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Only just found out Watchmen isn't getting a season 2? wtf?
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DKehoe
Gold Member
HBO said it’s up to Lindelof if there’s a season two and he said he doesn’t want to do a season two just to do it and feels happy with how things are with it. He did say he’d be happy to see someone else do a season two though. So maybe HBO will go ahead with that, especially if it does well at the Emmys after all of those nominations.
iconmaster
Banned
Guess no one was watching the Watchmen.
-Plasma Reus-
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Show had a good beginning.
Terrible ending, that didn't explain anything and went nowhere.
I bought the blu-ray a few weeks back. It's better to watch on a binge. But it definitely has problems with filler material that serves no purpose.
Great bluray though. They give you enough extras.
Overall, I'd rate the show a 7.5/10
A good watch, but definitely needs improvements.
FYI it was immensely successful. They offered a season 2 to Lindelof. But he said he didn't have a story for season 2 and didn't want to write a show just for the sake of it.
Hopefully another person can do a season 2 in a different setting. I believe the director (Nicole Kassell) would do a better job without Lindelof.
Terrible ending, that didn't explain anything and went nowhere.
I bought the blu-ray a few weeks back. It's better to watch on a binge. But it definitely has problems with filler material that serves no purpose.
Great bluray though. They give you enough extras.
Overall, I'd rate the show a 7.5/10
A good watch, but definitely needs improvements.
FYI it was immensely successful. They offered a season 2 to Lindelof. But he said he didn't have a story for season 2 and didn't want to write a show just for the sake of it.
Hopefully another person can do a season 2 in a different setting. I believe the director (Nicole Kassell) would do a better job without Lindelof.
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AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
infinitys_7th
Member
Who didn't think it was trash when the preachy MC started implicitly calling people who opposed reparations "racist".
Unwatchedmen
Unwatchedmen
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TyphoonStruggle
Member
Lindleof said he had only a story in mind for the 1 season.
triplestation
Member
don't worry pattinson batman prequel tv show is coming
i have a feeling that is going to be what the watchmen show wished it could be
i have a feeling that is going to be what the watchmen show wished it could be
Werewolf Jones
Member
SPOILERS BELOW IF YOU AIN'T WATCHED IT.
It was actually decent until it turned out Angela's grandfather was the first Minuteman AND he was gay on the low and then she was shagging Doctor Manhattan too. One or the other, not both.
It was actually decent until it turned out Angela's grandfather was the first Minuteman AND he was gay on the low and then she was shagging Doctor Manhattan too. One or the other, not both.
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DKehoe
Gold Member
I've already seen it so I don't mind but maybe use the spoiler tags if you are gonna post spoilers like that.
SirKicksalot
Member
They solved racism so there's no need for season 2.
SafeOrAlone
Banned
I really enjoyed the show and would welcome another season. I'm one of those types that can easily ignore a sequel or successor if it doesn't live up to the standards. I say take another roll of the dice and see if we get something brilliant.
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Whataborman
Unconfirmed Member
Like every Lindelof show ever
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
The show pretty much wrapped everything up and was just fine with one season. No need to force a second one.
SafeOrAlone
Banned
Same with the graphic novel, arguably.
Reptars Revenge
Member
TV Ratings: HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ Is a Word-of-Mouth Hit
"Watchmen" is premium cable's most popular new series of 2019, and HBO's most-watched new series since "Big Little Lies."
variety.com
appaws
Banned
The ratings were good and 26 Emmy nominations is pretty insane. I’m down for another season but if they don’t I’m fine also.TV Ratings: HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ Is a Word-of-Mouth Hit
"Watchmen" is premium cable's most popular new series of 2019, and HBO's most-watched new series since "Big Little Lies."
I heard the viewership was good for episode 1 but declined massively each one thereafter.
Queso de Grande
Member
I loved it for the most part. I thought the ending was too “happy” for Watchmen. I really hope it is just done now. More seasons would just get bogged down and be awful like Game of Thrones.
alstrike
Member
GTFO with that rhetoric, it's one of the best TV shows of recent years.
In Your Vase
Member
Enjoyed the show, definitely too woke, though. Leftovers was also pointlessly well done, too, I wasn't even angry when it was over and seemed to be for almost nothing for nothing's sake.
