” pun followed by the manic laughter is what earned this video a thumbs up from this here guy

  • @politicallycorrectredskin796
    @politicallycorrectredskin796 4 роки тому +297

    I love how not one thing in the episode has anything to do with Watchmen. Shouldn't this sort of stuff be, I don't know, illegal?

    • @Mr_Bones.
      @Mr_Bones. 4 роки тому +35

      Fishslap 33 I hope Jeremy Irons is Ozymandias and kills half of humanity again, but I wouldn’t know because I ain’t watching this obvious SJW shit. I’m not even white and I rolled my eyes so fucking hard at the fake racial tension bullshit in the trailers. They’re trying so fucking hard, it’s like Batwoman but with even less lighting it seems 🙄

    • @politicallycorrectredskin796
      @politicallycorrectredskin796 4 роки тому +11

      @@@Mr_Bones. Amen! Collectivism is just not good for producing stories.
      Black people = innocent victims who can do no wrong.
      White people = Evil racist oppressors, unless they prostrate and debase themselves every day.
      And this is I guess fine. Primitive, but fine. It at least contains a small kernel of truth, historically speaking and for the last 500 years.
      The real problem is that neither group can manifest any other qualities than the two they have been assigned by the collectivist borg. If you are black you are now an innocent victim, period. No complex emotions, personality or thoughts wanted or required, thank you! Not even positive qualities really, since they might distract from the political message you've been tasked with broadcasting with your black skin.
      And the same for white people. Evil racist moron oppressor or GTFO! Obviously this is a lot easier, since you can just pile on the negative traits to your heart's content. The audience will leave hating white people anyway. Or at least the idiotic part of the audience.
      I hate collectivism and don't understand why everyone else doesn't hate it too. I will like and dislike exactly who I choose, regardless of their skin or genitals. A black man behaves like an ass I will dislike him. A woman behaves like an ass I will dislike her. A white man behaves well I will like him. I don't give a flying shit about people's skin or genitals, just their individual quality. the Obama-inspired idea that political leaders "represent" us is absurd. I'm white. And I have never felt represented by a politician, because all they do is lie. I hated Bush, I hate Turmp. Both are completely incompetent. But I also hate Obama, and consider him the biggest political fraud since Teddy Roosevelt. Why should black people feel represented by a political fraud just because of his skin color? It\s insulting to black people.
      The uncomfortable truth here is that many Jews love collectivism, and they always have. it's their culture really. Jews are always right, goys are always wrong. That is the traditional Jewish ethos. So obviously it's going to apply to everyone else as well when Jews take over a place like Hollywood, which they have. It was inevitable really.

    • @politicallycorrectredskin796
      @politicallycorrectredskin796 4 роки тому +1

      ​@@resigned liberal It should be illegal though. It's culture and public property. Can a billionaire take a crayon to the Mona Lisa if he just buys it first? I mean, what sort of philistines are running this society anyway if this sort of stuff is "legal"?

    • @politicallycorrectredskin796
      @politicallycorrectredskin796 4 роки тому

      @@resigned liberal Yes, life in a philistine empire. Not saying you're not correct, just that this is no way to run a civilization.

    • @jacobcoleman4216
      @jacobcoleman4216 4 роки тому

      Tell that to Starship Troopers.

  • @dongxx
    @dongxx 4 роки тому +250

    Great movies are watched, not made.
    -Ruin Johnson.

    • @keimist7398
      @keimist7398 4 роки тому +3

      I dont understand :/

    • @lpo2522
      @lpo2522 4 роки тому

      Kei Mist maybe that’s the point 😂😂

    • @nicolemajlat2768
      @nicolemajlat2768 4 роки тому

      Huh 🤔?

    • @darkomihajlovski3135
      @darkomihajlovski3135 4 роки тому +4

      @@keimist7398 I think the idea is a movie is only as great as people interpret them for example some people that the new start wars movies are great and think the new joker is terrible

    • @tmazz85
      @tmazz85 4 роки тому +6

      Here's merely saying that Rian Johnson sucks at movies. C'mon people.

  • @trevbarlow9719
    @trevbarlow9719 2 роки тому +5

    So two years on and I'm guessing this got canceled after one season?
    Edit: Aaaand I was right! Will they ever learn?

    • @tomateman9581
      @tomateman9581 2 роки тому +4

      no LUL

    • @nathanielclaw2841
      @nathanielclaw2841 2 роки тому

      @Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? it was meant for one season. you are coping hard but in the end you cannot hide the great reviews. sorry bub

    • @nathanielclaw2841
      @nathanielclaw2841 2 роки тому

      @Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? gone silent at what bitch? You crazy? You havent said anything until now. The cope making You imagine stuff?

