First of all, two concepts must be clarified - thriller, horror! Generally speaking, one is the body and the other is the mind. Thriller is that what you think about with doubts and groping in your heart must be emotional fear. And terror, which may not need to think, does not act on emotions, is an instinctive fright!
One of the charms of this series is that it played a thrilling game with you, and when you think about it, it's actually emotionally terrifying. The unique thing is that the image of the alien is set, which is simply shocking!
Many people felt disgusting and unbearable when they watched Alien, so they gave up watching the movie, but they still remember the disgust. When they talk about it occasionally, the first reaction is still disgust. I watched it with disgust, and after that, I didn't feel disgusted anymore.
Scott made a good start, the aliens were embryos, the mechanical shapes were wrapped in an unknown viscous liquid, and the blood was actually a strong acid that could corrode everything, and these were all signs of animal life itself. We are also embryonic development, and we grow unconsciously in the initial cells, which may be similar to the environment in which we originally grew up, so seeing the alien growth environment and the image of its own vital signs, we are unconsciously in awe!
After getting rid of that environment, we are born as human beings. Maybe there is disgust for the environment we got rid of in our genes, and we feel disgusted in our vision, but after all, that is the initial chaos state of human beings. So, after watching a lot of it, you won't feel sick. Therefore, from the perspective of the alien image, I guess the director still hinted at some indescribable taboos, thinking and touching taboos, which is our greatest fear!
I like Ridley Scott because Matt Damon grows potatoes on Mars, which has been discussed in the movie circle for a long time. Looking forward to "Contract", plus some obsessive-compulsive symptoms, so I made up the "Alien" series... It looks like a mess~
After watching the first four episodes, I feel different in each episode. I am sensitive to the director. Let’s talk about the director first, one master for each episode, and I am excited for a long time! Scott is the founder and a hero. Heroes are often great talents, with a sense of nobility and God's favor. Cameron and Genet are the relays. They are outstanding people. The outstanding people are smart people who can survive in the crowd very well. And Finch is an honest person. The characteristics of an honest person are quite satisfactory, but they will be bullied.
The first episode is the opening, the horror effect is the best, and each subsequent episode loses this horror and becomes an instinctive horror. Horror, it should be psychological! I love "Avatar" so much, and I respect Kashen subconsciously, calling him a god is also because of this film, so I think the second episode is the best of the four. In the third episode of Finch, the play is flawless and the logic is reasonable, but in comparison, I somehow feel that it is not good enough. "Alien", I always feel that it is "weird" enough, and his is too "normal"! And Genet's fourth episode is the most representative. It seems to be a summary, and it feels wonderfully more meaningful.
The fourth episode of the series, although exhausted, is still full of surprises. By contrast, Genet is also a smart person. The conspiracy setting at the beginning is very attractive. I didn't expect the director to take it all in one stroke, to attract the audience, and at the same time, it only leads to a group of robbers. Only Genet plays like this, right?
The setting of domesticating aliens is very good, and the resistance to training is very tense. This is the director's skill in controlling the dramatic conflict! Only by killing the same kind can you break free from the cage. Only human beings can do this, and monsters and aliens are just like Chinese demons, ghosts and ghosts. They are actually the product of human fear, so monsters must be anti-human, giving them Human nature, and then the high-sounding talk of their evolution, instead destroys their image. Their appearance is to make human beings reflect on their sins and isolation, so they should be collective and do whatever it takes for the survival of the same kind, so they use the human body to achieve the purpose of reproduction, cruel but supportive, in order to reflect human beings The despicableness of killing each other, let human beings reflect on doing good things! This is the value that horror or monster films should have, and it must be an emotional reflection.
From this point of view, the director's triumph is the opposite of the genre, and Genet should be aware of it, but unfortunately...
And at the climax of the end, the appearance of the skeleton alien also killed the same kind as soon as it came out. So, what is the difference between the alien and the human? Since they are in strife, why do we need to do this?
