MHWilliams
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Sometimes a dude strikes gold like Leftovers. Sometimes he's working on Cowboys & Aliens and Tomorrowland.
Let not act like Lindelof's track record is one to laud.
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'Watchmen' TV Series From Damon Lindelof in the Works at HBO [update: pilot ordered]
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Sometimes a dude strikes gold like Leftovers. Sometimes he's working on Cowboys & Aliens and Tomorrowland.
Let not act like Lindelof's track record is one to laud.
Puck Beaverton
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Lost at least Jeremy Davies towards the end.
God I love Faraday.
God I love Faraday.
Skinny Pete
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Can we get Davies in this somehow?
Discotheque
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Leftovers was good but honestly that finale was crap and kind of left me feeling a bit (unfairly) meh on the whole series when I was going into that final season loving it
I love that watchmen is being adapted as an hbo series but lindelof is still wack
I love that watchmen is being adapted as an hbo series but lindelof is still wack
You are a unique guy Disco.
Discotheque
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....k.
Anyways I hope hbo gets people like Neil Marshall to direct a few episodes
If Snyder directed one too that would be cool
andythinkpad
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The Leftovers convinced me Lindelof is only capable of mysterious mysteries thing.
Poor GRIMES
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#WatchTheLeftovers2017
Bits N Pieces
Member
The Leftover's S3 isn't getting shown here in the UK until July but considering S1 and S2 are up there with my all time favourites, I'll be there day one for anything Lindleof has coming next. Anything. The fact its a potential Watchmen mini series just blows my mind.
Puck Beaverton
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TWrecks310
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While you're right about his overall track record, his TV work has obviously proved to be quite different than his movie work. It's not like Hollywood isn't known to meddle with writers' projects either. In general I just trust the TV work he has had more involvement in over his weird summer blockbusters.
Discotheque
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Yeah he should direct the episode where spectre and night owl bang lol
Dongs Macabre
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CW Rorschach would just be Jughead.
Mushroomer25
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If we're judging him on TV projects, he's got more hits than misses. I feel like it's misleading to consider something like Cowboys and Aliens to have the same predictive weight as the show he just wrapped with this same network.
Chuck Norris
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That's the most arrogant thing I've read in awhile
Puck Beaverton
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no lie I laughed out loud watching it in the theater
Lindelof was the lead creative force on The Leftovers. He was definitely not on Cowboys & Aliens. He was more so in Tomorrowland but ultimately that was still Brad Bird's project.
I've also long thought that Lindelof's writing sensibilities are just better suited to TV than film.
Zombie James
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Lindelof?
After the flaming pile of garbage that was Prometheus, I agree.
Personally, I agree with him.
The finale to me was only saved by Carrie Coon taking a pretty boring monologue and turning it into an acting tour de force.
That sounds like the twist on his powers in the What if The Fantastic Four was Russian?.
Mushroomer25
Member
I feel like after Alien Covenant, we can firmly lay Prometheus' biggest issues at the foot of Ridley Scott.
Monocle
Member
I'm not sure what to think about this, but if nothing else I can stare at Dr. Manhattan's bod a lot. Assuming they make him look good.
The best part was the ending and the ramp up to it, so...
bodyofanamerican
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This is true. In the deep dives into the finale's writing process we heard about how Tom Perotta (the author of the Leftovers novel) and the rest of the writers room talked Damon out of a (IMO) disastrous decision for the finale.
It's not that he's not a genius, he just needs anchored folks around him to bring him back to earth.
Wag
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firehawk12
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I hope they work the Leftovers piano theme into this show.
afternoon delight
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It's like you read my mind.
Michael F. Assbender
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Not expecting much, since the last time Lindelof brought us a story involving blue dudes, he completely botched it.
ginger ninja
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People who shit on Snyder's movie are delusional. It's the closest novel to movie translation anyone was going to get and it has some very strong performances. But you can't please everyone now can you.
moondoggerr
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After the last 2 seasons of the leftovers, sign me up.
Mike Works
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Holy shit, look at all of the people in this thread who haven't watched The Leftovers.
It's (very) arguably the greatest TV show of the past decade.
The first season can be a struggle at times to get through, but the second season is essentially perfection, and the third season is wonderful. Watch it if you haven't.
It's (very) arguably the greatest TV show of the past decade.
The first season can be a struggle at times to get through, but the second season is essentially perfection, and the third season is wonderful. Watch it if you haven't.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Leftovers is one of the best shows of all time
I'm still skeptical. But hey, Snyder's Watchmen was pretty good and every other thing he's done since is pretty much trash.
I'm still skeptical. But hey, Snyder's Watchmen was pretty good and every other thing he's done since is pretty much trash.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Erigu right now.
LOL
Ayy greetings to all Leftovers-gaf its only been a few weeks since we died but I'm glad we out here
We didn't die, we were just gone!
Yeah, why adapt probably the most praised comic of all time?