What really happened to civilization in Alita: Battle Angel?
In the movie we are told that
there was a war against the Martians that destroyed a lot of civilization on the surface of the planet and all but one of the floating cities.
We are also told that
Alita is built with Martian technology.
But Alita eventually remembers that
she originally used to fight against the floating cities and Nova, who lives in the remaining floating city and does evil experiments on humans.
So I’m confused. What caused all the destruction? Or in other words
who actually fought who?
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In the movie we are told that
there was a war against the Martians that destroyed a lot of civilization on the surface of the planet and all but one of the floating cities.
We are also told that
Alita is built with Martian technology.
But Alita eventually remembers that
she originally used to fight against the floating cities and Nova, who lives in the remaining floating city and does evil experiments on humans.
So I’m confused. What caused all the destruction? Or in other words
who actually fought who?
alita-battle-angel
asked yesterday
Ernest Friedman-HillErnest Friedman-Hill
1,6571719
Are you OK with answers based on lore from the manga and/or video game?
– FuzzyBoots
23 hours ago
@FuzzyBoots Absolutely. The movie alone clearly leaves backstory out.
– Ernest Friedman-Hill
23 hours ago
@Ernest Friedman-hill Your question confuses me, since Earth is a ball of rock 8,000 miles wide that has to be shattered into many pieces to be destroyed, but the synopsis in Wikipeda says that Earth is so very, very much not destroyed that it still has breathable air and humans living on it. Thus the disaster must have been much less severe than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, for example. You should be more accurate in your choice of words.
– M. A. Golding
10 hours ago
@M.A.Golding Not sure my meaning was really all that unclear, but I’ve updated my question.
– Ernest Friedman-Hill
9 hours ago
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In the movie we are told that
there was a war against the Martians that destroyed a lot of civilization on the surface of the planet and all but one of the floating cities.
We are also told that
Alita is built with Martian technology.
But Alita eventually remembers that
she originally used to fight against the floating cities and Nova, who lives in the remaining floating city and does evil experiments on humans.
So I’m confused. What caused all the destruction? Or in other words
who actually fought who?
alita-battle-angel
asked yesterday
Ernest Friedman-HillErnest Friedman-Hill
1,6571719
In the movie we are told that
there was a war against the Martians that destroyed a lot of civilization on the surface of the planet and all but one of the floating cities.
We are also told that
Alita is built with Martian technology.
But Alita eventually remembers that
she originally used to fight against the floating cities and Nova, who lives in the remaining floating city and does evil experiments on humans.
So I’m confused. What caused all the destruction? Or in other words
who actually fought who?
alita-battle-angel
alita-battle-angel
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Ernest Friedman-HillErnest Friedman-Hill
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Ernest Friedman-HillErnest Friedman-Hill
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Are you OK with answers based on lore from the manga and/or video game?
– FuzzyBoots
23 hours ago
@FuzzyBoots Absolutely. The movie alone clearly leaves backstory out.
– Ernest Friedman-Hill
23 hours ago
@Ernest Friedman-hill Your question confuses me, since Earth is a ball of rock 8,000 miles wide that has to be shattered into many pieces to be destroyed, but the synopsis in Wikipeda says that Earth is so very, very much not destroyed that it still has breathable air and humans living on it. Thus the disaster must have been much less severe than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, for example. You should be more accurate in your choice of words.
– M. A. Golding
10 hours ago
@M.A.Golding Not sure my meaning was really all that unclear, but I’ve updated my question.
– Ernest Friedman-Hill
9 hours ago
add a comment |
Are you OK with answers based on lore from the manga and/or video game?
– FuzzyBoots
23 hours ago
@FuzzyBoots Absolutely. The movie alone clearly leaves backstory out.
– Ernest Friedman-Hill
23 hours ago
@Ernest Friedman-hill Your question confuses me, since Earth is a ball of rock 8,000 miles wide that has to be shattered into many pieces to be destroyed, but the synopsis in Wikipeda says that Earth is so very, very much not destroyed that it still has breathable air and humans living on it. Thus the disaster must have been much less severe than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, for example. You should be more accurate in your choice of words.
– M. A. Golding
10 hours ago
@M.A.Golding Not sure my meaning was really all that unclear, but I’ve updated my question.
– Ernest Friedman-Hill
9 hours ago
Are you OK with answers based on lore from the manga and/or video game?
– FuzzyBoots
23 hours ago
Are you OK with answers based on lore from the manga and/or video game?
– FuzzyBoots
23 hours ago
@FuzzyBoots Absolutely. The movie alone clearly leaves backstory out.
– Ernest Friedman-Hill
23 hours ago
@FuzzyBoots Absolutely. The movie alone clearly leaves backstory out.
– Ernest Friedman-Hill
23 hours ago
@Ernest Friedman-hill Your question confuses me, since Earth is a ball of rock 8,000 miles wide that has to be shattered into many pieces to be destroyed, but the synopsis in Wikipeda says that Earth is so very, very much not destroyed that it still has breathable air and humans living on it. Thus the disaster must have been much less severe than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, for example. You should be more accurate in your choice of words.
– M. A. Golding
10 hours ago
@Ernest Friedman-hill Your question confuses me, since Earth is a ball of rock 8,000 miles wide that has to be shattered into many pieces to be destroyed, but the synopsis in Wikipeda says that Earth is so very, very much not destroyed that it still has breathable air and humans living on it. Thus the disaster must have been much less severe than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, for example. You should be more accurate in your choice of words.
– M. A. Golding
10 hours ago
@M.A.Golding Not sure my meaning was really all that unclear, but I’ve updated my question.
