What I want to share with you today is the Russian movie of 2020-"Alien".
I believe that many friends have already seen this movie on short video platforms such as Douyin Kuaishou. The background of chaotic time and space, coupled with the fights of flying over the wall, has been modified and edited by the soul editor. It can be said to be in the major The short video platform was extremely popular. As soon as it was released, it was hailed as the Russian version of Inception.
You may have been attracted by the screens of this movie without knowing the name of this movie, but in the end, you missed the movie for various reasons.
The story of the alien world may not be the most exciting, but the setting of the alien world is very worth playing. An interesting setting can often save a mediocre story.
Some people say that the movie is about the dream world, but in fact, the other world is different from the dream world.
If there is no subjective behavior of the comatose, the alien world is mainly composed of real memories, but people’s memories are often incomplete, resulting in an incomplete world of the comatose.
But dreams are not the same concept at all. There may be real scenes in dreams, but most of them are fictitious.
It can be understood that the alien world is self-generated based on the memory of the ontology, while the dreams are actively woven by the ontology's subconscious.
This is the most fundamental setting about the alien world, and it is also a setting that many people easily confuse? Another world is not a dream.
Then we come to talk about other settings.
1. Time
The real world and the comatose’s time scale is 1:100 . One day in the real world is equivalent to more than 3 months in the comatose’s world.
At the end of the film, several people died separately in the world of comatoses, with an interval of about 15 minutes. The time when they died in the real world actually differed by only about 10 seconds.
The ratio of time is a big reason why Lao Yang wants to stay in another world. Because people in the alien world can easily live for thousands of years.
2. Space
In another world, the law of universal gravitation fails. So the broken streets and buildings we saw all grew up in the sky, but each had its own gravitational field. As long as people step on the ground, they won’t float.
If you want to study it from a scientific point of view, I am afraid that Newton's coffin board will not be able to cover it. But this is the world of the comatose after all. Let us leave more room for imagination.
According to the description of the comatoses, the structure of the alien world often changes, and the map does not work at all.
This is easy to understand, because most of everything here is made up of people's memories. If people think of something, something will grow in another world. Similarly, if the unconscious person forgets something, the corresponding subject matter in the alien world will disappear.
A lot of details are used in the movie to enrich this setting, which is very interesting.
For example, when the male protagonist wakes up from the world of comatoses for the first time, he sees the objects in his home recovering little by little. The speed of recovery will appear to be slower in places that are hidden by things, because in the real world, places that are hidden will obviously have a deeper level of memory than others. Is it very detailed.
In addition, there are buses that transport people to the camp. The bus was obviously far away from the camp, but after getting on the bus, when it walked out of the back door of the bus, it arrived directly at the camp.
This is actually an interesting memory experience, because people often only remember that there is a bus at the door, but the details of the bus are not remembered so clearly. As long as the style is roughly the same, they may mistakenly think that it is the same car. The comatoses used this memory chaos to discover a shuttle path connecting the camp and other places.
Therefore, the alien world is very seriously affected by memory. If you suddenly enter a comatose person, the world will also be filled with all the memories of a person, and the entire world will undergo tremendous changes.
The changes that occur in the alien world because of memory are all uncontrollable. Even Lao Yang couldn't control it at will.
But the appearance of the male protagonist seems to have changed this status quo. The male protagonist can create what he can imagine out of thin air, that is, he can build the world without relying on memory, but imagination.
This is actually an extremely abnormal skill. As long as it is used properly, it is almost omnipotent. The principle of the skill is a bit like the Green Lantern in DC comics. Using ideas to create things really realizes how bold people are and how productive they are.
The only shortcoming is that the front swing of the skill is relatively long, and the male protagonist has to draw the blueprint in his head first.
With the hero's superpowers, the spatial changes in other worlds have unlimited possibilities, the key, and they can also be controlled.
This is also the reason why Lao Yang needs a male lead. Only by controlling the male lead can he truly become a god in another world.
3. Memory
People who enter another world have almost no real-world memory, even their names will be forgotten.
