However based on the directors answer and morgan freemans monologue around 1hr and 32 mins into the movie the tet may be just be a digital community or single entity. Oblivion is a 20 postapocalyptic science fiction action film directed by joseph kosinkis based on his unpublished graphic novel of the same name, starring tom cruise, olga kurylenko and morgan. Sally is the main antagonist of the 20 american postapocalyptic science fiction action film based on joseph kosinskis unpublished graphic novel of the same name, oblivion. Oblivion definition, the state of being completely forgotten or unknown. The odyssey began to accelerate uncontrollably towards the tet and in order to save the crew and julia, jack released the back shuttle with the deltasleep pods, leaving only him and vika heading towards the tet. She was portrayed and voiced by melissa leo, who also played holly jones in prisoners in the same year. In the year 2017, nasas deep space and esas estrack scanners.
But,it is later revealed that it is indeed an alien space station which holds thousands of jack and victorias clones in hibernation. As you might have learned by now, not everything in oblivion is as it seems, and the movie from writerdirector joseph kosinski takes many, many. The object is shaped like a tetrahedron and it is referred to as the tet. As to the question who in turn created the tet and maybe this is what you actually meant with the question. Oblivion is a 20 american postapocalyptic actionadventure film coproduced and directed by joseph kosinski, and produced by peter chernin with screenplay by karl gajdusek and michael debruyn, starring tom cruise in the main role alongside olga kurylenko, andrea riseborough, morgan freeman and ni. Aliens came to our world okay, well thats pretty selfevident. Shot of the bubble ship from the 20 movie oblivion. Idk the movie ended on a happy ad positive note after the climax, i dont think about those things. Oblivion 2 to be a prequel oblivion director jospeph kosinski talks about the much anticipated part ii of the scifi film and his camaraderie with lead actor tom cruise. In 2077, earth is uninhabitable due to radiation from a drawnout war between the humans and aliens referred to as scavs.
The tet sends a message to tom to bring himself as well as olga to the tet as it thinks that tom and olga would make a better team than tom and andrea. The ending really made no sense and undercut it, in my opinion. Spoilers oblivion plot discussion spoilers i saw oblivion last night and it was a fun movie. Surely with the tet destroyed theyll be coming back. Legacy starring tom cruise, olga kurylenko, andrea riseborough, nikolaj costerwaldau, melissa leo and morgan freeman. Its one of those movies where you have to really be paying attention because there are a few subtle hints hidden everywhere. The tet itself is obviously a pyramid, or tetrahedron tet is short for. He arrives inside a massive chamber lined with egglike glass bubbles. I hadnt really heard of oblivion before i watched it, but im a big fan of tom cruise and his films, as he is such an excellent actor. In short, the aliens who created the tet are aboard the ship, but as uploaded. In short, the aliens who created the tet are aboard the ship, but as uploaded digital minds rather than as physical forms, that being the only way in which any crew could survive the immense amount of time that it takes to travel from star system to star system. Sep 04, 2018 oblivion is a 20 postapocalyptic science fiction action film directed by joseph kosinkis based on his unpublished graphic novel of the same name, starring tom cruise, olga kurylenko and morgan.
The notion of heavy hydrogen or deuterium existed in our seawater as being a very special thing in the universe. They never really say in the movie, but from what is revealed at the end, you can infer that there wasnt really a war, just a hostile takeover of the. On the way an unidentified object the tet was found and they were told to investigate instead of going to titan. What happened to all the rest of the clones of jack and victoria after the tet was destroyed. At the base, beech tells jack and julia the tet is an alien artificial intelligence.
Apr 18, 20 if nothing else, oblivion will go down in film history as the movie where tom cruise pilots a white, spermshaped craft into a giant space uterus. Jack harper tom cruise and a crew of six others embark on a mission to explore some massive craft in space that orbits earth. While this seems logical enough in theory, whats not explained is. Oblivion was a beautiful movie, but it was not a thoughtful one. May 02, 20 tet is supposed to be the last escape vessel where humans stayed after winning the war with aliens before migrating to another planet. The tet is an enormous tetrahedral space station, 30 miles per side orbiting earth that was originally thought to be inhabited by humans who were yet to travel to. As an unofficial kickoff to the summer movie season, oblivion opened. Presumably their daily instructions in the form of sally.
The scene is more interesting to describe than it is to watch. This is never adressed in the movie at all and neither are we supposed to know anything about it. Oblivion 20 movie behind and deleted scenes 237,088 views. The tet is an enormous tetrahedral space station, 30 miles per side orbiting earth that was originally thought to be inhabited by humans who were yet to travel to saturns moon of titan. Apr 30, 20 as you might have learned by now, not everything in oblivion is as it seems, and the movie from writerdirector joseph kosinski takes many, many twists on its way to the grand finale. But in reality the tet was an autonomously function. Browse by alphabetical listing, by style, by author or by popularity. Oblivion, based on kosinskis unpublished graphic novel of the same name. Oblivion is a 20 american postapocalyptic actionadventure film coproduced and directed. Oblivion is artistic as well, but leaves you with at least something of a conclusion, if a tad trite. First, oblivion takes the time to subtly tease out a tantalizing mystery that gets solved in its entirety in competent fashion.
