Watchmen Thoughts, with Spoilers (Duh)

Friday night, a friend and I went out to see Watchmen.

Let me get this out of the way up front so you can crucify me and get it over with. I've never read the graphic novel. I do live in a world of SF/F geekdom, so I know a fair amount of the story anyway. (Yes, I know about the squid.) But my thoughts here are based on the movie alone.

Let's get this nitpick out of the way first. Why would the smartest man in the world password-protect his computer with the title of a book sitting in plain s