  • @MementoMorituri
    @MementoMorituri 2 роки тому +6

    "This absolute turd dares to ride the coattails of the Watchmen name. It does this for cheap name recognition and the hopes of capturing a built in audience while simultaneously ignoring or shitting over everything that made Watchment compelling in the first place." -A perfect encapsulation of Hollywood's treatment of beloved IP reboots, remakes, and sequels.

  • @IROC400
    @IROC400 4 роки тому +84

    I don't get excited when I hear that Hollywood is going to reboot something successful from the past.

    • @nhmooytis7058
      @nhmooytis7058 4 роки тому +7

      Chris Dalton I get out an airsick bag.

    • @613harbinger316
      @613harbinger316 4 роки тому +9

      It's basically a red flag to let you know to step off the path of the coming $hitstorm.

    • @BenyaminLorit
      @BenyaminLorit 4 роки тому +2

      It's not a reboot though? It's a sequel. The problem is that arguably, it's a story that doesn't need one.

    • @laughingoctopus8556
      @laughingoctopus8556 4 роки тому +4

      *hey, we brought back your favorite franchise!*
      "how are they going to ruin x now, and will they inject modern day politics that will age like milk"

    • @mr.vargas5648
      @mr.vargas5648 4 роки тому +1

      If we all were so wise to realise this.

  • @Tomskizzle
    @Tomskizzle 4 роки тому +206

    Every time he said “Rorshark” I died a little inside

    • @Belzediel
      @Belzediel 4 роки тому +9

      One of lines is someone literally phoneticisng the name. Raw-Shark is correct in universe.
      2.bp.blogspot.com/-R1p8xImP7rM/XFdUIgd4zAI/AAAAAAAAlSg/lNYqQKV6qoQnllaqwlBSmeqxE40s_yUxwCLcBGAs/s1600/Watchmen%2BRaw%2Bshark-03.JPG

    • @aramfingal5180
      @aramfingal5180 4 роки тому +20

      ​@@Belzediel A person in the story mispronouncing the name does not make that pronunciation correct. If that were the case, the correct name for the guy who gives out presents on Christmas in The Nightmare Before Christmas would be Sandy Claws. TCD didn't pronounce Rohrshach that way anyway, it was more like "row shark"

    • @genghisdon1
      @genghisdon1 4 роки тому +4

      I did not like that either

    • @carldrogo9492
      @carldrogo9492 4 роки тому

      And that's your main gripe with this show?

    • @KalJerico465
      @KalJerico465 4 роки тому +12

      @@Belzediel Its a Swiss name thats butchered by english pronounciation. I've never heard any english speaking person pronounce it correctly, since the "ch" sound at the end of the name does not exist in english. But i guess you could settle for Rawr-shag. There is definately no r in the second syllable, so Rorshark or similar is flat out wrong.

  • @tims4502
    @tims4502 3 роки тому +41

    By comparison the Mandolorian leaves me waiting for the next week’s episode within the Star Wars universe. This show does nothing but make me appreciate the movie.

    • @loyh5269
      @loyh5269 3 роки тому +8

      finish the whole series, this show is a masterpiece

    • @HydraBill57
      @HydraBill57 2 роки тому +4

      The show is literal garbage.

    • @aleksandar9873
      @aleksandar9873 2 роки тому +1

      @@loyh5269 Is it? I like how it's going but I only saw first 5 episodes.
      Edit: I wish I stopped at 5.

    • @jesusblanco7657
      @jesusblanco7657 2 роки тому +3

      Just watch it and make your own judgements, people are so quick to rely on others opinion to formulate their own.

    • @mrbouncelol
      @mrbouncelol 2 роки тому

      @@jesusblanco7657 lol, or, people have limited time and can't rely on so called movie/tv reviewers anymore

  • @michaelhilland1137
    @michaelhilland1137 2 роки тому +5

    I couldn’t even watch it to end of first episode 😭😭😭😭🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤯🤯🤯🤯😤😤😤😤🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

    • @wtcher2060
      @wtcher2060 Рік тому

      Because most of u guys hate to see white supremacy on screen cause u wanna act like it never happened. I know u may deny it or even believe that’s not the case. It is.

  • @Z1BABOUINOS
    @Z1BABOUINOS 4 роки тому +758

    Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 95%
    *Audience Score: 41%*
    😂🤣🤣
    I'll stick to my ImdB account

    • @casualagent7250
      @casualagent7250 4 роки тому +6

      Z1BABOUINOS
      I concur, ImdB is all that I check out

    • @McMonkeyful
      @McMonkeyful 4 роки тому +52

      I saw a 2017 article saying IMDB & Rotten Tomatoes should be ignored as the majority of reviews were by men & they were therefore skewed to male tastes. Had they said that women should take these reviews with a pinch of salt as they tend to have a male bias I would probably have nodded 'Fair point' but the soyboy who wrote the article was seriously saying that EVERYONE should ignore them. While individual reviews can be very subjective, I find IMDB a very good guide on whether or not to watch a film or series based on hundreds or even thousands of reviews averaged out. I trust reviewers such as our pal the Drinker even more & this does indeed sound like a pile of steaming shite which is best avoided.

