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Re: AI, Spartans, and that Ad
Posted By: Avateur <avateur@gmail.com>	Date: 12/7/06 2:02 a.m.
In Response To: AI, Spartans, and that Ad (Paal) : So, I rarely if ever post on here, but I had a theory I'd like to knock : around (let me know if this has been said already -- I've glanced through : the forum, and I haven't found anything specific to what I'm going to say) : Well then, assuming that "I Love Bees" was canon, it's safe to say : that a good deal of the Smart AI's that the UNSC uses are more or less : failed Spartans. Going on this assumption, I believe that it's fair to : surmise that Cortana may have previously been a Spartan trainee. : Watching that Ad, I was suddenly struck with the thought that perhaps Cortana : and the Chief get along so well because they knew each other in another : life. Obviously neither of them knows this, since most people don't know : that Smart AI's are harvested from brains (clearly a Spartan would have no : knowledge of this), and the AI's memory is surpressed, so Cortana wouldn't : know her own origin. : What I'm trying to say is, perhaps this advertisement was a nod in this : direction. Many people are speculating (rightly so) that this is a : flashback for John. Too many of you however are taking it way to : literally, worrying about the location of the flashback, etc. I'm betting : that the flashback is on reach, one of the nights that John led his team : to victory against their trainers. The books mention several occasions : where John and the others had incredible successes, some of those times : they were on their own for days. Who is to say that they didn't take the : time to look at the stars now and then? Furthermore, the children would : have no reason yet to know about the Covenant, so their wondering about : what's out there is valid. : GETTING TO THE POINT: Right as John is coming out of it, still hearing the : voices in his head, he hears echoes of Cortana's voice. To me, it was : alluding back to that night in the field. Perhaps the Chief suddenly : understands who Cortana is? : "Do you think we'll ever meet them?" : "Chief, leave me" : Voices of the same person? : If they are, I would say that it's safe to say that Cortana and the Chief : finally DID meet them. : /end stupid long post -- what do you all think? Good theories, all of which make sense, though I'd have to say that those two kids are probably highly symbolic in the sense that they probably represent everything and everyone. One most likely is John, the other, who cares. They represent the male and female sexes of humanity. They both represent humanity from the moment humans were first capable of looking to the stars and wondering what's up there (Gods, intelligent life, etc). John symbolizes every little boy who's ever looked up at the stars wondering what's really out there. John, being "humanity's last hope" (as well as the main character of the entire story) symbolizes the sexist terminology of "mankind" (that encompasses all of humanity) as well as the "male" portion of the spectrum. The female represents every little girl who's ever looked up at the stars wondering what's really out there. The female represents the sexist terminology of "mankind" as well as the more gender specific "female" side of the spectrum. As for the planet, that's also probably symbolic of every planet colonized by "mankind." Outer-colonies, inner-colonies, or even the mighty Earth itself. Where the two kids in the CG ad are located doesn't truly matter, because it's symbolic of the entire populated area of space where humans reside or resided. As we all know, Bungie gets extremely "deep" with their stories, be it on a religious level, literature level, or imaginary level. And that's why we love them. And hate them. But mostly love.

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AI, Spartans, and that Ad	Paal	12/7/06 1:39 a.m.
Re: AI, Spartans, and that Ad	Avateur	12/7/06 2:02 a.m.
Re: AI, Spartans, and that Ad	Patrick Stanger	12/7/06 2:12 a.m.
Re: AI, Spartans, and that Ad	Avateur	12/7/06 2:13 a.m.
Re: AI, Spartans, and that Ad	grunts_hut	12/7/06 2:17 a.m.
Re: AI, Spartans, and that Ad	Lincoln	12/7/06 6:59 a.m.
Re: AI, Spartans, and that Ad	Avateur	12/7/06 2:30 a.m.
Re: AI, Spartans, and that Ad	Peptuck	12/7/06 2:19 a.m.
Re: AI, Spartans, and that Ad	Narcogen	12/7/06 5:54 a.m.