I think that the strength of memory can be adjusted artificially, and Lao Yang clearly knows who he is.
No one knows what they do in the real world, but the hero vaguely remembers that he is an architect. Obviously Lao Yang wrote an article on the medicine he gave him, deliberately letting the hero remember his profession. After all, Lao Yang had a clear purpose when he found the male lead. If he leads the wrong direction, he risked abandoning his achievements.
Lao Yang can neither make the male protagonist completely forget his identity as a designer, nor can he let the male protagonist fully remember what happened before the coma. Therefore, the old Yang in the alien world can only be kind to the male protagonist, and dare not make excessive actions.
In addition, entering the alien world for the first time and entering the alien world again will have a great impact on the memory of the comatose. The male protagonist , Lao Yang, and Mirage have all returned after leaving the alien world. Their memory is completely the same as that of other people. different. They are all alive and well understood.
4. Ability
Some of the comatoses have super powers, and some do not.
In fact, I think that every unconscious person should have superpowers, depending on whether he is awakened.
The form of superpower is inextricably linked to their character and behavior before the coma.
There is no need to explain the hero's superpowers.
Mirage was a warrior before unconscious, but suffered severe injuries and disabled limbs. Therefore, whether in terms of objective physical quality or psychological will, he has become a superb warrior with super strength and speed.
Although there is no clear introduction to his girlfriend Feifei's occupation before the coma, it is clear that she is an auxiliary role next to the male protagonist, doing things of adult beauty, so in the other world, she has the ability to save the dead and heal the wounded.
In reality, the ghost is a mother who lost her son and a patient with epilepsy.
It is conceivable that he must be a lonely and emotionally sensitive woman. This sensitivity allows her to detect the scavengers around her in another world, and can create illusions based on her expectation that she wants someone to accompany her.
Astronomers, in reality, are autistic patients who stay at home. People with autism may be dull, but in some ways they have superior intelligence. There are also many vivid cases in our real life. So in another world, astronomers are very timid, but they have strong actuarial abilities and logical reasoning abilities.
The ability of the tank is not specifically introduced, but it seems to be related to the heavy machine gun he often holds. In reality, he used to be a murderer who used a machine gun to shoot passers-by, so in another world, his ability is also related to guns.
Other comatoses should have abilities to some extent. But the abilities are different, and the awakening time is different.
This has something to do with the medicine injected into the comatose. Lao Yang and the male protagonist have both been injected with super brain medicine, so in the end, their abilities are obviously more powerful.
With the setting of abilities, it is possible to make a movie alone. There may be a similar movie. If you know a friend, you can leave a comment in the comment area to recommend it to everyone.
5. Death
The ontology in the real world directly affects the life of a comatose person in another world.
If the unconscious person wakes up from the real world, the unconscious person will disappear in the alien world, but the unconscious person does not die and can return to the alien world again. It's like logging into an online game.
If the body of the unconscious person dies in the real world, the unconscious person will disappear in another world, or become the memory of other unconscious people, existing in the form of memory. If the body of the unconscious person is brain-dead in the real world, but the vital signs-maintaining instrument has not been evacuated, at this time, the unconscious person will become a black monster-the scavenger.
In another world, a comatose person will be injured or die. The feeling of pain is not much different from that in the real world. After all, pain itself is a kind of brain wave signal. As long as the unconscious person is not directly fatally injured. With the timely treatment of Feifei, he can still recover completely. It's okay even if the hand or foot is broken, and it can grow back with Feifei's help.
However, the comatose must not be injured by the cleared person. Once injured by the cleared person, even the gods cannot be saved.
In another world, the scavenger is definitely the biggest obstacle to the survival of the comatose. When a brain-dead person is still connected to a life-sustaining machine, the remaining consciousness of the person becomes a clearer. Their hands are like sharp spears, and they walk on three legs. The figure is slender and tall, and the whole body is composed of black solid liquid.
Even a fighter like Phantom is not the opponent of the Eliminator, and even Lao Yang died in the hands of the Eliminator. They are simply nemesis and natural enemies of the comatose.