    • @EmilyDickmesome
      @EmilyDickmesome 4 роки тому +5

      Z1BABOUINOS Idek why RT exists anymore

    • @shiftstart
      @shiftstart 4 роки тому +17

      I never understood why people idolized bunch of rotten tomatoes to begin with.

    • @rustyshackleford17
      @rustyshackleford17 4 роки тому +26

      @@shiftstart Rotten Tomatoes used to be a pretty decent website. It wasn't until 2016ish when shit started going south. Then it had it's shenanigans with Ghostbuster...now it's been a shitshow.
      It seems that Hollywood finally got to them with the recent expansion of reviewers

  • @ascensionindustries9631
    @ascensionindustries9631 4 роки тому +139

    The problem with Watchmen: Damon Lindelof.
    The problem with Star Trek Into Darkness: Damon Lindelof.
    The problem with Prometheus: Damon Lindelof.
    The problem with Lost: Damon Lindelof.
    See a pattern? Please stop hiring this hack writer.

    • @XellDincht
      @XellDincht 4 роки тому +27

      same goes for JJ Abrams

    • @kratostwin20
      @kratostwin20 4 роки тому +4

      The Leftovers was actually great writing. But yeah this is trash

    • @shitmandood
      @shitmandood 4 роки тому +5

      @@kratostwin20 I couldn't watch that shit show either.

    • @davidheaney4430
      @davidheaney4430 4 роки тому +1

      The Problem with Man United's back 4: Victor Lindelof

    • @teepot191
      @teepot191 4 роки тому

      Kevin Fritz knows

  • @MaynardGK
    @MaynardGK 3 роки тому +4

    Shoulda called it "Wokemen".

  • @RahulParmar1978
    @RahulParmar1978 7 місяців тому +3

    Oof really missed the boat on this one. It was a fantastic series!

  • @LadyDoomsinger
    @LadyDoomsinger 4 роки тому +1427

    The burger analogy was... weird, yet strangely accurate.

    • @Bobba8590
      @Bobba8590 4 роки тому +10

      *weird

    • @LadyDoomsinger
      @LadyDoomsinger 4 роки тому +13

      @@Bobba8590 Fixed.

    • @fraillittlegoblin8664
      @fraillittlegoblin8664 4 роки тому +9

      It opens your eyes.

    • @insanejughead
      @insanejughead 3 роки тому +8

      That is a very astute observation, LadyDoomsinger!
      The word 'albeit' would fit wonderfully in place of 'yet'.

    • @damienjstepick
      @damienjstepick 3 роки тому +1

      @@fraillittlegoblin8664 it opens something...

  • @DJKeo
    @DJKeo 4 роки тому +133

    Damon lindelof has decided to run out of ideas at the beginning of a show instead of the ending which is a bold strategy this time around

    • @Mr_Bones.
      @Mr_Bones. 4 роки тому +7

      DJ Keo How the fuck does that man get any work? Like even on a corporate greed perspective, he’s poison and his work gets shit on constantly. Why would anyone hire someone with such a garbage record??

    • @shooshooshooshooshooter
      @shooshooshooshooshooter 4 роки тому +2

      Richard watch The Leftovers and you’ll understand

  • @TheTravAbides
    @TheTravAbides 7 місяців тому +10

    Snyder Watchmen is vastly underrated. The cinematography alone is amazing

  • @peligrifo2840
    @peligrifo2840 Рік тому +4

    I could not pass the first15 minutes

  • @Jim-Tuner
    @Jim-Tuner 4 роки тому +70

    The spiritual sequel to Watchmen on TV is "the boys". The Watchmen TV show is just an original show idea with the Watchmen name put on it.

    • @supersaltlee7657
      @supersaltlee7657 4 роки тому +4

      The boys is an adaption of the boys...

    • @aaronhumphrey2009
      @aaronhumphrey2009 4 роки тому +3

      A much better casted,acted,and written show. Can't wait to see season two of the Boy's. Couldn't make it to the second episode of ( do not) Watchman . Dreck

    • @grzdrgz
      @grzdrgz 4 роки тому

      Not really. Watchmen movie was pretty decent, despite the flaws, but The Boys was a disappointing mess of predictable plots and boring characters. I guess it should be acknowledged for trying to step away from the cookie-cutter superhero schlock, but it doesn't actually succeed in providing anything new either.
      Then again, what else is there to watch these days.

