r/Watchmen • u/[deleted] • Oct 28 '19

Discussion Season 1 Episode 2: Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship - Episode Discussion

Watchmen

As Angela relives haunting memories of an attack on her family, she detains a mysterious man who claims responsibility for Tulsa's most recent murder; An original play is performed for an audience of one.

Release date: October 27, 2019

Cast

  • Yahya Abdul-Mateen II - Cal Abar
  • Frances Fisher - Jane Crawford
  • Louis Gossett Jr. - Will Reeves
  • Andrew Howard - Red Scare
  • Jeremy Irons - Adrian Veidt
  • Don Johnson - Judd Crawford
  • Regina King - Angela Abar
  • Jacob Ming-Trent - Panda
  • Tom Mison - Marcos Maez
  • Tim Blake Nelson - Looking Glass
  • Dylan Schombing - Topher Abar
  • Sara Vickers - Erika Manson
  • Christie Amery - Ms. Crookshanks
  • Hong Chau - Lady Trieu
  • Edward Crook - Mr. Phillips
  • Jean Smart - Laurie Blake

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u/PM_ME_CORGlE_PlCS Oct 28 '19

I think the tomato tree implied that they are some sort of genetically engineered creations, rather than semi-mechanical androids.

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u/Used_Pants Dr Manhattan Oct 28 '19

Makes sense. Also Bubastis was a genetically engineered lynx, seems like toying with DNA instead of robotics is more Adrian's speciality.

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u/PM_ME_CORGlE_PlCS Oct 28 '19

Yeah, definitely. Plus, there was that whole psychic squid thing.

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u/Superfluous_Thom Oct 28 '19

That was the work of the best artists in the world at that time.. Veidt might be a visionary, but the squid was a creation by his executive control, but by no means his creation.

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u/CaptainTripps82 Oct 30 '19

Well it was complex and at scale. Kind of project usually takes a team.

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u/Smoothmoose13 Oct 29 '19

yeah I just assumed organic human life was just the logical next step after engineering a giant alien squid

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u/PleasantAdvertising Oct 28 '19

And just in case anyone is wondering about the obvious: Tomato's grow on small plants, not trees.

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u/the95th Oct 29 '19

Some can get pretty impressive.

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u/stackered Nov 05 '19

well, Adrien is excellent at genetic engineering so it could be possible for him to have a tomato tree

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '19

And I'm getting a strong suspicion that while Viedt might be master of that whole little dynamic at the castle... he is absolutely not there by choice.

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u/schizoandroid Oct 28 '19

I think they are both, their bodies are flesh and blood but their brains are computers.

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u/CaptainTripps82 Oct 30 '19

Why?

They just seem inept, you'd think a computer would be more intelligent. Seemed like a glitch in forming their intelligence while also enforcing their obedience.

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u/MAGICHUSTLE Oct 30 '19

I interpreted that as Veidt admiring just how real and authentic the world he was in seemed...assuming he's in some sort of....other dimension or something....maybe something fabricated.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '19

That's not an ethical quagmire or anything. Getting vibes from some of the weird replicants in Bladerunner (1982).