Season 4, Episode 1: A Dream About a Space Fleet

Daryl 2022-04-21 09:02:51

Under the frame of 3, with brilliant colors and a brush called retro, a very romantic and innocent idealistic world that belongs to the male protagonist is painted. Taking the "Star Fleet" game as a clue highlights the indifference and desire for communication between people in the era of advanced technology. In an attempt to rely on technology and pursue a better world in virtual and fantasy, the body is content with the status quo, reality and games are reversed, and real life and life are despised. The contrast of the characters' actions reflects the different ways of confrontation and change made by people in the ever-changing environment and society, as well as the desire of human beings to explore in the unknown universe. At the beginning of the film, the camera rotates from the back of the male protagonist to the male protagonist's face. First, it reflects that the male protagonist symbolizes absolute authority here. The second is that the bright and retro-looking picture is enough to reflect its fictionality, which is the subjective perspective of the male protagonist. In the second act, when the battleship Callister won, the captain was surrounded by the crew in the panoramic shot. The captain's sense of vanity was strongly satisfied. The exaggerated performances of the crew satirized the falsity and fantasy of the captain's supreme power. . When returning to reality, the dark tones and the angle of shooting women are the back and side faces, reflecting the woman's arrogant and ignorant character, in contrast to the introverted and cowardly male protagonist. At the same time, it also shows the sharp contrast between the male protagonist's personality inside and outside the game, and the woman's personality is not different except for the skin difference in the game. The contrast between the shooting angles of the two characters reveals the difference between those who are content with the status quo and those who try to change the status quo. It was also because the female protagonist was willing to change the status quo in reality because of the bully boss's oppression, so she chose to fight for the first time when she came to the game, and others chose to obey to form a contrast. The heroine came to the Starfleet game for the first time, looked out the window with curiosity, and used a panoramic lens to show the universe from the heroine's perspective. Nei also uses dim lighting to construct a picture that is close to the real world, which contrasts with the pink anime-style universe in the background when the male protagonist appears. Thanks to the two people's different world views, this is also full of courage to fight in reality. The reason why the heroine can beat the hero. When the heroine tried to persuade others to fight together, the light in the camera was dim, which was close to reality. The color tone of the picture was dim, and the angle was slightly inclined. The close-up shot captured the heroine's excitement and desire to fight. She shouted. "Why don't you want to fight" also echoes the theme of the film. When photographing another teammate who had given up the fight, a slightly upward looking shot was used, while the heroine was shot with a slightly downward angle and close-up, showing the heroine's calm and rational thinking, which is different from looking up. Contrasted with the madness of the teammates under the angle of losing their minds. Enriching the character and image of the heroine also paved the way for the successful implementation of the subsequent plans. In the end, the male protagonist fell asleep forever in his fabricated dream, and there were still a group of players immersed in this game lying in the company. The film gave them a close-up, revealing that people rely on technology to immerse themselves in virtuality to fight against reality. the subject of sex. The game Space Fleet is the most important clue of the whole film. At the beginning, the introduction of the game background when the male protagonist enters the company, and then to the Space Fleet game hanging on the wall at the end, and the space fleet filled with the male protagonist's office, first of all It reveals people's curiosity and desire to explore the future universe, followed by the desire for more power after being suppressed and oppressed by superiors in the workplace, and finally the desire to communicate and cooperate with people. After all, whether it is the win by cooperation in this game or the heroine's wit and courage, cooperation is required, but after relying on technology, people gradually lose the ability to communicate with people in reality, such as the male protagonist. So despite having a super high IQ, he still fails and sleeps forever. In the end, the male protagonist fell asleep forever in his fabricated dream, and there were still a group of players immersed in this game lying in the company. The film gave them a close-up, revealing that people rely on technology to immerse themselves in virtuality to fight against reality. the subject of sex. The game Space Fleet is the most important clue of the whole film. At the beginning, the introduction of the game background when the male protagonist enters the company, and then to the Space Fleet game hanging on the wall at the end, and the space fleet filled with the male protagonist's office, first of all It reveals people's curiosity and desire to explore the future universe, followed by the desire for more power after being suppressed and oppressed by superiors in the workplace, and finally the desire to communicate and cooperate with people. After all, whether it is the win by cooperation in this game or the heroine's wit and courage, cooperation is required, but after relying on technology, people gradually lose the ability to communicate with people in reality, such as the male protagonist. So despite having a super high IQ, he still fails and sleeps forever. In the end, the male protagonist fell asleep forever in his fabricated dream, and there were still a group of players immersed in this game lying in the company. The film gave them a close-up, revealing that people rely on technology to immerse themselves in virtuality to fight against reality. the subject of sex. The game Space Fleet is the most important clue of the whole film. At the beginning, the introduction of the game background when the male protagonist enters the company, and then to the Space Fleet game hanging on the wall at the end, and the space fleet filled with the male protagonist's office, first of all It reveals people's curiosity and desire to explore the future universe, followed by the desire for more power after being suppressed and oppressed by superiors in the workplace, and finally the desire to communicate and cooperate with people. After all, whether it is the win by cooperation in this game or the heroine's wit and courage, cooperation is required, but after relying on technology, people gradually lose the ability to communicate with people in reality, such as the male protagonist. So despite having a super high IQ, he still fails and sleeps forever.

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USS Callister quotes

  • Robert Daly: I'm coming to get you!

  • Robert Daly: [Furiously patching through to Walton, who is fixing the engine manually from the jet fader] Walton, you're going to pay for this.

    Walton: Robert, listen.

    Robert Daly: I'm going to bring Tommy back in.

    Walton: Hey, Robert, listen...

    Robert Daly: God so help me, you are going to regret all of this SO HARD!

    Walton: Bob, I wanna talk to you here! I was thinking i should say... sorry.

    Robert Daly: [Beat] Go on.

    Walton: [Breathlessly as he fixes the engine] You created Infinity. You're a fucking genius. I exploited that. I treated you like the golden goose and I got fat off the profits, figuratively speaking. And I was thinking, I should have appreciated you more, you know? I should have treated you better. Yeah, yeah I was thinking I should say all that.

    [Beat]

    Walton: But then you threw my son out of an airlock, so... FUCK YOU TO DEATH.

    [Activates the engine which incinerates him]