It has always been my impression that Frayn'es breeding program was an abberration--his own personal experiment that later became his obsession: namely to...
in response to the question of connectiveness, it is clear that Tabernacle is very limited and that the residents of the Vortex aren't telepathically connected...
Does anyone know the origin or inspiration for the stone head? The design is really fantastic and it seems eerily familliar... Also, open to wide speculation,...
<<<Frayne's method . . .was a personal project and not the norm across the vortex system>>> Absolutely agree with that one which is, as you demonstrate with...
<<<The Tabernacle seems to monitor a person's physiology and has limited access to recorded memories>>> Now here I must take issue. The Tabernacle can...
<<<Does anyone know the origin or inspiration for the stone head?>>> "The Wizard of Oz," of course. "I am the great and powerful Oz!" In the original L. Frank...
That's true. The TABERNACLE struggles to monitor EVERYTHING at the same time, because after all it's *JUST* an artifical entity made by humans. Do not forget...
I think Frayn didn't give a shit about evolution. He KNEW - or "SENSED" - tha only a super-human being could have helped the ETERNALS to escape from their...
Okay, 1- The face of "Zardoz" is Boorman's one. He posed like model for the plastic mold, in order to make the "flying head". Genius! 2- True. So the vortices...
Yes --You are correct that tabernacle Does recieve and store ALL the memories of Vortex members, every sight, sound, every emotinal nuance, everything--in that...
**"2- True. So the vortices are enough connected. Maybe they were fighting the "apathy" by mixing-up the Eternal population, in need to "shake the waters". ...
<<<Welcome to the Vortex, man!>>> Dude, many thanks, T.C. Just remember . . . I will NOT go to Second Level with you! (You know that's a joke, right?)...
<<<He wasn't an evolutionary, a scientist.>>> True, but then neither are most dog, cat, and horse breeders who nonetheless fully understand and exploit the...
ZARDOZ 001 2000, Never thought about the "passive/receiving" nature of the Tabernacle before, you opened my eyes. Poor Tabernacle, it knew that Arthur was ...
<<<Poor Tabernacle, it knew that Arthur was plotting against itself, but couldn't do anything to save its artificial a*s!>>> Actually . . . I've always...
I think the Tabernacle was just a "guess", not the really author of the "idea". ... discussion with ... doesn't suggest ... is ... Of course, the Tabernacle...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the zardozthemovie group: What 'version' of ZED do you like? o The ruthless Exterminator seen in the...
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I think the poll leaves out a crucial aspect of Zed: Zed the Mastermind--the reveal is subtle but the intention can't be mistaken: Zed infiltrated the Vortex...
Great essay in the files from P. Tilton. It is impossible to discuss Zardoz with discussing Christianity; Since the film is a also a Judeo-Christian allegory....
What is going on in the rest of the world? It seems unlikely the Vortex system is limited to Ireland/Britain. A catastrophic breakdown of civilization in this...
... The poll focuses more on his skin-deep "appearance" in every supposed 'phase' he lived. ... Exterminator colleagues have ... Of course! He and the other...
... I wouldn't say that: in the VORTICES have been obviously stored the BEST and MOST EXPERIMENTAL technologies of that specific "Earth" (belonging to the...
It is impossible to discuss Zardoz with discussing ... I alway thought about ZED as a post-modern MOSES, the Brutals/Exterminators as Hebrews and the Eternals...
<<<I think the Tabernacle was just a "guess", not the really author of the "idea".>>> Do expand on this. I'm not sure I take your meaning here. <<<The...
<<<ZARDOZ was an heavy source of inspiration for the MATRIX trilogy?>>> Interesting thought. Though, for my money, the "Matrix" computers are entirely hostile...
<<<Zed is more inherently intelligent than the Immortals>>> Yes, but he's every bit as emotionally "complicated" as are they. As Consuela asks him, why would...
... of the ... Oh, maybe it's my fault. I meant that the TABERNACLE wasn't the mysterious "author" who put the original "idea" about the creation of a superior...
<<<maybe it was really GOD>>> I understand you now. Since I'm not a deist, that view isn't attractive to me. Though I think it's right to say Boorman IS...
