Lindelof and his co-writer, Nick Cuse, seem aware of it enough to turn the Cyclops master plan into a feckless joke. The real battle in the finale takes place between “worthy adversaries,” Trieu and Veidt, two characters with big brains, bottomless wallets and the arrogance to believe they can rule the world. Between Trieu’s quantum centrifuge, the teleportation device and the special cell designed to hold Dr. Manhattan, the powers of a God are suddenly accessible to multiple parties. The “Watchmen” finale gets around to a point that it happens to share with the “Silicon Valley” season finale last week: One person shouldn’t have enough power to change the world alone, even if his or her intentions are good. When Dr. Manhattan exiles himself to Mars in the comic, with his line about how he’s tired of humanity, “of being caught in the tangle of their lives,” he is also acknowledging his own limitations as an agent of change.

Source: New York Times December 16, 2019 03:11 UTC