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Nope (2022)

Interrumpting our usual programmation about queer wizards and dark lords to scream about Nope (2022).

Awesome movie, great fandom, I've read wonderful insights onto it.

But... it looks like almost nobody understood a key plot point?

Jupe didn't try to exploit an animal.

Jupe honestly thought that the UFO was a spaceship and that they were taking horses for... purposes.

He didn't think it was an animal! He thought it was full of sentient aliens who he calls "The Watchers".

Also, I think what the Haywood siblings (who I dearly love, awesome duo of autistic hard worker and lesbian chaotic menace) were doing was way less moral... meaning, they know it is an apex predator who killeds lots of people, and they still want to film it for money and fame.

Meanwhile Jupe didn't even try to photograph it, he wanted to live show the spaceship to his audience because he honestly thought that the Watchers liked him and they had a connection. He also thought the horses weren't being eaten.

I also think he really had something with Jean Jacket: for six months he and his family watched JJ, and it didn't try to eat them. JJ really appreciated the horses, ok.

It is a plot point: Jupe did think Jean Jacket was people just like he probably thought Gordy was people. If he thought it really was an animal, he would've organized his show in a different way, at least.

Also, somebody claimed Jupe wanted fame and money back, but I don't think so. He is very rich, he is still well remembered, he doesn't daydream about getting back in the business or to be famous again. He just witnessed a miracle, thought it was the reason why he survived and after 6 months of close private encounters wanted to show it to other people (yes, very naive move, btw).

Aerofauna

In the clouds above us live all sorts of strange life forms. Hard to see, masters of disguise, and endangered due to the rise of jet aircraft, the Aerofauna is a wonderous group of organisms that form a simple ecosystem of balloonlike animals.

These creatures (and the images of them) were mostly adapted from the online RPG Forgotten Futures (which covers a lot of Victorian literature). I suggest you give it a look at it.

They feature in the Arthur Conan Doyle story The Horror of the Heights.

Aeroplankton is the basis of the entire Aero-food chain. These tiny plants have no stats but are included pictorially for reference.

Name: Aeromesozoa Motivation: Eat Aeroplankton Critter Type: Animal? Attributes: Str 4, Dex 4, Con 4, Int 0, Per 1, Will 2 Ability Scores: Muscle 14, Combat 12, Brains 9, Life Points: 42 Drama Points: 0-3 Special Abilities: Weakness (Fire x 2 Damage), Reduced Damage (1/10 Slash/Stab, Bullet), Flight (Advanced), Blind, Nanjin Adept Name - Score - Damage - Notes Dodge - 14 - None - Full Defense Action Aeromesozoa are Salp-like creatures that float in the earth's atmosphere feeding on Aeroplankton. These creatures, like other Aerofauna, float via hydrogen sacks and are partly ethereal beings. As such, most physical strikes pass through them. A sword may cut one, but it will simply split it in two, creating 2 Aeromesozoa that float away. Being filter feeders (as Aeroplankton are microscopic), they do not attack. They can grow up to 50ft long but weigh no more than 20 pounds. If ignited, the entire animal begins to burn, damaging anyone touching it with flames (3 fire damage).

Name: Aeromedusae Motivation: Eat Aeroplankton and other small things in the air Critter Type: Animal? Attributes: Str 20, Dex 5, Con 5, Int 0, Per 1, Will 2 Ability Scores: Muscle 26, Combat 14, Brains 9, Life Points: 710 Drama Points: 0-3 Special Abilities: Weakness (Fire x 2 Damage), Reduced Damage (1/10 Slash/Stab, Bullet), Flight (Advanced), Tentacles, Poison 2 (corrosive), Blind, Nanjin Adept, Increased Size 8, Increased Life Points +600 Name - Score - Damage - Notes Grapple - 18 - None - Poison Tentacle Slap - 14 - 18 - Bash, Poison Hide as Cloud - 16 - None - Hides in Plain Sight Aeromedusae are giant, jellyfish-like Aerplanktonic feeders that float through the atmosphere, snatching Aeroplankton in their tentacles, of which they can have dozens, even hundreds. They also can catch insects and birds with these things, so getting close isn't advised. These creatures can also grow in size to 100 or even 150ft in diameter, but only weigh that many pounds.

