After watching the first three episodes, it was still very shocking. The English name of this play is Raised by Wolves. It borrows the legend of the wolf boy from the founding of Rome. The mother in the film is undoubtedly the she-wolf. The Campion is probably Romulus on the planet Kepler-22b, and Mithraism. Faith, hierarchy, and people’s shoulder armor and wristbands are also easily reminiscent of the Roman Republic period (the coat of arms on their chests is strictly more like the Knights of the Crusade period)-for Lei, history The themes of science fiction and science are just discussing what human beings are and where humans come from on the drawing board of "time". Therefore, there are rich historical and philosophical metaphors in the film, including the paradox of cat existence mentioned by father. On ( analysis of this paradox is attached )
In terms of specific content, some people compare this show with "Prometheus", there are similarities and differences. The picture quality of the film is indeed very similar, and they are all close to the theme of "creating the world". But the creator of the world here is not another high-level civilization, but two Androids (artificial humans). Judging from the current information, a war between human atheists and Mithraism has broken out on the earth. Atheists are relatively small underground rebels, and this war eventually led to the destruction of the earth. Some atheists modified the program of a spiritual caller produced by Mithraism, the mother, so that it carried 12 embryos in a high-speed airship to reach Kepler-22b 600 light-years away from the earth and gave birth to life. The mother's duty is not to create life, but to help humans create civilization like the Roman Empire was built in the past-atheism is clear. The image of Mithraism is undoubtedly negative at present, with a rigid theocratic system, religious worship, and mediocre elders, who repeatedly believe in Saul but are full of greed and desire to rape young girls... Why can such a religion rule the earth? There will definitely be more answers in the play.
On the issue of artificial humans, it can be compared with "Alien: Contract". In "The Contract", David finally awakened and decided to be the creator of herself. In this film, the mother is also a dedicated human "caregiver". She seems to have awakened a strong maternal love, the same cross-racial love as a mother wolf feeding a baby. This kind of strong emotion, under the blessing of her terrifying destructive ability, does not know what changes will be brought about in the future, this is also worth looking forward to.
Obviously there will be many mysteries on the planet Kepler-22b. First of all, those potholes were obviously not formed naturally. The huge animal bones also showed that this place was once suitable for life. Where did the original life go? Where do those four-legged monsters that can run come from? More importantly, why is there radiation in the core of the "Carbon Fruit"? These phenomena are likely to imply that this is also a planet that was once destroyed by thermonuclear wars, and that there may still be civilization remaining, perhaps in a pit in the ground, or near the equator. Looking forward to the update next week!
Attachment: Analysis of the paradox of cat existence
About thirty minutes into the second episode, father talked about a paradox about cats. Many people said they couldn't understand it. So far, no one seems to have analyzed this conversation accurately. I think this paragraph is very interesting, it may involve the discussion of the relationship between the creator, human beings, and artificial humans by Director Lei. Take advantage of this weekend to try to express my opinion.
Recall the content of this passage:
A malfunctioning bionic, a priest, and a cat walked into the brothel. The malfunctioning bionic asked for a bionic prostitute with repair skills, and the priest asked for a virgin who mastered the teachings of Mithra, but the cat...the cat was not sure what he wanted, so it asked them from the malfunctioning bionic and the priest Suggestions. The priest said to the malfunctioning bionic, "How can this cat talk?" The malfunctioning bionic replied, "I have a malfunction, and none of this happened. The cat does not exist, and you do not exist." The priest said, "Thank God, I thought I was crazy just now."
First analyze the protagonists of the story: malfunctioning android, cleric and cat. The first two represent artificial humans and humans. Here, I think cats refer to another kind of life higher than humans. The lineup of these three is not uncommon in science fiction films. For example, there is a very classic scene in "Love, Death and Robots":
"Cats are a higher life form than humans", this is the famous saying of Chris Mark, a veteran cat slave and well-known leftist director. His still-frame movie "Dike" 1963 (some people call it a ppt movie) has a profound influence on science fiction movies. This stalk often appears in science fiction works. It can be seen from the story that they enter the brothel to meet their respective needs: the malfunctioning bionic needs to be repaired functionally; the priest needs both sex and faith; and the cat has no needs, or at least needs more than the former two. advanced. This also proves that the cat here refers to a high-level life, and in Lei's "Alien" world, this role is the "engineer", they created human beings.
The paradox is very simple. This is a problem often seen in the Western context. The bionic man thought that neither cat nor the priest existed, and the priest said, "Thank God, I thought I was crazy just now," confirming the bionic man's statement. But logically, the pastor cannot be sure of the bionic man's claim, because he cannot deny his existence. This is the famous interpretation logic of "I think, therefore I am". Pastors cannot "deny" their own existence, because "denial" is an act of thinking, and "thinking" must have a "thinker" who performs this action. When the pastor said "I thought", he confirmed his existence and thus overturned the conclusion of the bionic man. Therefore, he could not judge the existence of cats, so this is a paradox.
So, do cats exist or not?
The cognitive relationship between the three is as follows: speaking to a certain object (the original text is turns to) can be regarded as affirmation of the other's existence, the cat speaks to the bionic person and the priest at the same time, the priest only speaks to the bionic person, and the robot speaks itself. Talking to himself, thinking that neither exists. That is to say, cats can confirm the existence of priests and bionics at the same time; priests can confirm the existence of bionics, but cannot recognize the existence of cats; and bionics can neither recognize the existence of humans nor the existence of cats.
So there was another question. The three of them walked into the brothel together, why couldn't they confirm the existence of each other? This involves another philosophical proposition, colloquially called "existence is to be perceived". This "perception" does not simply refer to sensory or spiritual perception, but at the epistemological level, can we perceive things beyond our cognitive category. (If you are interested, you can think about a classic question: "If a tree in the forest falls and no one is present, will it still make a sound?") In the world of Lei Dao, this is actually a discussion, the creator Is it beyond the perception of the created? Can the created person perceive or even overrule its "God"?
Therefore, I believe that the key to this paradox lies not in logic, but in the relationship between cats, priests, and artificial humans, that is, the relationship between the creator, humans, and artificial humans. The paradox of this cat has little to do with the plot of the show. This show mainly discusses the issue of where humans and artificial humans are going. (In the play, this dialogue takes place between the bionic human father and the smartest child among humans. It is equivalent to the role of a human being and a priest, and it is also very interesting.) This short story can be regarded as the world of "Alien" with Lei. A linkage and metaphor of, it is also a glimpse of Director Lei’s thinking on the ultimate question.
Of course, the above is just my interpretation. I am not a philosophy major, and I have no IQ of 205. I cannot be blamed for a wrong interpretation.
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