| Paradigm Dog | 07-31-2004 09:21 PM |
Some more things to ponder...Does anyone agree along the same/similar lines: That Paradigm City is a simulation for mankind...and let me clarify here: Paradigm City itself isn't a real city, it only serves as an expirament. It has no place in the world without its purpose. Before the Event it was just New York...it doesn't even exist outside this Event/simulation. The peoples' lives are inconsequential unless they challenge the expirament...bring about its completion.
It will not end, unless either the people overcome their destructive nature, or the Creator (mentioned by Gordon) who is ABOVE the Director (ie: like a Producer), decides that the expirament/Event should cease to exist, causing Paradigm City to cease to exist.
That's why Angel as Director is told by Roger in the final scene of ACT 26, to stop denying her own existance and let the people keep their memories/they're vulnerable without them--(something like this).
THE REASON (I feel currently) he says this, is because without mankind knowing their past mistakes/past destructive battles they can never have a true opportunity at correcting their future: The old saying, if you don't study the past, you are doomed to repeat history.
So maybe now, as a concept to add to this basic idea, Fau has become the Event of 40 years ago now for the people instead of whatever it really was, and that's why the city is in semi-ruins at the end of ACT 26, as it was in ACT 1. People remember that somewhat and have a chance to not want to repeat it. Therefore as Gordon talked about how Angel could change things a great deal, the real event of 40 years ago did not essentially happen, Alex's War of Paradigm City became the Event. Still, the simulation continues, and is without the original Event's memories, thus amnesia...and they still have to choose good over destruction. It is unknown how many times the Event has been changed in the minds of the masses (was it the Leviathan one time, a army of BIGs another, Thunder from the heavens yet another?) and it still remains to be seen if people can change their ways.
Thanks for reading. Let the good-time discussions roll on!
It will not end, unless either the people overcome their destructive nature, or the Creator (mentioned by Gordon) who is ABOVE the Director (ie: like a Producer), decides that the expirament/Event should cease to exist, causing Paradigm City to cease to exist.
That's why Angel as Director is told by Roger in the final scene of ACT 26, to stop denying her own existance and let the people keep their memories/they're vulnerable without them--(something like this).
THE REASON (I feel currently) he says this, is because without mankind knowing their past mistakes/past destructive battles they can never have a true opportunity at correcting their future: The old saying, if you don't study the past, you are doomed to repeat history.
So maybe now, as a concept to add to this basic idea, Fau has become the Event of 40 years ago now for the people instead of whatever it really was, and that's why the city is in semi-ruins at the end of ACT 26, as it was in ACT 1. People remember that somewhat and have a chance to not want to repeat it. Therefore as Gordon talked about how Angel could change things a great deal, the real event of 40 years ago did not essentially happen, Alex's War of Paradigm City became the Event. Still, the simulation continues, and is without the original Event's memories, thus amnesia...and they still have to choose good over destruction. It is unknown how many times the Event has been changed in the minds of the masses (was it the Leviathan one time, a army of BIGs another, Thunder from the heavens yet another?) and it still remains to be seen if people can change their ways.
Thanks for reading. Let the good-time discussions roll on!