Floating

Paris 2022-01-25 08:04:07

I like to watch science fiction movies at night so that I can dream of myself in a spaceship at night, floating and floating. There is no real noise. One person looks at the black night sky and the blue earth, waiting for the day the contract expires and he can return to his hometown. If he is unlucky, he will encounter a giant monster and become its dish.

This is my personal romance, a way to escape reality and accept loneliness. People who don't understand this feeling will not find the movie "Moon" beautiful.

So I said I could take a great risk to go to the moon.

Human beings are born with curiosity and want to touch the boundaries of the universe and the essence of human nature. One outward and one inward are the driving forces that drive me to learn knowledge.

I often don't feel my own existence. Existence depends on the combination of the information reflected by you when you touch the outside, and rely on the response of the outside world. And I will always be on the moon, the signal sent out at the end of the universe, where there is nothing but the desert.

Pink Floyd sings Hello at the beginning of "Comfortable Numb", Is there anybody in there?

If I stay with a computer for three years, I will have feelings for it, and maybe I will have a "my robot boyfriend" with it. In this respect, I recognize to a certain extent that "life exists because of memory."

But what if the memory is copied? Just like Sam, if he still grows like a leek to be cut until the end of the contract, does he still exist, and what is the difference from advanced AI?

I admire science and technology, and I am also afraid of its power. The backlash of science and the human rights of copying people are already old topics in science fiction movies. These are topics that touch the fundamental "survival anxiety" of mankind. There is no perfect answer, and it will be an eternal topic. Just like love, when Cupid can pair our true love successfully at one time, when will the love story become less, but this Cupid, who is not very high in IQ, will even shoot himself accidentally.

These old sci-fi topics "The Moon" did not perform so well, but the theme of "loneliness" is "more sad than heart death". The introverted emotions have formed great tension. This is an extremely restrained movie. Quiet, like the moon.

I think the director understands this emotion, and he controls it just right.

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Moon quotes

  • Sam Bell: Well then I'm goin back, that's it for me.

    Clone #2: Pfft!

    Sam Bell: What?

    Clone #2: Is that what you really think?

    Sam Bell: Yea, I've got a contract... I'm, I'm goin home.

    Clone #2: You're a fuckin' clone, you don't have shit!

    Sam Bell: Hey, I'm goin home!

    Clone #2: You're not going anywhere! You know you've been up here too long man, you've lost your marbles. Whuddya think, that Tess is back home waiting for you on the sofa in lingerie? What about the original Sam, Uh?

    Sam Bell: I'M THE ORIGINAL SAM... I'M SAM FUCKIN' BELL, ME! ME!

    Clone #2: Hey, whoa!

    Sam Bell: Gerty, am I clone?

    GERTY: Are you hungry?

    Clone #2: Hey, hey... don't get your fuckin' panties in a twist. I'm in the same boat, asshole!

  • Sam Bell: [crying] I wanna go home.