I saw The Watchmen this weekend and loved it. Although I don't really see how someone who has not read the graphic novel will love it. For me it was just awesome to see the pages that I read come alive. The movie was truly a fanboy flick. I recommend anyone who plans to see it read the book first. Or at the very least read it after you see the movie. There are a lot of nuances that they just couldn't explore in a movie format. This isn't a a review though. So I'll move on.
I want to discuss something Dr. Manhattan (you know the blue guy) says. He says to his then girlfriend (who would date this guy?) Laurie; "We're all puppets. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings." Dr. Manhattan is of course using this analogy to describe his worldview, which is at this point determinism. I'm not a philosophy major, but determinism is fairly basic. Every event including human behavior, thought, emotion is determined by events that occurred prior. For example; you die in a car crash. This event started days, weeks, months, or even years prior. Nothing you could have done could have changed it. Many describe it in terms of the Watchmaker Analogy. The clock has been set and you're a cog. Events will happen and you have no control over the outcome.
Many use the Watchmaker Analogy as an argument for the existence of God. I think this is stretch though. A watchmaker god to me is a god not worth believing in. Plus I think events are way too random. Yes, we are pretty much out of control when it comes to certain cataclysmic events. Nuclear war, natural disaster, random accidents will happen. Conversely you control who you love, where you live, where you work, etc. I'm always questioning the existence of God based very much on the idea that man created god to answer the question "who's in control?" since I am obviously not.
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Its all a lie
A lie that they made up to distract you from the horrible truth.
Just kidding
Lets just have some fun pretending these conspiracy theories are real.
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not sure if you are still doing this blog, but I completely agree with the whole "we're all puppets" and there are corrupt dark forces out there running the show (aka possibly reptilian beings at the very top of the 'pyramid' running the show with the illuminati and other secret societies falling beneath their control as those who 'run the show' on the ground).
I haven't watched Watchmen since it came out, nor have i ever read the book, but now i'm going to go back and watch anew! I also wanted to point out that the symbol on blue guy's forehead. not only is it the symbol for the "Sun' which in turn connects to the whole Illuminati/luciferian agenda - sun worshipers, the morning star (which is ultimately the reptilian agenda) but it's placement over the 3rd eye connects directly to mysticism (occult references), also the 'one eye' or the 'all seeing eye' another luciferian/Illuminati symbol. Crazy how so many people don't see this kind of stuff. It's everywhere!
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