"Builders of Mars" describes the difficult process of earth builders represented by China coming to Mars and transforming it into a livable planet. This is the first science fiction novel of New China to win an international award; and in the previous three years, "From the Earth to Mars" published by Zheng Wenguang is the first science fiction novel in New China. It can be seen that "Mars" is a vivid image, immersed in the blood of New China's space science fiction from the beginning.
Of course, this is not only the preference of Chinese science fiction. In fact, when the world science fiction novels talk about space science fiction, interstellar migration and other subjects, Mars (more than the moon) is almost always the first choice, and perhaps the most influential one is from Wells. The famous "War of the World" began to count. According to Professor Wu Yan, it is estimated that the "astronomical discovery" of the suspected canal on Mars stimulated the imagination of writers-the distance is also within a controllable range. , It's really the same as the Trisolaran galaxy, and few people understand it.
Mr. Zheng did not catch up with the Internet+. Perhaps we shouldn’t forget our “Mars Builders” (which was later expanded into the growth chapter “Descendants of the God of War” when we were discussing sci-fi works such as “Three-Body” and “Martian Rescue”. "). It is no exaggeration to say that the geek otaku-style "realistic hard science fiction" brushwork in "Martian Builders" has been passed down consistently by the original author of "The Martian" Andy Weir (of course, the limitations of the times are not Do not observe).
I haven’t seen any material that proves that Andy Weir ever read Zheng Wenguang. From "The Martian Builder" to "The Martian Rescue", the sci-fi spirit flows magically across time and space like the Holy Spirit...Will has been 15 years old, He was hired as a software engineer by the U.S. National Laboratory. He has been obsessed with relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and manned spacecraft. At the beginning, he published his own "The Martian" on the Internet. Published and ranked among the bestsellers, and Will still does not understand why "The Martian" has become a super IP in popular culture-from online hot posts to best-selling novels to Hollywood movies, this is typical of the Internet + era Cultural industry logic.
However, this has also brought great difficulty to Ridley Scott’s adaptation. A slight difference will lose the humorous temperament and "realistic hard science fiction" atmosphere of the original work. The requirements for genre movies are drifting away. It seems that the old director has done quite well. The movie not only restores all the key points and technological spirit in the original work, but also successfully creates a humorous and tense spirit. The rhythm and extremely realistic environment allow the characters to enter the audience's heart as the plot goes by, and then control the audience's emotional rhythm.
There is no need to repeat the performances of actors such as "Stupid". Which actor in Hollywood movies is not good? Even if it is a small supporting role, it is also alive. In a Hollywood science fiction movie like "The Martian", which is likely to be the best of the year, actors are no longer a problem. Once on the big screen, I saw an actor performing a full of emotions against a large pile of shit, and it was not disgusting at all.
Similar to "Gravity", "The Martian" also has key Chinese elements-in both movies, Chinese spacecraft saved the lives of American astronauts at the last moment. In "The Martian", Chinese The "Apollo" space launch booster assisted in time, and it rescued the "Delicious" who was about to run out of bombs and food on Mars.
There are no aliens in "The Martian", no strange scenes of Mars, Will described Mars almost completely according to known exploration data, and Scott restored it on the big screen with vivid images. (Limited by the cognition of the times, in Zheng Wenguang's pen, there are moss-like plants and even mist circling on Mars). Therefore, the entry of the China Space Administration is completely in line with the spirit of science. In the context of China’s booming spaceflight, the "Apollo" booster is just as reasonable as the "Tiangong" space station in "Gravity" (Arthur Clarke). The "Qian Xuesen" in "2010 A Space Odyssey" is a post-Cold War imagination).
However, the reality is much more skinny than "The Martian". NASA is subject to the control of the US Congress and cannot even cooperate with China in space cooperation, let alone use our boosters and the astronauts that carry us? Will conceived the "Martian" jointly launched by China and the United States from a purely scientific point of view, and the imperialist politicians would never make it happen.
"Stupid cute" on Mars is like Robinson on a desert island, so "The Martian" inevitably reminds people of "The Rest of the Desert Island"-almost using one's own power to carry a movie, if it weren't for "The Earth" "Gravity" is in front, it is easy to compare "Stupid" with the almost canonized Tom Hanks.
In the mobile phone word game "Lifeline", the wrecked astronaut has to face the attack of alien terrorist creatures, and the "Sweet" in "The Martian" has neither aliens nor Robinson’s "Friday". "He was just a person who helped himself by relying on his scientific knowledge of learning rich five cars. "He who helps himself is helped by God." This concept summarized by Samuel Smyers, in fact, has always run through the "Protestant ethics" of the North American colonists— —When the pioneers came to the New World for the first time, the problems they faced were the same as the encounters of "Stay Cute" on Mars, except that the modern ocean exploration has become the Internet age Interstellar survey.
A person cannot be without the same kind. Human nature is established in the interpersonal society, and the shaping of modern society is, in a sense, the result of Robinson’s modern people. Staying on Earth and selling cute, there will not be such a big movement as "The Martian", but even if the surrounding is full of dangers, it still can't stop the pioneers' unrelenting enthusiasm for the deep space of the universe (this is how successful NASA advertising is. Marketing).
When commenting on Robinson, Professor Li Meng said: "Robinson surprisingly combined a very rational calculation with an extremely impulsive spirit of adventure, and gave this combination a spiritual redemption. The meaning of this. It is such a way of life that combines rationality and adventure spiritually that makes Robinson’s world our world.” ("Nature Society", p.35)
Isn't this exactly what the "being cute" in "The Martian" conveys to us? Adventures and even sacrifices will not stop the enthusiasm of the "stupid" to explore the deep space of the universe. Their impulse makes the boundaries of mankind go farther and farther in the universe, and their rationality makes mankind go more and more stable.
Our journey is "The Martian".
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