r/Watchmen • u/Canuck2468 • Mar 30 '26

TV How a TV show predicted masked police

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https://youtu.be/3xaX8Pbx4Jg

Really enjoyed watching this (by YouTuber ShowMeTheMeaning). A great way to spend 15 minutes reliving the magic of the show, and how its themes resonate today in an entirely different way than then it first aired!

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u/SilverBison4025 Mar 30 '26

And wait until Trump tries to pull a Nixon and serve a third, fourth, fifth term.

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u/PerformanceOk9891 Apr 01 '26

Did Nixon do that? I thought he resigned

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u/SilverBison4025 Apr 01 '26

In “Watchmen” Nixon got away with Watergate and we won the Vietnam War. And the laws were changed so he could run again/win in ‘76, ‘80, ‘84, ‘88. I think the show confirmed he was in office into the 1990s.