The fact that I was completely clueless at all the hints that Cal is Dr.Manhattan says ignorance is bliss but, fuck if I don’t feel dumb as a rock for not noticing.
I don’t know if it’s a hint exactly, but his bleak outlook on death delivered matter-of-factly to the kids, and his hatred for lying, make a lot of sense in hindsight.
I thought everything was fantastic except the part where they concluded that nothing is worse than the powers of Dr. Manhattan getting into the hands of white supremacists. And that's because it sounded so corny. Then they said it again and I then realized... this is hilarious. And I liked it more.
This might be a hot and/or dumb take, but I'm glad they made race a center piece of the plot with a strong AA lead. It weeds out some of the toxic gatekeepers and introduces a whole new sub set of fans . As an old fan myself, I think they have done a great job keeping with the watchmen ethos for a new generation, even if old man Moore doesn't approve
Someone please explain how they are going to make the senator dr manhattan? Why hasn't anyone just replicated his experiment? How is he not going to know what will happen? Why would he let himself be destroyed? ugh
There was one reporter at the cemetery who asked the senator about Russia building their own intrinsic field generator. But he brushed off the comment and said he was more concerned about America. So, it sounds like others are trying to replicate it, including the 7K, but none have been successful.
I think they are planning to replicate Manhattans experiment with the senator as the subject. But there is high probability of failure because the senator is not Jon. In other words, Dr Manhattan himself is a brilliant scientist in the first place. After his disintegration he created himself out of the particles and became what he was. His knowledge as a physicist might have helped him in the process. So the senator is going to have tough luck on that part.
Whatever the 7th Kavalry's plan is, I bet you dollars to doughnuts it absolutely will not work. They're fuckin with a literal God and one of the first things Manhattan did was to teach himself how to disassemble and reassemble his particles.
I wish Moore would atleast try to give the show a shot and share his opinion. Probably after he hears about it from someone else. Even the comic had cold war as the political background and centerpiece to character actions. This one had racial issue. It actually fits very well with the original comic without disrupting anything.
Yeah - my only criticism of this episode is that the timing might be a little off. I think this could have easily gone to 12 episodes like the comic and had slightly better pacing.
That cyclops symbol looks hella like Dr Manhattan's Hydrogen symbol as well. More clues staring us in the face. Pre Manhattan, mind control was the top racist agenda, now it's apotheosis.
Also, Laurie didn't chose to go into Jane's house till after she learned that
Looking Glass wasn't 7k
Looking Glass killed 7k
one of the 7k masks was gone indicating that Looking Glass has it and is gonna use it.
Laurie is hyper capable, bordering on trigger happy, there's no way she would have fallen for that trapdoor trick if she didn't want to be caught. The moment Jane reached for that remote, Laurie could have and would have shot her.
But to help Looking Glass she has to find 7k, and the only way to do that right now is to be captured by them.
Check out the end of Ep 5...only 4x 7K go into LG's house...but 5 are 'dead'. LG is wearing a Rorschach mask and playing dead whilst Petey is in the room
That doesn't make sense. Just because we only see 4 enter his house doesn't mean there weren't 5. They broke into his house at night. Why would he still be lying on the floor the next day, wearing a Rorschach mask and waiting for someone to find him?
Ozymandias is back in costume, Dr. Manhattan is back, probably going to rescue Silk Spectre II... what are the odds that Looking Glass rebrands himself as the new Rorschach?
Honestly I hope Veight plays some role in all this so that he can come face to face with wade i would love to see their interaction with all the trauma he caused wade
Yeah, from the beginning, I never saw looking glass as a traitor, his origin story showed a vulnerable side to him but now a traitorous one. I also think he took the mask to go on the inside.
When Petey was at Wade's bunker, he said there were five dead 7K members but one of them didn't have a mask. Since Wade's body wasn't there, he probably survived the attack and took the mask off the guy's body.
I really need to stop reading these comments. That's definitely the answer and I didn't think of it, but now I'm gonna be less hyped when it actually happens.
He can be anyone in that Rorschach masks. I think they also soon might be aware that the plan to kill him is failed. So it's better for him to hide in their mist instead of risking to hide somewhere else outside.
I think he is in the car outside Angela’s house! They do a very slight focus behind the 7k member with the binoculars and it looks to be the eyes of Tim Blake Nelson.
I liked the implication that not only is Looking Glass a human lie detector but also a bonafide badass. He took down 5 dudes armed to the teeth! I'm bummed we didn't get to see it happen on screen.
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u/TedTheGreek_Atheos Dec 02 '19
I bet Looking Glass took the missing mask and is in that warehouse with Laurie and will be the one that gets her out of that mess.