QWhy did the Tet need Earth's seawater?
AFrom the director:The notion of heavy hydrogen or deuterium existed in our seawater as being a very special thing in the universe. Heavy hydrogen is an element that exists in very trace amounts in our seawater, and it's used to create kind of the purest form of fusion energy. that's one thing that makes Earth valuable, that energy source. SourceIonized deuterium also gives off a pinkish-red hue which would explain the pinkish color emitted from the drones' power cores.
QWho built Tet and where is Tet using all this energy that is gained from earth?
AIt is not made clear in the film whether or not the Tet is acting autonomously, unbeholden to any alien species, or performing duties assigned to it by, or on behalf of. some aliens who might've created it. The film establishes that the Tet utilizes deuterium extracted from Earth's seawater to power itself and its drones, but the audience does not learn if this fuel energy-source is also being collected and harvested for delivery back to some extraterrestrial point of origin. It is also possible that the Tet is now a self-sustaining AI with only the intention of survival for itself, moving from one world to the next much like a parasite. This is what Malcolm hinted at. The answer to this question is mostly left to viewer speculation.
QIs Oblivion based on a book?
AOblivion is based on the director Joseph Kosinski's unpublished graphic novel of the same name which he had developed with Arvid Nelson for Radical Comics. Initial rushes of the novel were shown at the 2010 San-Diego comic con by Kosinski while promoting his then upcoming movie TRON: Legacy (2012). The novel attracted a lot of attention from movie studios with quite a lot of them bidding for the movie rights. The rights were eventually secured by Universal Pictures. Oblivion is planned to be published as an 'illustrated novel', not a graphic novel. See Jesse Berger's (co-founder of Radical Studios, the future publisher) comment here:F]or clarification, the illustrated novel will be published. 100% fact. Radical controls the publication rights and has every intent to release the book. Unfortunately, as the film began to take off, Joes focused turned towards the film and the release of the book was delayed so that the twist of the film would not be revealed. Joe may have lost interest, but Radical has not! Like all of Radicals content, while we always hoped that we would be so lucky to make films, tv shows, games and merchandise from our titles, we always first focused on telling incredible stories, by visionary creators, with amazing art and top quality paper, marketing and distribution. That is the case with the Oblivion illustrated novel, which is a powerful story, but unfortunately, we will have to wait for the holdout period to expire after the films release, before we can put the book out. Hold guys, the world will see this amazing product soon enough. -Jesse Berger, Co-founder/EVP Radical Studios.
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