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Why does it have to be sentient? It seems...

posted 6 years ago by tersmantoll (43)
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...reviewers are fixated with the thought that everything from space comes with a purpose.

It could just as well be a virus or bacteria that happens to be stuck on a regular meteorite. No purpose at all. Just like cancer. No will of its own. Landing and then the environment reacts to its presence.

The creations that springs up are results of it. Chance. Not some result of a plan. The new "them" are just mutations I believe. Their intent is their own, not any alien master plan. Who say what they want?

Can people please widen the perspective to include simple chance :) rant over

[–] Tricklebrook (308) 6 years ago

That was pretty much my take on the shimmer. I didn't see it as being sentient or having any intent.

I did wonder, though, what it meant (if anything) that Kane and Lena were the only ones to survive their transformation. What do you make of that?

[–] tersmantoll (43) 6 years ago

They seem to be sort of newborn. He is obviously a newly built being and she is kind of altered/infected.

So, motivation wise, he is empty I guess and she has all her memories and experience. What happens next? I guess she will spend the rest of her life studying all the data from the event (and her own body), writing reports and being famous. He will likely be studied as well.

What wont happen is some evil Mickey and Mallory type murder spree across the world – like reviewers think and the last shots of the movie conveys with the shimmering eyes.

[–] Voided (50) 6 years ago

I suppose they’re like the new Adam and Eve, ready to divide and spread.

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 6 years ago

As "rants" go, that one is very good. You make an excellent point.

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