Aha! I think I see what's being debated here. My mistake if I seemed adversarial.
If you are suggesting that, since the General's brain is replaced, he is "dead," I can understand that viewpoint but do not agree. That would be like saying Victoria or her child are dead after Bella's creation, and in a way neither one is. She's a chimera, …
Aha! I think I see what's being debated here. My mistake if I seemed adversarial.
If you are suggesting that, since the General's brain is replaced, he is "dead," I can understand that viewpoint but do not agree. That would be like saying Victoria or her child are dead after Bella's creation, and in a way neither one is. She's a chimera, and now, so is Alfie. They even show the Frenchie-Goose at the last moment to drive the point home. But I see what you mean now.
Ah, ok yes, we have a lot of disagreement here. The brain is the physical form of a person. If one doesn't involved religious beliefs, then they killed the general and put the goat's brain in his body. They did this so that there isn't a dead body as evidence of murder and everyone else just thinks "Poor general, he went insane."
Victoria is completely dead. Bella is her child, living within the body Victoria vacated. The movie didn't comment on this further because it's not looking to comment on religion, it's doing other things. IMO.
I'm not religious at all, funny enough. To me, applying an absolute (even a phrenological one) to a surrealist film feels like judging a fish on its tennis skills and cheapens the magic. To each their own. Discourse is healthy and I'm happy we've had this chat! 👍
Aha! I think I see what's being debated here. My mistake if I seemed adversarial.
If you are suggesting that, since the General's brain is replaced, he is "dead," I can understand that viewpoint but do not agree. That would be like saying Victoria or her child are dead after Bella's creation, and in a way neither one is. She's a chimera, and now, so is Alfie. They even show the Frenchie-Goose at the last moment to drive the point home. But I see what you mean now.
Ah, ok yes, we have a lot of disagreement here. The brain is the physical form of a person. If one doesn't involved religious beliefs, then they killed the general and put the goat's brain in his body. They did this so that there isn't a dead body as evidence of murder and everyone else just thinks "Poor general, he went insane."
Victoria is completely dead. Bella is her child, living within the body Victoria vacated. The movie didn't comment on this further because it's not looking to comment on religion, it's doing other things. IMO.
I'm not religious at all, funny enough. To me, applying an absolute (even a phrenological one) to a surrealist film feels like judging a fish on its tennis skills and cheapens the magic. To each their own. Discourse is healthy and I'm happy we've had this chat! 👍
Same :)