At some point makeup artist and designer Debi Young began talking about eyebrows and it felt as though a new window into film and television had been thrown open for me.
Young, Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (Muahs) Award-nominated for her work on HBO’s lauded limited series “Mare of Easttown,” had been describing her process for styling makeup for period pieces. She explained that if she’s doing a film set in the 1930s, she doesn’t want every woman sporting a 1930s eyebrow.
“Most people carry their looks. Whatever they think looks good on them, they don’t change every year with the trend,” Young said. “If somebody thought they looked good in the 1920s with a skinny brow, I like to pop one or two of those in [the design] because a person will carry that look from the 1920s into the 1930s.”
What she described is something...
Young, Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (Muahs) Award-nominated for her work on HBO’s lauded limited series “Mare of Easttown,” had been describing her process for styling makeup for period pieces. She explained that if she’s doing a film set in the 1930s, she doesn’t want every woman sporting a 1930s eyebrow.
“Most people carry their looks. Whatever they think looks good on them, they don’t change every year with the trend,” Young said. “If somebody thought they looked good in the 1920s with a skinny brow, I like to pop one or two of those in [the design] because a person will carry that look from the 1920s into the 1930s.”
What she described is something...
- 2/11/2022
- by Libby Hill
- Indiewire
An emotional Jean Smart paid a moving tribute to her late husband, “friend and soulmate” Richard Gilliland, who passed away in March, as she accepted the Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy on Sunday.
“I wouldn’t be here without him, without him putting his career on the back burner so I could take advantage of all the opportunities I have found,” she said.
Smart took home her fourth Emmy for a bravura performance as Deborah Vance, an aging caustic and spoiled female comedian in Las Vegas (a la Joan Rivers meets Debbie Reynolds) in the biting, much-nominated freshman HBO Max series. She thanked HBO Max and her team “for working through a pandemic. You’re all so creative and brave.”
The actress, 69, was also in the running tonight for a best supporting Emmy on HBO’s limited series Mare of Easttown in the midst of a fast-moving career...
“I wouldn’t be here without him, without him putting his career on the back burner so I could take advantage of all the opportunities I have found,” she said.
Smart took home her fourth Emmy for a bravura performance as Deborah Vance, an aging caustic and spoiled female comedian in Las Vegas (a la Joan Rivers meets Debbie Reynolds) in the biting, much-nominated freshman HBO Max series. She thanked HBO Max and her team “for working through a pandemic. You’re all so creative and brave.”
The actress, 69, was also in the running tonight for a best supporting Emmy on HBO’s limited series Mare of Easttown in the midst of a fast-moving career...
- 9/20/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Will 2021 be the year of Jean Smart? The versatile stage and screen actress is one of a handful of actors who could potentially receive two nominations at this year’s Emmy Awards thanks to a starring role on HBO Max’s dark comedy “Hacks,” which premiered Thursday, and an excellent supporting turn opposite Kate Winslet on the HBO limited series “Mare of Easttown.”
Over the course of her career, Smart has been nominated for a total of nine Emmys, prevailing three times. She won back-to-back Best Comedy Guest Actress Emmys (2000-01) for her work on the long-running sitcom “Frasier” and a Best Comedy Supporting Actress award (2008) for her turn as Regina, the mother of Christina Applegate’s character, on the ABC comedy “Samantha Who?” But the two most recent times she was nominated — and was widely predicted to win both — she went home empty-handed.
In 2016, Smart was up for Best...
Over the course of her career, Smart has been nominated for a total of nine Emmys, prevailing three times. She won back-to-back Best Comedy Guest Actress Emmys (2000-01) for her work on the long-running sitcom “Frasier” and a Best Comedy Supporting Actress award (2008) for her turn as Regina, the mother of Christina Applegate’s character, on the ABC comedy “Samantha Who?” But the two most recent times she was nominated — and was widely predicted to win both — she went home empty-handed.
In 2016, Smart was up for Best...
- 5/19/2021
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
In 2016, Jean Smart was proclaimed the frontrunner to win the Emmy for Best Limited Series/Movie Supporting Actress for her performance in “Fargo.” It did not end up happening, with Regina King winning her first Emmy for “American Crime” instead. Fast-forward to four years later and we once again have Smart emerging as the favorite to win this exact same category for playing Agent Laurie Blake in “Watchmen,” ironically sharing the screen with King in the HBO series. Will she actually win this time around or are we being set up for a case of history repeating?
See 2020 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 72nd Emmy Awards
Smart has the benefit of “Watchmen” being the most nominated program of the year (26 bids), and when you combine that with her record at the Emmys (three wins from eight previous bids), it feels like a winning combination. She has...
See 2020 Emmy nominations complete list: All the nominees for the 72nd Emmy Awards
Smart has the benefit of “Watchmen” being the most nominated program of the year (26 bids), and when you combine that with her record at the Emmys (three wins from eight previous bids), it feels like a winning combination. She has...
- 9/19/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Whoa: This year’s Emmy nominees for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie are all former winners, with a total of 16 Emmys between them. But which one of them deserves to add to that total?
FX on Hulu’s Mrs. America dominates the category, with three of the six nominees coming from the 1970s political biopic. Uzo Aduba — a two-time Emmy winner from her years on Orange Is the New Black — is up for playing Black pioneer Shirley Chisholm. Margo Martindale scored her sixth career nod for playing feminist crusader Bella Abzug, and Tracey Ullman — whose comedy...
FX on Hulu’s Mrs. America dominates the category, with three of the six nominees coming from the 1970s political biopic. Uzo Aduba — a two-time Emmy winner from her years on Orange Is the New Black — is up for playing Black pioneer Shirley Chisholm. Margo Martindale scored her sixth career nod for playing feminist crusader Bella Abzug, and Tracey Ullman — whose comedy...
- 8/27/2020
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Jean Smart just added a ninth Emmy nomination to her stats this year for her performance as Agent Laurie Blake in HBO’s “Watchmen.” It’s also another complex character in Smart’s extensive career: a former vigilante who now takes down vigilantes as an FBI agent. “It was very freeing as an actor to play somebody like that,” the three-time winner says in an exclusive interview with Gold Derby before the Emmy nominations. “Very complicated but her relationships don’t really come into the story. It’s just her dealing with whatever’s going on and she loves messing with people.”
SEEDamon Lindelof Interview: ‘Watchmen’ showrunner
Smart relates Laurie to Peter Falk‘s sleuthing Columbo, from the classic series of the same name, in how the character would act “confused, even though he was totally playing this person like a cat and mouse.” Laurie exhibits very similar behavior in...
SEEDamon Lindelof Interview: ‘Watchmen’ showrunner
Smart relates Laurie to Peter Falk‘s sleuthing Columbo, from the classic series of the same name, in how the character would act “confused, even though he was totally playing this person like a cat and mouse.” Laurie exhibits very similar behavior in...
- 8/3/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Hugh Jackman in ‘Bad Education’.
A raft of Aussies have been nominated for Emmy Awards this year, including Hugh Jackman, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Sarah Snook, Hannah Gadsby, writer Tony McNamara and cinematographer Greig Fraser.
For the second year running, Gadsby earned two nods, with her Netflix stand-up special Douglas nominated for Outstanding Variety Special and Writing for a Variety Special. Gadsby won the same writing category last year with her special Nanette.
Jackman has been recognised for his portrayal of corrupt school superintendent Frank Tassone in HBO film Bad Education, earning a nod for Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He will compete against Jeremy Pope (Hollywood), Mark Ruffalo (I Know This Much Is True), Paul Mescal (Normal People) and Jeremy Irons (Watchman).
Blanchett has been nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her performance as Phyllis Schlafly in FX’s Mrs. America,...
A raft of Aussies have been nominated for Emmy Awards this year, including Hugh Jackman, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Sarah Snook, Hannah Gadsby, writer Tony McNamara and cinematographer Greig Fraser.