On the way, although john has stopped the shuttle, it was still continuously drawn to the tet. Based on available evidence in the movie, the only alien is the tet. Once the tet reaches earths orbit, it destroys the moon, sending the earths climate and oceans into massive disarray. The alien force we never find out if it is organic or some kind of borg like machine intelligence then destroys the moon, which wipes out almost all life on the face of the earth. In all, when i think of the flaws in this movie, i remind myself of the great artistic masterpiece the stanley kubrick and arthur c. Morgan freeman said that ow day the tet opened up and a thousand of you came rushing out. This interview with oblivion s writerdirector describes the mission of the tet aliens as being part of a scheme to steal earths seawater for it use in their fusion energy generators.
However based on the directors answer and morgan freemans monologue around 1hr and 32 mins into the movie the tet may be just be a digital community. Oblivion is a 20 american postapocalyptic actionadventure film coproduced and directed by joseph kosinski, and produced by peter chernin with screenplay by karl gajdusek and michael debruyn, starring tom cruise in the main role alongside olga kurylenko, morgan freeman and nikolaj costerwaldau in supporting roles. How did the sleep capsule get away once jettisoned. See more ideas about oblivion, oblivion movie and tom cruise. Is it ever explained how the tet succeeded in destroying the moon. Can someone explain the origin of the tet in oblivion. In oblivion, the tet arrived, destroyed the moon then made a cover up story that humans had fled to titan, and it was itself a human launch pad. Following an invasion by alien scavengers scavs sixty years earlier which destroyed the moon and nearly destroyed the earth, jack. Is oblivion as empty as its harsher critics suggest, or is there something more subversive within it.
Most of earths surviving population now live on the tet, a gigantic. Tom cruises post apocalyptic alien invasion epic costarring olga kurylenko and directed by joseph kosinski is full of plot points that dont. And now that the movie is in theaters and a lot of people have had. Apr 19, 20 if youre posting comments here, assume that anyone in the conversation has seen the movie if you havent seen the movie, we would recommend you dont read the comments here until you have. In order to get to the ending, we need to understand the many tropes involved in oblivion, who director joseph kosinski had no inhibitions stating was inspired from 70s and 80s sciif films, and quite honestly, it shows, especially from the choices of music and score. This movie has some beautiful images of planetary ruin and huge tracts of desert and forest with the topmost bits of famous buildings poking up. A short animated concept i created showing the arrival of the tet from oblivion. Oblivion is a 20 american postapocalyptic actionadventure film coproduced and directed by joseph kosinski, and produced by peter chernin with screenplay by karl gajdusek and michael debruyn, starring tom cruise in the main role alongside olga kurylenko, andrea riseborough, morgan freeman and nikolaj costerwaldau in supporting roles. That is the commanding center from which sally operates and controls operations on earth. A short animated concept i created showing the arrival of the tet from. Oblivion movie ending, explained plot summary, meaning. Maybe this was explained in the film and i missed it, but it has been bugging me for a while.
The directors explanation may not be the only one, simply based on human. This was discussed by the films director in an interview for cinemablend. In this clip jack tom cruise listens to the black box from the crashed ship and discovers it is the. They were being guided by the real sally, a nasa cap com. Apr 15, 20 can someone explain the ending of the 20 movie oblivion. At the same time, there has to be more to a movie than simply. And you bring up, quite ably, the fact that at some point unmentioned in the movie tet must have changed the drone programming from kill human to consider. Oblivion is a solid scifi flick, but also one that leaves viewers asking a lot of questions. For an indepth discussion of the film by the screen rant editors check out our oblivion episode of the sr underground podcast. Once captured, the male astronaut jack is cloned into a massive army as the tet accelerates towards earth. Help answer 5 burning questions we had after watching oblivion. Oblivion starring tom cruise and morgan freeman major plot hole the invading alien spacecraft kidnaps jack and victoria when they fly up to check it out. Sep 17, 20 for a film reliant on huge vistas, oblivions actually a quite intimate in terms of its cast. Aug 27, 2014 a short animated concept i created showing the arrival of the tet from oblivion.
Also, check out 12 scifi movies weve identified that oblivion blatantly rips off. Oblivion 2 to be a prequel hollywood hindustan times. Can someone explain the ending of the 20 movie oblivion. It has a real depth that a lot of actionsci fi films dont have. At the theater, a gamefaqs message board topic titled can someone explain oblivion to me. May 29, 20 posts about tet written by writer edward mullen. Director joseph kosinski answers your burning questions. What happens to all the other jacks and victorias, who still believe the lie and have no idea whats happening now that the tets been destroyed. They never really say in the movie, but from what is revealed at the end, you can infer that there wasnt really a war, just a hostile takeover of the planet by the tet, using thousands of clones of jack. However, you should take caution in oblivion planes as many enemies will use fire attacks and there are numerous fire obstacles. Cruises spermship enters through an airlock that resembles a geometrized vulva. It was later revealed to be an alien artificial intelligence that invaded earth, and wiped out most of. Oblivion 20 film wikimili, the best wikipedia reader.
The primary mission of the survivors is to establish a new colony on saturns largest moon, titan. We learn during the film that jack is one of innumerable clones, but for whatever reason, this jack has a spark that has somehow captured the essence of the original. Like how comes clone 52 was the real main character. She is the mission control commander for both jack harper and his communications officer, victoria vicca. But in reality the tet was an autonomously functioning artificial intelligence which controlled the drones and killed humans. Ask anything you want to know, or answer other people. Oblivion is a 20 science fiction film directed by joseph kosinski tron. The unique weather that appears in the planes of oblivion also manifests outside the oblivion gates, so proximity to a gate also results in no sun damage, although it takes a few seconds for the weather to change. It was later revealed to be an alien artificial intelligence that invaded earth, and wiped out most of human civilization in the year 2017.
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