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== There is no free will ==

The story takes place in a universe like [[Watchmen|Dr. Manhattan's ]]. Knowing things in advance [[You Can't Fight Fate|cannot change things. ]] Nicholas Cage's character knows about 2 disasters in advance but is unable to change the number of deaths in spite of the fact that his disruptive presence on the train should have had some random effects on who lived and who died. The angels/aliens did nothing because they could do nothing: they can see their strings. We are all just playing out roles established at the beginning of time, and all we can do is accept. Maktub: it is written.

The story takes place in a universe like [[Watchmen|Dr. Manhattan's]]. Knowing things in advance [[You Can't Fight Fate|cannot change things.]] Nicholas Cage's character knows about 2 disasters in advance but is unable to change the number of deaths in spite of the fact that his disruptive presence on the train should have had some random effects on who lived and who died. The angels/aliens did nothing because they could do nothing: they can see their strings. We are all just playing out roles established at the beginning of time, and all we can do is accept. Maktub: it is written.

== The Watchers are actually [[Dark City|The Strangers]]. ==

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Searching their research, they devote thousands of years to the idea of [[Alternate Universe|alternate universes]], and find a way to cross over to a time-stream where humanity still exists. They succeed - only to discover that the sun in this universe is outputting massive flares that will eventually destroy humanity.

They know that [[Humans Are ~~Bastards~~]] from their own timeline; therefore they are unwilling to save all humans. However, they decide that saving a small population of children to seed a habitable world, will allow them to study humanity without the risk of being overrun by possibly robo-phobic humans.

They know that [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]] from their own timeline; therefore they are unwilling to save all humans. However, they decide that saving a small population of children to seed a habitable world, will allow them to study humanity without the risk of being overrun by possibly robo-phobic humans.

Hence the [[Blue and Orange Morality|actions]] that seem scary and horrifying to the humans - they have their own agenda and saving all of humanity is not one of them. And the "accidents" that occur within the 50 years of the movie is their way of "studying" humanity.