Originally Posted by .Jazzed
(Post 1764247907)
SPOILER
Okay so I watched the episode and I've determined a few things.
- Joss isn't trying to make it easier to end the show, he's making it harder through great creative skill. By making the audience think the problem's solved just for a moment, before taking that away again. It's easier to grow more attached one becomes more aware of their emotional ties to the show. I really liked the twist in this episode. How at the beginning you wonder what could have given them awareness, coincidence that this happened while they were having electrical issues, was it alpha, etc... and at the end you realize it was all mostly planned, just like what was said "Lab Rats".
I definitely don't think all is lost in the "escaping" possibility. All their memories are stored away in a computer still, so if they can somehow get those back then they'll remember who they were before they got there.
I think I may understand what Joss is trying to do with the "glitching". See, Tropher was right in saying the brain is much like a computer. Memories are stored in nerve filaments. I don't know the implicit details of how the brain operates, but I do know that even by "deleting" a file, it is possible to find it again with the right tools.
So with the brain, what they're doing is much like induced amnesia. Patients with who suffer from amnesia can often remember what's been lost. In fact, many eventually do years down the line. Different things can trigger them, a smell, a name, a feeling if you will. Now computerized amnesia is different, but the same in many ways. What it looks like they're doing is taking the memories out through microwaves and converting them into packets of information a computer can process and store, and vice versa. But like I said with computers; whatever you do to the memory control center leaves an imprint. Anything the brain experiences leaves an imprint. So all the different "engagements", all of the dolls' lives before being dolls, and everything they do while in the dollhouse. It's all in there somewhere, but it's corrupted and basically switched off. The brain is told they don't exist, so it doesn't try to access the memories.
This technology doesn't exist, at least I hope it doesn't, because I can see how this would cause serious repercussions. For example:
- Microwave interference could alter whatever they're originally trying to do, meaning it would either have to be incredibly well designed so that whatever photons are being directed that they are sure they won't be inhibited by the medium between their senders and the receiver.
- Memories re-written over old ones can either make or break what they're trying to do, because some of the old markup can surface and interfere with their present "personality". This obviously has come into play in recent episodes.
- If the brain is so similar to a computer then I would worry about the damage re-programming it does, and if it happens too much it could start effecting other things. Think about it, the brain controls everything your body does. What might begin with "digestive issues", or "circulatory problems", might result in the brain making the heart pump differently or it might forget to tell a part to do something (like move a leg when walking). This is the scariest idea of all. Basically, it could create serious mental illnesses.
'-> And what then would you suggest? If you knew someone would forever be handicapped by their brain because of technologies effect? Theoretically anything done could be fixed, but the technology required to successfully repair a basically-fried brain would have to be way more advanced than what caused the problem in the first place. I mean, that kind of technology would be what was originally intended in the first place.
Okay, so basically I've allotted that the technology in the show is not so sophisticated. So they're basically doing a whole matrix download thing on these people and giving them a lifetime's worth of knowledge in all kinds of lethal abilities. Note: Alpha? And there's supposed to be a dollhouse in every major city? Shat... That brings a whole new meaning to "Global Domination".
Eeeks! I am so excited to see more episodes of this show!
ps: sorry for going way overboard on this post :P
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