Normally i'm completely against respect threads, because too many people have been making one off threads and then letting them die with just dozens of pictures in them about the character which can easily been seen in the gallery...

this thread ISN'T for that, here i want to actually discuss the brilliant character Dr. Manhattan with people who are intrigued by the character as much as i am...

so come in, talk about the blue man with dubious ethics and amazing power... what makes him tick? lol

M

he was awesome

he was, one of the very few characters i was really intrigued by and found myself wanting to read more about once the series had finished.

it was a very ambiguous character, i really wish they'd give him his own series, show how he perceived the world...

M

Dr. manhattan was the biggest comic book example of the inevibility of fate, and he always reminded me of the aliens of Slaughterhouse Five and their ability to see all of time playing out in a moment, and even though he was al powerful, he was not a bland character, but one of the most rich in the series. I loved the big blue nudist
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lol, yup, the blue guy is woefully understated on here...

time to give Manhattan some love :p

M

true, let us bask in his glory

and I know you said no pics, but this isn't in his gallery, so yay loopholes.

lol, i don't mind a few pictures, i just don't want a respect thread full of them when there's such a diverse character to talk about

M

While Dr Manhattan exists outside of time, and has pure knowledge of the past, present and future, he is unable to effect any events...

Fate is everything to him, if something is going to happen, then as much as he wants to, he literally cannot interfere...

he knows what's going to happen, when it's going to happen, and no matter what he does, it will always happen exactly the way he sees it... in that perspective i suppose he is the most lonely superhero ever

M

Methos says:

"lol, i don't mind a few pictures, i just don't want a respect thread full of them when there's such a diverse character to talk about M"

understandable, but unless you do some cencoring for manhattan anyways, it's kinda hard to put pics up.

Anywaya, serious question. If Dr. Manhatan, who, despite his ability to have stopped all that hapened in new york, probably could have stopped the cold war by himself, and could have even brought all the characters who died in New york, why didn't he? I mean, you couldsay that it was his inability to do so if it is against his fate, as he could not logically know it before hand, and therefore wouldn't be able to do so, even though he knew it was coming, but if he was such a good character, then wouldn't his fate have been to bring everyone in New York back to life?

yeah... when it's a character by Alan Moore you really have to look into every word spoken lol

M

true, and it makes you wonder, did he really mean by what he said at the end of the series, as in time would never end, or did he just mean for veidt, who would eventually die? If it is the latter, though, then that suggests that there is either an afterlife or rebirth. I might just be over tinking this, but when it comes to alan moore, everything needs to be questioned.

Methos says:

"yeah... when it's a character by Alan Moore you really have to look into every word spoken lol M"

best comic writer ever, in my opinion, which is one of the reasons i first ever got into Dr. manhattan.

My favorite naked floating blue guy, he should be in the blue man group lol

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While Dr Manhattan exists outside of time, and has pure knowledge of the past, present and future, he is unable to effect any events...

Fate is everything to him, if something is going to happen, then as much as he wants to, he literally cannot interfere...

he knows what's going to happen, when it's going to happen, and no matter what he does, it will always happen exactly the way he sees it... in that perspective i suppose he is the most lonely superhero ever

M

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"My favorite naked floating blue guy, he should be in the blue man group lol"

lol at there not being any feats here

Telepathy

He was inside firestorm mind showing him things of the past.

Durability

Tank magic attacks from magical team which include (Swamp Thing, Zatana, Etrigian,an others)Then did a analysis on the magical power an turn it against them.

Took blast from 3 Green lanterns, Supergirl, Shazam and Stargirl no effect.

Regeneration

Captain Atom destroyed his body an he form back right away from nothing

Others

Turn the Shazam Family Magical lighting back at them

Stop a Team of DC heroes with just a look.

Turn people to glass an also can turn them back into Humans

This is just some stuff from Doomsday Clock issue 8 an 9.

This thread should be updated because their is a lot more stuff he has done in DC. Surprised nobody has updated this.

Wrecked entire justice league (without trinity) with ease.