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Here is an unintentionally hilarious review of the finale and season in retrospect that criticized the show and seems to conclude that it was good until the end but then turned bad because it made sense: https://www.vulture.com/2019/12/watchmen-finale-answers-and-uncertainty.html

I had a million interruptions when I watched the first episode and probably missed some of the Veidt groundwork; if I can squeeze it in I’ll try to revisit it before watching the finale. Sometimes it can be fun to do that anyway just to see how much the end delivers on what the beginning sets up.

I didn’t realize that much time was passing in Veidt’s world; it often seemed to me that we’d see him prepare for an action in one week’s episode and then conduct that action the following one, so I was assuming it was a faster passage with the cakes being more of a ritual than an actual literal...

I’m also wondering if the material with Veidt is taking place simultaneously to what we’ve seen on Earth, or if we’re witnessing in his storyline events that have already happened. Also, the show has demonstrated that new bodies can be grown through cloning and that memories can be transferred...

I’m a fan as well. I think the movie was really harmed at the box office and prevented from finding its audience by the marketing campaign led by Brad Bird where they absolutely refused to tell the audience anything about the movie. You can’t make a $200 tentpole and then deflect simple...

They also collaborated on the Tomorrowland script.

Have you read the Watchmen comic book? It’s wholly a sequel to that book and so much context is lost without it. HBO and the showrunners say that you don’t need to read it to understand the show but I’m not sure I agree with that assessment.

I love how good this show is at leaving breadcrumbs and not making them obvious. From the beginning, it seemed as though Sister Night’s marriage had a secret and it seemed an interesting storytelling choice that her children were adopted. But it also could have meant anything. During the...

Here’s my thing(s) with the squid in the book: -It asks us to take one sci-fi leap too many in what’s otherwise portrayed as a realistic story. Dr. Manhattan is the belief suspending thing I give the story. That a man, even the world’s smartest, has figured out teleportation in 1985 breaks the...

I actually liked quite a bit about the film and thought the film’s version of Veidt’s plan was better, particularly for a self-contained single work.

Alan Moore might punch anyone in the face for any reason :) This show, for me, is one of the rare examples of a work that improves upon and transcends the limitations of its source material.

I’d guess Europa. It appeared the surface had ice, which is known to exist there.

This is fun! Wish I had something more insightful or intellectual for you guys, but all I can say is that I’m enjoying the ride. Genuinely haunted by this week’s Jeremy Irons interlude. In fact, someone should just create a show that’s called The Jeremy Irons Interlude. I’d watch that.

Don’t forget her turn as Shatner’s neighbor/nemesis/love interest in $#*! My Dad Says!

...which answered the question as to whether this was a follow-up to the book or the movie. I actually thought the film’s revision of the ending was a great improvement to a plot point that seemed otherwise out of place in the comics. Then again, I never thought the comic or Alan Moore are as...