Originally Posted by Abomination:
“I responded to this at some point before already, but the painting on the base was the Fisher King. I assumed that as soon as I saw it, and knew it when we subsequently saw the Fisher King. It's admittedly an artistically creative way of looking at it, but it was probably painted there by those who constructed the base, in the knowledge that it would serve an important role in the future of its existence. You only need to compare a shot of the painting to a shot of the monster to realise the similarities. The eyes are hollowed and black in both examples, the huge over-arching tank-like thing on the monsters back has been reimagined as a horn, and in both instances it's retained the reddened mouth, sharp teeth and tusks. The boat I would presume is a means to convey the fact that it is the 'fisher' king. If you were to be particularly poetic you could argue that the three people represent the three human lives lost to the Fisher King's scheme (a shame that one isn't a black man and another a woman to accurately represent that, but that would perhaps have prematurely ruined the story for anyone who decided to nitpick all the details...ahem
).”
“I responded to this at some point before already, but the painting on the base was the Fisher King. I assumed that as soon as I saw it, and knew it when we subsequently saw the Fisher King. It's admittedly an artistically creative way of looking at it, but it was probably painted there by those who constructed the base, in the knowledge that it would serve an important role in the future of its existence. You only need to compare a shot of the painting to a shot of the monster to realise the similarities. The eyes are hollowed and black in both examples, the huge over-arching tank-like thing on the monsters back has been reimagined as a horn, and in both instances it's retained the reddened mouth, sharp teeth and tusks. The boat I would presume is a means to convey the fact that it is the 'fisher' king. If you were to be particularly poetic you could argue that the three people represent the three human lives lost to the Fisher King's scheme (a shame that one isn't a black man and another a woman to accurately represent that, but that would perhaps have prematurely ruined the story for anyone who decided to nitpick all the details...ahem
).”
The three people in the boat are wearing red, blue and greeny yellow shirts - exactly like an original series Star Trek away team (Kirk, Spock and Scotty anyone?), so I really doubt they are there as anything more than a sly joke. I can't imagine that the mural is significant for anything other the story it was featured in.
