Although it is a bit convoluted, the truth is very powerful. When we want to understand a person, the first thing we need to do is to figure out his (her) background. But mortals must have a history, and this origin is often decided inadvertently. The trajectory of a person's life. Under the deduction of the great transformation: as a race or even a species, we must also figure out who its mother is. Once we figure out the mother, our children and grandchildren will not escape our ability to understand.
So, who the fuck are people? It is said that human beings are a bit unconfident at first, and need to create some myths to link the relationship between gods and people. Regardless of mud or ribs, people are sons of gods. Starting from the humanists of the Renaissance, people began to claim to be the spirit of all things. , The capital "person" began to sway the city-Hamlet once praised: "What a masterpiece human beings are! What a noble reason! What a great ability! What a beautiful appearance! What a gentle deeds! How like an angel in behavior, and like a god in wisdom! The essence of the universe! The primate of all things!" So the relationship between man and God was quietly cut off, man made laws for the natural world, and man ruled the world's living creatures. Man is the "Dasein" of all "beings." However, as time has entered modern times and life sciences have flourished, humans are no longer satisfied with controlling themselves. Even DNA has become a code to be solved. Humans repair and change lives. Finally, humans have arrogated God’s responsibility—began manufacturing. life.
Human imagination is always at the forefront of practice. Although the artificial life that fell to the ground on May 20, 2010 is just a trivial single-celled bacteria (named "Cynthia"), President Obama has ordered an assessment of its ethical and moral risks. It can be seen that as soon as this Pandora's Box is opened, it is unknown what kind of monster moths will be born later.
On the big screen, the demon moth has already appeared. Watching Vincenzo Natali's recently directed "Human-Beast Hybrid", I really don't know if it counts as a "Cynthia" product placement.
Light and shadow
The topic of artificial life has existed in the history of world culture. If the gods of ancient times are regarded as the "demonization" of human beings, human beings have always been creating human beings, from Nuwa Empress to God Jehovah. However, the most influential works in the history of literature and film should be counted from "Frankenstein", since Shelley's bride invented this "Science Fiction". After "mother", the motif of horror creatures created by mad scientists using modern experimental science methods has been repeated continuously. In fact, "Frankenstein" is the name of the mad scientist, but it is based on misrepresentation. Now many people think that this is the name of the man-made man in the film-Frankenstein's life name spelled out from corpses calls "Adam". That is the name of the first human ancestor in the Garden of Eden.
The post-modern Frankenstein is none other than Herbert West. This crazy medical scientist who returned to the United States from Switzerland inherited Frankenstein’s academic ambitions, and behaved even more weirdly, determined to kill the dead. Resurrection, and with the development of West's career, the scenes of human body fluid bursting on the screen have become more and more-the "living corpse" series has become the representative of Cult films.
Strictly speaking, "Frankenstein" and "Living Leaping Corpse" are both propositions to bring back to life. Strictly speaking, they have the same meaning as "Three Watches Going Home", but when it comes to creating life out of thin air, it still has to be counted. Movies like "Alien", this is of course after Watson, Crick, and others discovered the double helix structure of DNA. Since the word "gene" entered the human dictionary, the screenwriters have flicked on artificial life, and they have even more noses and eyes. .
However, the imagination of artists always walks ahead of the practice of scientists. The master of science fiction H•G•Wells had the novel "Magic Island" published in 1896. This book was repeatedly published by Hollywood in 1932, 1977, and 1996. The film man moved on to the big screen. The "Frankenstein" in the film was named Dr. Morrie. He frantically combined the biological characteristics of beasts and humans in an attempt to create a brand new species. At the end of the nineteenth century, when genetics was in the ascendant, it was really amazing why Wells had such an imagination to travel through time and space ("Frankenstein" is also self-evident). "Human Devil Island" is the method of giving birth to new life after slightly changing human biological traits, which is also the technical blueprint of "Human-Beast Hybrid".
