"Are we all..." Talking about foreshadowing and metaphors in US [Spoilers]

Napoleon 2022-01-27 08:06:21

[Spoilers have spoilers]

After watching it last night, following the director's brain hole, I came home and pondered: Is the reality we think is reliable?

First of all, the new idea of ​​the film is really tricky: the government creates a group of soulless replicators (puppet, puppets) to control the people on the ground, and then the people underground finally jump up and resist. Flip it so desperately that you can't stop after watching the movie: Think about how many stalks you bought in it? How many pits are there?

If you don't want to read the article, listen to my vlog in this issue (and put a larger photo, lest you see the spoiler below at a glance)

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[Spoilers have spoilers]

This is the most terrifying part of the whole show in my opinion, and the other tight links are methodically amusing!

I wrote it down first so that it is easy to read so that I don't forget it.

I will count the stalks and see what is different from everyone. Here, ' ontology ' is used to describe the normal little girl who grew up on the ground; ' clone ' is used to describe the puppet little girl who started underground.

1. After the reversal, the clone mother did not dare to go to the beach, it was not a shadow of her childhood, but she was afraid that her identity as a clone would be revealed!

2. The identity of the clone mother is slowly revealed: When killing clones at a friend's house, she is neat and tidy, especially at the moment when she collects the scissors ✂️ , her face is nervous, in fact, her spirit is really a problem! Already Showing her true nature. When the white clone mother could start, she hesitated, instead of killing, she went to play by herself : maybe because, she felt, or knew that the clone mother protagonist was actually a clone!?

3. When the clone mother saw her eldest daughter hanging, she felt pity and couldn't bear to kill her: it's not because she looks like her own daughter, but... they are the same kind! They are all brainless like rabbits Breeding replicators! I really can't bear to see my own kind hanging! I also wonder why she is so dangling and dares to go into the woods alone: ​​maybe if the replicator's eldest daughter is not dead, she will pick up a handful Scissors, dance ballet, recognize each other with my compatriots...?

4. Although the mother of the body is already crazy, she has never hurt anyone except the cloned mother! Although she is the mastermind behind the scenes, but after she hit the ground, except for creepy, she has never touched anyone (although she just told others to do it) , but maybe it's because of a weak heart? And there is still a trace of childhood memories? Now it seems that she is not completely bad in addition to being crazy.

5. Handcuffs : My God, one of the key points of the reversal, this handcuff is a tit-for-tat.

6. Mexico’s stalk is really abrupt, but my friends in the United States all know it hahaha: Trump shouts all day long to build the Great Wall to prevent Mexicans from smuggling to the United States; now Americans have to run away when they encounter something, first The only thing that comes to mind is to escape to Mexico . Hahahahaha

7. 11:11 : I actually see 11:11 a lot in real life . Basically, I think I see a lot of 11:12 and 11:10, but 11:11 is a little special, so I hinted to myself " wow , it's 11:11 lol ". After watching the movie... um... don't... 11:11 feels like the best way to describe the mirror image, because no matter how you place it, the mirror surface is exactly the same11 .

8. Everyone doesn't think that, except for M'Baku (M'Baku, one of Wakanda's most powerful warriors, the opponent of King Black Panther), all of this family (the body on the ground) also have Killing people without blinking, is it a neat nature!? Because the whole family has the neurological constitution of replicating people! First of all, my sister, who is athlete, can turn over two twins when she picks up a club, my God, it is too neat! (It was very enjoyable to watch, but I also thought, I rely on you, the genetic gene of your cloned mother is online) Brother, at first cowardly, then he did not hesitate to open the replicator! Two brothers and sisters watch In the bloody scene, he didn't say running, but he didn't panic: Is this calmness a manifestation of ' soulless '? Finally, let's talk about Dad M'Baku, my God, this is called a waste, all kinds of funny beats, Trying luck and china, dragging all over the floor: But if you think about it, if you encounter terrible things, this is also a normal behavior: it’s just scaring Dad to death! The whole family, in fact, he is a normal person, the black big brother, There's nothing wrong with his reaction.... So, this movie is basically pure replicants, and the offspring of replicants, interfering with each other?