For the second year running, Gadsby earned two nods, with her Netflix stand-up special Douglas nominated for Outstanding Variety Special and Writing for a Variety Special. Gadsby won the same writing category last year with her special Nanette.
Jackman has been recognised for his portrayal of corrupt school superintendent Frank Tassone in HBO film Bad Education, earning a nod for Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He will compete against Jeremy Pope (Hollywood), Mark Ruffalo (I Know This Much Is True), Paul Mescal (Normal People) and Jeremy Irons (Watchman).
Blanchett has been nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her performance as Phyllis Schlafly in FX’s Mrs. America,...
- 7/29/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
“Watchmen” had no idea how relevant it would become, from correctly foretelling the renewed protests for racial justice in the U.S. to the wide-spread practice of mask wearing.
“It’s eerie, it’s absolutely eerie,” Jean Smart, who was nominated for her role as Laurie Blake on the HBO miniseries on Tuesday, told TheWrap. Damon Lindelof’s adaptation scored 26 total nominations on Tuesday, the most of any program. For Smart, the accolades only underscored the show’s resonance with viewers.
The nine-episode run of “Watchmen” began by going back to the site of one of the ugliest, and mostly untold, moments in American history, the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. It is widely considered to be the country’s single worst incident of racial violence, and one that many, including Smart, weren’t even aware of.
Also Read: Why 'Watchmen' Director Stephen Williams Compares the Tulsa Massacre to Krypton's Destruction (Video)
In “Watchmen,...
“It’s eerie, it’s absolutely eerie,” Jean Smart, who was nominated for her role as Laurie Blake on the HBO miniseries on Tuesday, told TheWrap. Damon Lindelof’s adaptation scored 26 total nominations on Tuesday, the most of any program. For Smart, the accolades only underscored the show’s resonance with viewers.
The nine-episode run of “Watchmen” began by going back to the site of one of the ugliest, and mostly untold, moments in American history, the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. It is widely considered to be the country’s single worst incident of racial violence, and one that many, including Smart, weren’t even aware of.
Also Read: Why 'Watchmen' Director Stephen Williams Compares the Tulsa Massacre to Krypton's Destruction (Video)
In “Watchmen,...
- 7/28/2020
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
The 2020 Emmy ballots have been released by the Television Academy, so we now know which shows, actors, etc. are in contention for this year’s golden statues. HBO’s “Watchmen” accounts for eight entries on the performer ballot, including lead actors Regina King and Jeremy Irons. The uniquely timely limited series about mask-wearing and racial injustice is a loose adaptation of the 1980s comic book about vigilante superheroes, which only lasted a single volume. Tour our photo gallery above to see all of the actors who’ve been submitted for the 2020 Emmy Awards.
“Lost” and “The Leftovers” showrunner Damon Lindelof oversees the first season, but has gone on record saying he won’t return if the show eventually comes back for a second installment. As for creating a diverse team both in front of and behind the camera, Lindelof explained in our recent interview, “I hate using the word ‘diversity...
“Lost” and “The Leftovers” showrunner Damon Lindelof oversees the first season, but has gone on record saying he won’t return if the show eventually comes back for a second installment. As for creating a diverse team both in front of and behind the camera, Lindelof explained in our recent interview, “I hate using the word ‘diversity...
- 7/11/2020
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
From the first moments in the premiere of HBO’s “Watchmen” last October, the show proved to be the most urgent and prescient series on television today. Rather than adapt the universally acclaimed 1986 graphic novel “Watchmen” written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons — which had already been made into a 2009 feature film by Zack Snyder — co-creator and executive producer Damon Lindelof chose instead to update the world of the novel from New York City in 1985 to Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2019.
The reason for the change of venue was simple, but devastating: The show’s main hero, Angela Abar, aka the police detective Sister Night (Regina King), is a direct descendant of a survivor of the very real 1921 massacre of the Tulsa neighborhood known as Black Wall Street. Lindelof first learned about the event from a 2014 piece in The Atlantic by Ta-Nehisi Coates called “The Case for Reparations,” and his...
The reason for the change of venue was simple, but devastating: The show’s main hero, Angela Abar, aka the police detective Sister Night (Regina King), is a direct descendant of a survivor of the very real 1921 massacre of the Tulsa neighborhood known as Black Wall Street. Lindelof first learned about the event from a 2014 piece in The Atlantic by Ta-Nehisi Coates called “The Case for Reparations,” and his...
- 6/23/2020
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
Emmy winner Jean Smart couldn’t pass up the chance to play a character like Laurie Blake on HBO’s limited series adaptation of “Watchmen.” First introduced in Episode 3, Laurie is a vigilante-turned-fbi agent who now fights masked vigilantes, an uncompromising mature woman who is not defined by the relationships around her. “Who thought I was gonna play a badass at this stage of the game?” Smart says in an exclusive new interview with Gold Derby. “She’s not a particularly ethical person. She’s not particularly polite. She’s not particularly ethical at her job but she would be able to defend the things that she says and does very well.” Watch the full video interview with Smart above.
SEENicole Kassell Interview: ‘Watchmen’ director
That third episode, colorfully titled “She Was Killed by Space Junk,” was a major showcase for Smart. We see her arrive in Tulsa, Oklahoma to...
SEENicole Kassell Interview: ‘Watchmen’ director
That third episode, colorfully titled “She Was Killed by Space Junk,” was a major showcase for Smart. We see her arrive in Tulsa, Oklahoma to...
- 6/9/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
The notion of bringing Watchmen to premium cable was an enticing one, as people anticipated a more nuanced, expansive take on the Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons maxiseries. Then, we were staggered to discover that producer Damon Lindelof intended on going forward in time and exploring what came next.
With some trepidation, we watched when the series debuted last year, but our fears were quickly erased. Regina King was someone new, the world, drastically different while remaining familiar enough. And then when we see Adrian Veidt (Jeremy Irons) and later, Doctor Manhattan (Abdul-Mateen II), it felt just fine.
We open with a jarring reminder of the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma race riots that, just last week, is finally getting addressed with recommendations for overdue reparations to descendants. The racial tensions evident here are projected decades ahead, to a time after Ozymandias failed to scare the world straight as seen in the climax of the graphic novel.
With some trepidation, we watched when the series debuted last year, but our fears were quickly erased. Regina King was someone new, the world, drastically different while remaining familiar enough. And then when we see Adrian Veidt (Jeremy Irons) and later, Doctor Manhattan (Abdul-Mateen II), it felt just fine.
We open with a jarring reminder of the 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma race riots that, just last week, is finally getting addressed with recommendations for overdue reparations to descendants. The racial tensions evident here are projected decades ahead, to a time after Ozymandias failed to scare the world straight as seen in the climax of the graphic novel.
- 6/4/2020
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Las Vegas is about to get a lot Smart-er.
Emmy winner Jean Smart will star as a Sin City diva in a dark comedy for HBO Max from Michael Schur and a trio of Broad City writers, TVLine has learned. The untitled show, which has received a 10-episode series order from the upcoming streaming service, “will explore a dark mentorship that forms between a Las Vegas diva” played by Smart “and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old,” per the official description.
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Emmy winner Jean Smart will star as a Sin City diva in a dark comedy for HBO Max from Michael Schur and a trio of Broad City writers, TVLine has learned. The untitled show, which has received a 10-episode series order from the upcoming streaming service, “will explore a dark mentorship that forms between a Las Vegas diva” played by Smart “and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old,” per the official description.
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- 5/5/2020
- TVLine.com
From the cast of HBO's "Watchmen" TV series, take a look at a public service announcement titled "Washmen" as the cast reunites to encourage people to wash their hands to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus:
"...'Watchmen' series creator Damon Lindelof took to Instagram to share the video, which sees series actors Regina King aka 'Sister Knight'...
