So you see a
futuristic world, where a couple are living in a home on a stick, from which he
leaves in his flying machine each day to do patrols and service some drones,
while she mans the comm and reports back to the mother ship.
While out,
he is attacked and taken to a hideout, where some people tell him his reality
is not what he thinks it is, but they let him go to find it out for himself.
Without
giving away the whole plot of the movie, the underlying theme is what’s
interesting. It’s the old, old story. Man discovers that the world he lives in
has some forbidden places. He sees the prohibition rather than the provision.
His
character, Jack (like all American leading men are named Jack, but that’s my
rant for another day), is not allowed to cross a line in his flying machine.
But of course he does, and discovers a cabin by a stream, which he returns to
many times. His creator has been keeping him from something good.
Then
eventually, he returns to the people who told him the “truth” and he helps them
to find their god, in the mother ship, in order to kill it.
You see what
I mean about it being the old, old story? Of course, it’s not exact, because
the world he was living in wasn’t a paradise at all, like the Garden of Eden
was, and their Creator wasn’t good, like ours is. But the idea of wanting to be
autonomous, to make their own decisions, to cross borders and boundaries, to
decide right and wrong on their own terms, is the nature of our rebellious
hearts.
Man rebelled
against the goodness of his Creator, spurning His goodness and provision, and
wanting to establish his own moral compass. What did that original trespass
lead to? Man killed his God. Jesus Christ, the Creator, was put to death by His
creatures.
“There is nothing new under the sun.”
Ecc.1:9b
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