9. Top priority : From a genetic point of view, even if two pairs of male and female twins with the same hair are combined, how can they give birth to identical children according to the genetic pairing/combination!? Not to mention the parents of the little girl of the replicator That generation, as far as her own children are concerned, is unlikely.

Unless in this movie universe : all descendants are cloned from fixed DNA?

Brain Hole : Is there a possibility that in the movie, the body and the replicants are all replicators!?

Replicants in the movie : The first generation of replicants, failed , so they were put in the ground. They were meant to control the ontology, but it didn't work, instead the ontology could control/influence them!? They don't have autonomous souls, nor do they may escape.

Ontology in the movie : The second generation of replicators, they succeeded and put them on the ground. They seem to have souls, but they are actually being manipulated (I don't know it myself). The second generation of replicants (estimated research and upgrade bonuses) ) continues the first generation, not only influenced by the ontology, but even completely controlled by the ontology : their utility is great, they work hard on the ground, and then create civilization (and the controllers who really create two generations of replicants, at home Make plans, do scientific research, and control the replicators~)

The real manipulator not mentioned in the movie: maybe he has been controlling the second generation of replicants (the result of a successful experiment), of course, the killing of the first generation of replicants is a surprise to everyone.

This turns the corner, which explains many things:

-The clones look like the original: they are all copied, of course they can all look the same. (Okay...one more question: You have given up the first generation of clones, how can you continue to copy the first generation of clones? What about the first generation? Let me make up another reason for the director: They are the backup tires. Once the second generation of replicants on the ground have an accident, they will use the first generation spare tires and make them similar to the mentally retarded. (no soul), also barely seamless)

- The incident happened, and no army was dispatched at all: If the army was dispatched, or the response was very fast and accurate, it was an acknowledgement of the replicator incident, then it was understandable that no army was dispatched.

- not that first-generation copy killed the second-generation copy Mody : Pasha, anyway, not the body, mutual coherence light does not matter, then recycling is not finished!?

(Whatever comes to mind, I will update later)


In the end, let's get rid of brain holes and logical loopholes, and let's talk serious. I think the director expressed a very obvious metaphor, that is: the environment can make a person or make a person crazy . Similar to the previous , the director Jordan Peele may give you space to imagine and discuss issues of race and class.

We can say that the above ground and the underground are class distinctions, as well as racial distinctions. In the United States, we have all heard or seen that African Americans often do not have a good living environment due to historical reasons. , without a good educational environment, then in such conditions, the people who come out will probably not reach a higher level of life, nor can they provide the next generation with good conditions, just like in an infinite loop, like in a movie Likewise, generations have lived underground .

If such an argument is not enough, the director put the mother of the body underground, and let a completely normal, innocent little girl who can chat and think (will say that she doesn't want to go to the toilet, I don't have to go), and finally becomes A big devil : It is also because the environment does not give her more education, but instead gives her a lot of neurotic worldviews.

It also makes sense in terms of class differences: the people of the lower class, who live forever in a world of repression and closed-loop without any rights, have discussed social issues a little.

The reversal of the ending of the movie, in addition to the shocking effect of the movie, actually makes us feel pity for the underground people: they are actually normal people who can have souls and can be educated; their absurdity, hostility and cruelty, In fact, it is also the result of poor education. For example, after the cloned mother went online and became a normal person, if she hadn't started killing people, she seemed to have forgotten her identity as a clone; the cloned brother, who was still young, was actually not too bad. Mind, I just do what my mother said, and I just play with fire and make trouble when I have nothing to do; but on the other hand, the older clone sister and other adult clones have already been brainwashed to the point of death, killing people like hemp.

After all the clones landed on the shore, it seems that it is not a terrorist attack that requires everyone to fight, but has evolved into a social problem that needs to be solved by everyone. What do you think??

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