Big O - Big Confusion

ice princess · Post by **ice princess** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 10:05 pm

Okay, so I think I've seen the majority of the Big O series in succession about 14 times, and I still can't figure out for the life of me what the freakin' thing is trying to say. Obviously it's something profound, and normally I enjoy the profound "What is reality", "What makes us humans important or human or whatnot" type of stuff, but this anime has me stumped. It's probably so simple, but I feel that is jumps around so much I can't follow what the hell point the series is trying to make. Could someone, anyone, enlighten me on this?

~ice princess[/i]

silversong · Post by **silversong** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 2:20 pm

Big O ....
....is weird. I've seen both seasons all the way through, at least twice, and I'm not certain that I get what it's saying either. Mostly that life as we think it is really doesn't exist, and that it's all a big play or game someone is playing and we're the unwitting players. And something about tomatos.

I think.

~Silversong

Wingnut · Post by **Wingnut** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 6:29 pm

Well for more detailed explainations come over to http://www.paradigm-city.com and check out our forums. We have discussed the purpose of Big O and many other topice at great and possibly excessive lengths.
The thing about teh tomatos I can tell you about here though. It is simply a metaphor (i think that's the term for it) for artifacilly cultivated humans. In short test tube babies with certain memories implanted into their brains, hence the repeated barcode imagery.

ice princess · Post by **ice princess** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 2:38 am

I figured tomatoes was a metaphor, but it just seemed the entire series was a bushel of convoluted metaphors. Not that I dislike this, mind you, I really like Big O even though I can't wrap my brain around it. I'll definitely have to check out that forum. Maybe it will ease my Big O of a headache. thanks!

~ice princess

Wingnut · Post by **Wingnut** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 3:07 pm

Don't bet on it. Everyone, includeing myself under the same screen name as here, is a little warped over there.

silversong · Post by **silversong** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 4:50 pm

But warped is a good thing!
I've been to the Paradigm City forums before, and they are a very good place to discuss Big O. There's also a lot of nice fanart and fanfiction there.

~Silver

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