Agreed on both points. I enjoyed it, but was distracted by the issues.Lets talk about Sky Atlantic's terrible bitrate and audio quality again... The show was great .....
Who watches the Watchmen? Me, after however long it takes this to be released in 4K. Sky can do one.
I've just watched a version of the HBO copy (2.12GB) and the picture quality and Atmos sound is pretty decent.Agreed on both points. I enjoyed it, but was distracted by the issues.
Audio was incredibly quiet and picture noise was noticeable all the way through. I don’t think Sky Atlantic is the problem though. I suspect Sky are doing their best with the rubbish supplied to them. The download came in at 3.1GB which in my experience usually results in a decent picture.
It seems to me that every HBO production is plagued with picture noise. Game of Thrones, famously, and Succession were the same. I’ve no idea why it happens, but I dread seeing the HBO splash screen sadly.
I was understating it a little The picture quality is great and you will have no issue with the Atmos track, especially when the gun fire startsNeeds to be great picture quality and the audio, i want to hear the trent reznor and atticus ross soundtrack not struggle and have to blow my speakers when the adverts come on!
So what did the kid in class say that got the girl all riled up? Something about Redford something?
I assume it's tied into the poster on the wall showingRobert Redford as President at some point in their history
Racism's bad...Mm.Kay...Now pay up!
I've seen reviews where the reviewer has seen the first 6 episodes and state that this world building we keep hearing of really sprouts forth to benefit if you stick with it. However, they also say the racism and modern day swing/parallel holds and so whether that becomes overbearing, time will tell. They also don't seem to dare say much of a word against this whilst banging the anti-racism and shame drum at historical ignorance.
Lindelof certainly went with the whole racism and reparations angle in a massive way and his interviews read like a Liberal's wet fever dream. The opening Tulsa massacre is derived from real events - though I doubt those turned off by the beating heart of anti-racism in this will care to know. The works he's cited as reading that led to his inspiration for Watchmen's plot take the point of black over white and the latter as owning the guilt of those past to present day. I've read some forums where that guilt is certainly not shared and whether HBO's large opening figures will hold or, remain so due to as much ill will to sprout from or good will be interesting.
In any case, Lidelof blending families racially with no apparent reasoning ( perhaps for the sake of controversy?) had me scratching my head., killing a massive lead star in the opener and making this more of a Kavalry/clan vs decent blacks and whites who will use indecent methods to win out may prove a bridge too far for some. Certainly, the superhero and Jeremy Irons character feels like a distraction than a large plot point at the moment. Regina King is unconvincing as a fighter and to me, weirdly, not up to her usual weighty self. In Southland where she played a detective, for example, she never came across as anything but formidable and yet here she is gifted with additional powers and freedoms and yet feels overly slim. Perhaps she'll get more comfortable or was simply a bit overwhelmed by this universe. Time again will tell.
It was her son who struck out - perhaps has powers to read the truth in others; which would be cool, over simply being chip on his shoulder racism aware - though probably the latter.He’s the current president. The kid said ‘Refordations’ which I presume are Government handouts for minorities; i think it was implying that because of the colour of her skin she couldn’t afford the house she lived in etc.
Your point 1 is probably what that photo in his home is alluding to. There is a quote in trailer that suggests the mis-direction or distraction angle as well.I'd like to think that there's some mileage in getting to the bottom of why:
1. Louis Gossett Jr.'s survivor of the Tulsa massacre hung Don Johnson's police chief, implying that he was involved in said massacre and thus one of the original clan members himself
2. The supposed white supremacists Johnson was hunting were Rorschach followers, which may be a red herring or may be a hint that they were merely being labelled supremacists so that the police could hunt them down (the police stop and search was almost predicated entirely on that mask, as the guy didn't actually tick any of the other boxes required for firearms authorisation - and he was carrying lettuces).
If they do it right, it will spin the 'vigilante' cops into unknowingly being themselves a part of a corrupt organisation (think: Shield/Hydra) and the gangs they are hunting are merely trying to assert the truth, and being shot down (literally) for it.
All of this would mean that the initial racism angle is kind-of being used as a distraction rather than a through-line because, I agree, it would otherwise be slightly heavy handed.
But Lindelof is Lindelof, even in his best work (Leftovers) you were scratching for answers across most of the three seasons until the conclusion (the best one he's ever managed).
I'd like to think that there's some mileage in getting to the bottom of why:
1. Louis Gossett Jr.'s survivor of the Tulsa massacre hung Don Johnson's police chief, implying that he was involved in said massacre and thus one of the original clan members himself
2. The supposed white supremacists Johnson was hunting were Rorschach followers, which may be a red herring or may be a hint that they were merely being labelled supremacists so that the police could hunt them down (the police stop and search was almost predicated entirely on that mask, as the guy didn't actually tick any of the other boxes required for firearms authorisation - and he was carrying lettuces).
If they do it right, it will spin the 'vigilante' cops into unknowingly being themselves a part of a corrupt organisation (think: Shield/Hydra) and the gangs they are hunting are merely trying to assert the truth, and being shot down (literally) for it.
All of this would mean that the initial racism angle is kind-of being used as a distraction rather than a through-line because, I agree, it would otherwise be slightly heavy handed.
But Lindelof is Lindelof, even in his best work (Leftovers) you were scratching for answers across most of the three seasons until the conclusion (the best one he's ever managed).
It was a reference to the original story of the squid invasion.Squid anyone? - was this a reference to the frog storm in Magnolia. I enjoyed it and amazingly the picture and sound on Now TV via my Apple TV box was better than things like Game of Thrones.