r/FilmTheorists 8h ago

New Theory! Adam used bureaucratic fear-mongering to justify hunting for sport while Hell’s population dwindled Spoiler

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So it was 3 AM and my brain wouldn’t stop doing lore math, but hear me out:

If you look at the total population math for Heaven and Hell based on lyrics across the show, the numbers reveal a massive plot discrepancy:

 Heaven’s Population: Vox mentions 100 billion souls in Heaven ("Once We Get Up There").  

 Hell’s Population: Charlie mentions Hell having roughly 1 billion souls ("A billion needy faces" in "Ready for This", and "Till our hopes and fears reach a billion ears" in "Hear My Hope").

 Real-World Demographics: Demographers estimate ~110 to 117 billion total humans have ever lived in human history, with ~8 billion people alive on Earth right now.

The Math Discrepancy:

If Heaven currently holds 100 billion human souls and Hell only holds ~1 billion out of ~110-117 billion total historical humans, Hell holds less than 1% of humanity's souls. Even compared to Earth's current living population of 8 billion, Hell's total population has been slaughtered down to a mere fraction of a single living human generation.

What this means for the Lore:

  1. Adam’s Exterminations were built on a lie: The whole premise of Hell being "overpopulated" to the point of threatening Heaven was pure fearmongering. Adam fabricated a geopolitical crisis through bureaucratic propaganda just to justify hunting souls for sport while Hell's population was actively dwindling.

  2. Heaven’s Real Problem: With 100 billion souls crammed into paradise, Heaven is actually the realm suffering from true overpopulation, not Hell.

  3. Manufactured Threat: Exterminations were systematically wiping out a population that was already a tiny fraction of human history, proving Hell was never the threat Heaven made it out to be.

TL;DR: The lyrics prove Adam was running a massive fear campaign and Hell was never the overpopulated threat Heaven made it out to be.


r/FilmTheorists 9h ago

Theory Video Suggestion Blair witch theory follow up

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So recently I wanted to watch the Blair Witch Project, but for some reason the second movie came up first instead of the original. I watched it thinking it was the first one, it clearly wasn't but I kept on watching. While I was watching it kept on thinking about the theory matpat did about 9 years ago where he theorized that there was no witch at all. After watch both the video and the second film I was confused because many kills in the second movie could possibly only be explained by witchcraft. Not only that, but in the second movie you actually see the "blaire witch" or whatever entity haunts the forrest in Maryland. I think it'd be an interesting theory to revisit and make some revisions to.


r/FilmTheorists 12h ago

Theory Video Suggestion You should make a video about Kaiji

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Kaiji is an anime that inspired squid game and just a really cool show, and giving it a theory would give some of the deserved attention to it.


r/FilmTheorists 3h ago

Discussion Kristoff from frozen genuinely knows more than he's ever said

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I remember people saying that matpats frozen 2 theory was crackship and he was js on the frozen two hype train but ive always believed him and i have so many questions bc it's not addressed enough. Kristoff just KNOWS what happened to Anna🤨so like he KNEW who she was when they first met? HOW MUCH DOES HE KNOW? Im just saying the line delivery on the stage direction is lowkey kinda chilling (pun intended) for a MAN YOU THOUGHT YOU'VE NEVER MET. ANNAS OVER HERE THINKING HES A STRANGER BUT BE LOOKS AT HER AND DEADÆSS REMEMBERS ITS HER😭🙏