The skeleton alien is already the strongest in the image. It does not need to be superfluous and then give it a strong spirit, but should leave it a little mysterious. When it comes out, it will be cut off and transitioned, leaving an ambiguous image, and the audience will miss it. Follow-up emotional support will be powerful.
And because of the existence of this extra amount, the emotional impact of its death scene is greatly reduced. And apparently Genet wanted to infect the audience...
Sigourney has become an alien, and the skeleton alien and her emotions are the highlight of the film, at least in the last segment. Not just a reflection of motherhood, but an ethical dilemma. A woman, in order to protect her own kind, killed an alien who loved herself (she also loves it in her genes, it counts as its child), and did it in pain, but the pain is vague , struggling, this is easy to explain, so it is very good to deal with here, without being verbose, Sigourney took it with one expression. The focus is on what to do with the aliens. No matter the sound, picture or emotion, they will focus on the skeleton alien, not only explaining how it dies, but more importantly, how much impact this death can bring to the audience.
Obviously, the internal heat treatment is impeccable, the corrosion of blood and the small holes in the glass are simply magical. The audience can not only see the details of its death, but also feel its powerlessness, enjoy the audio-visual enjoyment, and agree with it emotionally. But the emotional identity here is weakened, not because of the image of the skeleton alien, its image is too good, and with the combination of sound and light, its dark eyes are full of emotion.
But its appearance was delayed, and the movie's ultimate alien appearance will attract the audience, which is inevitable, then any behavior it does in the first place will make the audience linger, because as soon as its strange image appears, the next audience is Look at what it's going to do - it kills its own kind, and it's headshot... In this way, the audience's impression of it will stay, it shows tyranny and cruelty, so that in the last scene, we Emotional identification is compromised.
There is also a new concept in this episode that is the mutation of aliens. In addition to killing the same kind, it can be displayed, and it is also a water wound in an underwater scene. This paragraph is a scene that has not appeared in the first three episodes. It is a surprise, a surprise, it is a control of the rhythm, and the feeling in the atmosphere is stronger.
At the bottom of the water, the movements of people and aliens will naturally slow down, so the audio-visual rhythm will also be weakened. Before seeing the appearance and disappearance of aliens, I always complained that I didn't see enough, because it disappeared too quickly without seeing what was going on. Putting it in the water will let you see enough, but you don't know it will appear in the water in advance, so the director not only let you see enough, but you have to pay a price to see enough. The price is that you have to be scared no matter what. Come on.
But Genet made a superfluous mistake again. Why should the last actress who jumped into the water cry inexplicably? She also gave her a prominent mid shot, so that the audience would have a hunch that something was going to happen, and they had been vaccinated in advance, wouldn't it destroy the game that they wanted to set to scare the audience? When an alien suddenly appeared in the water, the characters in the film were startled. What about the audience?
The best way is to not emphasize the role of the back jump, let everyone go into the water in sequence, and the sound and picture do not need to be hinted in advance, and the sudden appearance will be better than the result of the hint. It would be interesting to watch it at a slow pace in the water.
As for the mint, it is necessary for the director to add superfluous extravagance, and the cabin crew are all possessed by aliens, and he is naturally unavoidable. He will discuss at length whether to bring him or not. Bury mine! The argument in the film is to imply that the audience is dangerous. The implication here is not superfluous, burying mines requires a pit. If the director does not dig this pit, the audience will see through it, but it will be unreasonable. If it is dug, it must be reasonable. When the emotion is enough, then bury a thunder next to the audience. When the thunder explodes, the audience collapses. This sense of power is the collapse of the psychological state brought about by the horror. Psychology is emotion!
The movie is a game of chess, the director is the person who makes the layout, and no regrets belong to the realm of the master. Renee is a master!
Watched four episodes and fell in love with this series. And Scott's "Prometheus" didn't watch, I'll add it later~
Looking forward to the new episode of Alien, I hope the old director Scott's "Contract" still has surprises~
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Xu Fudong
2017, 06, 11 Tai'an
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