In the comis Veldt goes to every length to cover up the squid, boat explosion, killing all his employees, etc.
Here he makes an tape... k
Here he makes an tape... k
yeah this seemed odd to me as well. but im not gonna knock the show for this yet, could very well be a good reason behind it in the remaining episodesIn the comis Veldt goes to every length to cover up the squid, boat explosion, killing all his employees, etc.
Here he makes an tape... k
"I think that if Adrian Veidt is trying to escape from prison, that's not a good challenge for him. He's going to do that very easily — there's no prison that's going to hold Adrian Veidt, unless that prison is on Europa, a moon of Jupiter. Then it might be a little more challenging. I kind of felt like, if we're going to lock this guy up somewhere—and by Episode 5 we still don't know who locked him up and why—it's gonna have to be quite an overwhelming challenge for him to escape, so that felt like this was a good place to put him and throw away the key."
"What we're learning about Adrian Veidt is that every installment that we get of the nine episodes, there's only one episode where you don't get a Veidt installment — the storytelling, he didn't fit in there — but every other one you get [one]. And a year lapses in between each episode. It's a story told on a very, very large canvas, each installment taking place on another anniversary of another year that he has spent wherever the hell he's spending [it]."
In the comis Veldt goes to every length to cover up the squid, boat explosion, killing all his employees, etc.
Here he makes an tape... k
Yeah the show can be kinda dumb. The stuff with established characters is a bit more noticeable.In the comis Veldt goes to every length to cover up the squid, boat explosion, killing all his employees, etc.
Here he makes an tape... k
Maybe he genuinely thought that the planet would be a utopia by the time the video released? And that revealing the fact to one person would barely have mattered.In the comis Veldt goes to every length to cover up the squid, boat explosion, killing all his employees, etc.
Here he makes an tape... k
In the comis Veldt goes to every length to cover up the squid, boat explosion, killing all his employees, etc.
Here he makes an tape... k
Yeah, that Skyl-I mean Laurie is such a dick.Just catching up. Man, that opening scene was disturbing. Way more impact than it had in the comics.
An aside: I really dislike Laurie Blake. Why does she have to be such an asshole? Even her father wasn't this bad.
what? her father, the rapist? the guy who murdered a pregnant woman? what?
I mean, the video was given exclusively to Robert Redford, 7 years after the event, and Veidt knew he wouldn't say anything since he was the whole reason the guy got elected. No one else saw it until enough time had passed that it didn't matter.
It was blackmail on Redford. The same man that created the squid and killed millions created his presidency. To expose the conspiracy would destroy Redford and probably lock in another couple decades of the same Republican leadership that led humanity to the brink of annihilation under a term-unlimited Nixon.In the comis Veldt goes to every length to cover up the squid, boat explosion, killing all his employees, etc.
Here he makes an tape... k
In the end of the comic he's really looking towards Dr. Manhattan to say, "you did the right thing", like Ozy doubted it was all worth it in the end.A bit silly for sure.
Also comic Veidt had a moment of potential doubt after the confrontation about his actions, if I recall. Here, nothing seems to indicate that.
I also don't get why the K7 would storm Looking Glass to kill him when he did what they wanted him to do? He knows too much?
Squidfall warning? Or just a weekly test to ensure the squidfall alarm worked or w/e.
He doesn't kill Dan or Laurie. After it was done he knew that people wouldn't risk the peace.In the comis Veldt goes to every length to cover up the squid, boat explosion, killing all his employees, etc.
Here he makes an tape... k
It's a squid alarm. Not so much for the little ones, but in case another big one like New York comes through. He was running a drill (probably randomized) to test his preparedness/time himself for how quickly he could get himself to the safety of his squid shelter. His alarm broke and wouldn't turn off because he had worn it out by running the drill over 500 times, which is like 60 years worth of usage at the recommended testing rate.
spoiler that for me, would you? cant take a look at the episode rn.Proof of Lindelof knowing Watchmen really well
Pay attention to Veidts video as a certain episode of a TV show is called out except the episode title is not stated in order
spoiler that for me, would you? cant take a look at the episode rn.
@Wingfan19 post already answered it.
Nice, thats pretty cool!
ooooooooooooooooooooooh. thats pretty cool.Veidts says "don't let fear be the architect" or something along those lines. The Architects of fear is the outer limits episode that Alan Moore didn't know he was borrowing as his ending for Watchmen.
The video should have been Rorschach. Ozzy plan should have been separate.
IMO
I don't know, hurt people hurt people I guess. it's not fair to compare her to Comedian like that, Comedian is basically depraved indifference given human form.Yea I get it The Comedian murdered people but at least he seemed at peace with it and respected others. I know that sounds fucked up but hey he was an Alan Moore antihero.
His daughter is just a straight up jag off for really no reason. She's even cruel to people that are trying to help her. I just don't get it.
What? The Comedian's like the worst of the lot. He has no code like Rorschach, no grand plan like Ozymandias, and no excuse like Doctor Manhattan; he's a murderous psychopath just because he can, and people put up with him because he's good at it.Yea I get it The Comedian murdered people but at least he seemed at peace with it and respected others. I know that sounds fucked up but hey he was an Alan Moore antihero.
His daughter is just a straight up jag off for really no reason. She's even cruel to people that are trying to help her. I just don't get it.
What? The Comedian's like the worst of the lot. He has no code like Rorschach, no grand plan like Ozymandias, and no excuse like Doctor Manhattan; he's a murderous psychopath just because he can, and people put up with him because he's good at it.
2019 Watchmen Laurie's operating in a post-hero world, with 'heroes' that are really just protofascist enforcers doing the state's bidding. She's cynical as hell because she's seen it all.
There's no comparison between the two.
No he wasn't he was literally just the perfect tool of Western imperialism he assassinated Kennedy, he shot protesters, burned Vietnamese soldiers, he sexually assaulted Laurie's mother. He was not making the world work he was actively making it worse for the benefit of politicians.The Comedian made the world work. You might not agree with him but he was making sure America won and Russia lost. Again, he's an incredibly fucked up character but he was in the right.
No he wasn't he was literally just the perfect tool of Western imperialism he assassinated Kennedy, he shot protesters, burned Vietnamese soldiers, he sexually assaulted Laurie's mother. He was not making the world work he was actively making it worse for the benefit of politicians.
Is that your statement implies that his actions were correct because they were similar to actions the US took in real life that's not a morally defensible positionThat's the thing though: all of those things we acknowledge as bad insured our way of life. That was kind of the point of the character. The US did those things in real life, and in the comic / movie the Comedian took that role.
Is that your statement implies that his actions were correct because they were similar to actions the US took in real life that's not a morally defensible position
Oh my bad when you said right in your initial comment I read that as like morally justifiable right. You meant right in terms of in line with actual U.S actions?Oh lord no, of course it's not defensible. That's the point. He's a monster but he did the same things we're literally sending soldiers and CIA agents over seas to do now.
Oh my bad when you said right in your initial comment I read that as like morally justifiable right. You meant right in terms of in line with actual U.S actions?