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So this movie is set in...


a virtual world or future mmo, right? I ask because I can't find a single discussion about it.

At the start the Chumscrubber/Troy says "This was the best of all possible worlds..." while the CGI town develops, finally becoming the "real" suburbia.

Everyone seems to get what they want, but it's clear everyone still has their faults (and obviously what some people want directly conflicts with others.)

And at the end when the mayor finds his "porpoise" he takes over the "designer/admin" position of their virtual world (formally held by his horrible fiancée), remodelling it into a dolphin shape. His fiancée is seen with her vision of the world falling apart, not being able to control anything.

There's so much more alluding to this, but you'll just have to watch it again to catch it all.

Anyway, I know this is all allegory for suburbia, but I thought it was a pretty cool concept that (from what I can see) hasn't been discussed here.

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