However, fortunately, the scavengers can also be injured and die. They can be injured by weapons, and if the weapons are powerful enough, they can kill the scavengers.
I speculate that the way of death is basically the same for the comatose and the clearer, because they are essentially comatose. So if there is no instrument to maintain vital signs, the clearer will also disappear.
Unlike the comatose, the eliminator is more like a virus. Once injured by them, the body of the comatose will be brain-dead. If the life-sustaining equipment is not evacuated at this time, the comatose will be assimilated into the elimination. By.
6. Dreamland
In the setting of the movie. The unconscious person in the alien world can also enter sleep. If the unconscious person in the alien world dreams, what they see in the dream is a projection of reality, and it will be directly reproduced in the world of the unconscious person. For example, when the male protagonist first came to the camp, his room was empty, but when he was sleeping, he would dream of the real scene, and when he woke up from his dream, the dream scene would become a part of the comatose world.
In fact, dreaming of a comatose person in another world is not a dream in our ordinary sense. It is more like a symbol of connection with reality, which means a bit negative and positive.
Therefore, the dream in the alien world has also become the back door for the comatose to wake up from the coma.
Both Lao Yang and Phantom knew this, so they would advise the male protagonist not to get close to their dreams, saying that it is very chaotic. If you break in blindly, you will probably get lost and never find it back. In fact, it is to intimidate the comatose and don't let them return to reality.
I guess, according to Phantom’s personality, he must be the first person to break into a dream in another world without heeding advice, but when he woke up from the real world, he found himself lying in bed with limbs disabled and unlovable. He took the initiative to request to return to another world.
The hero also broke into his own dream at the last moment, but it does not mean that he can return to reality if he breaks into the dream. For example, there is a car accident scene in the male protagonist’s room. The car accident did indeed appear in his dreams in another world, and it is indeed a real memory, but the male protagonist will not be able to return to reality just because he sees these.
The prerequisite for returning to reality in a dream in another world is to find something close enough in the dream to when you were in a coma.
Why did the male lead desperately go to the Egyptian pharaoh's palace? That's because there was a picture of the Egyptian pharaoh's palace in front of the bed where the male lead was unconscious. If you can find a similar scene in the dream, you will find the place closest to reality. Found the back door back to reality.
The above is the movie setting of "Alien". To be honest, this set of settings is not inferior to the dream settings of Inception. When Nolan presented "Inception", he used almost half of the space to explain the setting, while "Alien" reached its climax when it came up, and then ticked out the setting in the plot.
In fact, I think that if the director of "Alien" can put more effort into the setting of the movie, the movie should be even more exciting.
end
At the end of the movie, there is an open ending. Similar to the last top of "Inception", whether it is down or not, everyone has different answers in their hearts.
The male protagonist returned to his ordinary life, doing the most common design work, but one day, he took out an invitation letter from the mysterious organization from the drawer.
Some people say that the story is actually a flashback, and this scene is exactly the invitation sent by Lao Yang when he recruited the male protagonist at the beginning.
I don't think it is. The invitation letter has obviously been explained in the previous plot, and there is no need to repeat the old thing.
The reason why he was put on the stage again, must have other profound meanings.
So if it wasn't for Lao Yang's invitation, who had sent this letter?
Lao Yang has an assistant who wears glasses. When the male lead wakes up from a coma with his girlfriend, the assistant stands beside them.
He could have prevented the male lead and his girlfriend from escaping, but he didn't do that. Not only did he not do that, he also reached out to prevent his subordinates from doing it.
So the male protagonist can return to the life of ordinary people, thanks to this assistant wearing glasses.
Then why did this assistant let the male lead?
Imagine if Lao Yang died in the world of a comatose. Who is the most beneficial?
Obviously, it is the second in command of the mysterious organization-this assistant. He will naturally become the new master of the mysterious organization.
So the hero is not the enemy of the assistant, but his helper. Help him become the number one leader.
However, this still does not explain why the male lead was released. Indeed, this is not the reason for the male lead.