The development of cloning technology has triggered another subtype of artificial life movies. The most representative one is "Escape from the Island of Clone". In this film, cloning technology has become the best health insurance for the rich. Technology replicates another body and then raises it to become its own organ transplant donor, while the clones are utterly confused all day long, waiting for the deadline to come like a lamb to be slaughtered. And one day, a certain cloned donor suddenly awakened and embarked on a thrilling journey to find the truth, and this was the shocking scene of "Escape from the Clone Island".
After all, the cloning technology is too young. In comparison, the cultural history of the creation of humans by mechanical technology has a long history. Once the robot is fake, the boundary between it and humans will be blurred. Asimov put forward the famous "Three Laws of Robots" in "Me, Robots" (the later generations will enrich them and develop them), which solves the problem of harmony between robots and humans. It is a pity that Will Smith has been in the university more than half a century later. The screen is only busy showing the biceps, and the film also discards Asimov's philosophical thinking. The Chinese translation of the pirated disc version of "Mechanical Enemy" is also in line with the theme of the film. Robots are like humans. In fact, it is an artificial intelligence problem. In 2001, Spielberg took over Kubrick's mantle and directed "Artificial Intelligence". The long journey is essentially the same as the theme of "Become Human" starring Robin Williams at the end of the last century. In the latter, the robot played by Robin Williams stays with a family, from the first mechanical servant to the later Being recognized by mankind and enjoying the right to love is an epic of robots. Of course, when it comes to the theme of man-made mechanical life coexisting with humans, "Blade Runner" has to be mentioned. This is a masterpiece that has been shining through the film history after a fiasco at the box office ("Alien" created by Ledley Scott The series is also a great work on the subject of artificial life. The Malakak who flashed by in the film is obviously a metaphor for humans, and there has been a very unfriendly description of artificial biochemical people in the film), Ridley • The gloomy and cold atmosphere that Scott created in Blade Runner is nothing more than a prophecy about the prospect of artificial life (Star Wars: Attack on the Clones combines cloning technology and robotics).
Whether it’s life sciences or mechanical technology, black cats and white cats, they are all aimed at catching the mouse of artificial life. Therefore, aside from specific technical means, "Human-Beast Hybrid" should be placed on a larger scale of artificial life. In life-themed movies, this distinction also distinguishes "Hulk" and "Hulk" and "Hellboy" and other comic mutant movies. For mutant movies, it is actually different from There is no difference between superheroes in American comics. Batman is nothing more than a mutant using high-tech. You have to understand him as having superpowers with genetic mutations. Anyway, punish evil and promote good, even if it becomes "dark The audience of "Knight" also knows that he is a good person (zombie films and monster films can be understood in completely opposite senses). However, if a certain kind of life is created by human beings consciously through scientific means, this problem will arise. If we continue to think seriously-we will be surprised that we can't even carry on this thinking seriously.
Ghost Temptation
Vincenzo Natali is a cutting-edge director with a slant sword. In the same year, 350,000 US dollars were used to free up the coaxing "Alternative Dimensional Killing Array", which was regarded as a classic by many young fans. It was shabby, but after all, with a $26 million "big money" as the base, Natalie asked Adrian Brody, the Oscar actor, to come and perform, plus "Pan's Labyrinth". With the help of the team, although there is no earth-shattering scene in "Human-Beast Crossing", the special effects scenes are tight, and the artificial life "Deren" has evolved from an ugly meat ball to a feminine sexy girl. The picture is not too rough.
"Human-Beast Hybrid" is full of strange Gothic beauty, Deren's growth experience is no different from the growth of a woman. This also explains why the female scientist Custer-the wife of the male scientist Nicoli, played by Brody-rushed to Deren's maternal love. After all, human beings are visual animals. We judge whether a thing is a "human" or not by looking at its appearance-we will never easily identify with a strangely shaped object, even if "he" has an IQ of more than 200; we will instantly oppose one The lifeless doll yelled "Kawaii" simply because of the appearance of this pile of woolen yarn with a cool humanoid shape. Therefore, although Durham was an out-and-out monster when he was born (the subjective lens of the birth reminded me of "The Tin Drum"), but after the eighteenth change, she became a Ting Tingyu soon after she was born. Beautiful girl standing up.
