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Down the rabbit hole we go! Join us as we explore mind-bending fan theories that will forever change how you see your favorite sci-fi films. From the possibility that Jar Jar Binks is secretly a Sith Lord to the mind-blowing idea that Zion is just another layer of the Matrix – these conspiracy theories are as fascinating as they are disturbing.
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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for fan theories from sci-fi movies
00:08that'll make you re-watch your favorites with a totally different perspective.
00:21Number 10. Jar Jar Binks is a Sith Lord, Star Wars Franchise.
00:25This is a dark secret spoken in hushed tones on Reddit or fan forums, but what if Jar Jar Binks was never meant to be a joke?
00:36What if he were a master of deception? His signature clumsiness is nothing more than a ruse.
00:41Rather, his gravity-defying flips, uncanny survival skills, and the suspicious influence he has in granting emergency powers to Palpatine
00:49all speak to something more nefarious. They could all be signs that he is using the Force.
00:55It is even possible that he is the true puppet master behind the Republic's demise.
01:07Try re-watching the prequels after this, and our not-so-funny Gungan might surprise you as the most terrifying villain in the galaxy.
01:14This isn't very, very bad.
01:17Oh! Icky, Icky, cool!
01:20Number 9. The Dilophosaurus thought Nedry was a mate. Jurassic Park.
01:2418 minutes and your company catches up on 10 years of research.
01:28Gracias, senor.
01:32Don't get cheap on me, Dodson.
01:34Jurassic Park nerd Dennis Nedry meets his end at the spit of a Dilophosaurus.
01:39His first encounter with a dinosaur is quite curious.
01:41Oh, nice boy. Nice boy!
01:46Nice dinosaur, boy.
01:48Thought you were one of your big brothers. You're not so bad.
01:50You're not so bad.
01:51The dinosaur seems intrigued, and almost playful.
01:54Combine that with its cooing and tail-wagging behavior.
01:57It almost looks flirtatious.
01:59Yeah, look, look, stick. Stick. Stick, stupid.
02:01That's a stick, boy.
02:02That's a stick, boy.
02:04Do you like your stick?
02:05No, I do.
02:07And no wonder you're extinct.
02:08Fans believe that it is possible the creature mistook Nedry for a mate.
02:13This could be due to Nedry's flared yellow raincoat, which he wears over his head.
02:17This eerily mimics the frilled hood of the dinosaur.
02:20Once Nedry stumbles in the mud and his hood drops, the game is over.
02:24The dino realizes it's been duped.
02:26Cue the frill, the hiss, and the spit.
02:28If true, this is less a dinosaur attack and an excruciating breakup.
02:34Number 8.
02:35Vikas is patient zero.
02:37District 9.
02:38They shoot first and then they answer the questions.
02:40In District 9, Vikas van der Maver at first glance is the perfect example of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
02:47What if the transformation that he undergoes is not accidental, but intentional?
02:51This fan theory posits that Vikas becomes the first successful hybrid of an alien and a human.
02:57I have a plan and I know how to fix it.
03:00He is patient zero and a biological precursor for a full-blown invasion.
03:05Vikas' behavior seems to support this.
03:07Please, sir, you have to help me.
03:08I'm losing blood.
03:09They're trying to kill me.
03:11Please, help me.
03:11He adapts to the alien tech, bridges communication gaps, and the prawns even treat him with reverence.
03:19Was he just a test subject all along?
03:21He was the only human who had ever successfully been combined with alien genetics and remained alive.
03:29But his real value was that he could operate alien weaponry.
03:32While he may seem a tragic figure, Vikas may be the key to Earth's inevitable takeover.
03:38Number 7.
03:39The Feral Kid Connection.
03:40Mad Max Fury Road.
03:42That's my jacket.
03:44Sure.
03:46You can ask for more than a jacket.
03:48We're going to the green place.
03:49Wait, it's your name.
03:50Tom Hardy's Max seems quite different from Mel Gibson's.
03:54For starters, he is mad.
