Post by nimue on Aug 6, 2007 23:49:19 GMT -5
I think he's a great actor too.
By the way, I found this in a the Rotten Tomatoes fan board. Forgot who originally posted it though:
Garland's script, upon a 2nd viewing, stuck me as a precision tooled indictment of the human race and human history.
Pinbacker's subsequent emergence onboard Icarus II is more built up than a first viewing might say. Once it's clear that Icarus I's crew committed suicide when confronted with their maker (sun), I think it becomes pretty clear that Icarus II's crew represents collective traits of humanity (for better or worse) and that film's subtext is a tug of war between what we've done and what it all means. Pinbacker's inclusion then becomes the incarnation of a historically archaic notion of judge, jury, and executioner, put forth to make, or arrange for, the following elements of human existence pay for what they've been arrogant or misguided enough to do:
Capa - The physicist as a representation of knowledge and science put to destructive use. Where the goal of science is to discover more about how nature works and harnessing that knowledge to improve life, it's wreaked havoc on history when wrongly applied. Capa's "put on trial" three times, each involving the spacesuit (fixing the panel, getting back to Icarus II, and detonating the bomb), to save the day, and finally succeeds at the end.
Corazon - Literally, "heart" in Spanish. The caretaker of the ship's source of life (oxygen gardens). Pinbacker stabs her in the back and kills her - much like humanity has stabbed mother nature in the back by being so reckless with it.
Mace - the bullheaded pragmatist engineer with linear thinking. Must fix the super computer's cooling system so Capa can detonate the bomb. Cold, hard, unfeeling logic killed by being frozen...
Cassie - Likely named after the ancient clairvoyant Cassandra, she's the one with the prescient dreams of touching the surface of the sun. Pinbacker chases her into darkened corners of the ship, where she can't see, and winds up in the payload (the ultimate destructive force).
It is only until foresight (Cassie) and knowledge (Capa) are together in the payload that they are able to overcome the past errors of humanity (Pinbacker) and complete the mission, and give life back to the planet.
Thus explaining my new avi caption.
By the way, I found this in a the Rotten Tomatoes fan board. Forgot who originally posted it though:
Garland's script, upon a 2nd viewing, stuck me as a precision tooled indictment of the human race and human history.
Pinbacker's subsequent emergence onboard Icarus II is more built up than a first viewing might say. Once it's clear that Icarus I's crew committed suicide when confronted with their maker (sun), I think it becomes pretty clear that Icarus II's crew represents collective traits of humanity (for better or worse) and that film's subtext is a tug of war between what we've done and what it all means. Pinbacker's inclusion then becomes the incarnation of a historically archaic notion of judge, jury, and executioner, put forth to make, or arrange for, the following elements of human existence pay for what they've been arrogant or misguided enough to do:
Capa - The physicist as a representation of knowledge and science put to destructive use. Where the goal of science is to discover more about how nature works and harnessing that knowledge to improve life, it's wreaked havoc on history when wrongly applied. Capa's "put on trial" three times, each involving the spacesuit (fixing the panel, getting back to Icarus II, and detonating the bomb), to save the day, and finally succeeds at the end.
Corazon - Literally, "heart" in Spanish. The caretaker of the ship's source of life (oxygen gardens). Pinbacker stabs her in the back and kills her - much like humanity has stabbed mother nature in the back by being so reckless with it.
Mace - the bullheaded pragmatist engineer with linear thinking. Must fix the super computer's cooling system so Capa can detonate the bomb. Cold, hard, unfeeling logic killed by being frozen...
Cassie - Likely named after the ancient clairvoyant Cassandra, she's the one with the prescient dreams of touching the surface of the sun. Pinbacker chases her into darkened corners of the ship, where she can't see, and winds up in the payload (the ultimate destructive force).
It is only until foresight (Cassie) and knowledge (Capa) are together in the payload that they are able to overcome the past errors of humanity (Pinbacker) and complete the mission, and give life back to the planet.
Thus explaining my new avi caption.
