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Here's my take to explain it: SPOILERS

posted 8 years ago by Pigeon_down
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The crew never left the ship. We hear the problem with the air intake and the issues with Oxygen and CO2. I suggest that the crew became delusional, and the two men killed at the ending where Bug and Dvork although they looked to the other two like local town psychos.

That the movie did not truly answer the question, and we are forced to speculate is cheap. If stiffs the viewer out of any satisfaction in the conclusion. A few Directors and writers do this from time to time and when they do i turns me off their work.

[–] lovethesun 8 years ago

I agree 100% about the ending. It pisses me off to no end to invest 90 minutes watching a movie and then get robbed of an actual closure at the end. For that reason, I absolutely hated this movie.

[–] artistathome 8 years ago

yeah I agree. it makes me think the movie maker didn't know how to end it so he just didn't. once again a cop out.

[–] libra113 8 years ago

No, it's a classic open ending. You're supposed to draw your own conclusions and figure out what the ending means for yourself. There was a time when this sort of ending was pretty common, less so these days.

I do tend to think the original poster's interpretation is probably correct, or, at least, highly likely.

[–] king_of_bob 7 years ago

It's not an open ending, it's a non-ending. There's no conclusion to draw. The whole thing just makes no sense when you get to the end.

I do tend to think the original poster's interpretation is probably correct, or, at least, highly likely.

Then neither you nor the OP understand how delusions work.

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[–] libra113 7 years ago

Movie delusions don't work like real life ones.

[–] king_of_bob 7 years ago

The crew never left the ship. We hear the problem with the air intake and the issues with Oxygen and CO2. I suggest that the crew became delusional, and the two men killed at the ending where Bug and Dvork although they looked to the other two like local town psychos.

So four people all experienced the same delusion? That is insanely unlikely and would only make the ending worse, quite frankly. Especially since they never give us a single clue to lead us to that conclusion.

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