– Ernest Friedman-Hill
9 hours ago
@M.A.Golding Not sure my meaning was really all that unclear, but I’ve updated my question.
– Ernest Friedman-Hill
9 hours ago
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I'm not sure what the movie back story is, if one exists, but in the manga version the series Battle Angel Alita: Last Order explains that Earth was devastated by a "Geo Catastrophe" in 2012. This was an asteroid impact near Japan that caused massive devastation and a decades long ice age that nearly wiped out humanity.
https://battleangel.fandom.com/wiki/Geo_Catastrophe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Angel_Alita:_Last_Order#Setting
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Nathan GriffithsNathan Griffiths
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Oh, wow. Ok, reading through some of that wiki, I found this page, which is the closest parallel to the event in the movie that I alluded to in my question. It sounds like the movie backstory is VASTLY simplified. Therefore I’m probably barking up the wrong tree looking for any real explanation at all. battleangel.fandom.com/wiki/Operation_Maulwurf
– Ernest Friedman-Hill
4 hours ago
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I'm not sure what the movie back story is, if one exists, but in the manga version the series Battle Angel Alita: Last Order explains that Earth was devastated by a "Geo Catastrophe" in 2012. This was an asteroid impact near Japan that caused massive devastation and a decades long ice age that nearly wiped out humanity.
https://battleangel.fandom.com/wiki/Geo_Catastrophe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Angel_Alita:_Last_Order#Setting
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Oh, wow. Ok, reading through some of that wiki, I found this page, which is the closest parallel to the event in the movie that I alluded to in my question. It sounds like the movie backstory is VASTLY simplified. Therefore I’m probably barking up the wrong tree looking for any real explanation at all. battleangel.fandom.com/wiki/Operation_Maulwurf
– Ernest Friedman-Hill
4 hours ago
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I'm not sure what the movie back story is, if one exists, but in the manga version the series Battle Angel Alita: Last Order explains that Earth was devastated by a "Geo Catastrophe" in 2012. This was an asteroid impact near Japan that caused massive devastation and a decades long ice age that nearly wiped out humanity.
https://battleangel.fandom.com/wiki/Geo_Catastrophe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Angel_Alita:_Last_Order#Setting
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Nathan GriffithsNathan Griffiths
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Oh, wow. Ok, reading through some of that wiki, I found this page, which is the closest parallel to the event in the movie that I alluded to in my question. It sounds like the movie backstory is VASTLY simplified. Therefore I’m probably barking up the wrong tree looking for any real explanation at all. battleangel.fandom.com/wiki/Operation_Maulwurf
– Ernest Friedman-Hill
4 hours ago
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I'm not sure what the movie back story is, if one exists, but in the manga version the series Battle Angel Alita: Last Order explains that Earth was devastated by a "Geo Catastrophe" in 2012. This was an asteroid impact near Japan that caused massive devastation and a decades long ice age that nearly wiped out humanity.
https://battleangel.fandom.com/wiki/Geo_Catastrophe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Angel_Alita:_Last_Order#Setting
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Nathan GriffithsNathan Griffiths
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I'm not sure what the movie back story is, if one exists, but in the manga version the series Battle Angel Alita: Last Order explains that Earth was devastated by a "Geo Catastrophe" in 2012. This was an asteroid impact near Japan that caused massive devastation and a decades long ice age that nearly wiped out humanity.
https://battleangel.fandom.com/wiki/Geo_Catastrophe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Angel_Alita:_Last_Order#Setting
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Oh, wow. Ok, reading through some of that wiki, I found this page, which is the closest parallel to the event in the movie that I alluded to in my question. It sounds like the movie backstory is VASTLY simplified. Therefore I’m probably barking up the wrong tree looking for any real explanation at all. battleangel.fandom.com/wiki/Operation_Maulwurf
– Ernest Friedman-Hill
4 hours ago
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Oh, wow. Ok, reading through some of that wiki, I found this page, which is the closest parallel to the event in the movie that I alluded to in my question. It sounds like the movie backstory is VASTLY simplified. Therefore I’m probably barking up the wrong tree looking for any real explanation at all. battleangel.fandom.com/wiki/Operation_Maulwurf
– Ernest Friedman-Hill
4 hours ago
1
1
Oh, wow. Ok, reading through some of that wiki, I found this page, which is the closest parallel to the event in the movie that I alluded to in my question. It sounds like the movie backstory is VASTLY simplified. Therefore I’m probably barking up the wrong tree looking for any real explanation at all. battleangel.fandom.com/wiki/Operation_Maulwurf
– Ernest Friedman-Hill
4 hours ago
Oh, wow. Ok, reading through some of that wiki, I found this page, which is the closest parallel to the event in the movie that I alluded to in my question. It sounds like the movie backstory is VASTLY simplified. Therefore I’m probably barking up the wrong tree looking for any real explanation at all. battleangel.fandom.com/wiki/Operation_Maulwurf
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Are you OK with answers based on lore from the manga and/or video game?
– FuzzyBoots
23 hours ago
@FuzzyBoots Absolutely. The movie alone clearly leaves backstory out.
– Ernest Friedman-Hill
23 hours ago
@Ernest Friedman-hill Your question confuses me, since Earth is a ball of rock 8,000 miles wide that has to be shattered into many pieces to be destroyed, but the synopsis in Wikipeda says that Earth is so very, very much not destroyed that it still has breathable air and humans living on it. Thus the disaster must have been much less severe than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, for example. You should be more accurate in your choice of words.
– M. A. Golding
10 hours ago
@M.A.Golding Not sure my meaning was really all that unclear, but I’ve updated my question.
– Ernest Friedman-Hill
9 hours ago