Compared to the first time I watched "Star Wars" last year, he was regarded as the greatest science fiction movie in the world, but I found that it was just a loss when I was a dead tree. This year’s Star Wars was released for ten days before I hurried to the banquet. It seems that I have touched the true meaning of "A New Hope": Go where you want to go, do what you want to do, and become who you want to be. Compared with Rogue One, what JJAbrams did last year was like injecting Botox into the mummy. No literary and artistic work can comment on his achievements without leaving his time. "Star Wars" swept the world at that time and became the common memory of a generation because this work hit the pain points of those audiences at that time. Outside the free world. The United States and the Soviet Union were striving for hegemony. NATO and the Warsaw Pact were at war with each other across the iron curtain. In 1984, it spread all over the world, and the free world was in jeopardy. Everyone is shrouded in the haze of nuclear winter, not knowing which day the earth will be destroyed. In the 1950s, the Soviet Union took the lead in completing manned spaceflight. In the 1970s, the Soviet Union's economy reached its historical peak and its military strength was also increasing day by day. That was the most dangerous time for the free world.
Inside the free world. In the economy, long-term stagflation has shaken people's confidence in Keynesianism, the "welfare state" policy has gone bankrupt, and neoliberalism has gradually become a beacon in people's hearts. Cut taxes, cut benefits, control the size of the government, encourage entrepreneurship, and emphasize personal struggle.
In terms of culture, it was the first time to witness the horrors of war on live TV, and the romantic fantasies about guns and guns before disappeared in no time. In the United States, whose social ecology was reshaped by the Vietnam War, civil rights and racial issues became more and more serious. Because of the emergence of new media such as television and broadcasting, the young Americans of the baby boom generation, when they realize that even if they live in Nebraska, they can breathe and share the same destiny with UCLA college students, their adoration and respect for their parents is also Weakened. At the Woodstock Music Festival in 1969, 400,000 young Americans came to this small town in New York from all directions. Whether it was people who participated in the feast or just witnessed, this music festival will be remembered by them forever.
After conquering the world with rock and roll in Britain on the other side of the ocean, in 1971, the band announced its disbandment at his most glorious time.
One year, two years, three years. When hippies discovered that sex and drug use could not change the world, the unprecedented scale of the leftist civil rights movement gradually came to an end. Conservatism has returned, and people have regained their trust in the elite.
These three factors together formed the character of that generation, and George Lucas knew it well, supplemented by the most advanced high-tech and digital production methods, to create an unprecedented space world. Its descriptions of various galaxies, civilizations, and creatures in the universe, all kinds of strange aliens and spacecrafts it creates, and the magnificent space scenes and Star Wars scenes it presents are beyond ordinary people’s thinking, not ordinary science. What technology can perform cannot be said to be not a fantastic visual spectacle. The incredible box office revenue it has created throughout the world marks that film has entered the era of sound films from the era of silent films, and from the era of black and white films to the era of color films, and is entering the digital age at an astonishing speed. (Note)
However, 40 years later, the soil that once nurtured that generation of young people has disappeared with Jada. Outside the free world. The bell of the demise of the Soviet Union has been sounded for more than two decades. Half of the earth was once shrouded in 1984. Now? Castro, the most staunch anti-American fighter, also made peace with Obama. In 1984, only two countries were left. The United States now has no matching enemy, and the ideological struggle that once haunted everyone's ears has long been forgotten.
Inside the free world. In terms of economy, the 2008 financial crisis has affected it so far. His impact on the human world is not only making young people unable to find jobs, but more importantly, he has shaken many people's confidence in globalization and neoliberalism: in the past 30 years, the rich have become richer, and the poor have become poorer. , The middle class is gradually shrinking. Elitism faded away. In the autumn six years ago, angry people initiated the occupation of Wall Street. Last year's election year, Hillary Clinton collapsed amidst cheers. Anti-globalization and American priority Trump was born. His election made many teachers and students on liberal-educated American campuses doubt their lives in just a few days. There is a huge gap between the target tower and the real American society. Feel discouraged by the gap.
In terms of culture, on the eve of the election of Reagan and Thatcher, the free world is in the budding period of neoconservatism. "The United States is a city on the top of a mountain, and the Americans are the people of God. The United States has the responsibility to spread freedom to every corner of the world." In 2003, the Iraq War lifted the shackles of the local people and created an environment of power vacuum. Never expected to release a more bloodthirsty beast. In 2010, with the help of the power of social networks, the Arab Spring broke out in Tunisia. This is undoubtedly a boost for the free world that is deeply mired in the economic quagmire. Six years later, things have gradually gotten out of control, and displaced refugees flocked to Europe. The gap between language and culture has fermented the contradiction between refugees and indigenous people. Which step was wrong?
These three factors have jointly formed the values of young people in the contemporary free world. It is completely inappropriate to show young people today the heroic epic created for young people 40 years ago. The director of "Rogue One" discovered this. In this rumored biography that removes the burden of the true story, the protagonists, from Jyn, who was separated from his parents since childhood, to the defected imperial pilot, to the weapon expert played by Jiang Wen, They are all small people. It is different from the heroes who were born to live for humanity and fight for justice, and must follow their own destiny. Everyone in "Rogue One" has the choice not to fight for justice and to be ordinary people under the rule of the empire. However, they still chose to come forward. I know that I have no divine protection. I know that I don't have a gorgeous lineage or superhuman talent. I know that no one can rely on me except my poorly equipped comrades. I know I am as humble as dust in front of the empire. I know whether this trip has gone or not. I know that even if I die, no one will remember. But, so what? I believe in this girl in front of me. I hate the empire and everything about it. I am determined to give my life. I live to death. I am dead, and more hopeful people will come forward. As long as the hero is still there, hope is there, and the universe can be changed. Go where you want to go, do what you want to do, and become who you want to be. With everyone in "Rogue One", even if they were ordinary players who were shot by stray bullets just before they got on the plane. The old-fashioned story in "The Force Awakens", the heroine who cuts a well-trained and well-trained elite warrior into thin slices just after getting the laser sword is simply unattractive in front of them. It turns out that "The New Hope" is the noble princess, the hero, the evil demon, and the game between these unreachable nobles. He is also universal. He belongs to everyone, everyone who firmly believes that the light will come. It is the sacrifice of these unknown people who guard the heroes chosen by heaven.
I'm the one with the force. The force is with me.
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