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This episode was so philosophically bleak. The meaninglessness of everything. Planet Y. Planet Why? Is that a typo? You must get word back and let them know it wasn't all for nothing. Evolution- the animation showing the rise and fall of worlds. The guy on the plane saying in the beginning, we swam, then crawled, then walked, then ran, and now .... All for nothing.
It's just a story. It has nothing to do with anything. Quantum mechanics. We're all just floating around and once in a while we collide. The soldiers wife simultaneously married and divorced for the same year. SchrΓΆdinger's cat simultaneously alive and dead in it's box. The box that's only purpose is to turn itself off. Your purpose is to provide the cheddar and get screwed.
I can help.
You have helped. Now turn yourself off.
I think Dennis Stussy and sons is the name of the toilet manufacturer. It's so unlikely that the motel would still have the same toilet from the 70's. Motel toilets must get a lot of wear and tear. The letter D was already worn off a bit even in the 70's so he chose the name Ennis Stussy.
If Gloria's suitcase was stolen and then returned empty, how did she have so many different outfits to wear in LA? She wore at least 4 different blouses and she should have been wearing the same outfit from the plane, all she had left was the shirt on her back, every day.
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MovieManCin2 (26342)
8 years ago
Yep! That's why I loved it so much. It's quintessential Fargo.
Oh so Thadeus Mobley changed his name to Ennis Stussy after seeing the name on the toilet. Ah I see now. Thanks.
I also thought of Schrodinger's cat. My signature back on the old IMDB boards was: "Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar, and doesn't."
As to the outfits, she must have done some shopping.
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Popcorn Kernel (2368)
8 years ago
It's like there is this meaningless universe swirling all around, but the only meaning or value is in that little robots one recorded line.
I can help.
It's all chaos and random collisions and coincidences and meaninglessness, but humans can occasionally collide and can help eachother and that is the only thing that gives life any meaning.
Gloria is like that little robot. She cares about people, she wants to help. She chose a job that helps people. She loves her son. Those things are real.
I think she will be wounded by the events which are going to unfold, like that robot was carelessly torn apart, but it will not deter her purpose.
I can help.
Writers are always collecting good names to use for characters. They used to look through phone books, when phone books were a thing, but also just remembered or noted down cool names where ever they see them.. Thaddeus was a writer, so he just randomly saw the name on the toilet and picked it for his own. That is a very writer thing to do.
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MovieManCin2 (26342)
8 years ago
An excellent and intelligent response. I think you nailed it, Kernel!
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MlleFromage (7)
8 years ago
Yesssss! The absolute futility of EVERYTHING, from the trip to LA, to the robot's wasted efforts, to the weird box. The look on Gloria's face, when she comes to the conclusion that it was all for nothing. I'm looking forward to her figuring out that there is still a very interesting mystery, here. Particularly once she catches on to the discrepancy in Ennis' age (the 1975 writer couldn't have been 80 in 2010), and starts to question why he changed his name.
I wish this board had Like buttons.
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MovieManCin2 (26342)
8 years ago
Especially the poor robot's 2.38 million year odyssey ended when a bunch of twits tell him he can turn himself off now. Unlike the robot though, I think Gloria will keep going (as Kernel opined above).
A question just occurred to me. When Gloria took the book out of the box, the title read "The Planet Wyh". When she discovered the copy of the screenplay, it was titled "The Planet Why". Does that mean something to the story?
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dt123 (704)
8 years ago
My Why/Wyh discrepancy: maybe the producer changed the spelling, another bit of disrespect/using of the young writer.
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dt123 (704)
8 years ago
MMC2-Glad to see you were the Schrodingers cat sig person. We were on a lot of the same boards.
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dt123 (704)
8 years ago
The box/the robot whose only purpose was to turn itself off. Brilliant catch.
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Sandoz (2021)
8 years ago
"If Gloria's suitcase was stolen and then returned empty, how did she have so many different outfits to wear in LA? She wore at least 4 different blouses and she should have been wearing the same outfit from the plane, all she had left was the shirt on her back, every day."
Come on man, did you really want to see a scene of Gloria going to Target and buying a bunch of replacement clothes?
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Popcorn Kernel (2368)
8 years ago
For a short trip I just would not expect her to have a new outfit EVERY scene. I'd expect that if she bought new clothes at all, it would be just a few things. She's a practical midwest lady, not a teenage fashion blogger.
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Sandoz (2021)
8 years ago
"She's a practical midwest lady, not a teenage fashion blogger."
It's been my experience that when any woman walks into a clothing store, all bets are off with regards to practicality.
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