    • @LeoStaley
      @LeoStaley 4 роки тому +1

      @@grzdrgz Drinker loved it. I'm gonna watch because of his review.

    • @grzdrgz
      @grzdrgz 4 роки тому +1

      @Wignat Fedposter Well, at least I have an opinion. All you got is offended over a tv show.

  • @FrancisJacquerye
    @FrancisJacquerye 3 роки тому +705

    Essentially, “The Boys” is the closest thing to what a TV series adaptation of Watchmen might have been...

    • @LawsofPaul
      @LawsofPaul 3 роки тому +129

      I love The Boys but it honestly doesn’t have nearly the atmosphere or depth of themes as Watchmen.
      Feels more like a parody of Superhero comics than a deconstruction as it ends up sharing a lot of the same tropes. The characters do pretty dumb stuff all the time without consequences when they should realistically be dead.

    • @matthiasblum6555
      @matthiasblum6555 3 роки тому +16

      @@LawsofPaul You're both wrong imho, the TV Show The Boys is garbage in comparison to the Comic. Both Comics are, wait for it..., legendary. They share just a couple of plot points, Superheroes, Revenge (The Boys more than Watchmen), Morale Ambiguity, Romance, Friendship, World Crisis, Problems of how to deal with Superpowers. The Boys deals with it more on the humorous side, more degeneracy, more brutality, but is in the end a kind of Revenge Saga, the Watchmen deals with it more on the philosophical Side, more like an Homage to thousands of years of questions we as Humans tend to have on life and society in general. Both ends are genius-like imho, but kind of sad and realistic, of course in their own way and world. The Boys as TV Show already can't end like the Comic anymore, the Revenge Butcher wants, is made obsolete, which is kind of strange, because it is the core of the Story, that's why its garbage for me, many actions of the Main Characters don't make sense anymore...

    • @56k35
      @56k35 2 роки тому +98

      @@matthiasblum6555 The boys comic is literally just edgy and cringe

    • @ghiaccio1384
      @ghiaccio1384 2 роки тому +15

      Honestly Watchmen (movie) is the best adaptation. I think it's not meant to be a series bc it doesn't have that many material

    • @Ben-ew9eu
      @Ben-ew9eu 2 роки тому +11

      @@matthiasblum6555 cringe comic fanboy

  • @cyberpunk7624
    @cyberpunk7624 2 роки тому +3

    "Just a bunch of people doing their jobs - same lines" ... that's the feeling, right on spot man

  • @robertlykins728
    @robertlykins728 2 роки тому

    You sir always make my day!

  • @user-dv2hc8zt3o
    @user-dv2hc8zt3o 4 роки тому +155

    Just like Terminator 2, Watchmen didn't need a sequel because there was nothing left to make a sequel with.

    • @mrcliff3709
      @mrcliff3709 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah

    • @alwaysdisputin9930
      @alwaysdisputin9930 4 роки тому +3

      You do realise Ozymandias didn't destroy the universe, right?

    • @maadtee6281
      @maadtee6281 4 роки тому +2

      Actually there is a lot left that can be done

    • @mrcliff3709
      @mrcliff3709 4 роки тому

      I know right?

    • @EditedAF987
      @EditedAF987 3 роки тому +1

      As Dr Manhattan himself said: “Nothing ever ends Adrian. Nothing ever ends.”

  • @laughingoctopus8556
    @laughingoctopus8556 4 роки тому +203

    ironically the show, hbo and the rest of Hollywood are all pulling an Ozymandias lie to the public

    • @SvenPrime
      @SvenPrime 4 роки тому +29

      1984 at its finest

    • @ThatGuy-ky2yf
      @ThatGuy-ky2yf 4 роки тому +16

      This so much

    • @klaede9666
      @klaede9666 4 роки тому +3

      Ozymandias was convincing and his idea made sense to a certain extent. This, not so much.

    • @aegonblackfyre9947
      @aegonblackfyre9947 4 роки тому

      True true true

  • @theodorsrensen6035
    @theodorsrensen6035 2 роки тому +27

    I thought that the series overall was pretty good and i thought the ending was great

    • @brickguy8341
      @brickguy8341 2 роки тому +3

      Your Weird
      JJ

    • @trvrsoutdoors
      @trvrsoutdoors 2 роки тому +8

      Same here. Drinker is trippin'.

    • @duyvo9148
      @duyvo9148 2 роки тому +3

      he’s talking about the first episode, not the whole show

    • @Chonus
      @Chonus 2 роки тому +1

      @@duyvo9148 I doubt it. It really wasn't that bad.

