James Kakalios, physics professor at the University of Minnesota and author of The Physics of Superheroes, served as a consultant on Watchmen, and here he provides the Cliff's Notes to the scientific probability of what goes on in that bad boy. Kakalios is not the first expert invited to provide a real-world viewpoint on an elaborate sci-fi fantasy world; we can't help expecting that, a lot of the time, the analysis boils down to something like, "Sure, what the hell. Your check cleared." Kakalios, who was hip to the classic comic before the filmmakers called, seems to have about the right balance of attitudes towards his place in the process when he describes the abilities of Dr. Manhattan and sums up, "Not strictly correct from a physic point of view, but very cool nonetheless." As the clips here show, Dr. Manhattan has "amazing super powers", as well as a girlfriend who looks like Jennifer Tilly, as a result of having had his "intrinsic field" removed. The prof shrugs, "There's no such thing as an intrinisc field. But if there were..."