Still strong together and united forever (for now), the boys are back to talk more about Watchmen and mock Call Her Daddy! Again! I guess they really are willing to try anything twice!
This time, they discuss:
- Zack Snyder(Cut)'s 2009 film adaptation, it's numerous different cuts, and its even more numerous different attempts at making a Watchmen film since the 80's.
- The 2019 HBO miniseries by Damon Lindelof, and how it works as a spiritual sequel, an adaptation, and as an allegory for what's going on right now.
- The mediocrity of the 2017-2019 sequel comic limited series, Doomsday Clock, by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank.
- The shitty prequel comics, Before Watchmen (or at least the ones that Stefan and Chris read a long time ago and chose not to re-read for this).
- The even shittier Watchmen tie-in beat 'em up (that makes total sense) video game, The End is Nigh.
- The biting (hehehe) social commentary Chris got from the Watchmen tie-in toaster.
- And finally, Chris and Stefan show Brandon the only perfect Watchmen adaptation to ever exist: Saturday Morning Watchmen.
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NOTE: This episode was recorded on June 4, 2020, but we delayed releasing it until now. Because we are three non-Black people, we didn’t feel comfortable potentially co-opting an important uprising and risking trivializing it by relating it to a comic book TV show. Even though we're finally releasing the episode, it's important to still remember that we wholeheartedly believe that the voices that should be heard first and foremost with regards to the history of systemic racism in North America are BIPOC voices.
Even as the protests are slowing down, we still wholeheartedly believe that the issues of systemic racism and police brutality in North America are incredibly crucial to keep discussing and combating. If we stop speaking up against and fighting these horrid aspects of society as soon as the protests come to a halt, nothing is going to change. Keep listening to and supporting BIPOC voices and don't stop when it's no longer "trendy" to do so, keep diligent and call out any bigotry you see, support BLM and donate to local bail funds if you can, go to any protests if you can, and above all, stand in solidarity with BIPOC people. Anyone who stands on the wrong side of history here is despicable and the literal personification of trash in our eyes.
Black Lives Matter. ACAB.
- Brandon, Chris, and Stefan
Please consider donating to any of these bail funds in this Google Doc if you can: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1fb2cioBcCO47L_oGPsjdGVWDAc3RTHU2tIpDtekWKs0/mobilebasic#heading=h.1xjoly1h25g3 Check here for more ways to donate, help, and support the cause: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
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Music and Sound Credits:
Children cheering sound effects - non copyrighted sound by TosspotTV (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwqTMzKHi3Y)
Emotional Piano Music - Drops [Royalty and Copyright Free] by Whitesand (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hSyRMyqFOM)
Fun Upbeat Rock (No Copyright Music) By Anwar Amr (https://cutt.ly/8rHSRjf)
Gun Loaded Cocked And Shot by KP (Creative Commons License: Public Domain) (http://soundbible.com/1613-Gun-Loaded-Cocked-And-Shot.html)
Horror Ambiance - Ominous Background Music by ESN Productions (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAO3x-Uhfoo)
Infinity Stars by East Sound (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3i3XY0Jv9E)
TV Static by Mike Koenig (Attribution 3.0) (http://soundbible.com/1611-TV-Static.html) Brandon's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY8hBjOzjjc&t=586s
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