"...Jean Smart aka 'Laurie Blake', Tim Blake Nelson aka 'Looking Glass', Tom Mison aka 'Mr. Philipps', Sara Vickers aka 'Mrs. Crookshanks' and Dustin Ingram aka 'Agent Dale Petey' get back into 'Watchmen' mode for the hygienic PSA..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Washmen"...
"...'Watchmen' series creator Damon Lindelof took to Instagram to share the video, which sees series actors Regina King aka 'Sister Knight'...
"...Jean Smart aka 'Laurie Blake', Tim Blake Nelson aka 'Looking Glass', Tom Mison aka 'Mr. Philipps', Sara Vickers aka 'Mrs. Crookshanks' and Dustin Ingram aka 'Agent Dale Petey' get back into 'Watchmen' mode for the hygienic PSA..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Washmen"...
- 4/4/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
“Watchmen” may not be returning for a second season, but the “Washmen” are here, and they’re showing the public how to wash their hands to stop the spread of Covid-19.
While the world continues to self-quarantine and practice social distancing to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the cast of Damon Lindelof’s “Watchmen” reassembled for a PSA on how to properly wash your hands.
In a video posted to Twitter on Friday, Regina King, Jean Smart, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Tim Blake Nelson, Jovan Adepo, Dustin Kyle Ingram, Sara Vickers, Tom Mison and Andrew Howard became the “Washmen.” Each actor gave their own hand-washing tutorial, along with helpful suggestions and tips.
Smart’s character, Laurie Blake, recommends hand-washers to tell a joke as a way to accurately measure the time needed to wash your hands, while King’s Angela Abar suggests counting to 20 real slow. Ingram (Agent Dale Petey) got into...
While the world continues to self-quarantine and practice social distancing to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the cast of Damon Lindelof’s “Watchmen” reassembled for a PSA on how to properly wash your hands.
In a video posted to Twitter on Friday, Regina King, Jean Smart, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Tim Blake Nelson, Jovan Adepo, Dustin Kyle Ingram, Sara Vickers, Tom Mison and Andrew Howard became the “Washmen.” Each actor gave their own hand-washing tutorial, along with helpful suggestions and tips.
Smart’s character, Laurie Blake, recommends hand-washers to tell a joke as a way to accurately measure the time needed to wash your hands, while King’s Angela Abar suggests counting to 20 real slow. Ingram (Agent Dale Petey) got into...
- 3/27/2020
- by Klaritza Rico
- Variety Film + TV
Damon Lindelof’s “Watchmen” is adopting a temporary name change in the age of coronavirus — “Washmen.”
The creator shared a video of the cast of the HBO series doing a hand-washing tutorial on Instagram Friday.
Each actor spoke in character and took turns giving advice on how to wash hands and demonstrating their technique, including Regina King (Angela Abar), Tim Blake Nelson (Wade Tillman), Jovan Adepo (Will Reeves), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Cal Abar), Jean Smart (Laurie Blake), Dustin Kyle Ingram (Dale Petey), Sara Vickers (Ms. Crookshanks), Tom Mison (Mr. Phillips), and Andrew Howard (Red Scare).
Also Read: All the Hollywood Films Arriving on Demand Early Because of the Coronavirus
“Special agent Dale Petey here to talk to you about washing your dirty hands,” said Ingram, in “Watchmen” style face paint, from his bathroom at home.
“Covid-19 is real,” said Nelson, in character. “Shelter in place and wash your hands.”
“Master...
The creator shared a video of the cast of the HBO series doing a hand-washing tutorial on Instagram Friday.
Each actor spoke in character and took turns giving advice on how to wash hands and demonstrating their technique, including Regina King (Angela Abar), Tim Blake Nelson (Wade Tillman), Jovan Adepo (Will Reeves), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Cal Abar), Jean Smart (Laurie Blake), Dustin Kyle Ingram (Dale Petey), Sara Vickers (Ms. Crookshanks), Tom Mison (Mr. Phillips), and Andrew Howard (Red Scare).
Also Read: All the Hollywood Films Arriving on Demand Early Because of the Coronavirus
“Special agent Dale Petey here to talk to you about washing your dirty hands,” said Ingram, in “Watchmen” style face paint, from his bathroom at home.
“Covid-19 is real,” said Nelson, in character. “Shelter in place and wash your hands.”
“Master...
- 3/27/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Mike Cecchini Dec 17, 2019
If Watchmen season 2 ever happens on HBO, these are the stories we'd like to see explored.
This article contains Watchmen spoilers.
HBO’s Watchmen was a perfect season of TV. Nine episodes, with hardly a wasted moment, that answered every single question they had set out to by the time the credits rolled on the final hour. It took almost 35 years to get a true Watchmen sequel or an adaptation worthy of the name, but Damon Lindelof, Nicole Kassell, and an incredibly talented team of writers, directors, and actors made it happen. If this is all we ever get, it would be enough.
But the hell with that, we all know you want to see Watchmen season 2 as badly as we do. Maybe it’s a mistake, but there’s just enough out there to make us believe that in the event that HBO decides that Watchmen...
If Watchmen season 2 ever happens on HBO, these are the stories we'd like to see explored.
This article contains Watchmen spoilers.
HBO’s Watchmen was a perfect season of TV. Nine episodes, with hardly a wasted moment, that answered every single question they had set out to by the time the credits rolled on the final hour. It took almost 35 years to get a true Watchmen sequel or an adaptation worthy of the name, but Damon Lindelof, Nicole Kassell, and an incredibly talented team of writers, directors, and actors made it happen. If this is all we ever get, it would be enough.
But the hell with that, we all know you want to see Watchmen season 2 as badly as we do. Maybe it’s a mistake, but there’s just enough out there to make us believe that in the event that HBO decides that Watchmen...
- 12/17/2019
- Den of Geek
As the decade staggers its way to a close, at least we have this: The finale of HBO’s “Watchmen” on Sunday night capped off an arguably perfect season of television — so flawless that many fans and critics are debating whether there should even be another season. (Warning: Spoilers for the finale start here.)
To wit (and let’s all take a deep breath): The plot of the white supremacist organization the Seventh Kavalry to capture and kill Doctor Manhattan (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) so they can steal his god-like powers are thwarted by trillionaire genius Lady Trieu (Hong Chau) — who then kills Doctor Manhattan so, yup, she can steal his god-like powers. Her plans, however, are thwarted by her absent father Adrian Veidt (Jeremy Irons), who is subsequently arrested by FBI agent Laurie Blake (Jean Smart) and Tulsa police detective Wade Tillman (Tim Blake Nelson) for murdering 3 million people in 1985. As you do.
To wit (and let’s all take a deep breath): The plot of the white supremacist organization the Seventh Kavalry to capture and kill Doctor Manhattan (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) so they can steal his god-like powers are thwarted by trillionaire genius Lady Trieu (Hong Chau) — who then kills Doctor Manhattan so, yup, she can steal his god-like powers. Her plans, however, are thwarted by her absent father Adrian Veidt (Jeremy Irons), who is subsequently arrested by FBI agent Laurie Blake (Jean Smart) and Tulsa police detective Wade Tillman (Tim Blake Nelson) for murdering 3 million people in 1985. As you do.
- 12/17/2019
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
Mike Cecchini Dec 16, 2019
Was FBI Agent Dale Petey also a secret superhero on Watchmen? We delve into the mystery of the silver suited Lube Man.
This article contains Watchmen spoilers.
Well, it took them long enough, but it looks like the mystery of Lube Man has finally been solved. Yes, the show that gave us an enormous high tech Dr. Manhattan dildo also introduced us to a mysterious costumed figure that was promptly dubbed “Lube Man” because of his penchant for dousing himself in oil and sliding into confined spaces. Ol’ Lube Man only had about 90 seconds of total screen time on Watchmen (back in episode 4) but he sure set the internet’s imaginations ablaze.
