![]() In "Isthmus Crypticus," Aeon is asked to kidnap a magnificent psychic human/bird hybrid by a man that is convinced he is in love with the creature. That said, questions of free will and autonomy rise up again and again. Focusing an experimental sci-fi mini-epic around a morally complex female protagonist isn't something we see enough of today, let alone in 1991.Įach episode is a unique scenario, not connected to the others except via its central plot and tone. Though steeped in various science fiction tropes, there hasn't been anything very much like it before or since. Now better known as a 2005 action movie starring Charlize Theron, it's easy to forget what a huge deal Aeon Flux actually was way back in 1991. Building off what was being done in the same era through underground animation festivals like Spike & Mike's, Liquid Animation was the rare bizarre concept that fiscally paid off, all while inspiring countless animators for years to come.Īmong the cartoons that launched through Liquid Television and went on to enjoy an impactful series of their own is none other than Aeon Flux. Cartoons like Beavis and Butt-Head had their mainstream debut here, and the works of Yoshiaki Kawajiri and John Dilworth gained a larger audience. MTV's Liquid Television was an experimental animated variety show that saw the introduction of a whole new style of adult animation to a wider audience than ever before in the early '90s. We are then left with a long shot of Æon and the weird guy licking her feet for all of eternity. The kid pays for it, and the view zooms in on the currency, which bears Trevor's face. Fast-forward to present: A boy is buying a foot fetish magazine with Æon on the cover. Meanwhile, we learn Trevor has created a cure for the new disease, and becomes the most-loved man in the country. Inexplicably, she is then reborn, or another copy of her is created, and a really ugly guy is seen licking her feet. Someone from Æon's headquarters knows she is dead and terminates her body. Æon decides to move in for the kill but falls onto her death, when the object - a nail - that was suck onto her foot penetrates her heel, making her lose her balance. In back of them is a television, where we can't hear any voices, but we learn a bug that Trevor just took out of this body is spreading a new disease for which there is no cure. Fast-forward: Æon is now high atop one of the buildings and spies on Trevor and the woman. ![]() More people come into the room, making her retreat to another place. She hides just as Trevor and a woman enter. Æon reaches a room, which turns out to be a room for Trevor of some sort. She then throws it aside, unaware something is stuck to her boot. Proceeding even deeper into the base, she combines a bomb and a holder that was in the case. She kills them both and takes the suitcase. ![]() As Æon goes deeper into the base, she encounters two people - one enemy, another dressed in black like Æon - fighting over a suitcase. ![]() Lying in a pool of blood, with his last bit of strength the man sees Æon shooting his friend - possibly his lover. One of the enemy that Æon shot is still barely alive. Trevor notices a bug on his foot, and picks it up. ![]() Summary: Æon is in a shootout at the main base. ![]()
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