Reflections on strength and power in Akira

Stephania 2022-04-24 07:01:05

The reason why human power is limited is because human beings do not deserve stronger power. Learning, introspection, and exercise are all necessary. At the same time, one must not be afraid of power and face it in order to control it.

Regarding power, Akira satirized the people and the politicians. Centralization and democracy are both imperfect systems. Politicians are selfish, ruthless and disgusting, so elitism is destined to safeguard class interests and create class divisions; The people are ignorant and cheap, and the collective unconscious can also be cold and ugly. I can't give an answer. As long as it is an order established by humans, there must be loopholes, and the core of human nature cannot be changed. After millions of years of evolution, we still have 99.99% of genes similar to those of chimpanzees. Isn’t it desperate? Yes, we are all beasts. Human beings do not deserve a society, but since a society has been created, let’s run in with each other, and then stumble forward.

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Extended Reading
  • Eino 2022-01-26 08:13:53

    Unsurpassable dystopian masterpiece

  • Fanny 2022-03-23 09:01:40

    From "2001: A Space Odyssey" to "Akira", the development of the world will never catch up with human imagination. Then Japan will announce that the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 will be cancelled due to the Third World War in the near future. The grand setting from the wasteland to the universe can be displayed in all directions. The filming in the late 1980s is still powerful enough. The animation has a great advantage in depicting the size of the passage through space. The city is the stage of destruction. I look forward to seeing the dimension soon. Diti's live-action film version. Broadway Retrospective.

Akira quotes

  • Kaneda: [the light that remains from the explosion of Neo-Tokyo falls into Kaneda's hands] Tetsuo...

    Kei: Kaneda, what is it?

    Kaneda: Thank You.

    Kei: Huh?

    Kaneda: You called for me, didn't you? And I heard you.

  • Yamagata: What the hell are you talking about; you look like a damn crack head?

    Yamagata: Talk sense, what happened here; did you notice that the owner's dead?