It's almost 2020, and there are still 7 years before the setting in the film

Marilyne 2022-04-21 09:01:44

Landmark movie.

It is said on the Internet that the story in the film is set in 2026 after the filming is completed, but after looking at it, there is no specific time specified in the film. That's how the title was taken first.

Every time I watch a sci-fi movie, I pay special attention to the setting of the future in the movie, and even pay more attention to the setting than the plot. It is actually a very interesting thing for people who are looking at the past to make predictions about the future. For example, the layered structure in the city that appeared in the movie has not yet been realized. Another example is that the movie shows various high-tech, and even the underground city has surveillance, but there is no computer. After all, this thing has not been invented back then. Woolen cloth.

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  • Maria: HEAD and HANDS need a mediator. THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN HEAD AND HANDS MUST BE THE HEART!

    Worker #1: But where is our mediator, Maria - ?

    Maria: Wait for him! He will surely come!

    Worker #2: We will wait, Maria...! But not much longer - - !

  • Maria: Today I will tell you the legend of THE TOWER OF BABEL... "Come, let us build us a tower whose top may reach unto the stars! And the top of the tower we will write the words: Great is the world and its Creator! And great is Man!" But the minds that had conceived the Tower of Babel could not build it. The task was too great. So they hired hands for wages. But the hands that built the Tower of Babel knew nothing of the dream of the brain that had conceived it. BABEL. BABEL. BABEL. BABEL. One man's hymns of praise became other men's curses. People spoke the same language, but could not understand each other...