Minor Spoilers:
Watchmen took a big shat all over Rorschach from the comics and was waiting for more depth to that since that felt overly simplistic, but it turns out there wasn't any deeper meaning beyond making a statement that Rorschach was white male bad, and they weren't even subtle about it. Disappointing.
Also, Lube Man showing up felt like a big clue there was going to be a Season 2 to explain that (I thought it was Silk Spectre's FBI partner dressing up and scanning the town, but we'll never know). The Dr. Manhattan bits were pretty good except when he went all full blue and I found myself (for once) missing the movie's version since the TV version just looked plain bad.
Minor Spoilers:
Watchmen took a big shat all over Rorschach from the comics and was waiting for more depth to that since that felt overly simplistic, but it turns out there wasn't any deeper meaning beyond making a statement that Rorschach was white male bad, and they weren't even subtle about it. Disappointing.
Also, Lube Man showing up felt like a big clue there was going to be a Season 2 to explain that (I thought it was Silk Spectre's FBI partner dressing up and scanning the town, but we'll never know). The Dr. Manhattan bits were pretty good except when he went all full blue and I found myself (for once) missing the movie's version since the TV version just looked plain bad.
Reptars Revenge
Member
Yeah it started out rough after the first episode but rebounded and the finale had the highest ratings, I guess a giant U haha
‘Watchmen’ Season Finale Reaches Season High With 1.6 Million Viewers For HBO
On Sunday, 'Watchmen' season finale reached a season-high of 1.6 million viewers across all of HBO’s platforms.
deadline.com
Revolutionary
Gold Member
It's "White Guilt: The TV Show", of course the Emmys are going to be all over it, especially after all the riot nonsense.The ratings were good and 26 Emmy nominations is pretty insane. I’m down for another season but if they don’t I’m fine also.TV Ratings: HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ Is a Word-of-Mouth Hit
"Watchmen" is premium cable's most popular new series of 2019, and HBO's most-watched new series since "Big Little Lies."
In Your Vase
Member
I can't imagine anything as disappointing as GoT's end season. What a steaming pile of script writers that don't understand audience, their own characters, or what a well-executed plot is.
In Your Vase
Member
Same with me with "Hunters." What a crappy show you get punished for not singing its praises when any idiot can tell the acting is basement-tier garbage.
DeepBreath87
Banned
Damn. You mean they are not going to further bastardize Watchmen with their bumper sticker caliber political takes? What a shame.
DeepBreath87
Banned
Game of Thrones fell apart as soon as they couldn’t lean on already written content and had to actually develop the plot/characters on their own. That and they made the decision to completely run away from many of the interesting fantasy aspects.
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
It was always woke.
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
That wasn't the case at all. It was pretty consistent.
I have the opposite take: I thought the series started out mysterious and interesting but eventually devolved into eye-rolling nonsense by the end. Their take on Doctor Manhattan didn't work for me at all, which definitely didn't help my enjoyment.
The only way I would be up for a second season would be if it went anthology style, like Fargo, with new characters and maybe a new location. There would probably need to be a whole new creative staff to make this idea compelling to me, though. Oh, well... at least that reflective mask was kind of neato.
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
Looking Glass was probably the best part of the show, yeah.
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
Don’t understand this. The show did well both critically and in terms of viewership. It also wasn’t really woke. The bag guy was an Asian (woman) Bezos-type industrialist that secretly was pulling the strings.
xrnzaaas
Member
Season finale got 1.6 million viewers in the first 24 hours of combined viewings (less than a million in the initial airing) and it was around 1.1-1.3 million during the season. I'd call that pretty bad. Plus the show looks like it was more expensive to make than something like The Leftovers or HBO's comedies.
Spaceman292
Banned
Why does that fuckboi lindelof keeps getting work? Everything he writes is shit and tanks immediately.
DKehoe
Gold Member
People seemed to really like The Leftovers. I haven't seen it so I can't comment myself.
They were apparently getting an average of 7 million viewers an episode when you include streaming. So it seems to have done well. HBO wouldn't say they are open to doing another season if its numbers were that bad.
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Kadayi
Banned
Bitch all you want about LOST, but The Leftovers was one of best Dramas on TV in the last decade.
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Queso de Grande
Member
I tell people all the time how season 2 of The Leftovers may be the best season of a TV show ever.