You should consider the reasons for the alien sub plot. It has more significance than you think.

When I read watchmen the first time I thought the alien sub plot was silly also but after reading it a number of times I realized it’s actually brilliant and extremely important to the themes of the overall story. The comedian being a main character is always talking about the sick, dark jokes of life. He Was killed…

I agree the ending was terrible. For all Snyder’s apparent love of the source material, the fact tthat he chose to change what was essentially the biggest practical joke of all (the sub theme of life as a joke/the comedian being out “joked” by Ozy) to just a dumb cliche threat of an atomic bomb shows how much he…