While Lube Man never appeared again, and wasn’t even addressed in that incredible Watchmen finale, the final installments of HBO’s Peteypedia supplemental materials have all but confirmed his identity. As it turns out,...
Was FBI Agent Dale Petey also a secret superhero on Watchmen? We delve into the mystery of the silver suited Lube Man.
This article contains Watchmen spoilers.
Well, it took them long enough, but it looks like the mystery of Lube Man has finally been solved. Yes, the show that gave us an enormous high tech Dr. Manhattan dildo also introduced us to a mysterious costumed figure that was promptly dubbed “Lube Man” because of his penchant for dousing himself in oil and sliding into confined spaces. Ol’ Lube Man only had about 90 seconds of total screen time on Watchmen (back in episode 4) but he sure set the internet’s imaginations ablaze.
While Lube Man never appeared again, and wasn’t even addressed in that incredible Watchmen finale, the final installments of HBO’s Peteypedia supplemental materials have all but confirmed his identity. As it turns out,...
- 12/17/2019
- Den of Geek
Somehow, against all odds, Watchmen worked. Well, it more than just "worked." To use Laurie Blake's favorite word, Watchmen was pretty f—king perfect. The HBO drama from Damon Lindelof based on the acclaimed comic book miniseries of the same name by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons took the source material and expanded it with a world full of rich characters. Regina King, a superhero in her own right, anchored the show expertly as Angela Abar, a masked police detective. As Laurie Blake, Jean Smart owned every single scene she was in, no matter how many f—ks she threw around. Every single actor, from Yahya Abdul-Mateen II to Hong Chau, worked as their respective characters in every way. Over nine...
- 12/16/2019
- E! Online
Spoiler Alert: This article includes details about tonight’s Watchmen Season 1 finale — a lot.
Thankfully, as tonight’s Watchmen finale makes radioactively clear, white supremacists are really dumb — at least when it comes to harnessing the power of a man-god.
“Absorbing atomic energy without filtering it first is going to pop you like a water balloon every time,” mocks Lady Trieu (Hong Chau) of the fatally amateur move by White House aspiring Senator Joe Keene Jr (James Wolk) and the masked Seventh Kavalry to steal the abilities of Dr. Manhattan (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) in the “See How They Fly” episode that concluded the Damon Lindelof created series first and possibly only season just now.
Of course, as the demise of Trieu from a cascade of squid brought down from the heavens by her new unveiled father and now two-time world saver Adrian Veidt (Jeremy Irons), newly back on Earth from Saturn moon Europa,...
Thankfully, as tonight’s Watchmen finale makes radioactively clear, white supremacists are really dumb — at least when it comes to harnessing the power of a man-god.
“Absorbing atomic energy without filtering it first is going to pop you like a water balloon every time,” mocks Lady Trieu (Hong Chau) of the fatally amateur move by White House aspiring Senator Joe Keene Jr (James Wolk) and the masked Seventh Kavalry to steal the abilities of Dr. Manhattan (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) in the “See How They Fly” episode that concluded the Damon Lindelof created series first and possibly only season just now.
Of course, as the demise of Trieu from a cascade of squid brought down from the heavens by her new unveiled father and now two-time world saver Adrian Veidt (Jeremy Irons), newly back on Earth from Saturn moon Europa,...
- 12/16/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Mike Cecchini Dec 16, 2019
We've made a complete and chronological timeline of the events of Watchmen, from the original book to the HBO show. It...wasn't easy.
This article contains nothing but spoilers for Watchmen, both the book and the HBO series.
HBO’s Watchmen timeline is non-linear and occasionally confusing (or “infuriating” as Dr. Manhattan puts it) in its use of time. The book from which it draws inspiration is similarly non-linear and occasionally confusing in its use of time. To make matters even trickier, the show expands upon and even retcons events that take place or are alluded to in the book.
So what’s a fan to do? Why, make a complete and chronological Watchmen timeline, of course! That’s a perfectly sane and normal activity for any well-adjusted adult, and it certainly didn’t give me any severe migraines or make me question my own perception of time at any point.
We've made a complete and chronological timeline of the events of Watchmen, from the original book to the HBO show. It...wasn't easy.
This article contains nothing but spoilers for Watchmen, both the book and the HBO series.
HBO’s Watchmen timeline is non-linear and occasionally confusing (or “infuriating” as Dr. Manhattan puts it) in its use of time. The book from which it draws inspiration is similarly non-linear and occasionally confusing in its use of time. To make matters even trickier, the show expands upon and even retcons events that take place or are alluded to in the book.
So what’s a fan to do? Why, make a complete and chronological Watchmen timeline, of course! That’s a perfectly sane and normal activity for any well-adjusted adult, and it certainly didn’t give me any severe migraines or make me question my own perception of time at any point.
- 12/16/2019
- Den of Geek
Alec Bojalad Dec 15, 2019
Nothing may ever end but this Watchmen season does. Here we break down all the various points of the thrilling Watchmen finale.
The following contains spoilers for Watchmen episode 9.
We know, we know: nothing ever ends. Well, Doctor Manhattan isn’t always right because HBO’s Watchmen really did just end with its thrilling finale, “See How They Fly.”
While the prospects of a Watchmen season 2 should seem quite likely given the show’s success, creator Damon Lindelof made clear that this first batch of episodes was designed to tell a complete story. And tell a complete story they did! Angela finally got to speak with her grandfather and share his pain. Lady Trieu came enticingly close to gaining the powers of a god before her own father murdered her with some strategically deployed squid rain. Meanwhile Lube Man is still out there somewhere, lubin’.
As promised,...
Nothing may ever end but this Watchmen season does. Here we break down all the various points of the thrilling Watchmen finale.
The following contains spoilers for Watchmen episode 9.
We know, we know: nothing ever ends. Well, Doctor Manhattan isn’t always right because HBO’s Watchmen really did just end with its thrilling finale, “See How They Fly.”
While the prospects of a Watchmen season 2 should seem quite likely given the show’s success, creator Damon Lindelof made clear that this first batch of episodes was designed to tell a complete story. And tell a complete story they did! Angela finally got to speak with her grandfather and share his pain. Lady Trieu came enticingly close to gaining the powers of a god before her own father murdered her with some strategically deployed squid rain. Meanwhile Lube Man is still out there somewhere, lubin’.
As promised,...
- 12/13/2019
- Den of Geek
(Warning: The following story contains spoilers from Episode 8 on “Watchmen entitled “A God Walks Into a Bar”)
Following last week’s game-changing reveal that Cal Abar (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) was really Dr. Manhattan in disguise this whole time, Sunday’s penultimate “Watchmen” showed viewers the ill-fated romance between Regina King’s Angela Abar and the man formerly known as Jon Osterman.
TheWrap spoke with Abdul-Mateen about how long he had to carry the secret of who Cal really was, and probably the two biggest questions that viewers had: Why did Dr. Manhattan come back to Earth, and why did he not seek out his former lover, Laurie Blake (Jean Smart)?
“He was just not satisfied,” Abdul-Mateen explains. “He attempted to create new life and to create a utopia but they treated him like a god. The story that’s kind of repeating throughout history is the theme where the god wants to be a human,...
Following last week’s game-changing reveal that Cal Abar (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) was really Dr. Manhattan in disguise this whole time, Sunday’s penultimate “Watchmen” showed viewers the ill-fated romance between Regina King’s Angela Abar and the man formerly known as Jon Osterman.
TheWrap spoke with Abdul-Mateen about how long he had to carry the secret of who Cal really was, and probably the two biggest questions that viewers had: Why did Dr. Manhattan come back to Earth, and why did he not seek out his former lover, Laurie Blake (Jean Smart)?
“He was just not satisfied,” Abdul-Mateen explains. “He attempted to create new life and to create a utopia but they treated him like a god. The story that’s kind of repeating throughout history is the theme where the god wants to be a human,...
