After years of accumulation, Lei Jue made another move, wearing a sci-fi film and talking about the development history of human civilization from a Western perspective.
The title of the film "Raised by Wolves" or "Children of Wolves" immediately reminds people of the birth of Rome (Rome is the birthplace of mainstream Western civilization, Greece is one of the cradles of culture but not a country) and the fate of the two brothers Romulus and Remus (Human civilizations are inevitably confrontation/fight/cannibalism, you will live and die).
The drama feels very serious. Although it is a science fiction and an alternate history, it has a lot of reflections on the real human society. I often can't help but take a seat:
-Whether it is the Sol god in the mouth of the believers, the uniform with a strong sense of crusade (maps one of the three major religions in the world);
-Atheist's arrogance, stubbornness and wavering (if there are personal fears and longings that are difficult to solve, they will hope to turn to a "god", and atheists are easily shaken in the face of the difficulties of the world);
- Intrigue and hypocrisy within the church group (mapping the rights that may exist in each group. Possession. Control. Brainwashing...);
-Artificial man insists on fulfilling the procedural tasks implanted by its creator (whether human self-consciousness is true, whether self-pursuit is optional), insists on atheistic education and produces beliefs by itself…
Going further from the previous works, Lei Jue discusses the necessity of religious existence in human society / the existence and definition of belief / the hypocrisy of some believers / the weakness of some atheists / the meaning of existence / the relationship between God and creation / between living things Relationships/The relationship between humans and artificial or android…
If the story is told in one season, it should be able to form a complete set of logic. Unfortunately, the American drama is a pit king after all. There were several big question marks in the last few episodes of the first season, and the audience was still stunned at the end of the season.
If science fiction works are divided into hard and soft, and they are measured by science and imagination, then I think Lei Jue's films are a bit soft, because he considers more philosophy, and the color of science fiction is solid enough. The aesthetic is stylish enough, and the look and feel is always good.
So from the Alien series to the Alien Cataclysm, every time I watch his films, I have the same emotion: Humans
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