kaylecorey's review

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2.0

Lackluster. As a huge fan of the original I'm disappointed. The absence of Moore is glaring.

queenkoko's review

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3.0

Laurie and her mother reminded me of my family dynamic. The selfish mother who tries to control everything. I haven't read the original Watchmen in a few years. It's time for a rewatch.

reliablepat's review

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4.0

This was a good beginning to the origin story of Silk Spectre 2. Sally Jupiter, the original Silk Spectre, is older and retired from crime-fighting. But she's been training her daughter Laurie to one day take up the mantle. We learn that Sally Jupiter has a bit of a sketchy past and some of the girls at school make fun of Laurie because of it. There's a confrontation in a diner and Laurie decks the girl talking trash about her mom. Then she and her boyfriend Greg run away together. Pretty good start to the series.

joao_melo's review

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2.0

This now is the story of the second Silk Specter Laurie Jupiter. It is funny but to me it didn't quite work. Manly it missed the darkness of the original series and just became a story about a rebelious teenager.
Although it has some nice aspects to it. The Comedian is well made, you can really see his insanity, and the relation between Hollis and Laurie is interesting. However, It just is serious enough for the watchmen universe.

davramlocke's review

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3.0

This was decent, though some of the little inner monologue animations were not at all what I'd consider Watchmen-like, and rather felt like something you'd see in manga. I'm not sure if the Cooke was attempting to add some camp to the series or what, but I could have done without those bits. The story is fairly standard mother/daughter angst, and certainly keeps with traditional in having them clash, particularly in the way teenagers and their mothers do. I suppose it all felt a touch light to me is all, but maybe all these Before Watchmen will feel that way.
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