"Splice": Self-indulgence beyond obscenity
(text: Vulcan Ji)
Come with me to let my flag fly,
cover the sky,
tears flow down again, countless souls are hoping that
who can bear it any longer My chest is opened
-Gao Qi•" Revisiting Chen Sheng and Wu Guang"
creates a new sequence of DNA sequence... For genetics, what kind of an absurd story is; however, modern technology makes us somewhat I feel that even if the headline of the newspaper tomorrow breaks such a news astonishingly, we will not be surprised to join the mighty controversy army to discuss the essence of such a scientific research and development result in real life. Sexual change. What a DNA sequence means, we are not experts, so we can imagine wildly-the commonality of species, individual differences, genetic information, all instincts that will depend on survival, essential differences between this species and other species, and lifestyle ...And so on. I remember watching some BBC documentaries about reptiles and I was very sighed: why they know where to go, how to survive and how to return to their birthplace in the future to reproduce... In fact, all of this Accurately recorded in their blood, in each of their cells, the instinct of the species will drive them to survive and thrive.
Creating a new sequence of DNA sequences... Except for a great master of genetics like nature, it is actually unthinkable. The information contained in a DNA sequence can be described as vast and rigorous and accurate. How to complete the construction of the DNA sequence without making any mistakes is actually an impossible task. This film completes this explanation very well. The so-called creation is nothing more than the hybridization of the original animal genes: Yes, Adrien Brody and Sara Bo The scientists played by Sarah Polley have a very large database and use this database as the basis for their research.
In fact, this movie is not a new subject-fake science fiction is sheep's head, and real horror is dog meat. When many people saw this movie, they directly thought of David Cronenberg's classic science fiction thriller movie "The Fly" in 1986. I think maybe it's because they are also based on The genetic hybrid mashup is the so-called "sci-fi variant"-but the two films are actually not comparable. "The Flies" is an accidental tragedy; this film is more vicious and very immoral. It is artificially proactive. Go after this variant. As our ancestor’s "Shangshu•Taijia" said: Heaven does evil, and it can still be violated; if you do evil, you can’t live. The Chinese people have always admired and respected nature is very reasonable, especially in modern society, there are too many things that humans can do. When we have the power to destroy the earth and even the solar system, think about our ancestors. Perhaps we can have a deeper understanding of that simple sentence.
So, for these two films, I have two completely different perceptions—I sympathize with Seth Brundle, played by Jeff Goldblum; and I feel for Kerry. My husband (Clive) and Elsa (Elsa), not only did I not have the slightest sympathy, but I felt somewhat gloating and retaliating. Movies like this keep reminding us how we should use the power in our hands, whether we can use our power so uncontrollably to change everything we can change. Nature must be in awe. We do have the power to change it, and even have the power to destroy it; but more often, especially as scientists, what they need more is a kind of awe of nature, so that we can Avoid many tragedies that would never happen at all.
Misuse of already mastered science and technology, or even some immature science and technology, leads to irretrievable serious consequences... This seems to be an enduring science fiction warning theme. We have seen too many similar movies. Like the "Flies" I mentioned before, or the "I, Robot" (I, Robot) by Alex Proyas in 2004, there are already too many movies like this. It's just that we still need some scientific people with conscience and filmmakers with ideas from time to time to remind us that we should make better use of all our power. Human civilization and technology have reached an unprecedented height, and whether from a macro or micro perspective, we seem to be beginning to worry about whether we still have the ability to control the power in our hands. When we lose the most fundamental control over ourselves, everything we have can only lead us to destruction in the end.
Seth Brondo in "The Flies" had to bear the terrible consequences of his own marginal scientific research only because of an accident during an experiment, but what I saw in the movie "Human-Beast Hybrid" is two A young and promising so-called "scientist" did not completely self-indulge after a little self-control. What I can understand is: After a person has achieved a certain stage of achievement in his academic field, how he yearns for the next stage of breakthrough, so he naturally has a certain strong desire to stop; this In fact, just like putting an unsupervised candy and his favorite candy in front of a child's eyes, the child will be unable to control himself. However, after all, they are not ignorant children but scientific workers with outstanding achievements. Their performance should not be so "childish" and indulgent. As researchers in genetics, they must have stronger self-discipline, self-control, and self-reliance, instead of doing whatever they want.
When watching this movie, in contrast, the scales of sympathy may be inclined to the monster Dren played by Delphine Chanéac. She was created so involuntarily, and was kept in a dilapidated warehouse as a pet. In many cases, she even showed human kindness and yearned for the good side-such as painting, music and even dancing... But this After all, everything is no match for her instinct. As she matured, she began to desire to mate, and then did all kinds of cruel and terrible things driven by her instinct. The appearance of Deren itself is a terrible tragedy, and the two protagonists Cliff and Elsa are actually unforgivable. They created this tragedy with their own hands and continued this tragedy.
