Fan Interpretation Of The Plots And General Script

[Guest CyberDude]

I've registered to this board just a few days ago and I've been primarily read lots of opinions and interpretations to the show. What becomes more and more striking as I read is that there are many old members that post numerous interpretations of the scenes in the show. Even the smallest detail is taken down to pieces, analysed and interpreted in a "millenium-istic" (if you'll allow me that term invention) fashion.

Everyone seems to have an answer to curious(intended or not by the producers/writers/directors) or interesting parts. It's as if the whole thing(events depicted by the show) was real and by using the episodes we were given the chance of seeing just bits of the action. Thus lots of people went on to analysing things and coming up with explanations and theories (which prove that we have very imaginative people around, I'd say) but I wonder if the producers/writers/directors ever thought of such things.

I don't know if you get my point but I'll try to "cut-and-paste" a few examples here to see what I mean.

[Guest CyberDude]

Example 1: About the little girl in "Monster"

Since the child was placed in a 'Millennium' family it seemed to me the group was interested in getting control of this child for future use withiin the group...

It's a nice idea but who thinks that the writer went so far in giving that thing such a meaning?

I'm just asking for opinions here, I don't have anything against the people who posted this, or their way of thinking. I myself like to imagine such plots, it's just a question of their(plot's) possible confirmation in the way the writer created it.

[The Old Man]

Hi,

I think its the fact that everyone has different interpretations that adds something extra. With the above scene, I think the writer of the post was correct if you consider the Group to be 'evil' as depicted in Season Three. In those terms, I can't imagine any other reason for a Millennium Group family to take on the child. Surely the child would have gone though the social services system for placement with a foster family.

The Old Man.

[Guest F_Black]

Say, this might have been discussed before, but. . . .what has been the commentary on the supposed "flirtation" between Lara Means and Frank? It struck me during a couple of episodes that Lara was perhaps subtly coming onto him (notably in "Goodbye, Charlie" and "The Midnight of the Century") but it always struck me that Frank was entirely uninterested.

[Guest arcanamundi]

Example 1: About the little girl in "Monster"

It's a nice idea but who thinks that the writer went so far in giving that thing such a meaning?

I'm just asking for opinions here, I don't have anything against the people who posted this, or their way of thinking. I myself like to imagine such plots, it's just a question of their(plot's) possible confirmation in the way the writer created it.

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In the particular example cited from 'Monster' it doesn't seem that far-fetched to infer that a Millennium Group family adopted the evil little girl. I think this is implied by the camera panning from the dinner table to the pc with the ouroboros on the monitor.

Whether they were good or evil, it makes sense that the Group would want to keep an eye on this creature, to use or control her. After all, even though he didn't see the reason for their interest in the case, the Group wanted Frank to go there and "find the evil".

The 'Monster' episode caused me to re-frame my understanding of The Beginning and The End. I began to suspect that the Polaroid Stalker's background might be similar to the little girl in 'Monster' - that he was a product of a Millennium Group orphanage of some kind, who then either was used by the Group to manipulate Frank Black, or became a renegade who rebelled against the Group's attempt to control him. Given the background of the Polaroid Stalker, and the fact that the Group knew more about him than they admitted to Frank, this is not an unreasonable inference. Funny how the Group arrived at the airport at just the right time; and Peter Watts never did answer Frank's question about how they knew...

The writers of this show deliberately left certain things unexplicit and ambiguous, and there is room for inference & interpretation. That was part of the show's appeal as a stimulus to the viewers' intellect and imagination, imo.

And as far as us Mllennium fanatics being an imaginative, minutiae-analyzing bunch, well...this is who we are.

[hippyroo]

And I just thought it was nice twist at the end of monster, to effect our emotions. Some of you think long and hard on these epeisodes, don't you? The dissapointment of incongruent storylines seems to be a major dispair among many fans. Could it be that there just wasn't a master plan for the show?

I don't think all Millinium was as well thought out as some of you might want to think. For instance, I don't remember the title of the show that had the guy in the iron lung? With all of that suppsesed money and deep knowledge he had, that was 50's looking contraption.

[Guest arcanamundi]

And I just thought it was  nice twist at the end of monster, to effect our emotions.  Some of you think long and hard on these epeisodes, don't you?  The dissapointment of incongruent storylines seems to be a major dispair among many fans. Could it be that there just wasn't a master plan for the show?

I don't think all Millinium was as well thought out as some of you might want to think.  For instance, I don't remember the title of the show that had the guy in the iron lung?  With all of that suppsesed money and deep knowledge he had, that was  50's looking contraption.

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Do I sound like a Millennium geek? :grin: Maybe...it wouldn't be the first time I was accused of thinking too much! :grin: I think the writer's and producers *do* work out story arcs carefully, and did in Millennium - a master plan, as you say, but not a perfect one. This show had its share of flaws, contrivances, and plot holes, even in the best episodes. But MM was such an original concept for tv and so well executed, that I was willing to overlook the patchy spots to let it entertain & provoke me in a way no other tv show ever did!

Btw, I had a hard time buying into the guy w/ the iron lung too. 'Force Majeure' was the title.

Wow, y'all make me realize I'm a fan/freak for this show the way others are for Star Trek & Star Wars!