O COMEDIANTE, RORSCHACH e DR. MANHATTAN — Três Filosofias Diante do Abismo (Video Essay)

Could you continue living if you discovered, with absolute certainty, that the universe doesn't record any of your actions? Watchmen isn't a superhero movie. It's a philosophical experiment filmed in anamorphic format about what happens when three human beings face the void unprotected and must decide what to do with what they find. The Comedian found the void and laughed. Rorschach found the void and created a law. Dr. Manhattan found the void and became God—and discovered that being God is the most complete solitude that exists. This essay doesn't discuss the film. It dissects the three ways of existing in a world without a guaranteed moral foundation, with the coldness of someone who knows that none of the three answers is wrong—and none is sufficient. Which of the three philosophies would you choose if you couldn't lie to yourself?