The reason why the male lead is released is because he needs a male lead, and it is the same place where Lao Yang needs a male lead. Do whatever you want in the alien world, call the wind and call the rain. It is not enough to rely on oneself, and the ability of the male protagonist is the stepping stone that can best help oneself complete the dominance. It is still useful to keep the male lead before completing the hegemony.
So, will the male protagonist accept the invitation of the mysterious organization again and enter the world of the comatose?
I think it is certain.
Since the male protagonist can receive an invitation letter from the mysterious organization, at least it means that the mysterious organization has not been completely banned.
But the male protagonist and his girlfriend know the details of the mysterious organization, why didn't they petition to report the mysterious organization. Of course, you can say that they are light-hearted, weak in power, and can't change reality. But as long as it is what the protagonist wants to accomplish, I believe that nothing can't be done, unless the director thinks otherwise.
Lao Yang said that those comatoses were not forced into the world of comatoses by him, they were voluntary. Because they can escape reality and live in a more comfortable virtual space.
The hero and his girlfriend, are they not? In the world of comatoses, girlfriends can rejuvenate and change their lives against the sky. The male protagonist can do whatever he wants with his imagination. But in reality, his girlfriend is just a housewife, and the male protagonist makes a living by designing the most common tube building?
Their lives are obviously not satisfactory. The male protagonist's advanced artistic talent can only be consumed a little bit by the firewood, rice, oil and salt.
Instead of you, what choice would you make?
There may be no unconscious people around us, but there will definitely be people addicted to games. It's not that they don't know the dangers of indulging, but they still actively choose to get caught in it.
The reason is very simple, because in the virtual world, they can be given things that cannot be given in the real world.
We often admire the pursuit of spiritual prosperity in life, so what exactly is spiritual prosperity?
Can the virtual world become our spiritual world? Isn't it a kind of spiritual wealth to become a king in a virtual world?
I dare to assert that the male protagonist will accept the invitation of the mysterious organization and return to another world. It was because he experienced a completely different life in the alien world, and used his strengths to become a pivotal figure in the alien world. On the other hand, in the real world, there are too many constraints and oppressions of space or time, so that people who are unqualified will eventually be buried in an era that is not suitable for them.
From this point of view, what is wrong with Phantoms, ghosts, tanks, and astronomers who take the initiative to devote themselves to another world?
What's wrong with the male protagonist, throwing himself into another world?
Recently, there is a buzzword called "Lie Ping", collapsed to the ground, no longer boiled with blood and thirst for success.
People who lie flat really look like a puddle of mud in the real world. The choice of the male protagonist may be another kind of "lying down." After a coma, all the responsibilities and burdens in the real world have become fleeting, the reality has become the past life, and the other world has become the afterlife.
When I first heard the word "lying flat", my first impression was a derogatory term.
But when I got in touch with more and more, I found that "lay flat" is a neutral word. In the current era of relative abundance, people have every reason to choose to slow down on their own, in exchange for adequate living conditions in a relatively comfortable way, or to rely on previous accumulation of comfort.
Then when I understood the word "lying flat" more deeply, I liked the word more and more. Those who can choose to "lie flat" need not only rich material as a prerequisite, but also extraordinary willpower.
In this world, there are many people who want to "lie flat" but don't dare to lie flat. Under the pressure of reality, it is difficult for us to reach the realm of Taoist monks, put aside everything in the world, lie flat in the universe, and live in the spiritual world. Because our hearts are full of worldly fetters, whether we are wealth, desire, power, responsibility, family affection, or love. In the end, we became a leaf floating up and down in the trend of the times.
Lao Yang said that someone has been to the world of comatoses a long time ago, and I can't confirm or deny it. Those mummies that fainted in the coffin may be the earliest "lying flat" family. No one can prove the world they went to after lying flat, but there are indeed many people who firmly believe in it.
I don’t know, is this a kind of wealthy spiritual world? People in ancient times lag far behind us in material terms. In another world, they are willing to pay the price of their lives for the world they believe in. This is unreasonable to a reasonable person, but in the eyes of the person concerned, it is indeed justified. What are they looking for and what is attracting them, maybe, only by believing can they see it.
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