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Does this movie exist? (Spoilers)


I don't know how I feel about this movie. Being a sci-fi buff, it's got a lot of elements that I like, but at some point it's got to answer some of the questions it raises (or causes the audience to ask). It can't just leave everything up to the community/audience to guess at.

Specifics:

Why was there a bracket for a server rack in the basement of an abandoned house?

When were they actually abducted?

Was that the first time, or was that abduction memory implanted?

Why are they grafting super prosthetics onto humans?

What happened in those other rooms in the facility that are being cleaned?

Did Jonah tear that huge gash in the wall? If so, why didn't he punch Nic's head off when they ran into each other later?

Why didn't aliens/androids chase Jonah?

Are the humans above ground real?

Why are they there?

Why randomly kill the above-ground humans?

Where was that trucker planning on going since he knew the highway was a dead end?

Are Jonah and Haley real?

Why replace Jonah's arms?

What happened after Nic found out he was on a giant space station simulation of Area 51?

Why is the alien station actually labeled 2+3+5+41 in human numbers?

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I have the exact same questions.

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that is the beauty of open ended
not a lot of "answers"

the "grafting"
is not going so well
that's why the other rooms are not always clean

they may have been "opted in to the program" when they got out of they car

the other humans in the post get out of the car scenes
were failed attempts at mixing the tech



the dream is the tech is "harvested" by the "governmentals" 2 advance "the us"
4 the good of us all



Gelebt haben. Zu sterben, um wieder zu leben.

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...but at some point it's got to answer some of the questions it raises (or causes the audience to ask). -- No it doesn't.
It can't just leave everything up to the community/audience to guess at. -- Yes it can.

You've gotta get with the times, man! This type of movie is avant-garde, sophisticated, intellectually transformative. Only those with superior intelligence, wisdom, and imagination understand that life is but an ethereal wisp of vapor, wrapped in the poetic shadows of a formless eternity. To such evolutionary progressives, questions are answers, and guesses are the sweet, sweet kisses of consciousness. Be bold, man, and wonder at this masterpiece of video enlightenment and transcendation. Don't be a dull herd animal, like the masses who fail to appreciate this film. Join those who know, and rejoice in our splendidness!!

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