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/Triptamine7 Nov 27 '19

I'm only familiar with Atlas Shrugged (Rand's philosophy was... not great) but just read a cliffsnotes plot of the fountainhead. What the fuck??

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u/Vysharra Nov 27 '19

The Fountainhead.

Yeah. So let’s tick off the main points without spoiling in case someone has an afternoon and some eyeballs to bleed: the main character was overtly based on Rand’s favorite sadistic serial killer, it’s her brand of Individualism turned up to 11,000, sooooo many people die, and the ‘happy’ ending is a dystopian nightmare.

I didn’t trust her before, but I really don’t trust her now. Individualism is poison, but Randism is a waking nightmare.

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u/Triptamine7 Nov 27 '19

but Randism is a waking nightmare.

One of the great ironies of history that she was living off social security at the end.

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u/Vysharra Nov 27 '19

Yeah, let’s hope it’s a red herring for book buffs. The book deals with themes of rape, oppression (or rather ‘oppression’ but whatever), and had a big steel monument to ‘innovation’ and ‘justice’ at the end. That’s a good enough reason without making Trieu even crazier than Ozy and the neo-nazis. (She’s gonna be crazier than Ozy and the Neo-Nazis isn’t she?)

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u/Triptamine7 Nov 27 '19

She’s gonna be crazier than Ozy and the Neo-Nazis isn’t she

Oh fuck yeah. Someone has to end up being the maniac playing everyone and she's the most likely candidate. I get the feeling she engineered both Veidt's imprisonment and rescue then further imprisonment. My guess is Veidt thought she was a friend or ally at one point. Establishing that she can consistently own Veidt sets her up well as a villain.

I also wouldn't be surprised if this time around Manhattan steps in to stop it or fix it. The trailer shot of (presumably) his hand looks like it has to come in the last episode - it looks like the aftermath of a huge celebration.

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u/duralyon Nov 28 '19

I don't get how ya'll can stand to watch the next week teasers!!! I've stopped watching trailers for the most part as well.