ClayGuida posted... But the alien is dead so stopping Manhattan is irrelevant. It's the threat of a future attack, that's why Manhattan fucks off to Mars. The inherent threat of another attack is what unites the planet, that's why the endings are exactly the same and for whatever reason, people want to pitch a fit, because they didn't get to see a giant squid.
I was thinking along the lines of the people who don't know the true story about it.
They don't know all about the squid and in the case of another attack, there's the idea humanity could potentially stop it. Everyone knows how powerful DM is and how he's like a god, so how could humanity unite to stop him if he decided to attack again like they could with the "alien"?Like I said, it's a minor issue and the movie ending didn't bother me really.