Name: Occulonimbus edoequus a.k.a. Jean Jacket Motivation: Eat Meat Critter Type: Animal? Attributes: Str 23, Dex 3, Con 5, Int 1, Per 5, Will 4 Ability Scores: Muscle 52, Combat 16, Brains 12, Life Points: 722 Drama Points: 0-3 Special Abilities: Weakness (Fire x 2 Damage), Reduced Damage (1/10 Slash/Stab, Bullet), Flight (basic), Increased Size 8, Increased Life Points +600, EM Field, Hover, Speed Burst (Supersonic) Name - Score - Damage - Notes Vacuum - 16 - None - Draws targets into its mouth. Test Strength/Muscle Score vs 38 to resist vacuum when it hits. Digest - 52 - 7 - Bash, heal as Fire damage (digestive enzymes) Excreta - 16 - 7 - Slash/Stab, drops things it was unable to digest. Ram - 52 - 39 - Bash Disguise - 16 - None - Changes shape to that of a cloud This predator primarily eats young Aeromedusae and Aeromesozoa but will come down into the lower atmospheric levels to feed on meatier subjects. It uses its powerful vacuum to suck up prey, able to lift up to 6000lbs in a single push, though no one object lifted can more than 1000lbs. This means it can scoop up to 50 people in one 'swallow'.

Though able to digest most things, plastic and metal are beyond their ability to digest (they are immune to its enzymes). This means those swallowed by this take quite a while to die - and they likely will as there is little escape from this horror once it sucks them up. After eating, the screams of those it has swallowed can be heard for some time afterwards, echoing through the clouds. As it flies overhead, its movement of electromagnetic fields to move at high-speed shuts down electronic devices. This has a radius of 300ft around the organism and up to 1000ft below and above it. Mechanical/electrical characters must test their Constitution (Doubled) against 1/2 Jean Jacket's Muscle Score, reduced by 1 for every 10ft they are away from it.

Name: Aeromollusk Motivation: Eat! Critter Type: Animal? Attributes: Str 24, Dex 6, Con 6, Int 1, Per 5, Will 2 Ability Scores: Muscle 54, Combat 16, Brains 12 Life Points: 730 Drama Points: 1-3 Special Abilities: Weakness (Fire x 2 Damage), Reduced Damage (1/10 Slash/Stab, Bullet), Flight 2, Tentacles (long reach), Armor Value 2, Increased Size 8, Increased Life Points +600 Name - Score - Damage - Notes Tentacle - 18 - 53 - Bash, Grapples Beak - 18 - 72 - Slash/Stab, must grapple first Air Blast - 50 - 15 - Bash, vs Strength (Doubled) to resist being knocked away 1 yard per SL (15) Aeromollusks are the top predators (known) in the Aerofauna. These strange, 3 eyes, tentacled creatures resemble snails and cephalopods. They are one of the few Aerofauna to possess eyes (or rather, three large, bulbous lobes attached to their sack-like body). Aeromousks are aggressive predators, but like all Aerofauna, are considered endangered species. Aeromollusks can have body sacks up to 90ft in length, with tentacles that can reach twice that distance (180ft). Some report that hungry Aeromollusks will attack small planes even today. They are the main predator of both Aeromedusae and Jean Jacket.

Rewatched Nope the other day, and the amount of shit that I picked up on my second watch was INSANE. I need to make a comprehensive post/list talking about the parallels and foreshadowing in this film. It’s unmatched.

Nope might truly be the best movie of all time. There idn’t a moment, a single shot a single line, a single word, a single set piece or wardrobe item that isn’t intentional and utilitarian. It all comes together it all hold so much meaning. Every angle (lol) of the idea of viewing/seeing/voyueurism is covered. Its just so perfect. 2 fuckin hours of pure art.

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