By all accounts in the Watchmen universe, Adrian Veidt is officially dead. But, if that’s the case, why was he revealed to be alive and well in Episode Three of the HBO series, where Jeremy Irons’s character finally confirms that he is the man once known as Ozymandias? This is one of the major questions driving Damon Lindelof’s continuation of the beloved Watchmen comics.
As we know at this point, Veidt is in some isolated country estate surrounded only by clones of one man and one woman who loyally attend to his every need. This includes, as we see in Episode Three, attempting some crude version of a space suit that left one of the clones frozen to death. We also learn in Episode Three that Veidt is at odds with some mysterious force known as the “Game Warden,” who appears to be the authority of these parts.
So, who is the Game Warden and where is Veidt? Well, Watchmen fans have speculated since Episode One that Veidt is really being held captive by none other than Doctor Manhattan. The events of Episode Three have absolutely supported this theory, as one Reddit user wrote last night: “I think he is a prisoner on mars to Dr. Manhattan. The game Warden is a sort of control to keep Ozy in the bounds of the ecosystem Manhattan has created on Mars.”
Another Reddit user pointed out the brief single appearance Doctor Manhattan has made in this show so far, where he was building or destroying … something on Mars.
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As the user wrote:
Now, let’s put together the clues we have in this episode. It seems that Veidt is experimenting with the materials available to him to build some sort of suit that would allow him to leave whatever prison/sanctuary that Doctor Manhattan has built for him. That would be why Mr. Phillips returned frozen solid if he went out to the minus 100 degree temperatures of nighttime on Mars.
And, considering Veidt is guilty of killing millions of people in New York, it’s possible that Doctor Manhattan is imprisoning him as some sort of punishment. Or, on the other hand, it could be for his own safety if the knowledge of his involvement in the squid attack is ever widely accepted.
From: Esquire US
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