Koobooki
Bending Unit
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« #200 : 03-30-2013 06:07 »
« : 03-30-2013 06:12 »
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I'm sure someone has pointed this out, probably several times, but I'll say it here with pictures. I love how the icefields of Hyperion are folded into Leela's comatose dreams:
Because there's a print or painting of the vista in her hospital room:
And I also dig the squeezey toy on her nightstand, no doubt a real-life gift from Fry (instead of the dream gift found in his locker).
This sort of occurrence jibes with my experience. e.g., whenever I have to pee as I'm asleep, but my body won't wake up, I will dream about using the restroom, but feeling no relief no matter what my dream self does, and feeling increasingly frustrated. Or, if my alarm has gone off, and there's music playing, my brain will incorporate that music into my dream.
Ha, I said I was busy, which I am. But I can always find time for The Sting. 
I have to say, I've never noticed the painting before. Nice find SparkyB. Yeah, I've had that. Perma-pee. |
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sparkybarky
Liquid Emperor
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« #204 : 03-30-2013 16:03 »
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There's only a few episodes that I feel adequately prepared to nitpick; while I've seen all of them, there's just a few that I watch over and over and over and over and over and over... I need to expand my repertoire of fallback favorites! I noticed the flowers, at the foot of her bed. Probably not intended, but they seem to mirror, in miniature, the huge space flowers that the space bees were pollinating at the beginning of the ep. Also, from this same ep: I've always wondered at the scene where Leela has really come undone and travels to Fry's floating casket, and then opens it. I know that it's an allusion to Stanley Kubrick's Space Odyssey 2001 (which I've never seen, only images and clips here and there, so I may not know what I'm talking about). But as I went to bed last night, I was struck by the thought that perhaps Leela is terrified as she peers into the vast infinite, the void of eternity stretching before her forever and ever. That this is what death holds--an eternity of nothing. Or, that her limbo state between life and death will be an infinite loop of the same events (until she dies of course), since she's getting no new input if she remains in her coma. As Fry repeatedly begs her not to do! I'm not quite clear on what I'm thinking; but as I'm struggling with my own personal terror due to medical issues, the very apparent fear in her expression has resonated with me.  |
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The Sophisticated Shut In
Bending Unit
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« #207 : 03-30-2013 20:29 »
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Ha, I said I was busy, which I am. But I can always find time for The Sting.
Haha, same. #Don't worry . . . be happy . . .  I had noticed those little details in the hospital room, but I didn't think it was coincidence. Rather, I'd always assumed they popped up in Leela's dream because Fry was talking about them in real life. He talks at her for something like two weeks straight, doesn't he? He must have been struggling for ideas after a while, and he does have a pretty active imagination. I wouldn't be surprised if he started describing fantasy dates at the first places he could think of. (This would tie in with Leela's own statement - "I've never been treated so romantically by my own imagination".) Ditto when he says she looks cold and gives her his jacket. I noticed the flowers, at the foot of her bed. Probably not intended, but they seem to mirror, in miniature, the huge space flowers that the space bees were pollinating at the beginning of the ep.
Oh, neat! Maybe it's not intentional, but I do like that. And now that you've mentioned it, they also remind me of the bouquet Fry picks for her in Parasites Lost. Also, from this same ep: I've always wondered at the scene where Leela has really come undone and travels to Fry's floating casket, and then opens it. I know that it's an allusion to Stanley Kubrick's Space Odyssey 2001 (which I've never seen, only images and clips here and there, so I may not know what I'm talking about).
But as I went to bed last night, I was struck by the thought that perhaps Leela is terrified as she peers into the vast infinite, the void of eternity stretching before her forever and ever. That this is what death holds--an eternity of nothing. Or, that her limbo state between life and death will be an infinite loop of the same events (until she dies of course), since she's getting no new input if she remains in her coma. As Fry repeatedly begs her not to do!
I'm not quite clear on what I'm thinking; but as I'm struggling with my own personal terror due to medical issues, the very apparent fear in her expression has resonated with me.
I haven't seen Space Odyssey in full either. But then, pop culture is so saturated with references I'm not sure I'll ever need to. Your analysis of that scene hits the nail on the head though. Leela is stuck reliving the same events (thinking Fry is alive only to be disappointed later) throughout her coma, because as you say, she's getting no new input, and her subconscious can hear Fry. It keeps insisting he's real, but Leela doesn't make the connection - that if her hallucinations are real, maybe the "real world" isn't. The coffin scene is her breaking point, and it's also the biggest disintegration of her dream-world. That her hallucinations are becoming more outlandish suggests her mind has begun to break down, and if she doesn't make a choice now, she won't be "sane enough to" in future. It's only after she peers into that coffin that she starts talking about dying. I like this theory. Hope you're okay, sparky.  |
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Eternium
Professor
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« #211 : 03-31-2013 19:15 »
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Dat dot keeps annoying my eye... I've allways been amazed by the fire and explosions in Futurama, also the lasers and stuff so cool Clouds put an extra force on the character, Really nicely done by the staff! |
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