- 12/9/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
There are some people who will go to great lengths to convince others that awards don’t matter, that the system is rigged, and that exceptional work too often goes unrecognized by major awards bodies. Those people aren’t wrong. But that doesn’t make them right.
It’s easy to be cynical in the face of the big Hollywood machine, but in the aftermath of an Emmy Awards season featuring several underdogs toppling competitors that seemed like surefire winners, it feels as though we’re entering a new age of television accolades. Perhaps an unforeseen byproduct of Peak TV is the sheer necessity of word-of-mouth. The TV that triumphs is the TV that critics and audiences feel most strongly about, advocating at every turn in an attempt to share that brilliance with everyone and anyone who’ll listen.
With all that in mind, and at the precipice of Golden...
It’s easy to be cynical in the face of the big Hollywood machine, but in the aftermath of an Emmy Awards season featuring several underdogs toppling competitors that seemed like surefire winners, it feels as though we’re entering a new age of television accolades. Perhaps an unforeseen byproduct of Peak TV is the sheer necessity of word-of-mouth. The TV that triumphs is the TV that critics and audiences feel most strongly about, advocating at every turn in an attempt to share that brilliance with everyone and anyone who’ll listen.
With all that in mind, and at the precipice of Golden...
- 12/7/2019
- by Libby Hill
- Indiewire
A review of this week’s Watchmen, “An Almost Religious Awe,” coming up just as soon as I’m strapped to a chair in an abandoned Jc Penney…
Dr. Manhattan, I presume?
It’s easy to understand why some fans of the Watchmen comic were skeptical of this show’s existence and its structure when it debuted. Yes, it existed in the same universe as the comic, and treated everything that Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons did as sacrosanct(*), but in addition to having a wildly different setting and subject matter,...
Dr. Manhattan, I presume?
It’s easy to understand why some fans of the Watchmen comic were skeptical of this show’s existence and its structure when it debuted. Yes, it existed in the same universe as the comic, and treated everything that Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons did as sacrosanct(*), but in addition to having a wildly different setting and subject matter,...
- 12/2/2019
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Alec Bojalad Dec 1, 2019
Watchmen episode 7 "An Almost Religious Awe" features the series' most stunning reveal yet. Here is what it could mean.
The following contains spoilers for Watchmen episode 7.
The ending of Watchmen episode 7 “An Almost Religious Awe” would have been incredible enough if it concluded 10 minutes earlier on Lady Trieu’s enigmatic words to Angela Abar.
“You didn’t ask me who he is,” Trieu says. “I know you think I’m crazy but I just told you Doctor Manhattan is here walking amongst us as a human being and you never asked me who he is.”
But of course, Watchmen episode 7 doesn’t cut to credits there with Trent Reznor and Atticus’s Ross’s mesmerizing take on David Bowie’s “Life on Mars.” Instead “An Almost Religious Awe” follows Angela home where she rifles through a drawer and comes face to face with her husband Cal. She...
Watchmen episode 7 "An Almost Religious Awe" features the series' most stunning reveal yet. Here is what it could mean.
The following contains spoilers for Watchmen episode 7.
The ending of Watchmen episode 7 “An Almost Religious Awe” would have been incredible enough if it concluded 10 minutes earlier on Lady Trieu’s enigmatic words to Angela Abar.
“You didn’t ask me who he is,” Trieu says. “I know you think I’m crazy but I just told you Doctor Manhattan is here walking amongst us as a human being and you never asked me who he is.”
But of course, Watchmen episode 7 doesn’t cut to credits there with Trent Reznor and Atticus’s Ross’s mesmerizing take on David Bowie’s “Life on Mars.” Instead “An Almost Religious Awe” follows Angela home where she rifles through a drawer and comes face to face with her husband Cal. She...
- 12/1/2019
- Den of Geek
Watchmen prepares for the Millennium Clock to strike midnight as Angela looks for the elephant in the room.
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Watchmen Episode 7
“People who wear masks are driven by trauma,” Agent Laurie Blake is fond of telling anyone who will listen.
So far she appears to be batting 1.000 with that theory. Angela Abar, Wade Tillman, Will Reeves, and even Laurie herself all clearly donned masks to hide from their own pain. Hell, even Red Scare is undoubtedly dealing with some deep-seated issues, given how he eats Cheetos with a fork like an absolute sociopath.
But if people who wear masks are driven by trauma, what the hell are people who wear badges driven by? Midway through Watchmen episode 7 “An Almost Religious Awe” Angela Abar gets a police badge.
It’s not the police badge she will earn one day as detective in the Tulsa Police Department...
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Watchmen Episode 7
“People who wear masks are driven by trauma,” Agent Laurie Blake is fond of telling anyone who will listen.
So far she appears to be batting 1.000 with that theory. Angela Abar, Wade Tillman, Will Reeves, and even Laurie herself all clearly donned masks to hide from their own pain. Hell, even Red Scare is undoubtedly dealing with some deep-seated issues, given how he eats Cheetos with a fork like an absolute sociopath.
But if people who wear masks are driven by trauma, what the hell are people who wear badges driven by? Midway through Watchmen episode 7 “An Almost Religious Awe” Angela Abar gets a police badge.
It’s not the police badge she will earn one day as detective in the Tulsa Police Department...
- 11/27/2019
- Den of Geek
For the last 40 or so years, Jean Smart has been many different people. She was the naïve and sweet Charlene on Designing Women; the serial killer Aileen Wuornos; Frasier Crane's old high school crush Lana Gardner; Melanie Bird, a psychiatrist to a powerful mutant on Legion; Fargo's Floyd Gerhart, the head of a crime family; and to viewers now she's Watchmen's Laurie Blake, the former vigilante known as the Silk Spectre who is now working as an FBI agent to bring down white supremacists. It's safe to say there isn't a lot of audience overlap between Watchmen and Designing Women. The HBO drama is as far from laughing with the Sugarbaker women as one can go. But no matter the genre, audiences still...
- 11/25/2019
- E! Online
Mike Cecchini Nov 24, 2019
Watchmen episode 6 introduces Nelson Gardner, the hero known as Captain Metropolis. Here's why he's important.
This article contains major Watchmen spoilers.
Watchmen episode 6, “This Extraordinary Being” focuses primarily on Will Reeves, his journey to becoming Hooded Justice, and his quest to stamp out the Ku Klux Klan and their white supremacist plans. It’s a powerful episode that begins in 1938 and spans approximately the next decade of Reeves’ life, covering key moments from his vigilante career. But in a surprising moment, it also introduces another character from the book and member of the Minutemen: Nelson Gardner, also known as Captain Metropolis (played to perfection by Limitless and What We Do in the Shadows’ Jake McDorman). So who is Nelson Gardner, and what do we know about Captain Metropolis? We’re here to lay it all out for you.
As has been with any other Watchmen “legacy character” we’ve seen on screen,...
Watchmen episode 6 introduces Nelson Gardner, the hero known as Captain Metropolis. Here's why he's important.
This article contains major Watchmen spoilers.
Watchmen episode 6, “This Extraordinary Being” focuses primarily on Will Reeves, his journey to becoming Hooded Justice, and his quest to stamp out the Ku Klux Klan and their white supremacist plans. It’s a powerful episode that begins in 1938 and spans approximately the next decade of Reeves’ life, covering key moments from his vigilante career. But in a surprising moment, it also introduces another character from the book and member of the Minutemen: Nelson Gardner, also known as Captain Metropolis (played to perfection by Limitless and What We Do in the Shadows’ Jake McDorman). So who is Nelson Gardner, and what do we know about Captain Metropolis? We’re here to lay it all out for you.
As has been with any other Watchmen “legacy character” we’ve seen on screen,...
