Rorschach, the sociopath, said a very sharp sentence shortly after the opening chapter. , You know how everything in this world fits together except people. Indeed, everything in the world follows the law and blends together perfectly. Only humans do things that violate the law time and time again. Dr. Manhattan is a "human being" who has almost no humanity. He looks at life from the most macro perspective, Everyone will die. And the universe will not even notice. In my opinion, the existence of life is a highly overrated phenomenon. In the face of the imminent nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the United States, he said that it is not that he will not save mankind. He can change almost anything, except human nature. And Ozymandias, the king of kings, the smartest human being in the world, made a huge joke about the world, using the energy of Dr. Manhattan to destroy important cities in the world and blame it on the deaths of 15 million people. Fulfilling his great plan - saving the earth, Sumei agreed to make peace with the outside world, avoiding the outbreak of the Third World War and more deaths.
- Humanity's savage nature will inevitably lead to global annihilation. So in order to save this planet, I have to trick it with the greatest practical joke in human history.
- Killing millions?!!!
- To save billions.
Dr. Manhattan accepted this reality calmly, without condoning or condemning. And Night Owl and Silk Ghost also compromised on this outcome even though they were unwilling to face it, only Rorschach who insisted on revealing the truth "Never Compromise", finally Died at the hands of Dr. Manhattan and became the last victim in exchange for peace. A "utopia" atop a lie is rising, but that's exactly what humanity needs. "It's a big joke", this is the most recurring line in the movie.
I remember one of my elementary school classmates said to me that she thinks there is nothing wrong with killing a person. The killer kills a person and then he himself is sentenced to death. In this way, there will be two less people in the world immediately. This is a reduction in the population. good idea. I think I was so shocked when I heard it that I haven't forgotten it. Yet I sometimes think now that if a cataclysm happened and the world's population halved, how many of the world's problems would be solved. I know that this is from a macro perspective and ignores the personal emotions as individuals and the universal morality. However, sometimes, I have to think that the continuation of life ultimately requires death in exchange for it. This is the eternal conservation principle. Destroyed New York has become a huge pit, and in this pit, new houses have been built and human development is continuing.
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Many people say that Ozymandias is hypocritical and wise, that he is ruthless and cruel, that his power is intrusive, I think it is not objective. In his worldview, human beings are merely part of the entire earth ecosystem, and human nature makes it out of balance in this system, so Ozymandias sacrifices a small number of people in exchange for a rebalancing of the system. We can say that he lacks humanity, like Dr. Manhattan, who has always looked at things from a macro perspective. So in the end, Dr. Manhattan understood him and was willing to sacrifice his reputation to protect this secret (in fact, for Dr. Manhattan, his realm no longer cares about reputation, something that humans only need). Ozymandias wanted to develop a free new energy source that would free humanity from things like oil, while other directors said he was "socialist" because they had no money to make. So Ozymandias needs to get rid of them. Later, when Ozymandias tried to get rid of Dr. Manhattan, his pet accidentally stood in front of the apparatus with the Doctor, and he hesitated and pressed the button. I don't think this is to show his cruelty, but that he gave up his personal feelings for the plan of all mankind. In the end, the doctor understood him, so there was no need for him to get rid of the doctor. After the Doctor killed Rorschach, Night Owl rushed towards Ozymandias angrily, and he also opened his arms to meet Night Owl's wrath without complaining.
The next paragraph may draw hatred, but from a macro perspective, I think we need to face it. Today's medical technology and scientific and technological capabilities are committed to reducing human deaths to a minimum. When natural disasters occur, we are also the first to try to rescue them. As a human being, I don't want my family, my friends, or even my own death, but for the whole system, is this reasonable... Human's own activities cause the extinction of other species and the deterioration of the environment, When disasters are faced by human beings, we all save ourselves in order to reproduce the race. But there will come a day when the universe will adjust the balance of all things in its own way, and what will humans say then?
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