HBO’s official description of “See How They Fly,” the Watchmen season (series?) finale, highlights one of the larger sticking points with the sequel series: “Everything ends. For real this time.” In trying to carve out a reason for itself to exist, Watchmen the show undermines the original story by negating its events. Adrian Veidt’s victory… Continue reading REVIEW: Watchmen – Season 1, Episode 9, “See How They Fly”
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REVIEW: Watchmen – Season 1, Episode 5 “Little Fear of Lightning”
“Little Fear of Lightning” suggests that Watchmen’s best episodes will be the ones that aren’t focused on Angela Abar. This week puts Looking Glass under the… let’s got with “microscope,” and manages to be a marked improvement over the previous installment, and even a little better than the Laurie-centric “She Was Killed By Space Junk.”… Continue reading REVIEW: Watchmen – Season 1, Episode 5 “Little Fear of Lightning”
REVIEW: Watchmen – Season 1, Episode 4 “If You Don’t Like My Story Write Your Own”
This week’s episode of Watchmen is called “If You Don’t Like My Story Write Your Own” because of course it is. It’s smug, condescending, obnoxious, self-aware to a fault, and both an acknowledgment and dismissal of the audience dissatisfaction Damon Lindelof knew was coming. In other words, it’s the perfect encapsulation of the series so… Continue reading REVIEW: Watchmen – Season 1, Episode 4 “If You Don’t Like My Story Write Your Own”
REVIEW: Watchmen – Season 1, Episode 3 “She Was Killed by Space Junk”
Three episodes in, Watchmen still isn’t very good – and, in some places, astonishingly, how-the-hell-did-they-think-this-was-a-good-idea bad – but “She Was Killed by Space Junk” introduces a potential life raft in the form of a major character from the graphic novel. It’s littered with the ridiculous characters, cartoonish take on race relations, and misunderstanding of the… Continue reading REVIEW: Watchmen – Season 1, Episode 3 “She Was Killed by Space Junk”
REVIEW: Watchmen – Season 1, Episode 2 “Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship”
In a strange way, I’ve been looking forward to the next episode of Watchmen all week. After last week’s debacle, I was morbidly curious to see if Damon Lindelof and co. made any course corrections between the pilot and episode 2, “Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship.” Perhaps it’s a bit naive, but I really want… Continue reading REVIEW: Watchmen – Season 1, Episode 2 “Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship”
REVIEW: Angel Has Fallen (2019)
Remember when I said some of the big event movies of this summer were more conservative-leaning than you might think? Well, Angel Has Fallen one-upped all of them by being possibly the most blatantly pro-Trump film yet made. Forgoing subtext entirely, the latest in the action series about maverick Secret Service agent Mike Banning tackles… Continue reading REVIEW: Angel Has Fallen (2019)