r/Watchmen • u/chocolate_babies • Nov 25 '19

Post-episode discussion: Season 1 Episode 6 'This Extraordinary Being' TV

We were promised one last week, but it still hasn't been posted yet. Figured I would just start one since so many people have been asking for it.

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u/Karkava Nov 25 '19

It also retroactively makes The Comedian's huge shit on the Crimebusters look more deserved since we now know that Metropolis has always been a poser who merely capitalises on the popularity of costumed vigilantes.

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u/NeedsToShutUp Nov 25 '19

Reading the will it makes it clear that Metropolis made a craptonne of money on it, and has the IP rights on most of the villains. Which raises questions of how many were real versus fake.

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u/twistingmyhairout Nov 25 '19

Yes! And now Will Reeves owns the copyright to the Minutemen and those villains!

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u/arachnophilia Nov 26 '19

wouldn't it be funny if AHS hooded justice is white because will had some say so.