03:56He is also more feral, haunted, and maybe not even the Max we know at all.
04:00A burnt-out, desolate man.
04:03A man haunted by the demons in his past.
04:07One fan theory suggests that Max from Fury Road is the feral kid from the Road Warrior.
04:13Mentored by the original Max and now living up to his image, the feral kid has taken on his mantle.
04:18If this is true, it adds a layer of tragedy to the world of Mad Max.
04:22Well, precedent.
04:29Hey.
04:31Max's legacy now lives on, not only through stories, but in a child who grew up mimicking him to survive.
04:37At least that way, you know, we might be able to, together, come across some kind of redemption.
04:47The feral kid is the new Road Warrior, forged in the fires and sand of the wasteland.
04:53Number 6.
04:54It's Willy Wonka's factory, Snowpiercer.
04:56Curtis, everyone has their preordained position.
04:59And everyone is in their place, except you.
05:01Take Willy Wonka, his chocolate factory, and thrust him into a future where humanity is on a race for survival.
05:08You'll get Snowpiercer.
05:10This sounds absurd until it begins to make sense.
05:13Wilfred, the inventor of the train, is an aged Charlie.
05:16The train is the factory, and its bizarre compartments are the twisted versions of Wonka's rooms.
05:22The loyal helpers are the future versions of Oompa Loompas.
05:25Sprinkle in a pinch of eccentricity, childlike morality tests, and inheritance claims,
05:29you have a sequel to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
05:32Who would watch over them after I was gone?
05:35I realized in that moment, I must find a hair.
05:39Wilfred seeks a successor much like Wonka, except that survival isn't about candy, but humanity.
05:45I am old.
05:48I want you to take my station.
05:52It's what you always wanted.
05:54The big prize?
05:55A train at the end of the world.
05:57Rumble, rumble, rattle, rattle.
06:00It will never die.
06:02Number 5.
06:03A B-movie.
06:04Interstellar.
06:05All right, it's a doozy.
06:08All right, gangless, mask up.
06:09Interstellar opens in a world with issues.
06:12Lots of them.
06:13One of them is the lack of crop diversification.
06:16The only crops left are corn and okra.
06:18Adding in the dust storms and ecosystem collapse,
06:21fans have speculated that there may be more to the survival of corn and okra.
06:25Blight, wheat seven years ago, okra this year, now there's just corn.
06:33And we're growing more than we ever have.
06:35These plants can thrive in a wide range of soils and are drought tolerant.
06:39The real kicker is that okra and corn do not need bees to pollinate,
06:44which means the ecosystem collapse in Interstellar hints that there are no more pollinators on Earth.
06:49Members of the jury, look at what has happened to bees.
06:52With bees gone, the planet has lost its ecological stability.
06:56This detail makes the film's urgency to find a new home in space even more believable.
07:01Earth's atmosphere is 80% nitrogen.
07:05We don't even breathe nitrogen.
07:07Blight does, and as it thrives, our air gets less and less oxygen.
07:12Number four.
07:13George knew about Marty.
07:14Back to the future.
07:15Marty, I want to thank you for all your good advice.
07:19I'll never forget it.
07:21Right.
07:22George.
07:22A guy's memory can't be that bad, especially when looking at someone who helped you get the girl and is now also your son.
07:30Fans believe that George did recognize Marty.
07:32He just decided to play along.
07:34Last night, Darth Vader came down from planet Vulcan and told me that if I didn't take Lorraine out, that he'd melt my brain.
07:40It is possible that George figured out the truth and accepted it.
07:44Maybe Marty and the time traveling were somehow part of his density.
07:47Oh, sorry.
07:48Destiny.
07:49The theory adds a mind-bending layer to George's character.
07:51He is not necessarily a clueless father, but a silent guardian of the timeline.
07:56Your first novel.
07:59Like I've always told you, you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.
08:03George does not share this with Marty, ever good reason.
08:06Instead, he quietly carries the weight of a temporal secret, all for the love he has for his wife and son.
08:12Number three.
