it tends to lead to overanalysis instead, i find. like, if the fire is ai and prometheus is the companies that brought us the ai, what does everyone being covered in gasoline represent? wasn’t prometheus punished by the gods for bringing fire to humanity? does this imply that indeed it is just a tool and the flammable arsonists are a few bad apples? are they implying that it was wrong of prometheus to bring fire to humanity? or are they implying that prometheus is an innocent party, or to take it further, actively malicious? and if so, again, why is everyone covered in gasoline?
The absurdity leads to humor.
it tends to lead to overanalysis instead, i find. like, if the fire is ai and prometheus is the companies that brought us the ai, what does everyone being covered in gasoline represent? wasn’t prometheus punished by the gods for bringing fire to humanity? does this imply that indeed it is just a tool and the flammable arsonists are a few bad apples? are they implying that it was wrong of prometheus to bring fire to humanity? or are they implying that prometheus is an innocent party, or to take it further, actively malicious? and if so, again, why is everyone covered in gasoline?
Only if it works, if it doesn’t it just leads to confusion and frustration.