Toss yourself and become the world

Even with efforts to simplify the concept of setting, "Edge of Tomorrow"'s interpretation of the time loop/restart pattern is still the most exciting in recent years. Of course, just like the time-travel tactics used in the previously released "X-Men: Reversing the Future", the gameplay presented in "Ming" is naturally not exceptionally new. It can be summarized as a time loop/restart, plus a sense of sight on the road. Bill Murray’s "Day of the Groundhog" depicts such a scene, the male protagonist is "stuck" in a certain period of time due to some factors, and he continues to live a life with the same content on the same day. , The effect of this infinitely strengthened and superimposed sense of sight seems to be even more miraculous. Films such as "Horror Cruise" and "Source Code", which are known as one of the brain-burning movies, take this phenomenon to the extreme, and introduce elements such as the "prophet's paradox", allowing time and space to be fragmented and reconnected. Making the characters alternate, but turning the timeline into one. These available assumptions make this type of movie often fascinating, like being stuck in a labyrinth of time. "Edge of Tomorrow" itself is adapted from the SF novel "All You Need Is Kill" written by Hiroshi Sakurasaka and illustrated by Yoshitoshi Abe. Due to its innate Japanese SF origin, we can easily see more of it. The homelike taste and Eastern philosophy of life and death, as for those aliens and horses, on the contrary, they have become insignificant decorations.
That's right, this is not a main theme that sings the protagonist's supernatural powers and is invincible. On the contrary, the protagonist is just a clerk who is absolutely against real swords and guns on the battlefield. The anti-hero-like protagonist portrayed by Tom is just given a unique sense of mission. Because of repeated deaths, he wakes up. After repeating the same day's experience, it needs to uncover the truth of the event and end its fateful circle after restarting each time. The film basically prepares three nodes for narrative clues, or mission levels: that is, the timeline development is changed through the time situation after the restart, the truth of the event is discovered, the experience is accumulated in the infinite restart, and it is driven by the new event after each restart. The ultimate strategic goal. In fact, the most interesting thing about this film is not the truth interpretation of time restart itself (in layman's terms, you can regard it as the protagonist mastering a certain superpower), but the various narratives that it brings. Deduction of the possibility of play. Game nerds naturally know it well, the most basic mode of the game rules: game restart/game save/game read. The entire plot is extended to the fun of the game in the context of this big setting. We can regard it as repeated operations at the original time point/task mode, accumulating experience points, and upgrading. At the same time, look for all possible side missions and hidden levels to influence the development of multiple endings. At the same time, at the level of time cycle/restart, the protagonist’s rebirth and rebirth is given the color of the rebirth of reincarnation and the alternation of karma in Eastern philosophy. Although this interpretation has not been enlarged too much, we can still feel the original text. The commentary in the book; and the interaction between the protagonist and multiple characters (which can be regarded as partners or NPCs) (each time there is a different and diverse influence) and the high-speed editing of the cutscenes have become the stage for the screenwriter and director. Brings the fun of watching movies beyond the brain-burning. Although the film does not have the super-large visual spectacle that most similar alien invasion movies are happy to show off, the design of the action scenes can be considered original. Especially the individual-operated exoskeleton-powered mecha, the vertical take-off and landing propeller jet transport, and the display of all kinds of military uniforms necessary for the military house are worthy of a closer look. In addition, the film cleverly echoes some historical events. The landing battle in the film is similar to the Normandy landing in World War II in terms of location and form. There are also soy sauce characters mentioned in the film; while PLA officers, Japanese soldiers, etc. It was a pity that the footage of the Chinese and Russian armies sweeping across the European continent was not included in the film one after another. Director Dougliman has already been in "The Bourne
Of course, if you insist on the technical otaku-style breaking the details, logical structure, the film does have some flaws; if you think the movie is not enough, you can go to take a look at Obata Ken’s just-completed adaptation of the comics, maybe you can find more.

[Tianya Premiere] "Edge of Tomorrow": Toss yourself and become the world
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