it makes being goofy the intention
Well, not necessarily. I mean, I've seen Lindelof do that exact same thing when Sun hit her head and forgot how to speak in the last season of
Lost, and it seems pretty damn obvious to me that when a character said out loud "wow, that sounds incredibly silly", the intention was
not to turn Sun's circumstances into a joke, then.
But yeah, here, we're talking about a sequel to a comic book series, so I can kind of see the "let's have them use silly methods that seem like they're straight out of a comic book, like mesmerism and Dr Evil traps" angle, agreed.
But then, I'm back to something that bothers me about the show...
The original comic book used the medium of super hero comics to present "super heroes" (or really, one superman and a bunch of costumed weirdos) in a relatively grounded universe, and do something more "serious" and clever than usual. Ozymandias used a silly "giant squid with a sensitive's cloned brain" contraption to save the world, but as silly as that was, there was nothing humorous about the results and the implications. The themes were "adult" and topical. Moore was basically saying (among other things) "here's something you can do within this medium".
But this... Well, it's a live-action TV show.
"Hey, look, we can use this medium to tackle topics such as racism in America!
- Well... Yeah. I mean, it's a really important topic indeed, and good on you for bringing attention to the Tulsa massacre, but we kinda knew that live-action TV shows could go there.
- But we're doing it with white supremacists that use silly contraptions! You know, like in a comic book!
- Oh, man. I don't... I don't know."
I feel like the whole thing would have worked better 1) as a comic book, or 2) without all the
Watchmen stuff...
Cool. You disregarded the part where I went over why everything reasonably flowed from one action to another, though.
I didn't quote or respond to it because I think I've already explained why I disagreed.
The flashlight is brainwashing, not a form of communication.
I know, I was pointing out that his story wasn't unbelievable, as he could prove the effectiveness of mesmerism right there and then. He could back it all up.
Her first instinct was not to guzzle the pills. She researched what it was and then downed the pills when she was in danger of losing them and the truth.
I'm talking about her snap decision when Laurie overheard her conversation with Looking Glass and showed up to arrest her.