    • @Scott_Silver
      @Scott_Silver 2 роки тому +1

      It was really good by the end and soundtrack on its own. First episode I guess go with it.
      Also I was intoxicated when I watched this the first time.

  • @mattzalot2576
    @mattzalot2576 Рік тому +4

    I agree with most of CD’s assessments but even a cursory look at the state of affairs in the world today proves that this is a prescient and valuable show.
    I thought the “real” watchmen universe worked well - costumes, squids, what have you - but clearly, we differ on that point.
    90% of the time I agree, but not with this one.

  • @isaacsantos6200
    @isaacsantos6200 4 роки тому +130

    Oh god, what did they do to Rorschach's mask ;_;

    • @trontosaurusrex9532
      @trontosaurusrex9532 4 роки тому +28

      Ruined it like they do to everything that's cool.

    • @dax7574
      @dax7574 4 роки тому +2

      turned it white supremacist.

    • @CallMeMrRook
      @CallMeMrRook 4 роки тому

      Did it have eye holes? Was there a scene with eye holes in It? Maybe I'm drunk of fumes or something?

    • @CallMeMrRook
      @CallMeMrRook 4 роки тому

      @Spider-Venom and there was me already to sober up and watch it again... ffs!!

  • @christopherjp1
    @christopherjp1 Рік тому +3

    You mean botchmen!

  • @superdude594
    @superdude594 10 місяців тому +2

    He loves the movie and hates the show. That says a lot about his character

  • @EatWave
    @EatWave 4 роки тому +67

    Now I want to see "Battle of the Bakers: Hotpie Rises".

    • @nhmooytis7058
      @nhmooytis7058 4 роки тому +2

      EatWave I just wanted Ser Pounce to end up on the Iron Throne :(.

    • @nhmooytis7058
      @nhmooytis7058 4 роки тому

      Jack Meoff now I’m bummed out. Thanks dude :(.

  • @Wolfiereveles
    @Wolfiereveles 4 роки тому +62

    Up next: A Clockwork Orange
    Set 50 years later, the street gangs are gone, new political structures are in place, and the main character is a descendant of someone who was raped by some gang. Not the girl that gets raped in the movie mind you, just some other random victim. So now the central theme of the series is the main character struggling against patriarchy and rape culture. At some point someone puts on a bowler.

    • @reharl4953
      @reharl4953 4 роки тому +4

      I will bet real money they do this in my lifespan.

    • @mambi74
      @mambi74 4 роки тому +1

      the non-binary protagonist would be of mix race - as the mother would have been a WOC. So, not only does she struggle against the patriarchy and rape culture, but also find it increasingly difficult to exist in a racist white society that does not accept her because of her 'ethnic' looks. At some point she goes out to get a drink of chocolate milk.

    • @remc0s
      @remc0s 4 роки тому +1

      Will they still be drinking milk?
      Because milk is white and therefore racist.

    • @mambi74
      @mambi74 4 роки тому

      @@remc0s - prepared for that contingency - hence the _chocolate_ milk reference above.

    • @remc0s
      @remc0s 4 роки тому

      @@mambi74 I hadn't read your comment yet. I just reacted to the OP.

  • @hereticsaint100
    @hereticsaint100 Рік тому +2

    I've officially given up on TV and movies.

  • @bimber83
    @bimber83 Рік тому +5

    Watched the series when it came out, but if you offered me 1bilion dollars to retell you the end and name just 1 character or even what the show was about. Might as well offer me all the wealth of the world i still wouldnt remember anything of it.

  • @xanatos3633
    @xanatos3633 4 роки тому +82

    And the hits just keep on coming ! Star trek , Star wars ,Doctor who , Predator , Terminator,
    and now Watchmen ,all TRASHED

    • @ky5666
      @ky5666 4 роки тому +1

      Was the new predator movie really that bad?

    • @ky5666
      @ky5666 4 роки тому +1

      @@pbradics3670 You not wrong there. I'm just glad it wasn't be in the identity politics kind of way.
      I might be misremembering it but I remember the CGI being pretty good.

    • @ky5666
      @ky5666 4 роки тому +2

      @@pbradics3670 No denying that. When I saw the new terminator trailers and the independent reviews on them. First thing I did was revisit the golden era of Terminator 1 & 2.

    • @akeeperofoddknowledge4956
      @akeeperofoddknowledge4956 4 роки тому +2

      It's like the entertainment industry WANTS to go bankrupt. And they wanna go out with a BANG !

    • @aramfingal5180
      @aramfingal5180 4 роки тому +4

      They're only trashed if you allow them to be trashed in your heart.

  • @urbanberndtsson
    @urbanberndtsson 4 роки тому +192

    So basically: they use the name of a popular franchise hoping to get viewers who thinks it has something to do with that franchise even though it doesn't.

