The Big O - The War of Paradigm City (Part II)

I guess Alex isn't fucking around either.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• big
• union
• war
• paradigm
• city
• fau
• megadeus
• vera
• roger
• smith
• dorothy
• beck

[Br0nze]

Big O can be summed up in two quotes:

"All the world is 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"

"Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing"

...and because of that, I love this show with all my being.

[StarforceOnAir]

So Schawrzwald and Big Duo, even at their death, finally completed the mission they dedicated theselves to: Revealing the Truth to everyone.

Rest In Peace: Scharwzwald and Big Duo.

[YoshiFan300]

So let me get this straight.

Gordon Rosewater was told by 'a dream' to take some children and plant memories that will pop up expectantly after the whole city loses their memory. The ones that couldn't successfully get memories are now the UNION and wants revenge by destroying the city.

Now Alex, unlike the union, wants to recreate the city using stolen memories from Dorthy and using Big Fau, but can't because his is 'a bad tomato',another child who claims to have memories but doesn't have any.

[NHLman27]

y'all are talking about brain fucks, here's one. Schwartzwald mentions that it's ABANDONED equipment, implying that the outside world might possibly not exist/ been destroyed. Thus, Paradigm City is running the infinite loop, with the genetic tomatoes becoming more and more refined, but why? Because everyone died and simply left the machine running? Who knows, and that my friends, is very scary indeed.

[NHLman27]

@StarforceOnAir to expand on that. Big Duo's faceplate is a merger of Big O and Big Fau. Two polar opposites. Big Duo is the combination of them who seeks to arrive at one truth. and in life, you cannot arrive at one truth without taking two paths. Really cool duality symbolism with that Big

[fife007]

so the truth that Schawrzwald wanted to reveal was that it was stage that the city was in?

[EvilCleric]

I think the reason why Big O hasn't been as popular as Gundam isn't the lack of action or character depth but the fact Big O is a serial rapist on the viewer's mind.

[Big0fangurl]

Oh my! Poor angel 4:03! D:

[GhostPlanetFilms]

This is probably what's really going on:

The world in the show was a simulation created by Angel. Nothing existed before 40 years ago. The city is exactly what this episode reveals: a stage. Paradigm City is the setting of Angel's book "Metropolis."

The people are all possibly clones to serve as "actors" in this adaptation of her book. So, Angel plays the "man behind the curtain" role; and thus is behind every event in "The Big O."

[HookedOnSonics518]

@frounkman

One of the more memorable scenes of this episode. I was waiting for some chick to run in with a French maid's uniform on. LOL

[wildalb]

That is deep stuff.