Line #29 WMG/Interstella5555


1	[[WMG:Arpegius used to be a member of the planet's army]]
2	He's always doing the actual salute, while the rest of the band waves or looks at things respectfully.
3	* Makes sense. He's the most competent in a fight and even seemed to fly Shep's ship for a bit at the end.
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5	[[WMG:Shep and Stella were together before the events of the film]]
6	Shep isn't really an AscendedFanBoy. Rather he and Stella were a [[OfficialCouple couple]] before the abduction happened. That would explain why, compared to the rest of their native planet, [[ItsPersonal it seemed personal]] for him. Also, it would explain why Stella snapped into a DreamSequence when she held his hand as he was dying, and why she was devastated when he died. LoveAtFirstSight can obviously still be an option, but I think it's actually believable this way.
7	* ... I actually really love this WMG. Makes a lot of sense really, and makes Stella, the titular character, seem a lot less two-dimensional.
8	* I'm not sure about that. In the ''Digital Love'' section he seems too happy for someone longing for an ex.
9	** How about thinking of them still being a couple?
10	*** Maybe they're not former lovers. As a spaceship pilot, Shep needs to stay away from the planet for long periods of time, just like any other soldier. They could be away from each other, but still be a couple.
11	* I assumed this, partially because I missed the beginning.
12	* I've always assumed this, since Stella tends to look wistfully at the sky whenever she should be enjoying herself. In the bridge of "One More Time", everyone else looks rather self-satisfied and revelling in the moment. Stella, on the other hand, is clearly missing someone.
13	* It would also explain the bit at the end of Face-To-Face where she sees an image of him in the front seat looking back at her. She may have been remembering past trips in the ship with him.
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15	[[WMG:It wasn't all a dream.]]
16	The story of the Crescendolls is so famous that they have a tremendous amount of merchandise. Note that the kid in the epilogue lives in a plain Earth home, but his clothes look... whatever-planet-the-Crescendolls-are-from-ese. After Interstella 5555 the two cultures began to intermingle... [=WPTCAFese=] fashion became popular on Earth.
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18	The only hiccup is the fact it is a Music/DaftPunk record... my theory is that "One More Time" and "Too Long" are not actually Crescendoll songs, but Daft Punk songs, and are only used as part of the narrative. After all, if Daft Punk does exist in this universe... what did they put out if their (arguably) most famous album is from another band?
19	* That brings up another thought, if Daft Punk exists in the movie's 'verse, it's hinted at, if not flat out stated that the Cresendoll's were not the first alien band that had been kidnapped, what if Daft Punk themselves are from another planet....that would actually explain a lot
20	* Not really, in this movie's universe Daft Punk are probably earthlings and after the Gold Record Awards they heard about what happened to the Crescendolls and decided to tell their (Crescendolls) story to future generations, starting with their (the Crescendolls) song "One More Time". much of the music from "Aerodynamic" to face to face could be Daft Punk's songs inspired by the events told. While "Too Long" was another Crescendolls song they covered as the closing narration.
21	* Daft Punk did all their songs in ''Homework'' up until ''Discovery.'' which was, InUniverse, released as the Creschendolls' ''One More Time'' album. Their most famous in story album was whichever album came before ''Discovery.''
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23	[[WMG:Octave was a member of the planet's stealth/intelligence force.]]
24	Related to the WMG above about Arpegius. Octave is the one that they use to get the memory discs back, and he's also seen doing the military salute at the unveiling of Shep's statue, when the vast majority of the crowd was not.
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26	* And, surprisingly, a friendly jam during their free-time would make an awesome "how did they met" idea.
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28	[[WMG:The movie takes place in the same universe as ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'']]
29	The character designs, kidnapping/brainwashing by badguys, and the fact that there are cyborgs just screams ''Cyborg 009''. Hell, "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" sounds like they're being remodeled into cyborgs as well
30	* Would fit, except I5555 is considered part of Creator/{{Leiji Matsumoto}}'s universe, i.e. the Anime/{{LeijiVerse}}, Cyborg 009 is part of the Creator/ShotaroIshinomori universe along with Franchise/KamenRider, Kikaider etc.
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32	[[WMG:Shep used to be or still was the lead guitar/singer of the Crescendolls]]
33	His ship is shaped like a guitar. The shape and color is also different from Apregerius. The reason why Earl didn't get him was because either he left the band before Earl caught wind of them; or he took a vacation. While buffing his ship he sings "Digital Love" in a style similar but not the same as Octave when he sang "One More Time". To top it off he happens to know Stella and vise versa. If he was just a fan they both wouldn't be dreaming about each other.
34	* Would also fit with the use of the number "5" in the title just as well, despite the band being four before Shep lands on their concert to save them. He's their fifth member. The lack of a fifth "5" would hint he's not with the band for a good chunk of the movie, [[spoiler:or at his eventual death.]]
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36	[[WMG:The kid's father is Thomas Bangalter.]]
37	Think about it, the face of the father is not to be seen yet the mother is. He has all this Daft Punk and Crescendoll Memrobillia in his room, some of which looks more expensive than a single poster. According to articles, he has fathered a son. To top it off in the brief moment the mother is seen she looks exactly like Elodie Bouchez.
38	* If that's the case, then the entire movie was a dream or the kid was imagining what happened based on what his parents told him, from listening to their music, from watching documentaries, and reading from newspaper clips and biographies.
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40	[[WMG:There will be a sequel some time in the near future]]
41	* They'll use ''Homework'', ''Human After All'', or ''Random Access Memories''. They might make a different story with different set of characters, probably unrelated to ''Interstella 5555'' making it more of a SpiritualSuccessor or StealthSequel.
42	* Probably jossed, now that Daft Punk seemingly broke up for good.
43	** More so now with the tragic passing of Leiji Matsumoto in 2023.
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45	[[WMG:Arpegius and Stella Are Brother and Sister]]
46	They share the same hair color both in their alien form and in their humanized guise and in "Something About Us", he seems extra-comforting to her compared to the others.
47	* That would also make them a military family, if the first two WMG's on the list are true.
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49	[[WMG:The Crescendolls are from [[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199 Gamilas]].]]
50	And [[spoiler:Serizawa]] is Darkwood who was about to restart his business, and started the war because he believed the Gamilas were about to make him pay for what he did to the Crescendolls.
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52	[[WMG:Earl de Darkwood is trying to become a Warhammer 40k Daemon Prince.]]
53	And either [[TheChessmaster Tzeentch]] or [[TheHedonist Slaanesh]] is the entity he made the deal with to begin with.
54	* He's using golden records that are implied to need to have been genuinely earned... He's not just sacrificing the musicians for his DealWithTheDevil, he's sacrificing the emotions and adoration that they gathered, and that would appeal to either of the two.
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56	[[WMG:In-universe, the Cresendolls went on to record the ''Human After All'' and ''Random Access Memories'' albums.]]
57	Or Daft Punk went on to create ''Discovery'', ''Human After All'' and ''Random Access Memories'', inspired by the Cresendolls.
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59	[[WMG:The Crescendolls are royalty on their home planet.]]
60	They have gem headbands that no one else on the planet wears (though some have gem bracelets). In the ''Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger'' sequence, it can be seen that they were already wearing them in childhood. This hints that those headbands are more than just a band costume. Even de Darkwood stowed them away as valuable objects, instead of discarding them like the rest of the band's clothes.

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