Author: Dick Ebert

Watchmen Episode 8 Instant Review

Watchmen Episode 8 Instant Review: “A God Walks into Abar”

The Shat Crew provide their immediate reactions to Watchmen Episode 8, “A God Walks into Abar.” Roger hails it as possibly the best episode yet, while Gene marvels at how the storytelling took him from rejection last week to absolute adoration this week. Plus, Adrian Veidt gracefully slips back into the story, and Roger announces the creation of the Shat on TV Store. Have a quick listen, write to us at hosts@shatontv.com, and listen on Tuesday for the Watchmen Deep Dive.

Dr Manhattan Bootstrap Paradox

Hi guys, I hope that you discuss the bootstrap paradoxes (retrocausality) that the show explored with Angela Abar and Dr Manhattan especially the Judd Crawford bootstrap involving Will Reeves. I would like to further propose that the entirety of Dr Manhattan life might be a bootstrap paradox in this show’s...

Radioactive Decay

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Watchmen Instacast

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Laurie Will Be The New Dr. Manhattan

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Weak Gimmicky Storytelling

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Manhattan Transfer

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A black Dr. Manhattan

Greetings Gentlemen, First, love your shows. I do miss Big D on the Watchmen podcast, but am enjoying it none the less. (Westworld, GOT, A.Gods). I had a thought while watching this episode (which was superb btw) that I wanted to run by you about the casting of a black...