    • @justifano7046
      @justifano7046 4 роки тому

      It doesn't?
      What about it doesn't have to do with watchmen?

    • @urbanberndtsson
      @urbanberndtsson 4 роки тому +9

      @@justifano7046 More importantly: what does? Except for the name, what does it have to do with Watchmen?

    • @justifano7046
      @justifano7046 4 роки тому +3

      @@urbanberndtsson
      A heavily political take of real world tensions with a hint of supernatural/unrealism.
      It's an alternate universe take on the world we live in today.
      One that exists in the aftermath of the watchmen graphic novel.
      So again I ask, how's it not watchmen?
      Because there's no guys in capes?

    • @urbanberndtsson
      @urbanberndtsson 4 роки тому +7

      @@justifano7046
      There's a heavy political take for sure, but (for the first episode at least) nothing supernatural aside from the squidrain, and that wasn't even talked about.
      Alternate universe? check. Nothing exclusive to Watchmen though.
      And yes, they claim it's the aftermath of the novel, but the only one from there is Veidt and he has yet to do anything.
      How is it not watchmen? Well, there's no relation in the themes, at least from the first episode. "Who watches the watchers", it's about how people react to those "guys in capes" you seemingly waved off as silly.
      As Drinker put it, it's a political drama with the Watchmen name slapped on it.

    • @justifano7046
      @justifano7046 4 роки тому +1

      @@urbanberndtsson
      It's not a copy and paste of the exact same themes, but the overrall theme(alternate universe take on real world tensions) is the same.
      If they just copy and pasted the Vietnam War into 2019 that wouldn't make sense.
      If they just copy and pasted someone getting raped, it'd be an issue.
      While it hasn't been blatantly stated, the "who watches the watchers" could be an even stronger influence here.
      Ie who polices the police?
      They wear masks, and can do pretty much whatever they want(when the black chick assaults that guy in the bathroom)
      With 0 consequences.
      Just because no one has written on a brick wall "who polices the police" doesn't mean the theme doesn't exist.
      Things like that are better shown not told

  • @tricivenola8164
    @tricivenola8164 2 роки тому +16

    Thanks for standing up against the insult to the greatest graphic novel of all time.

  • @brandroidanimal
    @brandroidanimal Рік тому +2

    "whatever happened to the american dream?" "" it came true...."

  • @thefreshestslice4105
    @thefreshestslice4105 4 роки тому +482

    They somehow found a way to deconstruct a deconstruction. I'm legitimately impressed at how awful this was.

    • @bbriggs7409
      @bbriggs7409 4 роки тому +3

      😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣

    • @mariokarter13
      @mariokarter13 4 роки тому +19

      Understanding the source material has become a detriment to your career prospects.
      If you're smart enough to understand it, you won't pander to make politics happy.

    • @stephenturner757
      @stephenturner757 2 роки тому

      It's all, 'white man bad'. Failing to mention all the luxuries they enjoy, like clean water, electricity, edible food, phones, computers, clothing, hot and cold water, air conditioning, cars, planes, stereos, education, and a myriad of other things they wouldn't otherwise have.

  • @user-vm8qc3vz2w
    @user-vm8qc3vz2w 4 роки тому +135

    The first Iron Man movie was slightly edgier than the follow ups.

    • @Sorakeyblademaster37
      @Sorakeyblademaster37 4 роки тому +34

      That’s because it wasn’t made by Disney.

    • @yohanan713
      @yohanan713 4 роки тому +40

      You mean the only good iron man

    • @JV-yq7dx
      @JV-yq7dx 4 роки тому +24

      Ian Schmitt iron man 1 is better than good, it’s actually great and one of the best mcu movies, 2 is shit tho and 3 is ok at best

    • @handsomebrick
      @handsomebrick 4 роки тому +7

      I would go further and say that the first was edgy and the follow ups were not at all edgy.

    • @feathermanr7577
      @feathermanr7577 4 роки тому +1

      Iron Man 2 still had that edginess, it just wasn’t a good movie

  • @phongngothai6143
    @phongngothai6143 Рік тому +1

    He is so mad that when he tell us to go away, He sound like a grumpy old man try to kept some kids out of his yard

  • @CosmicRay111
    @CosmicRay111 4 роки тому +169

    From the moment the show started, I felt like I was at the wrong party. You know like wearing the wrong clothes, the wrong hat, and everyone is staring at you and hating you. I can only conclude that this show was not made for me, but for someone else, who is not only not me, but actively hates me and wants me to leave. Yeah, so I left.

    • @usefulvidiots7869
      @usefulvidiots7869 4 роки тому +21

      Well stated.