- 11/25/2019
- Den of Geek
Some actors who land a role in a big-budget, hotly anticipated HBO series may be a bit deflated to learn, for much of their performance, their face will be hidden behind a mask. But not Tim Blake Nelson.
Now, what he wears in “Watchmen” isn’t a thin, black domino mask that only hides his eyes, or even a Batman-like cowl that leaves his mouth uncovered to better convey distinct expressions. Looking Glass, Nelson’s Oklahoman cop character, wears a mask that covers his entire head, and not only that, but it also reflects the images around him, be it flashing photos in an interrogation room or his scene partner’s face — almost like he’s not even there.
So how does an actor build an engaging, evocative, and highly emotional performance, like the one seen in “Watchmen” Episode 5, without his most impactful tool — his face?
“In drama school, we took mask class,...
Now, what he wears in “Watchmen” isn’t a thin, black domino mask that only hides his eyes, or even a Batman-like cowl that leaves his mouth uncovered to better convey distinct expressions. Looking Glass, Nelson’s Oklahoman cop character, wears a mask that covers his entire head, and not only that, but it also reflects the images around him, be it flashing photos in an interrogation room or his scene partner’s face — almost like he’s not even there.
So how does an actor build an engaging, evocative, and highly emotional performance, like the one seen in “Watchmen” Episode 5, without his most impactful tool — his face?
“In drama school, we took mask class,...
- 11/18/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
An oppressive regime that enslaves women as servants and baby factories. A racially charged world in which members of law enforcement have to wear masks to keep themselves safe. A television production reeling from the firing of its beloved star after accusations of sexual misconduct surface against him.
These subject matters all seem to be what great dramas are made of — and yet, drama is no longer enough. Between the ever-expanding glut of content vying for a viewer’s time and the real world being full of political and societal upheaval, television — even when tackling tough subject matter — still needs to have an element of entertainment and escapism.
“We would get into rhythms in the writers’ room and we would be talking about all of this stuff that made us feel physically ill and nauseated, and we were like, ‘All right, it means we’re going someplace,’ but there also...
These subject matters all seem to be what great dramas are made of — and yet, drama is no longer enough. Between the ever-expanding glut of content vying for a viewer’s time and the real world being full of political and societal upheaval, television — even when tackling tough subject matter — still needs to have an element of entertainment and escapism.
“We would get into rhythms in the writers’ room and we would be talking about all of this stuff that made us feel physically ill and nauseated, and we were like, ‘All right, it means we’re going someplace,’ but there also...
- 11/18/2019
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Watchmen” Episode 5, “Little Fear of Lightning.”]
Remember what Agent Laurie Blake (Jean Smart) said last week, about people who wear masks and how they’re driven by pain? Well, she may have been talking to Sister Night (Regina King) at the time, but I believe after sitting down with “Mirror Guy” aka Looking Glass aka Wade Tillman (played by the excellent Tim Blake Nelson), he’d be her first case study toward proving that theory true. In a dense hour devoted to the root of Wade’s pain, veteran “Leftovers” scribes Damon Lindelof and Carly Wray guide the audience through a troubling series of revelations, all centered around Wade, yet consequential for everyone in the “Watchmen” universe.
Given that’s the design behind every “Leftovers” episode — using individual trauma to reflect universal concerns — it should come as no surprise that Episode 5 is deeply sad, difficult, and exceptional. Even by “Watchmen’s” lofty standards,...
Remember what Agent Laurie Blake (Jean Smart) said last week, about people who wear masks and how they’re driven by pain? Well, she may have been talking to Sister Night (Regina King) at the time, but I believe after sitting down with “Mirror Guy” aka Looking Glass aka Wade Tillman (played by the excellent Tim Blake Nelson), he’d be her first case study toward proving that theory true. In a dense hour devoted to the root of Wade’s pain, veteran “Leftovers” scribes Damon Lindelof and Carly Wray guide the audience through a troubling series of revelations, all centered around Wade, yet consequential for everyone in the “Watchmen” universe.
Given that’s the design behind every “Leftovers” episode — using individual trauma to reflect universal concerns — it should come as no surprise that Episode 5 is deeply sad, difficult, and exceptional. Even by “Watchmen’s” lofty standards,...
- 11/18/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Mirroring the graphic novel, HBO's Watchmen is full of Easter eggs and hidden connections that reveal future plot points. In fact, attentive viewers and fans have noticed a few already. And, as the Seventh Kalvary plot progresses, one character is starting to look mighty suspicious.
Introduced in the second episode, Senator Joe Keene is deeply connected to the show's vigilante history. His father was responsible for the Keene Act before the events of the graphic novel, and now Joe has spearheaded Dopa – which allows cops to hide behind masks in Oklahoma. So far, his motivation seems to be protecting Dopa to help his bid for the presidency. To do so, he enlists Laurie Blake to pursue a different theory from Tulsa Pd. Unlike the local cops, he doesn't believe the Seventh Kalvary is responsible for the murder of Sheriff Judd Crawford, but instead a vigilante.
And he might be right.
Introduced in the second episode, Senator Joe Keene is deeply connected to the show's vigilante history. His father was responsible for the Keene Act before the events of the graphic novel, and now Joe has spearheaded Dopa – which allows cops to hide behind masks in Oklahoma. So far, his motivation seems to be protecting Dopa to help his bid for the presidency. To do so, he enlists Laurie Blake to pursue a different theory from Tulsa Pd. Unlike the local cops, he doesn't believe the Seventh Kalvary is responsible for the murder of Sheriff Judd Crawford, but instead a vigilante.
And he might be right.
- 11/17/2019
- by Priscila Santa Rosa
- Popsugar.com
Watchmen follows Detective Looking Glass for an excellent hour all about the corrosive nature of fear.
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Watchmen Episode 5
There used to be (and maybe there still is) a long running misconception in Hollywood that a comic book is pretty much the same thing as a movie. To the untrained eye, a comic book is just a series of kinetic images with some dialogue and occasional stage direction attached. What is that if not a storyboard or even a frame of film itself?
Of course, that is very much not the case. Comics are more nuanced than that. Misunderstanding the difference between the two mediums is how you get abominations like Zack Snyder’s Watchmen movie, which in adapting the comic frame for frame, completely misses the soul from the original text.
This Watchmen, now over halfway through its run of nine episodes,...
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Watchmen Episode 5
There used to be (and maybe there still is) a long running misconception in Hollywood that a comic book is pretty much the same thing as a movie. To the untrained eye, a comic book is just a series of kinetic images with some dialogue and occasional stage direction attached. What is that if not a storyboard or even a frame of film itself?
Of course, that is very much not the case. Comics are more nuanced than that. Misunderstanding the difference between the two mediums is how you get abominations like Zack Snyder’s Watchmen movie, which in adapting the comic frame for frame, completely misses the soul from the original text.
This Watchmen, now over halfway through its run of nine episodes,...
- 11/13/2019
- Den of Geek
Lacy Baugher Nov 12, 2019
Silk Spectre and Angela Abar are perfect examples of how HBO's Watchmen can both remain faithful to the book while moving past its mistakes.
This article contains Watchmen spoilers.
HBO’s Watchmen is the best kind of prestige revival – one that doesn’t try to recreate the success of the original property, but which, instead, builds on its legacy in new and interesting ways. In doing so, the series must also confront the failings of that original, of which Watchmen has several, despite the fact that it was and is a truly groundbreaking genre story.
The television version of Watchmen takes place 34 years after the events of the comic, and though the series still keeps the frisson of existential despair threaded throughout the original, it changes several other key elements, including the primary lens through which we view the story. Here, rather than focusing on a...
Silk Spectre and Angela Abar are perfect examples of how HBO's Watchmen can both remain faithful to the book while moving past its mistakes.
This article contains Watchmen spoilers.
