How was the ending of the Watchmen movie satirical of superhero movies? The ending of the comic would've fit just as well. Superhero stories, comic or movies, tend to have ridiculous enemies. Don't know what's more ridiculous than
. I didn't think Snyder's change was bad, though. The main problem with Watchmen the movie was that it was still mostly a satire of comicbooks, from 2 decades ago and before. There was twenty years of new material to ridicule in the movie and he didn't take advantage of it. He
I think the only thing that they did towards satire of superhero movies was the darker, edgier, cooler costumes. Which appears to be exactly what Snyder is doing with Superman's costume here. "It's got scales and the colors are darker, plus look at that mean mug on Supes. He's so badass!"