    • @mikeboosh8776
      @mikeboosh8776 4 роки тому +14

      I had the same feeling with season 11 of Doctor Who. I left too.

    • @CosmicRay111
      @CosmicRay111 4 роки тому +1

      I recently re-watched The Mighty Boosh :-)

    • @germaxicus6670
      @germaxicus6670 4 роки тому +17

      Right on. I'm brown, and this show is not only anti-white. It's anti-American. The people who have the American flag are shown in a trailer park ghetto. During the pod interrogation scene the American flag is shown on the wall immediately following a nazi flag. Obviously for subliminal association to influence the less intelligent. The black people are great, friendly, pillars of the community. I wonder why black politicians don't live in black neighborhoods. Skin color does not matter. In the end, each individual needs to be judged on their own merit.

    • @CosmicRay111
      @CosmicRay111 4 роки тому +4

      Yes. I didn't say I was white either and I don't want to make this into a black vs white thing. It's far more disturbing than that. With whom does anyone come together in a show like that, other fans who are really into it, a shared set of … if not values, then at least hope that something good might come of this? Whatever that party is they're having there, it was actively designed to not welcome me as a guest.

  • @jonasdiaz8615
    @jonasdiaz8615 4 роки тому +45

    "And Judd's hanging out with him; but he's not exactly the life of the party anymore..." Hahaha, im dead 💀

  • @jamesstarke7389
    @jamesstarke7389 7 місяців тому +2

    Show definitely isn't perfect but improves and makes nice references to the original show by the end of the season. Give it a watch all the way through and rethink rethink it

  • @Donorcyclist
    @Donorcyclist Рік тому +1

    I was excited about this coming out, but I wasn't even able to make it through the first episode of this shite, so you're a better man than I am, Critical Drinker.

  • @dingusrevolver
    @dingusrevolver 4 роки тому +177

    95% on RT, too. Just like Batwoman. Shocker!

    • @justifano7046
      @justifano7046 4 роки тому +4

      Batwoman is a 72

    • @justifano7046
      @justifano7046 4 роки тому

      @Tom Campbell is it really that bad?
      I'm genuinely curious to know how much hate is from the "she's gay" crowd and the "she's not gay enough" crowd.
      Just like this review on watchmen, it seems mostly charged by the political connotations and not an actual review of whats going on.

    • @velvet3484
      @velvet3484 4 роки тому +5

      @@justifano7046 People don't like Batwoman because of the way they handle the story, the characters, the acting, the writing is so bad and boring. And the worst part and where is getting more hate is the sjw shit in this show. They just are pushing agendas behind a known name.

    • @justifano7046
      @justifano7046 4 роки тому +1

      @@velvet3484 isn't batwoman gay in the comics?
      Edit:
      Yeah she's a Jewish lesbian.

    • @lordthruxawe504
      @lordthruxawe504 4 роки тому +2

      @@justifano7046 it doesn't matter if she's gay. Most people don't care if a character is gay, and batwoman is gay in the comics. The issue is when the gay female character keeps going on about how gay and female they are. A prime example is in the batwoman trailer itself, the song in the background literally says 'I'm a woman, here I come'. How cringey would it be if I made a trailer with a song that said 'I'm a man, here I come.' ? It just wouldn't happen, because being that other 50% of the population doesn't make you special either. She also says that the bat suit will be perfect when it fits a woman. Now, personally I haven't watched the show, but the trailer left such a bad impression on me I don't think I ever would.
      You can tackle themes that involve gender or sexuality in a mature way, but the whole 'I'm a woman hear me roar!' Trope is very overplayed and quite frankly boring now. It was fun and interesting when movies like Charlie's angels were introduced, but it has lost any sense of originality it once had.
      I think the problem people who are against the politicization of media run into is that it's very easy to straw man them into looking like racists, sexists or homophobes, and it's also that racists, homophobes and sexists are also against social justice messaging, so it's ultimately easy for people who dislike political media to get lumped in with people who are genuinely bigoted.

  • @RuiLuz
    @RuiLuz 4 роки тому +81

    "Law & Order: Social Justice Unit" LOL

  • @athraigh916
    @athraigh916 Рік тому +3

    I loved the Movie because I never read the novel...V for vendetta is my favorite though

  • @arnold3768
    @arnold3768 3 роки тому +7

    4:14 "nothing says fairness like being punished by people you've never met for crimes that were commited generations before you were even born".
    Marley from AoT: is that like a personal attack or something?

    • @wormtrooper2413
      @wormtrooper2413 3 роки тому +3

      Or any German living today

    • @Parasmunt
      @Parasmunt Рік тому

      Or making a show called 'Dear white people' about being black at an ivy league college and complaining about racism even though you got into the college at the expense of a white kid who had better grades.

