Could someone please just clarify a little bit on the encounter Hayami has with Zorndyke? How did Zorndyke die, exactly? I didn't really understand his motives for all the terrible things he'd done. So his heart powers the machine that changes the poles? And if his heart stops then something crazy happens? Yet it's perfectly fine to him for the pole shift to not happen and for the humans to get along with his creatures? Weird.
shareWell, the movie didn't show it, but they implied that Hayami shot Zorndyke. And as for his motives, he thought that humans were taking over too much of the planet, and new life should be born from the sea, and his bizzare creations. And about the pole shifting, since Zorndyke knew that humans were a violent race, he predicted that they would blow up the island, and in turn destroy his heart, creatures he had created thus activating the pole shifting and destroying all humans. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's what I got out of it...
shareThis is not all confirmed fact. Some of it is my speculation.
Zorndyke knew that the earth was overpopulated, (around 10billion?) he was melting icecaps to flood the rest of the human's fertile soil and food supply thus sharply reducing the human population. He was creating new life that would thrive in the sea. It was the humans, with their fear and hatred of foreign races who attacked and started the war. Zorndyke made his creations into a war machine in defense. Zordyke wanted the two races to understand each other and live in harmony. Of course, after he tried to starve most the humans to death.
It wasn't clear to me how Zorndyke died. I figured it was from natural causes, he talks a lot about how his energy is waning and he wont be able to complete the polar shift. The polar shift would only complete while he was alive, and his heart beating. It turns out that he wouldn't live long enough to complete the polar shift. Whether he was shot, or died of old age, it doesn't really matter. If they nuked Zorndyke's location everything would go haywire and the polar shift would complete. Which is why I believe Zorndyke kept adding more momentum to the war.
I'm fairly sure that Hayami shot Zorndyke. First of all, there's Hayami's gun in the water, and him sitting by the shore looking kind of depressed, like he didn't really want to do it but didn't have a choice. Second of all, when Verg accuses Hayami of killing Zorndyke, he doesn't deny it. Third of all, there's Hayami's final line in the series: "I've killed a lot of people Kino, but this is the first time I did it in broad daylight and face to face." Or something to that effect. Who else could he be talking about but Zorndyke?
share"The polar shift would only complete while he was alive, and his heart beating. It turns out that he wouldn't live long enough to complete the polar shift."
This part confused me too (watched it uncut in Japanese with subtitles, not any *beep* up CN version). Thanks for the clarification :)
Zorndyke's attitude and answer didn't correlate with any sane person. I could understand many reasons to reduce the human population on such a grand scale however when repeatedly asked his answer was a mixture of dodging the question or teenage angst. And I quote. " But, in the end, all I was left with was nothingness and disgust. "
I think it's fair to assume, as well argue, that Zorndyke was insane and really had no justifiable reason behind his actions.
Any way you look at it Zorndyke's actions are just a list of contradictions.
- He floods the earth and creates his mutant children. However he doesn't finish the polar shift because he can't. And now it's okay for the humans to decide their fate.
- He wishes that the humans and his mutants would understand he other but at the same time banks on humans using nukes to complete the shift.
- He gives his inexperienced, infant race of mutants access to nuclear warheads.
- The mission he gave the Musuca's was to travel the continents and destroy the human cities, and yet he wonders why the mutants and humans didn't get along.
I'm confident that Hayami put Zorndyke down like a rabid dog. My reason for this is the same as posted in the last reply.