Second Smoke-[Video]
[Howdy Thor! Tom is currently on the last few puffs of a cigarette, looking very sleepy and he is watching an animated movie, which can be seen and heard from the guide.
Specifically:
Once the song is over, Tom pauses it, and refocuses the guide to look at himself.]
Okay, so maybe this is just me, or maybe it's the lack of sleep and yadda yadda, but. [He pauses, taking the final drag of his smoke as he puts his rant in order in his head.]
Does this just raise a lot of questions? Like...A whole bunch of them? First thing is, like, their eyes. Do they have actual biological eyes? And now that I think about it, they have tongues. And teeth! When did a lamp ever need to chew something? And how come they have these, uh, perfectly functioning eyes and mouths that they can just sort of...retract but they don't need ears to hear? But, okay, this is premise stuff. If you can't just say 'whatever, it's the premise' sometimes you'll never get anywhere. [He's waving his arms lightly, rolling his hands at the wrist, getting far too worked up over this than should be possible.]
The stuff that gets me, like really gets me, is that mish-mash thing. In the film, a lamp, a can opener and a shaver would all be living individuals. So, what is the mish-mash a hive mind? Is it like a Frankenstein's monster with no recollection of past life? That would fit the theme, but seriously, who would ever combine those appliances in the first place? Who the hell goes 'jeeze, it's dark, I've got stubble and I need to open this can of beans; and I have to solve all this right this second!' And what's with that kettle dude? He has forks screwed into him-who would do that? Wouldn't that make him useless as a kettle? [Tom is getting pretty excitable about this, isn't he? But he's not even done yet.]
And they make it clear that these inanimate...uh, guess they're not inanimate, uh, these...I don't know what to call them right now, the things in the movie that are supposed to be inanimate but are alive for some reason, don't strictly die just because they can't function any more, like that telly with the broken screen and junk. So, at what point does their conciousness cease? Seriously, they have a scene later where cars are being crushed into cubes, dude, those cubes could still be alive! It's as bad as Toy Story! The toys are still alive when they get decapitated and stuff like that. But that solider at the start gets blown to bits-so what, is he still, like, thinking and feeling in pieces all over the place!?
[Tom takes a deep breath and finishes his bizarre rant.]
And what makes the TOASTER so brave, I mean, all the others went on the same journey, and they all put their lives on the line too! Jeeze!
[With that, Tom removes his glasses, pinches the bridge of his nose tightly, and then finishes up by sighing.]
I'm thinking about this waaaaaay too much.
Specifically:
Click to viewOnce the song is over, Tom pauses it, and refocuses the guide to look at himself.]
Okay, so maybe this is just me, or maybe it's the lack of sleep and yadda yadda, but. [He pauses, taking the final drag of his smoke as he puts his rant in order in his head.]
Does this just raise a lot of questions? Like...A whole bunch of them? First thing is, like, their eyes. Do they have actual biological eyes? And now that I think about it, they have tongues. And teeth! When did a lamp ever need to chew something? And how come they have these, uh, perfectly functioning eyes and mouths that they can just sort of...retract but they don't need ears to hear? But, okay, this is premise stuff. If you can't just say 'whatever, it's the premise' sometimes you'll never get anywhere. [He's waving his arms lightly, rolling his hands at the wrist, getting far too worked up over this than should be possible.]
The stuff that gets me, like really gets me, is that mish-mash thing. In the film, a lamp, a can opener and a shaver would all be living individuals. So, what is the mish-mash a hive mind? Is it like a Frankenstein's monster with no recollection of past life? That would fit the theme, but seriously, who would ever combine those appliances in the first place? Who the hell goes 'jeeze, it's dark, I've got stubble and I need to open this can of beans; and I have to solve all this right this second!' And what's with that kettle dude? He has forks screwed into him-who would do that? Wouldn't that make him useless as a kettle? [Tom is getting pretty excitable about this, isn't he? But he's not even done yet.]
And they make it clear that these inanimate...uh, guess they're not inanimate, uh, these...I don't know what to call them right now, the things in the movie that are supposed to be inanimate but are alive for some reason, don't strictly die just because they can't function any more, like that telly with the broken screen and junk. So, at what point does their conciousness cease? Seriously, they have a scene later where cars are being crushed into cubes, dude, those cubes could still be alive! It's as bad as Toy Story! The toys are still alive when they get decapitated and stuff like that. But that solider at the start gets blown to bits-so what, is he still, like, thinking and feeling in pieces all over the place!?
[Tom takes a deep breath and finishes his bizarre rant.]
And what makes the TOASTER so brave, I mean, all the others went on the same journey, and they all put their lives on the line too! Jeeze!
[With that, Tom removes his glasses, pinches the bridge of his nose tightly, and then finishes up by sighing.]
I'm thinking about this waaaaaay too much.