  • @devekut2
    @devekut2 4 роки тому +170

    Whenever Hollywood addresses race issues it's always the same one-note chorus unfounded in reality.

    • @itsalwayssomething7490
      @itsalwayssomething7490 4 роки тому +17

      Reality seen from the eyes of a white liberal.

    • @preddyshite6342
      @preddyshite6342 4 роки тому

      "alternate reality" I like how somewhere in your mind, that was an actual opinion

    • @darrengordon-hill
      @darrengordon-hill 4 роки тому +2

      @bigbenhoward Same bed; can't disown them now!
      Left = wrong.

    • @anathema2me4EVR
      @anathema2me4EVR 4 роки тому +14

      Which ethnic group runs Hollywood and what’s their agenda?

    • @grzdrgz
      @grzdrgz 4 роки тому +10

      @@anathema2me4EVR Leprechauns, and they're after your pot of gold.

  • @hugostiglitz9864
    @hugostiglitz9864 4 роки тому +235

    I really enjoyed the movie too. I really wish Hollywood could turn out something that isn't a stinking pile of woke horse shit.

  • @peterkulhavy6620
    @peterkulhavy6620 2 роки тому +1

    I was exited when we heard about TV show then I saw trailer and then I completely forgot it existed. Until now. I am glad you have done this and I did not wasted time on this show 😂. Thanks!

    • @philliphuey231
      @philliphuey231 Рік тому

      It was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen in my opinion.

  • @MrMegaGamerMan
    @MrMegaGamerMan 9 місяців тому +2

    There's an animated version of Watchmen out there that goes chapter by chapter. Very faithful, very good animation! The voice acting was a little rough at times, but I understand that artist decision

  • @albertdeluxe8966
    @albertdeluxe8966 4 роки тому +93

    I am befuddled as to how Damon Lindelof keeps getting work.

    • @jarrod752
      @jarrod752 4 роки тому +23

      If you are pushing the _money's narrative_ hard enough, you can fail up.

    • @razorbackguy6149
      @razorbackguy6149 4 роки тому +1

      Befuddled... perplexed...you name it...

    • @fionn335
      @fionn335 4 роки тому +3

      Albert Romanov because he’s an extremely talented writer, watch the Leftovers.

    • @Jim-Tuner
      @Jim-Tuner 4 роки тому +3

      The connection to JJ.

    • @shueyk2320
      @shueyk2320 4 роки тому +10

      >Checks wikipedia, early life... every damn time

  • @timmoore9855
    @timmoore9855 4 роки тому +577

    I want to see the Hot Pie spinoff: Game of Scones
    Tip your waitresses, I'm here all week

    • @aaronmicalowe
      @aaronmicalowe 4 роки тому +1

      lol

    • @dirus3142
      @dirus3142 4 роки тому +4

      @@christopherburroughs8744 He isn't going to tip Hot Pie though.

    • @samharrison8723
      @samharrison8723 4 роки тому +1

      Well tim, i see you're one of those that pronouce scone incorrectly. Obviously, scone rhymes with gone, which is why the joke "what is the fastest cake in the world?", "Scone", works. As scone does not rhyme with throne, your joke doesn't work.
      Tip withheld.

    • @davidgill3356
      @davidgill3356 4 роки тому +2

      sam harrison today I learned something. I have never heard anyone pronounce it correctly.

    • @samharrison8723
      @samharrison8723 4 роки тому +1

      @@davidgill3356
      I have to level with you David, in truth, both pronunciations are acceptable! It's a contentious issue! In the north of england we say scone (gone) and down south they say scone (throne). They are wrong, of course.

  • @Silverobots
    @Silverobots 2 роки тому +6

    Did you get around to watch it all? It was written well and I enjoyed all the episodes.

  • @eversafter13
    @eversafter13 Рік тому

    That hanging out/life of the party bit was worth watching this whole video for.😂

  • @capttinklebutt3837
    @capttinklebutt3837 4 роки тому +91

    I thought to myself "this show can't be that bad... I-is it raining squid?"
    Yes its bad.

    • @archstanton9073
      @archstanton9073 4 роки тому +1

      Hallelujah!

    • @abskorditis1232
      @abskorditis1232 4 роки тому +5

      That was actually nice touch.
      Veidt on the other hand was supposed to be between caring human and arrogant douchebag.
      And here he is straight way evil.

    • @preddyshite6342
      @preddyshite6342 4 роки тому +1

      Naked blue guy shows up
      "Much better"

    • @aaronhumphrey2009
      @aaronhumphrey2009 4 роки тому +2

      Too much just happens for no apparent reason. So preachy, so disconnected,so offensive to good writers everywhere...wasted opportunity on a hack effort