When watching this movie, I always feel like deja vu. It first reminded me of the classic "Jurassic Park" taken by Steven Spielberg in 1993, such as extracting DNA from other animals for hybrid synthesis. Shortly after the beginning of the movie, the bloody and cruel fighting of two so-called new species in the academic speech of Cliff and Elisa reminded me of the powerful instinct of modern reptiles that can transform themselves. After that, I have been looking forward to the degeneration of Deren in the latter part of the movie. Sure enough, Deren, like the dinosaur in "Jurassic Park," and her father, "Ginger", completed the gender transition and became a more powerful male.
Stronger and more aggressive, so when Delphine Schanneack completed the transition from female to male, he showed a completely different personality and appearance when he was her. When she "mated" with Cliff, she appeared so shy, sensitive and gentle, but when he took Elsa, he was so strong, indifferent and violent, he could be like his without hesitation. Like the parents, kill other males in the territory, and take the females in the territory as their own.
Deren in the movie did not actually cause much casualties in this movie. Several men died and a woman became pregnant; nothing more. But I can't help but think of everything that might happen after this movie. For movies like this kind of theme, it is the human beings themselves rather than the various monsters that make people desperate and sad; this movie is no exception. Elsa finally got pregnant, and accepted the so-called "sponsorship" of her patron to lead a pampered life, which seems to be no different from the surrogacy that has been pursued in modern society. Human greed is the most fundamental tragedy in all sci-fi tragedies, because we can't suppress those strong desires-so we have been creating all kinds of tragedies that are not the same but so similar. We crave for evolution, for power, for authority, we want to control but only externally and not ourselves... This is the same as the wild fantasies in the huge Species series created by Roger Donaldson in 1995. There is not much difference between the scientific madmen who want to introduce alien genes to the earth to improve the genes of the human army.
Scientists with conscience are present in every science fiction warning film, and the greedy nature of human beings can also be seen in the same movie. It is undeniable that greed as a nature is more likely to occupy people's thoughts than the so-called conscience that must be cultivated; then, the tragedy is repeated so constantly.
The Chinese translation of this movie is indeed somewhat fascinating, but it is beyond obscenity—conscience is completely left behind, self-indulgence goes on all the way; this is the saddest thing. And this movie is actually somewhat desperate-I said before that "scientists with a conscience are in every science fiction warning movie..." It seems that it doesn't work in this movie. Elsa acted like a stubborn and greedy girl, but Cliff was an obedient husband, and they were immersed in research in a small laboratory with no supervision system. Such innate conditions made this laboratory It is entirely possible to become a hotbed of tragedy. And their sponsors, obviously, can do everything to find the genetic protein that can bring them countless commercial profits; no conscience appears in this movie to try to end this tragedy, this is this movie The most desperate part of the movie.
This movie seems to replicate the Frankenstein model somewhat. Of course, we can understand that this is a work that pays tribute to Mary Shelley, the mother of science fiction. After the film, we can't really guess how things will develop. There is a rumor that Vincenzo Natali wants to make the prequel and sequel of this movie, but I am a little bit eagerly waiting. Of course, in my opinion, this movie is far inferior to Vincenzo’s classic debut "Cube" (Cube); but looking at the current science fiction movies, this movie is still somewhat tempting to think. , Just because similar thinking has been carried out many times, so it is not enough to shock me.
2010-8-24; Gengyin Tiger Year Jiashen July 15th Bingwu; Zhongyuan Festival. 21:44 night.
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Note: Movie information.
■Title: "Splice"
■Translation: "Human-Beast Hybrid"\"Thriller Alien"\"Human-Beast Variation"\"Artificial Evolution"
■Director: Vincenzo Natali
■Screenplay: Vincen Vincenzo Natali\Antoinette Terry Bryant\Doug Taylor
■Starring: Adrien Brody\Sarah Polley\Delfina Shanneyac( Delphine Chanéac)
■Genre: Thriller\Science Fiction
■Length: 104 min
■Origin: Canada\France\United States
■Language: English\French
■Color: Color
■Classification: USA:R
■Format: 35mm widescreen system
■Camera: Panavision Panaflex Cameras\Panavision Primo lenses
■Date of shooting: December 3, 2007 to February 28, 2008
■Fitting format: 35mm (Kodak Vision3 500T 5219)
■Printing format: 35mm (spherical)
■Production cost: $26,000,000\estimated
■Production company: Presents
■Distribution company: Warner Bros. Pictures (United States)
■Premiere date: October 6, 2009 (Spain)
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