TheNetflixadaptation ofThe Electric Statelooks dramatically different from the original illustrated book.
The film’s tone also seems devoid of the melancholy and isolation of Simon Stalenhag’sThe Electric State.
Their bodies turned into undying husks for it to puppet across a crumbling countryside.
The original illustrated novel left the Hive Mind’s greater goals rather vague.
It appeared to either seek an organic body or give birth to a new life form.
This life form is heavily suggested to be one of the two lead characters ofThe Electric State.
Michelle & Skip
Michelle is a teenage girl who is made an orphan by the military-industrial complex.
Her father, whom she never knew, was killed in the war.
Her mother became addicted to military drugs while enlisted as a drone pilot, eventually overdosing.
Her grandfather died from exposure to hazardous materials while helping manufacture military equipment.
Michelle recalled only seeing a neurocaster removed once, and it immediately killed the host.
Fearing the same fate for her brother, she would delay removing it as long as possible.
He then learned about Skip, the child of a drone pilot who should have been sterile.
Siblings Sail to Safety
Like much ofThe Electric State,the ending is left ambiguous.
On the ground, the reader is only shown Skip’s limp robotic body and a discarded neurocaster.
So, did Skip’s body not survive having his neurocaster removed, as Michelle feared?
Netflix’sThe Electric Statewill be released on March 14, 2025.
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