The Network are the EU. Bringing nations together, homogeonising them, making them all beige bland samey but safe and PC. The Brits with their spirit of independence and resentment of being told what to do by outsiders tell them to F right off and destroy the organisation. Amirite!?
Well The EU don't actually turn their citizens into fertilizer.
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But is the Earth really screwed though?
Yes, it's going to be a tough road, but they show signs that they are recovering. All of the main characters (including the Blank copies of Peter and Oliver) are finding their happiness in their own way. As for the rest of the planet, yes they have to work without technology and the cutting off of that technology was very catastrophic, but humans can still prevail. They can still grow food and provide for themselves in other ways. Yes, it's harder, but not impossible.
The 13th tavern at the end was called "The Rising Sun" for a reason. The world really didn't end. Another one just began.
And who's to say that the Network faired well afterwards? Yes, they appeared to continue on, but who's to say that they actually will continue on? Earth may have been the first planet to refuse the Network, so what if other planets follow suit? What if the Network suffers major backlash because of their failure with Earth?
So it begs the question: Was the Network *really* needed?
Well Steve, without modern technology you wouldn't be able to post such astute comments.
So not all good.
Absolutely. There’s a healthy anti-authoritarian and individualist streak in Edgar Wright’s films.
There’s even some patriotism with the heroes being named ‘King’, ‘Prince’, ‘Knightly’ etc, like they’re modern day defenders of the British realm against creeping Globalist conformism.
This film was made just before the great Brexit debate but the EU is certainly a Globalist entity, so it easily applies, but it’s possible that Edgar Wright was very astute and deliberately made a pro-Brexit film before the term ‘Brexit’ was even coined.