Response to Imtiaz Metropolis Post

I agree with Imtiaz's comments about Metropolis as a "brilliant science fiction movie, targeted towards the richer people of society" to remind them of the consequences of oppression but in terms of religious interpretation I did not see Joh Fredersen as God. Although the son of Joh Fredersen highly resembled Jesus coming down to the people of the lower class to act as a mediator and give them hope I thought that Joh Fredersen was too 'evil' to be God. He was the ruler of the city but was too neglecting towards the lower class. If the message of the movie was to remind the upper class citizens of the time the dangers of oppression on the lower class and to direct people to act appropriately in society I don't think God would have been represented in such a way as to be shown as the leader of the oppressors and distrusting of his son. I viewed Joh Fredersen as any power hungry sinner who had not yet been saved by Jesus.