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For All Mankind: Happy Valley (2022)
Steamrolled through that ending
This show just keeps surprising me.
As others have stated, it can be a bit of a slow burn while they setup plot pieces. But when the payoff comes due, man can it really pay off.
The ending of this episode with jaw on the floor intense. I watched the last 5 minutes a few times just to burn that imagery into my head.
For other reviewer stating that the pace of technology seems a bit off and that there is no way they would have flat screens by the mid 90s.
You are making me feel old to have to remind you that the first flat screen TV was released by Sony and Philips in 1997. And we had flat screen clam shell laptops in use by Nasa as far back as 1983 (Grid Compass).
Id say they are actually doing pretty well with their estimations for technological advancement.
I think people for get that technology as we experience it is not usually as new as we think it is. We get our hands on technology not as someone invents it, but once its becomes economically viable to mass produce.
Government agencies do not play by those same rules in every instance.
Watchmen (2019)
This show is near perfect!
I'd say I'm bewildered by the low reviews here, but after reading them I can see why. I usually dont bother to write reviews, but this show is being tragically low rated by a bunch of really stupid people. You know, the kind that always complain about identity politics, while voicing their identity politics.
The idea that some of you are upset about the show being nothing but "woke culture references" is a sign of one of two things. Either you are just completely dense and cant see the fact that this is very much NOT woke culture at all, or you are so completely put off by the fact that the "bad guys" are a bunch of Rorschach mask wearing white people, that you can't put your own identity politics aside long enough to watch a tv show and see where the narrative is leading you. Its not to a woke place.
The best part is that I can almost guarantee that these " bad guys" are nothing more than a misdirect, for who the real Big Bad is.
Even if you liked Rorschach in the movies or graphic novel, you really should not be surprised by who has picked up on his journal. The idea that there are forces at play in the world that are far beyond your control, and a journal telling the truth of the world ends up nothing more than a large conspiracy theory seems pretty well suited for a story that is supposed to take place in modern times.
The Rorschach's Journal conspiracy after a giant interdimensional space squid fell on New York doesn't seem to far off the mark from all of the Q conspiracy nonsense.
If you enjoyed the idea in the original film or graphic novel that we are all flawed in some way, even the best of us, even a god, then you will like this show.
If you are worried that the show is not connected to the original material in some way, I can only tell you to keep watching. It very much is.
The show is written like it plans to have several seasons, so its taking its time with pacing and character development. There are plenty of instances of "well that wasn't very well explained" or WTF moments in the story, that will be explained if you keep watching.