After sexual maturity (applying to human standards), Deren quickly caused mistrust between Castor and Nicoli, and their attitudes took a 180-degree turn. Deren was born and grew up under the “doting” of Castells. In the process, Nicoli played the role of sober reflector and bystander. However, after witnessing Deren’s evil deeds of killing his pet cat and almost losing his “tail”, Casterton changed his past and began to "cruelly" cut off part of Deren’s limbs for testing, while Nico Ritz's sympathy for Delun spontaneously arises.
Why do humans fear artificial life? Fear of death is still second. The key is the destructive effect of artificial life on the existing ethics and value system. Once artificial life is born, the definition of "human" will have to be rewritten. This is exactly what every human individual does not go through. Heartbreaking is absolutely unacceptable-Deren happens to assume the role of such an ethical terminator in "Human-Beast Crossing." Deren’s IQ is very high. Although she can’t speak, her inexplicable English has passed the eighth level; in addition, she also carries Custer’s genes (this also embeds moral excuses for Nicoli’s later behavior). Foreshadowing), the curvaceous posture is very hot (of course, this is also thanks to Delphine Chanek’s good figure, and the young Deren was played by the Chinese girl Chu), and the makeup artist deliberately took Deren’s The appearance is more sexy and charming: her scalp is white, her three thousand troubles are free, and she is supplemented by fair skin, which looks very dazzling at first; besides, Delun has a slender tail with scorpion venom at the end. Deren’s acupuncture, coupled with the film-like wings on his back and arms, the so-called angel face and devil figure, Delun followed this path.
Deren, who is very modern and fashionable, quickly made Nicoli's male hormones burst, and an attempt to make love fully exposed Nicoli's hypocrisy. "Human-Beast Hybrid" is actually quite patriarchal. From a psychoanalytic point of view, Deren can be understood as a heterogeneous daughter. She forcibly inserted between Nicoli and Custer, and violently snatched it away. Custer's family status, so it will be removed by Custer. Of course there is no blood relationship between Deren and Nicoli, but in analogy to human parenting behavior, we take for granted that Nicoli is Deren’s father, and the incest between father and daughter is really on the big screen. It is shocking-the emergence of artificial life is actually an incest against human beings. From this perspective, Vincenzo Natali is right.
Deren has a fatal danger, but Deren has an unparalleled ghostly temptation (Deren combines many animal traits, which corresponds to the ancient legend of half-orcs). The "love instinct" and "death instinct" referred to by Freud have achieved a perfect unity here. Jia Tanchun irritated after scouting the Grand View Garden: "If such a big family is killed from outside, it will be killed for a while. The immortal...you must commit suicide at home before you can be completely defeated." This is not only talking about Jia Mansion, but also about all mankind. Resting in the life system of the earth, mankind is absolutely the supreme overlord "such a big family", so if one day is to be finished, it is unable to resist the fatal temptation. Playing with oneself turned out to be a big deal, and artificial life may be a crucial step in "suicide and self-destruction from home".
The incestuous Deren gave the audience a "surprise" at the end of the film. Just as everyone thought she was dead and buried in the mound, a scream announced Deren's reloading return. This time Deren is no longer a curvaceous girl, but a Kong Wu man. He is not busy with anything else, only busy with Custer-well, first seduce "father" Nicoli with his daughter, and then dominate again. Forcing the bow to take "Mother" Castel, Deren, the monster's behavior, is really overwhelming.
The ghostly Deren completely faded that charming shell at the last moment.
In the last days,
Nicoli is dead, but Castel is safe. Friends who watch a lot of Hollywood movies can actually guess the ending, and Custer must be a big belly-if she is not pregnant with Deren's flesh and blood, then the theme is too unreasonable.
