Would you say that the fight between HAL 9000 and Dave had no evolutionary baring?
Would you say that a man seeking to become immortal has no evolutionary baring?
Would you say that a robot, clearly superior to it's masters but still subservient, has no evolutionary baring?

Which is a near perfect summation of absurdism.

He gets a lot of unfair criticism. The guy is interested in how science, religion and philosophy come together, so that's what he writes. The fact that he's been successful with what must be a pretty difficult thing to make understandable for mass audiences, is a credit to him.

It can be viewed through evolutionary theory. They all want to be the next step in the process, moreso for David and the old man. I'm still not sure what purpose Charlize Theron served to the story, quite honestly.

That seems ludicrous. I think it's just Ridley wrongly interpreting Lindelof.

That's true in a sense, but Hitchhikers doesn't go hard for the big questions. Actually I'd say it's more in-line with Camus & absurdism in saying that the answers don't matter, it's almost anti-philosophy.

Thanks. I think the film I have in my head may be better than what I actually saw. There are plenty of ideas in Prometheus, which is what I like about it, but it only scratched the surface of them.

Yeah but that's the problem with chasing existential answers, nothing you find out will ever be satisfactory. Any attempt by the writers to give a definitive answer to an unanswerable question would either by mundane (science)or utterly fantastic (god), and would be ripped apart by the audience either way.

Shaw is an idiot but that doesn't mean the themes aren't there.

They're all seeking an evolutionary advance. The old man wants more life, the daughter wants to ascend to the boss, the robot is just fucking up the status quo to see who comes out on top, believing he's the one who deserves the next stage.

I really loved that it was 2001 in reverse. That the cave paintings weren't an evolutionary kickstart from a benevolent alien race, but a trap to exterminate the humans when they'd evolved far enough to be a threat to the "gods" who created them.

Well her faith got destroyed by reality, so… yay? Now I'd imagine she's pissed off that her "god" tried to exterminate her.

That all life is temporary and humans aren't exempt from evolution. Something the engineers also failed to realise.

It's not you, everyone seems to love him.

I've been saying for weeks now that Ramsay isn't dying in this episode but that I expect him to run into the Brotherhood Without Banners and their new leader in episode 10. Can't wait for that if I'm right.

Know what would have been easier? Giving us a proper ending.

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I bet everything on that guy with The Mountain's hand on his face. That's not going to be pretty.

And what about the champion of the church? This is the problem I have with Tommen vs The Mountain, couldn't Tommen just refuse? To be honest, who in their right mind wouldn't refuse?

They seem to be setting up Brienne Vs Jamie, which is a bit surprising and throws off the expected ending. Sandor meeting the lady now seems likely but doesn't make sense, it'd be almost entirely irrelevant. Beric breaking bad would be out of character and he isn't scheduled to return, but Thoros is.

If it happens at all, it won't be until next season now. Sandor is likely heading off to find those (possibly fake) Brotherhood arses. 3 episodes isn't enough to tie that up and then send him to Kings Landing. I'm surprised because they'd be dragging Cersei's trial out to a 3rd season.
Regarding that trial, I asked…