In the allegorical tale written by Lang""s wife Thea Von Harbou (from her own novel), the luxurious, futuristic, Art Deco city of 2026 - an industrial world with skyscrapers and bridges, was divided or stratified into an upper, elite, privileged class of powerful industrialists and a subterranean, nameless, oppressed and exploited, ant-like worker/slave class.The scene dissolves into the famous brainwashing/dream sequence where Marco and his platoon are present and onstage at a ladies"" auxiliary meeting.Wu - it was named the TRX (or REX.345-ALPHA).It would be used as a weapon in war instead of as the next theme park attraction.Hoskins bragged:Somebody""s gotta make sure that this company has a future.Imagine, that one, a fraction of the size, deadly, intelligent, able to hide from the most advanced military technology.During the film""s most suspenseful scene - a cold-blooded, attempted strangulation - tension was ratcheted up when a delayed phone call from Tony to his home number caused the planned murder to unravel.Silverman) at the orbitingSolarisresearch space station, where he bragged about his recent potentially-profitable find:"We""ve hit the motherlode.