I don't fucking get it Is everyone a robot clone or something?
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I don't fucking get it
Is everyone a robot clone or something? Was Paradigm City the Matrix? What the fuck did any of the flashbacks even mean?
>>14033798
tomatoes
>>14033798
It's a really, really meta way of saying "this show was made for the sake of entertainment".
The mystery of Paradigm city was never supposed to be made clear. It was meant to be like a serial show; there's mystery and an obvious background that's always hinted at, but it was never intended to be revealed or truly explained.
Big O wasn't written with an ending in mind, just the adventure. When the show was picked up for S2 on CN, they asked for an ending and a revelation to the mystery; they got one. One that was very direct, but an ending.
>Is everyone a robot clone or something
Not necessarily
>Was Paradigm City the Matrix
No, it's an environment created to facilitate a particular atmosphere and to act as a backdrop, hence the stage parts.
>What the fuck did any of the flashbacks even mean
Various things, like "I am just a character in a show", or, "This show will recieve merchandising". Maybe I'm getting it wrong but the gist is there.
At any rate I hope you enjoyed it.
Poop
>>14033798
The director was fucking with you
>>14033798
Everyone was an AI in a simulation slowly starting to realize what they really were. Some characters found out before everyone else such as Schwarzwald eventually causing the chain of events that occurred in the show ending with Walter negotiating with Angel to reset everything although the ending hints that despite it being "reset" there were still some things that remained afterwards hence why you saw Dorothy and Angel when they show the very first scene again in the final episode.
TL:DR go listen to all of Schwarzwald's speeches again.I'm probably completely wrong about this though.
>>14033798
They're just characters in a show, and at some point they become self aware. You can't really rationalize it by framing them in some real world perspective. That's just what they are, mere characters in a TV show.
>>14033851
But you're not seeing why they're in a simulation, anon. Dig deeper.
>>14033834
That's a shame, I was genuinely intrigued by the mystery, it actually seemed like they were building up to something then threw it all out the window.
And the mecha action was meh at best, no wonder nobody watched the show.
>>14033864
I don't get this. Do they have some fucking Truman Show revelation that I missed?
Not OP btw, just a confused viewer.
>>14034013
yes basically that's what's implied.
>>14034013
Yeah, actually, but the imagery doesn't help much. Closest thing we get to the "I'm a character" realization being said straight-up is probably the brief scene with the Dorothy figure.
>>14034028
The entire first episode of season 2 was foreshadowing that revelation.
>>14034028
There was also this.
>>14034045
Yeah I was thinking about that one.
>>14033798
All the world ‘s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts. (As You Like it)
What about the wasteland and the rest of the world? The basement Roger couldn't bring himself to visit in S1? Angel herself?
What were your thoughts or interpretations of these, /m/?
It was a metaphor for taking a giant dump, hence Mega"deuce"
>>14034357
This was never funny.
>>14033798
I just watched Blade Runner; I hadn't seen it before....
Holy shit, I didn't realize how much of an inspiration that movie was to Big O.
>>14033913
>nobody watched the show
>CN's ratings were so high, they fully funded a second season
Ayyylmao
>>14034484
How so? Harrison Ford fighting that guy from the Bob Newheart show in a giant mecha was pretty dope.
What was with all the flashbacks of Bigs destroying the city and Roger being a soldier? Was that actually supposed to mean anything or was it symoblic?
>>14035755
It's a part of the backstory that was supposed to always be hinted at but never actually revealed.
In tandem with all of the other backstory flashbacks and the like, however, I think it's possible to piece an actual story together from what we have.
>>14034484
I'm not sure I see how.
Its ok anon Big O's getting a season 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVrdj-6kDEg
>>14034357
Shitty meme, man
>>14033798
As far as I can tell, they were all dead. Paragon City was a simulation to store the digital souls of people (a la Zegapain).
The reason why no-one is allowed to remember is because remembering what happened - that everyone perished in nuclear fire - causes paradoxes. When there are too many paradoxes, the simulation crashes and must restart.
Remember, Roger saw what the real world was like. And it was awful beyond belief, with armies of terrible mechanical monsters and clone pilots.
