1: Light: Max faces the father; the first things he says are (a) he saw that it was good, and (b) something about light.
2: Sea/Sky: Max moves a fluid that causes part of the chaos to be separated from the rest.
3: Land/Plants: Jefferson is busy planting the seeds of everyone's destruction. This is a bit contrived, admittedly.
4: Sun/Moon/Stars: By the time Max is done, she's on an airplane. The image that is made dominant is of lights set to watch over Max's world.
5: Sea animals: In the deep chaos of the Dark Room, the people in it are turned into animals. Jefferson destroys Max's journal and art, and sets out to kill her like a dog. Jefferson himself is utterly beyond all humane concerns, despite his remaining intellect, and can only be manipulated in bad faith. Madsen is the opposite, and more animal-like: he has normal decent sentiments, but lacks the full capacity to be reasoned with as an equal, and besides a few simple commands can only be aided in his activities or nudged towards something better.
Once she's out, Max discovers that numerous whales have been sent flying through the air.
6: Man: This is the only image that has a man and a woman in it. This does fall apart trying to shoehorn in Max and Chloe as an Adam/Eve pair, notwithstanding they are alone together in a wild-looking garden tasked with somehow dealing with a world on the brink of primordial chaos: there is no option available that is both subduing and having dominion over any other, merely a singular moment of power to allow or prevent their collective destruction; they are by no means "male and female" (unless you subscribe to the egg-Max theory). The green herbs and trees are all looking awfully intact throughout the storm though.
7: Rest: Both choices result in a deliberate, positive decision to engage in inaction. (See also Max's prior instruction to Chloe that lets them get to this point in the first place.)
The seven photos as the seven days of creation
2: Sea/Sky: Max moves a fluid that causes part of the chaos to be separated from the rest.
3: Land/Plants: Jefferson is busy planting the seeds of everyone's destruction. This is a bit contrived, admittedly.
4: Sun/Moon/Stars: By the time Max is done, she's on an airplane. The image that is made dominant is of lights set to watch over Max's world.
5: Sea animals: In the deep chaos of the Dark Room, the people in it are turned into animals. Jefferson destroys Max's journal and art, and sets out to kill her like a dog. Jefferson himself is utterly beyond all humane concerns, despite his remaining intellect, and can only be manipulated in bad faith. Madsen is the opposite, and more animal-like: he has normal decent sentiments, but lacks the full capacity to be reasoned with as an equal, and besides a few simple commands can only be aided in his activities or nudged towards something better.
Once she's out, Max discovers that numerous whales have been sent flying through the air.
6: Man: This is the only image that has a man and a woman in it. This does fall apart trying to shoehorn in Max and Chloe as an Adam/Eve pair, notwithstanding they are alone together in a wild-looking garden tasked with somehow dealing with a world on the brink of primordial chaos: there is no option available that is both subduing and having dominion over any other, merely a singular moment of power to allow or prevent their collective destruction; they are by no means "male and female" (unless you subscribe to the egg-Max theory). The green herbs and trees are all looking awfully intact throughout the storm though.
7: Rest: Both choices result in a deliberate, positive decision to engage in inaction. (See also Max's prior instruction to Chloe that lets them get to this point in the first place.)