"The Wandering Earth" opened the curtain of new hope for the history of domestic space science fiction films and left a strong mark. Not only does it show the great progress of the Chinese film industry, but also because its "wandering with homeland" has triggered It is deeply rooted in the strong resonance of the local feelings of the Chinese people.
Just as Liu Peiqiang said, "From the first day the Wandering Earth project was launched, there is no going back." So what will happen if the human space immigration program fails?
The low-budget sci-fi film "Anyara" co-produced by Denmark and Sweden shows us an alternative ending to "The Wandering Earth".
1. Starship culture
"Anyara" tells the story of human beings unable to survive due to the destruction of the earth and full of radioactive substances. Humans built a spacecraft called "Anyara" to leave and migrate to Mars, but because during the voyage An accident with a very small probability leads to loss of power, thus starting a long and lonely journey of wandering in space.
On the "Anyara", which was originally scheduled to take 8,000 people from Earth to Mars in three weeks, almost everyone's survival needs were included.
Large-scale algae factories that guarantee the basis of survival and provide oxygen and water for human beings,
Bars, dance halls and shopping malls that satisfy the entertainment and leisure of tourists,
There is even an AI system "MIMA" that can establish a link with the human brain and give people spiritual support.
In the movie, the "Anyara" is even bigger than the Imperial Star Destroyer in "Star Wars". It has jumped out of the concept of ordinary starships and can even be regarded as a self-sufficient Space mobile home.
However, when the "Anyara" deviates from the waterway and embarks on a wandering journey in space, it has shifted from the ancient European and American seafaring immigrant culture to the starship culture that has lived in space for a long time. Not only this film, but also the classic "Star Trek" series and "Space Traveler" are all manifestations of starship culture. In fact, "Wandering Earth" can also be regarded as an alternative expression of starship culture. Others build a spaceship, but it takes the earth to wander together.
Compared with the immigrant culture that highlights the psychology of returning home and intensifying conflicts with the aborigines, the starship culture highlights the insignificance and loneliness of human beings in the universe.
2, sustenance and hope
Whether it's immigrant culture or starship culture, there is hope when humans leave their homeland for a new life destination.
So when the captain of the Anjala announced that the spacecraft deviates from the course and proposed that it may use the gravity of a celestial body to return within two years, no one questioned or even stood up to replace it, because everyone still regarded going to Mars as a is the only option, not to live forever on the Anyara. Therefore, when the operation work on the spacecraft was vacant, many passengers chose to participate in it and contributed to the return flight.
Especially when a probe thought to be a "fuel rod" floated in the universe five years later, everyone's hope was instantly raised to the top again, and even the professional staff did their best to study it. As said in "The Wandering Earth", "Hope is something as precious as a diamond in this era". The preciousness of hope lies in the fact that even a little bit can produce the effect of "a single spark can start a prairie fire".
During the long and boring wandering process, people's hopeful hearts will be constantly hit by reality, and finally turn into despair. The movie reflects the emotional transformation that occurs in the hearts of seemingly peaceful people through the changes of the AI system "MIMA".
At the beginning, under "MIMA", human beings will see a vibrant and beautiful earth, and as the despair and fear in human hearts continue to increase, the picture becomes weird. Until the end, the AI system "MIMA" was also swallowed up by human despair and chose to commit suicide by bombing.
3. Despair and Destruction
The choice of the AI system "MIMA" to commit suicide by bombing actually represents a huge change in human emotions, and hope has turned into despair. And those who have lost their spiritual sustenance, their behavior also begins to collapse.
Spiritual emptiness promotes the birth of cults, and the desire to survive turns into physical pleasure. Under the instigation of the cult, he dragged his family to commit suicide, disregarding morality and ethics for collective sexual behavior. When pessimism spreads, more and more people choose to end their own lives, and some parents even take their children to suicide.
Under the narration of Zhang Hui's body, despair is constantly superimposed. Those who are still alive after 24 years are already Buddhist and choose to wait quietly for death. Nearly 6 million years later, when the Aniala finally floated to a habitable planet in the Lyra galaxy, the interior of the spacecraft was dead silent, and everyone had already turned to dust.
"Anyara" ends with the annihilation of all human beings, which is completely different from other space science fiction movies, and undoubtedly brings a touch of shock and reflection to the audience. Looking back at the beginning of the ending, we will find that whether human beings emigrate to a new planet or drift in space, the ultimate destruction is actually already doomed.
The uncontrolled activities of human beings destroy the ecology of the earth, and eventually lead to an environment where the human self cannot survive. Immigrating to a new planet or space is actually a brief respite of the human ego. Allowing the ego to "savage growth" is the key to self-destruction. Human beings are actually insignificant, no matter how savage they grow, what affects their own survival after all. For the earth and the universe, human beings are just a moment in the vicissitudes of life, and it is not enough to affect them at all.
Therefore, if human beings want to survive for a long time, they should first learn to restrain themselves, and then protect the earth. Because to protect is to protect human beings themselves.
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