IWW4Dec 3

Weapons

https://lemmy.zip/post/54279416

Show threadSoftNoodleDec 4
The gun over the house in that one scene was so weird and out of place.
Show threadIWW4
Yeah that one lost me. I haven’t figured out the symbolism,.
Dec 4 at 11:02amWeb
Show threadSquizzyDec 4
The symbolism is the studio saying they dont want a school shooting allegory, or at least dont want it driven home so hard.
Show threadTaleyaDec 4
Substance abuse.
Show threadIWW4Dec 4
Are you being facetious? A floating gun over is a symbol for drug abuse?
Show threadTaleyaDec 4

No, and they’ve been pretty explicit about this in every interview about it.

The sudden personality changes, the “monster” that takes over your psyche. Multiple characters also have addictions, some illegal, some socially acceptable.

Edit: sorry, early morning misread. The film was about substance abuse, Archer’s dream about the floating gun specifically had 2:17 which was when the kids were weaponised. It’s a dream couched in crazy dream logic about events.