u/John_prism007

like obviously i know it’s the main robot fighting company in the world of real steel. but i mean like do you think its like the NFL or something like that where there are only around thirty or so bots in the league, or do you think its more of a WWE situation where there are closer to around a hundred bots? might be a dumb question but just thought I’d ask because A. i haven’t posted in a while and B. this question has been keeping me up more nights than id like to admit.

okay so I’ve always had this theory that each robot (and by extension each fight) is symbolic to a part of max kentons life, so I’m just going to run through them all real quick.

ambush represents max’s view of Charlie before the events of the movie

black thunder (the bull and yes I’m counting the bull into this) represents just bad things like abandoned or addiction or anything that Charlie did to make him a bad father

and as we all know, the bull destroyed ambush

noisy boy represents cool teenage things or hobbies, you know like anime, video games, bot fighting itself.

midas represents money as you could probably guess, but also anything precious/valuable such as time

and that fight basically tells max that if he spends every second and dollar he has on cool stuff, he will miss out on key experiences

atom represents the acceptance that adulting is annoying but if you just live in the moment it’s really nice

metro is the complete opposite of that, he is a word of warning about how you can’t fit in anywhere if you stay a child forever even though it might be cool

that fight just represents that max is accepting the challenges of aging in order to become a functioning member of society

twin cities represents the troubles of every life once an adult you know like work or having to buy stuff, things like that.

that fight represents that it’s hard to get into life but once you do its just as easy as going through the motions

and finally Zeus represents loss, pure cold loss

that fight simply means that you don’t always win, no matter if it’s a loved one, a paper butterfly, or a robot fight, somethings in your life just won’t go as you want, and there’s nothing you can do about it

anyway that was the main core of the max theory, I do have other things that tie in, basically everything in that movie Has a solid argument for being part of the theory. So please if you want me to make this a series to see how things Like farra lemkova, the crash palace, shadow boxing, and many more work into this theory, feel free to let me know. Anyway signing of for now, bye