Why didn't he just turn everyone good?

he saw the future and saw he didn't do that so he didn't

because he doesn't really care and is just watching humanity after becoming an omnipresent god.

they address this with the Comedian killing the Vietnamese hooker.

>>212870708 (OP)
fuck this faggot and his faggot blue weiner

and fuck capeshit faggots too

>>212870708 (OP)
He literally says he can't change human nature

Forget that. Dude could devote 0.0013435% of his existence to give us something like fusion energy and superconductors, but instead decides to fuck off because he's too sad
He was a huge fucking cunt

>>212870708 (OP)
>become god
>instantly leave wife to fuck much younger woman
what are they trying to tell us

>>212870863
This the script said he couldn't change human nature so that was the one limitation on his infinite power even though he could completely reconfigure a person's brain at an atomic level if he wanted to but oh well let's not dwell on it haha wasn't Rorschach cool the answer is no he wasn't chud.

>>212870926
Was he truly a god, though? Pretty powerful, but I'm not sure about him being akin to a deity

>>212870708 (OP)
All things considered he's pretty chill for not just enslaving humanity and becoming the god king of earth

>>212870863
He could change culture enough so we'd have to adapt accordingly. He just didn't want to bother with us and had much cooler stuff to do

>>212870708 (OP)
>I'M SO SMART NOW SO YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND.
>I'M SO FAR REMOVED THAT I CAN'T EXPLAIN

Your typical cop out shit writing.

>>212870989
You are thinking like Albert Fish, anon

>>212870926
He wasn’t really a god he was just another super powered douche bag

>>212870926
>wife complains that he's "chasing jailbait"
>girl is clearly an adult woman
Seriously, in the comics she's supposed to be 16, but also looks in her 20's. Same in V for Vendetta.
Can't comicbook artists draw teens?

>>212870708 (OP)
From his point of view, the only difference between a law abiding tax payer and a career criminal is melanin density.

>>212870708 (OP)
MUH FREE WILL

>>212870708 (OP)
He already did. He just used it on another universe and not the one we're in.

>>212871040
It's a parody of other superheroes

>>212870708 (OP)
The transformation made him become amoral over time.

>>212870874
That's literally what he did. He made an unlimited power generator for Ozy. Who told him it was to prevent hostilities by eliminating resource scarcity. But then used it to bomb the world.
At least in the film. I'm told the comic had a giant squid instead.

>>212871964
Why does he suck the government's dick then?

>>212872188
>literally
opinion dropped.

>>212870984
>>212871256
that wasn't the point of my post and also
>can dematerialize and materialize about anything
>manipulate matter, thoughts etc
yeah bro where do you draw the line between god and just a very powerful dude? homos. fuck you

>>212870953
>reconfigure a person's brain at an atomic level
And do what? What does turning people "good" mean?

>>212870984
>>212872235
This has always been a problem with the term "god". It doesn't really have a definition.
Star Trek has the Q who are straight up omnipotent. But they're never treated as gods, even though they have more power than many gods from real religions.

>>212870708 (OP)
He's not a reality warper. Hes actually pretty weak and still confined by physics.

>>212872305
Obedient to the US government.

>>212870953
Okay, but would he know precisely how to change the brain to get the desired effect?
He has the power, but does he have the knowledge?

>>212870708 (OP)
I started reading the comics and am halfway there. Unironically it is because he is a deconstruction of "God" or "God-like" characters in comics. Just like the biblical Yahweh he can see the past, present, and future all at once. But if he can see the future, that suggests the future is predetermined, which means there is nothing he can do to change it since it's already set in stone. It is similar to the "problem of evil" in Christian religion - if God can see the future and is all powerful, can't he prevent all evil? Dr. Manhattan in the comics isn't even able to stop the Comedian from shooting his pregnant lover in Vietnam, despite foreseeing that and having the ability to do so, because he can't change the future.

So despite being the most powerful person on the planet and basically being a God, he is, paradoxically, also weak in the sense that he has no agency. His entire backstory is him having no control over his own life (he never wanted to be a scientist, he wanted to be a watchmaker and was pushed into it, he didn't choose to become Dr. Manhattan he became that way by accident, he ended up being a tool for the government not out of his free will but because events spiraled out of his control). The fact that the character is a "watchmaker" is heavily referenced in the comics - that is a clear reference to Deism, which posits that God is a passive observer who sets the universe in motion, "like a clock", then steps back and observes. It is the same with Dr. Manhattan - he is a character who is all powerful but ironically has no power, since he has no agency.

>>212871339
Standards, laws, publishing requirements... sometimes society has morals.
Movies used to cast women who were... concerningly young, because they weren't under the same scrutiny as print media.
>>212872465
>But they're never treated as gods
TOS had literal gods and their plots were usually about destroying them.
TNG was when atheism was the new cool anti-establishment stance. It even had an episode where Picard refused to believe The Devil was appearing in front of them because God isn't real... this was several seasons deep into meeting godlike entities even when not accounting for all the Q episodes. Remember the man with a house on the destroyed planet who admitted to exterminating an entire race out of grief for his lost mortal love?

>>212870926
He literally had no control, the future was already predetermined. He looked at her, and saw the future where her legal age, future version of herself falls in love with him, which paradoxically sets the chain of events for Janey to leave him

>>212870926
>instantly
He stayed with her for years, until she walled. At that point you can't blame him.

>>212872465
No I really think it's just those 2 particular anons being retarded.
Doc manhatten can literally do things no living being will ever be capable off.
>time travel
>sees all timelines simulatenously
>teleporting
>dimensional travel
>manipulates matter and creates things out of nothing
pic related. Those are literally godlike abilities.
Just because he can't do it on a planetary scale does not make him less of a god.

also isn't it kinda ironic
>sees the entire universe past present future at once
>wants to fuck young woman

like the whole point of it is that he becomes basically a god and we have two niggers with asperger itt who say "nah bro hes just a powerful dude, dude"
KYS

>>212870926
>become god
>younger girl knows he's in a long term relationship with a woman
>instantly she's plotting to steal the god for herself since she doesn't give a fuck about the other woman's feelings
>be a nagging harpy screeching in god's ear about every little thing, throwing things and breaking shit until he's tired of her
>instantly she goes and bangs god's friends
what are they trying to tell us

>>212873046
>Doc manhatten can literally do things no living being will ever be capable off.
And to prove that you post stuff invented by DC, so meaningless bullshit. Pic related, where that so called "Connective Energy" comes from, which fucking Wally West giving his take on Manhattan's powers.

>>212870708 (OP)

>>212871339
Evey did look like a teenager.
Laurie smoked cigarettes and cock. Dumb bitch made herself look older.

>>212870708 (OP)
Because he's black.

>>212870953
He COULD. He just didn't see the point in doing that. That's like reprogramming a game because you can't beat it. What's even the point of playing in the first place?