I knew nothing about the Cube before I watched it except it was meant to be good but also scary. Then I saw that it was a 15cert and thought "it cannot be that bad". I was wrong. I couldn't sleep that night. I've got over it since like. But at the time... Paul doesn't think it is scary at all. But then he probably didn't overthink it like I did when I first saw it. I don't think its about futility - rather, an exercise in pointlessness. There is a way out. But why are they there in the first place? It is never explained and that is good because it makes you wonder. I like the nihilistic guy's idea that it was a big project in some giant corp that evolved wildly away from the original plan as all badly managed projects are and that in the end, the only reason that some people have been put in it is because so much budget was spent on it so they have to pretend there is a purpose. Beurocracy taken to its highest level of farce. I also like that the only guy who got out was the mad guy. No-one will believe him. So, it's actually the same as no-one having got out at all... I agree that Quentin's decent into madness is a little sudden but not unexpected. After all, all we really know about the inhabitants of the cube is what they tell their colleagues. And the way they act. Quentin was quite obviously a control freak with peodophilic tendancies. I actually see him as another trap. I think he may have been an ex-cop who went nuts and possibly murdered his wife and kids but he's not a consistent fruit-loop. Just an unstable guy with a bad temper who cannot handle rejection and has the tendancy to go psychotic when events are out of his control. He killed the doctor because she dared to question him. Then the girl he fancied (Ezri Dax - good spot!) obviously sided with the nihilist and the madman. He's cannot work out the maths and is confused. Bang! Time to go nuts! I think whoever put them there knew he was a ticky time bomb. The others all had skills or knowlege useful to the escape. He didn't. At first it appeared that he may have leadership qualities but actually he is the main protagonist throughout. The others could've settled their differences. So, I guess I'm saying their was a "mind control trap" of sorts but it wasn't limited to one room. Anyway, I've waffled enough. Watch Cube2 if you like. But be warned, it's plot sucks, the physics are bad, the characters are mostly stereotypes, the effects aren't special, it aint scary. But worst of all, it puts a dull face to the facelessness that provided Cube with its edge. Your not left wondered "why" but "why did I bother?". That said, if you watch it you can join in when we deride it :-)
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The Cube
Date: 2003-11-03 05:31 am (UTC)I've got over it since like. But at the time... Paul doesn't think it is scary at all. But then he probably didn't overthink it like I did when I first saw it.
I don't think its about futility - rather, an exercise in pointlessness. There is a way out. But why are they there in the first place? It is never explained and that is good because it makes you wonder. I like the nihilistic guy's idea that it was a big project in some giant corp that evolved wildly away from the original plan as all badly managed projects are and that in the end, the only reason that some people have been put in it is because so much budget was spent on it so they have to pretend there is a purpose. Beurocracy taken to its highest level of farce.
I also like that the only guy who got out was the mad guy. No-one will believe him. So, it's actually the same as no-one having got out at all...
I agree that Quentin's decent into madness is a little sudden but not unexpected. After all, all we really know about the inhabitants of the cube is what they tell their colleagues. And the way they act. Quentin was quite obviously a control freak with peodophilic tendancies. I actually see him as another trap. I think he may have been an ex-cop who went nuts and possibly murdered his wife and kids but he's not a consistent fruit-loop. Just an unstable guy with a bad temper who cannot handle rejection and has the tendancy to go psychotic when events are out of his control. He killed the doctor because she dared to question him. Then the girl he fancied (Ezri Dax - good spot!) obviously sided with the nihilist and the madman. He's cannot work out the maths and is confused. Bang! Time to go nuts! I think whoever put them there knew he was a ticky time bomb. The others all had skills or knowlege useful to the escape. He didn't. At first it appeared that he may have leadership qualities but actually he is the main protagonist throughout. The others could've settled their differences. So, I guess I'm saying their was a "mind control trap" of sorts but it wasn't limited to one room.
Anyway, I've waffled enough.
Watch Cube2 if you like. But be warned, it's plot sucks, the physics are bad, the characters are mostly stereotypes, the effects aren't special, it aint scary. But worst of all, it puts a dull face to the facelessness that provided Cube with its edge. Your not left wondered "why" but "why did I bother?". That said, if you watch it you can join in when we deride it :-)