Hayao Miyazaki's Movie Notes: The Valley of the Wind

Jaunita 2022-04-20 09:01:35


When I was in junior high school, my favorite sci-fi movie was Paul Verhoeven's "Starship Troopers".
At that time, I felt that the worms in it were too evil, and only death could quell the hatred in my heart.

Later, I gradually realized that the Zerg is just another race, and it also wants to survive and expand.
It's not easy for everyone. Although you have to do it when you encounter it, there is no difference between right and wrong.

Compared with the Zerg army in "Starship Troopers", the bugs in the Valley of the Wind are undoubtedly kinder, although they don't quite fit the public's aesthetics. But in terms of character, people don't offend me and I don't offend others. With the mission of purifying the planet, the tentacles are very healing, and the shed shell can be used as a tool, which is simply a treasure.

Humans are our greatest threat.

Humans in the past have researched giant soldiers that burn up the earth in seven days, causing mankind to enter the state of the end times.
Today's human beings are pondering how to burn the rotten sea every day. As a result, the king insects run wild and eventually their homes are destroyed, and the area of ​​the rotten sea is further expanded.
The humans in this story are really immortal. If there is no Princess Nausicaa who immediately stabbed, it must be the rhythm of complete destruction again.

In Chinese martial arts stories, Shaolin emphasizes practicing Buddhism first and then Kung Fu.
In the real society, relative to the rapid development of technology, the moral level of human beings has been left behind by thousands of miles.
If human beings really go out of the earth for interstellar colonization, it is only a matter of time before they use various super weapons to destroy the planet.
The development of morality is much more difficult than the development of technology, and we can only hope for the rebirth brought about by the "enlightenment" that has a clear understanding of the heart.
Why haven't we seen aliens?
I'm guessing that most of them also self-destructed before leaving the planet.

From another point of view, if heat death is the ultimate goal of the universe, then the people who fight will undoubtedly be more favored by the gods.
On the road of self-destruction and the increase of cosmic entropy, people like Nausicaa are unquestionably a man of arms.

Works that reflect on the relationship between human beings and other races have been around for a long time, and they have appeared more frequently in recent years.
Everyone understands the truth, but when it comes time to act, when it is time to get excited, when it is time to involve interests...
and forget it.

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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind quotes

  • Kurotowa: [the god warrior's mid section partially disintegrates] It's rotting... it's too soon...

  • Yupa: I suggest you surrender. There is no ship coming to rescue you.

    Commando: This guy is tough...