Yeah... He put Watchmen as one of his top shows last year. Deserved too.
Man, I had so many mixed feelings about Watchmen. Great show, excellent structure, and one of my favorite episodes ever. However, I really don't feel like it should have had any connections to the comic. Didn't feel like Lindeloff really grokked it
MODSShit, what if I had made the title "Barack Obama endorses Stormfront"
definitely bait-y but man
What was the relation to the comics other than name anyway? I was curious about that.
What was the relation to the comics other than name anyway? I was curious about that.
It's a continuation, I don't know how you would make it and not make it have some connections. If anything it uses the comic as a vehicle for a completely different set of problems that plague the world. Even if it is connected, it feels so disconnected from the original.Man, I had so many mixed feelings about Watchmen. Great show, excellent structure, and one of my favorite episodes ever. However, I really don't feel like it should have had any connections to the comic. Didn't feel like Lindeloff really grokked it
Also, foreign policy wise, Obama kind of is Homelander...I mean, at its best I kind of think The Boys is lampooning the exact kind of corporate oligarchy that Obama served during his presidency. I imagine he doesn't internalize that when he watches it, just like how the broader critiques of the failed American infrastructure in The Wire don't prevent him from loving that show, but it still shows a kind of cognitive dissonance.
My man.
Yeah it was already known that he watched Watchmen, that he also watches The Boys is new and is the interesting bit.
I mean, at its best I kind of think The Boys is lampooning the exact kind of corporate oligarchy that Obama served during his presidency. I imagine he doesn't internalize that when he watches it, just like how the broader critiques of the failed American infrastructure in The Wire don't prevent him from loving that show, but it still shows a kind of cognitive dissonance.
He understands perfectly well what those shows are about. Unfortunately, he is not God Emperor of the world or the USA. What exactly did you think he could get done with a Republican controlled Senate? He couldn't even seat a Supreme Court Justice.
He could have tried at all to hold Wall Street accountable or not bail out the auto industry.
Or not drone bomb Yemeni weddings.
He's not the God emperor to us but he may as well have been to Afghani children who grew up fearing cloudless days.
Why on Earth would he have not bailed out the auto industry? That saved thousands of jobs and the economies of several large cities.He could have tried at all to hold Wall Street accountable or not bail out the auto industry.
It's a sequel and features many characters from the comic.What was the relation to the comics other than name anyway? I was curious about that.
Man, I had so many mixed feelings about Watchmen. Great show, excellent structure, and one of my favorite episodes ever. However, I really don't feel like it should have had any connections to the comic. Didn't feel like Lindeloff really grokked it
It went straight to executives, those people all got screwed anyway.Why on Earth would he have not bailed out the auto industry? That saved thousands of jobs and the economies of several large cities.
Hold Wall Street accountable? Sure, he could've done that although he had his reasons. I don't agree with those reasons but they can't be outright dismissed.
Not bail out the auto-industry? Why the fuck would he not do that?
It went straight to executives, those people all got screwed anyway.
A 10.3 billion dollar bailout lining the pockets of executives, allowing them to decimate labor costs and run the unions out of town? What could go wrong? It's not the bailout in and of itself that was the problem, it was the mentality and execution. It was never designed to actually save working people or even retain jobs in the long run. Just look at where GM and the rest are now. Obama served the oligopoly, not the people. Just because he vibes and has chill spotify lists and watches the golden age of TV with the rest of us does not make him our friend.
Idk it basically addresses the same issues/themes but with heavy emphasis on racism.It's a sequel set 30 years later. Ozymandias, Silk Specter, and a few others return. My problem is that it does nothing to address the themes or idea of the original comic, but in mundane callbacks. It just doesn't measure up.
I mean, at its best I kind of think The Boys is lampooning the exact kind of corporate oligarchy that Obama served during his presidency. I imagine he doesn't internalize that when he watches it, just like how the broader critiques of the failed American infrastructure in The Wire don't prevent him from loving that show, but it still shows a kind of cognitive dissonance.
Who cares what this war criminal likes?
Probably relates most with Homelander and cheers on Vought.