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Originally Posted by photon
After more thought I think my only disappointment is that the series didn't finish like it started.
It started more personal with good characters that felt alive and doing things.
But it ended up as a big comic book spectacle (and a great one), but it felt like Angela was just along for the ride and the rest of the characters' arcs tied into a neat little bow; very different from the messy start.
About 2/3 of the way through I feel like it lost what it had created to move on to tell the end of a different story. At the end much of the great world building they'd setup seemed irrelevant. The actual plot was a cosmic scale power play that was only hinted at right up until it was almost over.
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It’s worth noting that this structure is similar to the original comic. What starts out as a melodrama about retired superheroes slowly shifts until it’s a massive cosmic scale conspiracy concocted by one man. It maintained an undertone of a mystery the entire time, with Rorschach and eventually Dan and Laurie investigating the Comedian’s death.
This was somewhat similar in that Miami Vice’s death was the trigger point for a story that slowly shifted into a very similar large scale event.
Both stories also took time away for a look at the characters involved and brilliantly tied in their own origins to the final outcome.
Obviously they had very different endings but it would be impossible to replicate the brilliance of Veidt’s original “I’m not a republic serial villain. I did it 35 minutes ago” surprise speech. And I’m glad they didn’t try because it would have seemed predictable and contrived.