History Headscratchers / Interstella5555

** Presumably Darkwood's not directing every action the band performs (Arpegius is capable of protesting during Nightvision, and no one told Stella to take and hide the business card during High Life) so we can assume they have some freedom. Darkwood wouldn't want to risk the Crescendolls telling interviewers about their extraterrestrial origins. Even if no one believes them, he'd still get in trouble, because ''what the heck are they on that they're telling these stories?''

** Presumably Darkwood's not directing every action the band performs (Arpegius is capable of protesting during Nightvision, and no one told Stella to take and hide the business card during High Life) so we can assume they have some freedom. Darkwood wouldn't want to risk the Crescendolls telling interviewers about their extraterrestrial origins. Even if no one believes them, he'd still get in trouble, because 'what the heck are they on that they're telling these stories?'

* I always found it kinda odd how Darkwood managed to make the Crescendolls into such a worldwide success, given that they are depicted as (due his mind control) being perpetually aloof, emotionless, and with zero personality. Yes the quality of the music is important, but pretty much all music acts that have reached stardom through history feature larger that life figures and a spectacle element that keeps them in the public conscioussness.

** While Darkwood DOES hold up a physical gold record in High Life, while shoves Stella into the machine during Veridis Quo, he recites a verse from the book and a gold record drops from the ceiling.

** By "overwrite" their memories, even if the mind control somehow filed after sometime, the band would still believe on the fake identity and still works with him.(Or just go back to "where" they were from according their memories.)

** They planet seems very peaceful. They probably are just that chill.

** By "overwrite" their memories , even if the mind control somehow filed after sometime , the band would still believe on the fake identity and still works with him.(Or just go back to "where" they were from according their memories.)

* So, what would have happened with Darkwood's plan had the band become REALLY popular, and obtained platinum/diamond record certification instead of gold?

** While Darkwood DOES hold up a physical gold record in High Life, while shoves Stella into the machine during Veridis Quo, he recites a verse from the book and a gold record drops from the ceiling.

* Darkwood's plan was to kidnap alien musicians, dress them up as earthlings, force them to do music and break sales charts in order to accquire several Gold Records (why not just steal them? he obviously had the means) and use them to power a machine that somehow would allow him to conquer the universe?

** I figured that what the machine was doing was using the discs to channel the popularity of the artists. This would also explain why he kills them off; what is the number one reason for an artist's popularity to sky rocket?
** Music is a powerful weapon if used right, if the music wasn't worth the weight in gold records it could self destruct the machine.

* Darkwood's plan was to kidnap alien musicians, dress them up as earthlings, force them to do music and break sales charts in order to accquire several Gold Records. Ordained to do so by some alien force. Since Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, at the latest, which would be mid to late 1750s. Except that the concept of the gold record did not exist until February of 1942.
** While Darkwood DOES hold up a physical gold record in High Life, while shoves Stella into the machine during Veridis Quo, he recites an verse from the book and a gold record drops from the ceiling.

* Darkwood's plan was to kidnap alien musicians, dress them up as earthlings, force them to do music and break sales charts in order to accquire several Gold Records. Ordained to do so by some alien force. Since Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, at the latest, which would be mid to late 1750s. Except that the concept of the gold record did not exist until February of 1942.

** Because everyone else on the planet was too busy head-nodding to "One More Time" to notice them fucking up?

* How come the security people who reappear upon the band's return still have a job? Aren't they the same ones who fucked up by not noticing Darkwood's spaceship landing until it was too late to respond properly because they were too busy head-nodding to "One More Time"?

* How do we all know Shep's name?

** AllPartOfTheShow

** It's possible that the audience thought it was part of an "act", and when the male members were still missing, Darkwood played it off as part of some big publicity stunt.

* As much as I love this movie, it bothers me that when in one part, three out of four members of a popular band were seemingly abducted by a mysterious blue-skinned man... but by the next song, nobody seems worried about it. Um... what?

* As much as I love this movie, it bothers me that three out of four members of a popular band were seemingly abducted by a mysterious blue-skinned man... but by the next song, nobody seems worried about it. Um... what?

*** You can never be too careful when it comes to MindRape.