HBO’s Watchmen is the best kind of prestige revival – one that doesn’t try to recreate the success of the original property, but which, instead, builds on its legacy in new and interesting ways. In doing so, the series must also confront the failings of that original, of which Watchmen has several, despite the fact that it was and is a truly groundbreaking genre story.
The television version of Watchmen takes place 34 years after the events of the comic, and though the series still keeps the frisson of existential despair threaded throughout the original, it changes several other key elements, including the primary lens through which we view the story. Here, rather than focusing on a...
- 11/12/2019
- Den of Geek
Mike Cecchini Nov 11, 2019
The true origin of Laurie Blake's Dr. Manhattan dildo on Watchmen has been revealed by HBO.
Long before the HBO TV series, or before Zack Snyder put Jon Osterman on the silver screen, no discussion of Watchmen could possibly be considered complete without someone making a joke about Dr. Manhattan’s enormous, glowing, blue penis and his predilection for nudity. Doctor Manhattan is nude through most of the pages he appears on in Watchmen, the vast majority of the time in a non-sexual context, and that atomic powered dong is always there, as much a part of the book’s timeless iconography as the Comedian’s badge or Rorschach’s mask. It took three episodes, but HBO’s Watchmen did finally show us Dr. Manhattan’s dick, although in the form of an astounding sex toy brandished by Jean Smart’s FBI Agent Laurie Blake in...
The true origin of Laurie Blake's Dr. Manhattan dildo on Watchmen has been revealed by HBO.
Long before the HBO TV series, or before Zack Snyder put Jon Osterman on the silver screen, no discussion of Watchmen could possibly be considered complete without someone making a joke about Dr. Manhattan’s enormous, glowing, blue penis and his predilection for nudity. Doctor Manhattan is nude through most of the pages he appears on in Watchmen, the vast majority of the time in a non-sexual context, and that atomic powered dong is always there, as much a part of the book’s timeless iconography as the Comedian’s badge or Rorschach’s mask. It took three episodes, but HBO’s Watchmen did finally show us Dr. Manhattan’s dick, although in the form of an astounding sex toy brandished by Jean Smart’s FBI Agent Laurie Blake in...
- 11/11/2019
- Den of Geek
Imagine you’re a couple who’d yearned for a baby for years, but thought that dream was unattainable. Then, one evening while you’re relaxing at home, an impossibly rich woman shows up at your door and offers you a child that’s biologically yours — plus $5 million, just to sweeten the deal — in exchange for your home and the land on which it stands.
Actually, scratch that. You don’t have to imagine it: That exact scenario plays out at the start of this week’s Watchmen. And it is testament to this show that the exchange isn’t...
Actually, scratch that. You don’t have to imagine it: That exact scenario plays out at the start of this week’s Watchmen. And it is testament to this show that the exchange isn’t...
- 11/11/2019
- TVLine.com
A review of this week’s Watchmen, “If You Don’t Like My Story, Write Your Own,” coming up just as soon as I give you some passive-aggressive exposition…
“If You Don’t Like My Story, Write Your Own” is arguably the most straightforward of Watchmen‘s four installments so far. Considering that the episode includes Adrian Veidt pulling cloned fetuses out of a river so he can age them rapidly to adulthood and get them to help catapult their murdered clones into the sky… well, “straightforward” is a very relative thing on this show,...
“If You Don’t Like My Story, Write Your Own” is arguably the most straightforward of Watchmen‘s four installments so far. Considering that the episode includes Adrian Veidt pulling cloned fetuses out of a river so he can age them rapidly to adulthood and get them to help catapult their murdered clones into the sky… well, “straightforward” is a very relative thing on this show,...
- 11/11/2019
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Mike Cecchini Nov 10, 2019
Watchmen episode 4 introduces Lady Trieu and deepens the Adrian Veidt mystery. Here's all the Easter eggs and references we could find.
This article contains Watchmen episode 4 spoilers.
HBO’s Watchmen did most of its comic book referencing, additional worldbuilding, and character introductions in its first three episodes. So you would think that by the time we got to Watchmen episode 4, they’d be done mining the book for little flourishes of backstory to reference or use to make this new world even richer. You’d be wrong. There’s still plenty of Easter eggs to hunt in Watchmen episode 4, and we’re here to try and find all of ‘em.
Let’s start at the beginning...
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The Superman vibes are strong in this episode once again. Just as episode one felt like it snuck elements of Kal-El’s escape from Krypton as it was destroyed...
Watchmen episode 4 introduces Lady Trieu and deepens the Adrian Veidt mystery. Here's all the Easter eggs and references we could find.
This article contains Watchmen episode 4 spoilers.
HBO’s Watchmen did most of its comic book referencing, additional worldbuilding, and character introductions in its first three episodes. So you would think that by the time we got to Watchmen episode 4, they’d be done mining the book for little flourishes of backstory to reference or use to make this new world even richer. You’d be wrong. There’s still plenty of Easter eggs to hunt in Watchmen episode 4, and we’re here to try and find all of ‘em.
Let’s start at the beginning...
The Farm
The Superman vibes are strong in this episode once again. Just as episode one felt like it snuck elements of Kal-El’s escape from Krypton as it was destroyed...
- 11/10/2019
- Den of Geek
The Performer | Asante Blackk
The Show | This Is Us
More from TVLinePerformer of the Week: Regina King (11/2)Performer of the Week: Lizzy Caplan (10/26)Watchmen Recap: Too Good to Be Trieu
The Episode | “The Dinner and the Date” (Nov. 5, 2019)
The Performance | True story: We almost named Blackk Performer of the week back in September, when his debut as This Is Us‘ Malik confirmed that the When They See Us actor was a bona fide star-in-the-making. But we’re glad we waited, because this week’s episode of the NBC drama gave Blackk an even better opportunity to show everyone exactly how good he is.
The Show | This Is Us
More from TVLinePerformer of the Week: Regina King (11/2)Performer of the Week: Lizzy Caplan (10/26)Watchmen Recap: Too Good to Be Trieu
The Episode | “The Dinner and the Date” (Nov. 5, 2019)
The Performance | True story: We almost named Blackk Performer of the week back in September, when his debut as This Is Us‘ Malik confirmed that the When They See Us actor was a bona fide star-in-the-making. But we’re glad we waited, because this week’s episode of the NBC drama gave Blackk an even better opportunity to show everyone exactly how good he is.
- 11/9/2019
- TVLine.com
Watchmen examines questions of legacy and inheritance as the mystery deepens. Also: Lube Man.
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“Legacy isn’t in land, it’s in blood,” reclusive trillionaire Lady Trieu tells a farming couple in Watchmen episode 4’s typically enigmatic opening scene.
Trieu has left her massive Millennium Clock sculpture home on the outskirts of Tulsa to arrive at Clark Acres Farms and offer Mr. and Mrs. Clark a very decent proposal. She wants their home and the 40 acres it sits on and in return she’s going to offer them something more important than money. She’s going to offer them legacy.
“You two have no children,” she tells them. “So when you die, your legacy dies with you.”
Since Lady Trieu made her trillions in the biotech and pharma industry, she is going to give them the child they’ve always wanted.
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Watchmen Episode 4
“Legacy isn’t in land, it’s in blood,” reclusive trillionaire Lady Trieu tells a farming couple in Watchmen episode 4’s typically enigmatic opening scene.
Trieu has left her massive Millennium Clock sculpture home on the outskirts of Tulsa to arrive at Clark Acres Farms and offer Mr. and Mrs. Clark a very decent proposal. She wants their home and the 40 acres it sits on and in return she’s going to offer them something more important than money. She’s going to offer them legacy.
“You two have no children,” she tells them. “So when you die, your legacy dies with you.”
Since Lady Trieu made her trillions in the biotech and pharma industry, she is going to give them the child they’ve always wanted.
- 11/6/2019
- Den of Geek
Mike Cecchini Nov 11, 2019
HBO's Watchmen continues to hint at the final fate of Nite Owl. We explain what it all means.
