Chuds hated it for being woke. The targer audience hated it because they didnt feel represented, they felt mocked. One near universal backlash later its thrown in the bin.
I was looking for an analysis of Watchmen that isn't filled with "everyone is evil, there's no saving humanity"
but I couldn't find anything that made much sense.
The obvious remarks are that Veidt is a megalomaniac "self made" bourgeois that has day dreams of being a great emperor/general, idolising the likes of Alexander the Great, Hitler, probably Napoleon even if he wasn't referenced. In his narcissistic view of the world, it's justifiable for him to commit a genocide among other additional crimes in order to achieve a peace that he supposes will be final. He is very similar to a huge CEO, much like Elon, that make the world their play toy and claims that any harm done was for the better good.
Another obvious remark is the critique of superheroes in general, as a concept of superhumans that use their natural superiority to "bring justice" to the world through brute forc