ONE OF THE BEST ENDINGS
I liked it. What about you?
Im the Alpha and the Omoxus. The Omoxus and the Omega
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I hated it.
The Wolfen just take off, and presumably return to their maneating ways. More people are going to die, and nothing is done about it. Also, their buddies in New Orleans have also started hunting humans.
Would've enjoyed seeing a sequel where the Wolfen are exposed, and forced to return to the wilderness.
I loved the ending. The Wolfen are above Man in the food chain. It is they - not us - who are actually the superior liveform on the planet. What they're doing isn't murder, but part of the natural order. Man has no say in the matter, just as cows, pigs, sheep and other livestock animals can't protest against their fate. It's rare (and brave) for a movie to say that Mankind isn't top of the heap.
I also enjoyed the notion of the Wolfen secretly living amongst us. Here in the UK, as our towns and cities have expanded, so many foxes have resettled in urban areas that it's estimated they outnumber those that still live in the countryside. The message is that if Man builds his habitats where animals live, then instead of being driven out, some of those animals will just adjust and thrive, continuing to live right under Mankind's nose.
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That is how bad ideas are explained away as art
shareI didn't see Finney's understanding as Wolfen are at the top of the food chain. They remain in hiding, because they know full well if humans learn of their existence, they will be exterminated.
Rather, I believe Finney came to see them as just like another human nation, with their own right to exist. He understood that humans had committed near-genocide on a sentient race of beings, which was wrong. After WW2, we didn't exterminate the Germans or Japanese, we helped them to rebuild, and they became allies. Finney's character was probably viewing the Wolfen in a similar way as to what happened when we left Vietnam, just another cold war enemy, but in time, who knows?
Maybe the human race could make a treaty with the Wolfen, give them reservations well stocked with game animals, so they don't have to hunt humans anymore. Maybe we could coexist with them to both our benefits. How about Wolfen detectives, or medical nurses, or wilderness guides, or bodyguards, or search and rescue teams, or joint race communes? The Wolfen are fully intelligent enough to understand human behavior and technology. Why not treat them as equals? They are sentient beings.