This article contains spoilers for Watchmen episode 3 and the book.
Watchmen episode 3, “She was Killed by Space Junk,” introduced two major characters from the original book in the form of Jean Smart’s FBI Agent Laurie Blake and Jeremy Irons’ Adrian Veidt (formerly known as the heroic Ozymandias). Ok, we’re cheating a little bit here since Veidt has been present since the very first episode and everybody watching knew who Irons was playing anyway, but this is the first time they’ve bothered to confirm his actual identity. But two others loom large over the proceedings, even in their absence. The first is Doctor Manhattan, who has at least shown up on a TV screen from time to time on the show. But the other is Dan Dreiberg,...
HBO's Watchmen continues to hint at the final fate of Nite Owl. We explain what it all means.
This article contains spoilers for Watchmen episode 3 and the book.
Watchmen episode 3, “She was Killed by Space Junk,” introduced two major characters from the original book in the form of Jean Smart’s FBI Agent Laurie Blake and Jeremy Irons’ Adrian Veidt (formerly known as the heroic Ozymandias). Ok, we’re cheating a little bit here since Veidt has been present since the very first episode and everybody watching knew who Irons was playing anyway, but this is the first time they’ve bothered to confirm his actual identity. But two others loom large over the proceedings, even in their absence. The first is Doctor Manhattan, who has at least shown up on a TV screen from time to time on the show. But the other is Dan Dreiberg,...
- 11/4/2019
- Den of Geek
(Warning: The following story contains spoilers from Sunday’s episode, “She Was Killed by Space Junk”)
“Watchmen” reached back to its comic book roots on Sunday, finally revealing that yes, Jeremy Irons is playing Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias and that Jean Smart is the former Silk Spectre.
Despite her tough-as-nails demeanor, Smart’s Laurie Blake still has quite a thing for her old beau, the blue, God-like Doctor Manhattan, who spent the past 30 years on Mars. Speaking of blue things, Smart shared her reaction with Entertainment Weekly about finding out what was in the briefcase she opened at the beginning of the episode. If you saw “Watchmen” last night, you don’t need us to tell you what it was.
“I did not know until I got to the end of the script. I was so excited, because I’m going, ‘I’m definitely going to say yes to this offer...
“Watchmen” reached back to its comic book roots on Sunday, finally revealing that yes, Jeremy Irons is playing Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias and that Jean Smart is the former Silk Spectre.
Despite her tough-as-nails demeanor, Smart’s Laurie Blake still has quite a thing for her old beau, the blue, God-like Doctor Manhattan, who spent the past 30 years on Mars. Speaking of blue things, Smart shared her reaction with Entertainment Weekly about finding out what was in the briefcase she opened at the beginning of the episode. If you saw “Watchmen” last night, you don’t need us to tell you what it was.
“I did not know until I got to the end of the script. I was so excited, because I’m going, ‘I’m definitely going to say yes to this offer...
- 11/4/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
The first two episodes of Watchmen were spent introducing us to the world of the show and its new characters – while referencing the past. But in “She Was Killed by Space Junk”, we at long last catch up with characters from the comic, mainly Laurie Blake, better known as the former Silk Spectre. In […]
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- 11/4/2019
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
Up until this week’s episode, Watchmen has been devoting most of its time to new characters. But in “She Was Killed by Space Junk”, it’s time for us to check in with a name from the past: Laurie Blake, aka Silk Spectre. As played by Jean Smart (who is having the time of her life here), Laurie’s costumed […]
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- 11/4/2019
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Watchmen” Episode 3, “She Was Killed by Space Junk.”]
Damon Lindelof likes his jokes. Since a joke is just a story with a punchline, it should come as no surprise that Lindelof tells his jokes just like he tells the rest of his stories: There’s an intriguing premise, a lengthy middle (with a few curious twists and turns tossed in), and the punchline is often a thinker. He told a great joke, perhaps the greatest I’ve ever heard in a TV drama, during “The Leftovers” Season 2, stretching a knock knock joke from the premiere to the penultimate episode before revealing the sum total of its payoff.
So, like just about everything else in “Watchmen,” when Laurie Blake picks up the telephone to speak with Dr. Manhattan (casting Tba) at the start of Episode 3, “She Was Killed by Space Junk,” it wasn’t simply for her or his amusement. In...
Damon Lindelof likes his jokes. Since a joke is just a story with a punchline, it should come as no surprise that Lindelof tells his jokes just like he tells the rest of his stories: There’s an intriguing premise, a lengthy middle (with a few curious twists and turns tossed in), and the punchline is often a thinker. He told a great joke, perhaps the greatest I’ve ever heard in a TV drama, during “The Leftovers” Season 2, stretching a knock knock joke from the premiere to the penultimate episode before revealing the sum total of its payoff.
So, like just about everything else in “Watchmen,” when Laurie Blake picks up the telephone to speak with Dr. Manhattan (casting Tba) at the start of Episode 3, “She Was Killed by Space Junk,” it wasn’t simply for her or his amusement. In...
- 11/4/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Warning: This post contains spoilers from Watchmen Season 1, Episode 3.
We hope you were paying attention during Laurie Blake’s transmission to Mars in Sunday’s Watchmen, because Jean Smart‘s monologue in the futuristic booth sketches out a big chunk of the comic-book story on which the HBO series is based.
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“One of the crew guys, at one point, he said to me, ‘You did a lot of exposition!,'” Smart tells TVLine.
We hope you were paying attention during Laurie Blake’s transmission to Mars in Sunday’s Watchmen, because Jean Smart‘s monologue in the futuristic booth sketches out a big chunk of the comic-book story on which the HBO series is based.
More from TVLineWatchmen Recap: The Worst-Kept Secret in the WorldThe New Pope Teaser Trailer Introduces John Malkovich's 'Pompous' AdditionCable TV Renewal Scorecard: What's Returning? What's Cancelled?
“One of the crew guys, at one point, he said to me, ‘You did a lot of exposition!,'” Smart tells TVLine.
- 11/4/2019
- TVLine.com
In a move that surprised pretty much no one with any knowledge of the original Watchmen comics, this week’s episode of the superhero drama confirmed that Jeremy Irons’ character is, indeed, Adrian Veidt.
“But he’s supposed to be dead!,” you say? Well, yes. And given what happens in the rest of the hour, the explanation behind that mystery apparently is a matter for another day.
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“But he’s supposed to be dead!,” you say? Well, yes. And given what happens in the rest of the hour, the explanation behind that mystery apparently is a matter for another day.
More from TVLineWatchmen's Jean Smart Talks Laurie's Heroic History, 'Defense Mechanisms' and That Big Blue... MementoThe New Pope Teaser Trailer Introduces John Malkovich's 'Pompous' AdditionCable TV Renewal Scorecard: What's Returning? What's Cancelled?...
- 11/4/2019
- TVLine.com
A review of this week’s Watchmen, “She Was Killed By Space Junk,” coming up just as soon as I rule out extremist gophers…
Early in “She Was Killed By Space Junk,” FBI agent Dale Petey(*) gets in trouble with his boss, Farragut, for inserting a page from Rorschach’s infamous journal into a briefing on the Seventh Kavalry. “Is it the 1980s?” Farragut asks dismissively. “Then who gives a shit about Rorschach?”
(*) The man behind Peteypedia, which continues to go into way more of this world’s backstory than the show does.
Early in “She Was Killed By Space Junk,” FBI agent Dale Petey(*) gets in trouble with his boss, Farragut, for inserting a page from Rorschach’s infamous journal into a briefing on the Seventh Kavalry. “Is it the 1980s?” Farragut asks dismissively. “Then who gives a shit about Rorschach?”
(*) The man behind Peteypedia, which continues to go into way more of this world’s backstory than the show does.
- 11/4/2019
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
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