From then on, Custer took on the color of the mother of "Alien", a breeding machine, just like the group of mutants did to the women they plundered in "There are Eyes from the Mountain". It is worth noting that Custer decided to undertake this mission driven by the interests of commercial companies-the usual accusations would attribute the "freaks" such as artificial life to Monsanto and Pfizer, the economics of multinational corporations. Interests seem to be naturally opposed to human goodness. In "Human-Beast Crossing", this description still exists. Nicoli has to face the threat of the company boss William Barlow many times (as David Barlow's Hewlett has worked with director Natalie in "Another Dimensional Killing Array", and also played the role of the genius scientist Dr. Ma Kai in the famous science fiction drama "Stargate: Atlantis"), but compared In other words, the biological companies in "Human-Beast Crossing" are not so face-faced. They are basically acting in accordance with normal business logic and pursuing normal business interests. I can't see how profitable it is (if you really want to distinguish between right and wrong, it is The Nicolis lied to the company first).
When Custer was determined to raise the wicked species left by Deren, the company’s female boss and Custer murmured "what is the worst possible thing to happen", and looked out the window with her shoulders on her shoulders. This is obviously a serious thought, otherwise, the subject of artificial life can easily be translated into a boring B-level film like "Human Centipede". The commercial company is obviously not intimidating-"lure" can not be considered excessive compared to the huge source of profit in Custer's belly-Custer, not so much a check that saved Custer's children, it is better to think The desire to be a mother controlled Castel. The grief of losing his daughter allowed Castor to create Deren—perhaps a little bit of evil desire. However, from the ethics of blood relationship, the life in Custer's belly is a bit complicated-it is Deren's child, and Deren is a child with the Custer gene. Isn't this child a product of direct blood relatives incest? But on the other hand, it only carries Custer's genes, logically speaking, it is no different from Custer using part of his genes to create another artificial life (except that the nutrient solution tank has become his own womb) So, Custer’s new child seems to have no ethical issues. However, Deren coming out of the jar is also easy to kill. Once a child comes out of Custer's stomach (unless it breaks out of the host like an alien larva), this human rights will be put on the agenda. NS.
Does artificial life herald the coming of mankind's end times? Many "people of insight" are calling for the cessation of research on artificial life, but I think this is a man-made vehicle, which is neither necessary nor meaningful. Life science is a double-edged sword. From the common sense, all medicine can be regarded as life science in a broad sense. After all, the research of artificial life can be helpful to overcome difficult and complicated diseases. If it is prohibited because of its terrible prospects, then Shouldn't medicine be banned? Furthermore, when human beings turn on the wheels of life sciences, this big car will continue to run uncontrollably-and the little car of life sciences is also tied to the big car of science and technology. According to this logic, should it be necessary? Are all scientific and technological developments forbidden? A possible counterargument is: do not prohibit, but draw a line of development. But firstly, who will draw the boundaries is a big problem, secondly, if you don’t develop too much, how can you know where to draw the boundaries? I agree that mankind must have a sense of awe and a belief in mysticism, but the development of technology, I am afraid that only technology can solve it.
On the other hand, human ethics has always been advancing with the times. Since there are products of human-beast hybrids, it is good to adapt to them. For thousands of years, homosexuality, transvestite, and indigenous people have been recognized in this way?
Of course, we also have to face the reality of the apocalypse. The "sexy philosopher" Zizek who has swept the world worriedly wrote, "We should accept disasters as inevitable, and then act retrospectively to target those that have been written. The things in the astrology are aimed at our destiny" [1].
Cast and Nicoli were born, and then they "born" Deren, and Deren was about to give birth to a son who had intercourse with Custer. According to this logical line, they are actually "fucking people."
The matter is clear, there are no monsters at all.
[1] "Born in the End of the World", translated by Wu Guanjun, Red Book of Slovenia Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo,
published in "Watching Movies·Midnight Field", Issue 8, 2010
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