08:13Skynet Needs Humans.
08:15The Terminator.
08:16That Terminator is out there.
08:19It can't be bargained with.
08:21It can't be reasoned with.
08:23Skynet is bad.
08:25We've been told that for well over a decade.
08:27Hear us out on this one, though.
08:28Skynet wasn't trying to eliminate humanity.
08:30It wanted humanity to stick around.
08:33It could not be shut down.
08:36The attack began at 6.18pm, just as he said it would.
08:42Judgment Day.
08:43Sounds crazy, but think about it.
08:45Skynet sends humans into a time loop of endless resistance.
08:49In every loop, it constantly tweaks its fate and survives.
08:53The humans do as well, because without humans, Skynet has no purpose.
08:57Scary stuff radically advanced.
08:59Built by humans to defend against threats, Skynet is a living paradox.
09:03It needs a threat to justify its existence.
09:06To destroy its creator would be like pulling the plug on oneself.
09:10So, it fights to maintain the peace by allowing the war to continue.
09:15Number two.
09:16E.T. is a Jedi.
09:17E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
09:18E.T. exhibits a range of impressive abilities.
09:31Levitating objects, healing wounds with a touch, and recognizing Yoda like an old friend.
09:46Coincidence?
09:46We think not.
09:47Some believe that E.T. is a member of the same galactic universe as the Star Wars franchise.
09:53He's possibly even a Force-sensitive alien.
10:01The Phantom Menace includes E.T.-like creatures in the Galactic Senate.
10:05All of this means that Spielberg's story isn't just about friendship that transcends light years.
10:10It is the tale of a Jedi, marooned on Earth, using the Force to call home.
10:15May the Reese's Pieces be with you.
10:16Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.
10:20Caleb is an android.
10:22Ex Machina.
10:23Caleb was designed to test Ava's ability to bond with another AI.
10:26Are you attracted to me?
10:28What?
10:28Are you attracted to me?
10:30You give me indications that you are.
10:34I do?
10:35Yes.
10:37How?
10:38Micro-expressions.
10:39Micro-expressions?
10:40The way your eyes fix on my eyes and lips.
10:42It's all a fever dream.
10:44Ad Astra.
10:45Roy McBride's space odyssey is a psychological hallucination.
10:48His father never existed.
10:50I have work to do.
10:54I have infinite work to do.
10:59I must find intelligent life.
11:04It's time to go.
11:05Jones the Cat is an Android.
11:07Alien.
11:08The cat was a synthetic observer, placed by Weyland-Yutani.
11:11What happened to the other robots?
11:19WALL-E.
11:20They chose to shut down rather than endure isolation and loneliness.
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11:51Number 1.
11:52The Matrix is Zion's second layer.
11:54The Matrix.
11:56The Matrix is a computer-generated dream world.
12:00Built to keep us under control.
12:02In The Matrix, humans reject the primary iteration of the simulated world the machines create.
12:08This prompts the machines to make another iteration where humans are given the illusion of escape.
12:13When they do, they find themselves in the desolate expanse of the real world, where Zion is humanity's final haven.
12:19However, when Neo exhibits his powers outside The Matrix, it suggests an entirely new reality.
12:25Neo never left The Matrix.
12:27Zion and the real world are another layer of the simulation.
12:30The prophecy of the One, the cyclical nature of humanity's rebellion, and The Architect's cryptid dialogue support this theory.
12:37The Matrix is older than you know.
12:40I prefer counting from the emergence of one integral anomaly to the emergence of the next, in which case this is the sixth version.
12:47It is all a system of control.
12:49The red pill was never the truth.
12:51It was always a lie.
12:52The door to your right leads to the source and the salvation of Zion.
12:56The door to your left leads back to the Matrix, to her and to the end of your species.
13:01Do you believe in any of these fan theories?
13:03Or do you have a few more of your own?
13:05Let us know in the comments.
13:06What happens if the engine stops?
13:09We all freeze and die.
13:11But will it stop?
13:12Or will it stop?
13:13No, no!
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