David even had that guitar that had been broken during a show then gifted to David. So this means that the film actively prepared us for the idea of cryogenics and resurrection. Benny fell into ice, died, but was thawed out and came back to life and is as good as new. This theory is supported by the numerous references to cryogenics and life extension that come up in the movie. David opted for a lucid dreaming cryogenic slumber. With those major alternative theories out of the way, this leaves only the ending as explained by Tech Support. With the joke easily explained as a red herring. But there are close to a dozen references of cryogenics and life extension. There’s only a brief joke about him being in a coma that happens halfway through the movie. Like, if this theory were true then we should have gotten something like “he asks what date it was and it’s still 2001 rather than 2151.” As is, we have no legitimate reason to not believe the lucid dream/cryogenics theory isn’t true. Especially to then not show that with the last shot. My only real reason against this is that it would be a HUGE ask of the audience to build up to this cryogenics/lucid dream climactic rooftop scene where we are told “what really happened” only for none of that to be true and him to have only been in a coma after the accident. He’d only have dreamed of the failed date at the club (how embarrassing that was) and all the fallout. Which means Sofia’s still alive and he would still have a chance with her. Maybe the accident sent him into a coma but his face isn’t as bad as he imagined? At the very least, 150 years probably wouldn’t have passed. That and David waking up as the final shot of the movie. Given the defeat of McCabe and him not continuing to question the lucid dream theory, it’s definitely a dream. Either that’s because David has lost his mind and is seeing things (which could be true) or it is a lucid dream. Also, all the other characters just appear on the rooftop, out of nowhere. Which leads me to believe that the board wasn’t developed because they were only a red herring to keep us guessing, rather than the true enemies.

Normally you wouldn’t see a film completely disregard the main antagonists like that.

Also, if it was the board trying to get rid of David then the board was woefully underdeveloped. That puts him clearly in the realm of being a superficial construct of David’s lucid dream. The first was semi-plausible up until the point that Tech Support asks McCabe what the name of his children are and McCabe can’t answer. 2: David’s in a coma after the car crash and he’s just imagining everything.

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