Believe it or not, anything is possible

Ludie 2022-03-14 14:12:22

Tell you a story, explain the world in a way that you have never thought of before, then smash it with a snap and return to reality, but when you look back at sending you out, you leave a mysterious smile. This type of subject matter has never lacked audiences. Among the dull and fantasy, most people would rather choose the latter, regardless of the truth or falsehood. At least I'm one of them, happily dabbling in stories with cryptic labels.

There was a caveman, John, who lived for 140 centuries until modern times. He experienced or triggered countless major historical events. He traveled with Columbus, became friends with Van Gogh, listened to Buddha's lectures, and even accidentally made the prototype of Jesus. , For the sake of self-protection, the long years have been constantly integrating into the community and constantly migrating. One day, I suddenly decided to tell the story, because I wanted to say goodbye to my friends, a group of university professors, in my true identity, so I had this movie.

The shooting method is very innovative, there is no ups and downs suspenseful plot, no soul-stirring love that crosses life and death, no dizzying special effects, not even one of the most fashionable flashbacks, just a few people sitting around the fire, Facing all kinds of questioning and answering, art, religion, history, geography, calmly and eloquently, it is a confrontation of ideas.

This story almost shattered everyone's spiritual support, because they were historians, archaeologists, and religious scientists. Not only could they not refute him, but instead became his circumstantial evidence, which made his story intricate. , impeccable. It is also fortunate that the audience is a group of scholars. If it is a few Yamano villagers, I am afraid that they will be sent away as lunatics if they can't finish the story. Thinking of the novel "Three-Body Problem" I read two days ago, people with a certain level of knowledge are often the best to fool them, as long as they use their firm scientific beliefs to lead them astray. The scientific spirit believes that anything is possible, or never say never, you cannot deny a possibility, even if it is so small that it can be ignored, it still exists, and since it exists, it may be a reality, a reality that has already happened , the reality that is about to happen, the typical use of the spear of the son to attack the shield of the son. At the moment when everyone was on the verge of collapse, John suddenly succumbed to claiming that the story was made up, so everyone found an exit to survive, and hurriedly left in joy after expressing anger hypocritically, for fear that the nightmare would come again.

A film composed of a large number of obscure lines, not boring at all, thanks to the wonderful performance of the actors, John's indifferent eyes to see through everything, the biologist who makes jokes, the old lady who broke down several times, and the most firm stance The psychiatrists who were joked the most at the last moment were all vivid. It's a pity that the final plot setting of being recognized by my son is still out of the norm. Wouldn't it be better to leave some thoughts?

What's interesting is that the ending song has been singing, nothing last forever, you see, the scientific spirit is shining, JOHN is just not dead, there is no guarantee that he will never die

suddenly thought, the caveman's brain capacity should not be very small, is it? His brain capacity is constantly increasing, and this self-healing ability is also very good~

Also, the last pun, is there any connection between JOHN-T-PARTEE and BOSTON TEA PARTY? I don't know.

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The Man from Earth quotes

  • Dr. Will Gruber: If I shot you John, you're immortal? Would you survive this?

    John Oldman: I never said I was immortal, just old. I might die. And then you could wonder the rest of your incarcerated life what you shot...

  • Dr. Will Gruber: We will die, you will live. Will you come to my funeral, John.

    Sandy: You've gone too far, John didn't ask to be what he is.

    Dr. Will Gruber: And we did not ask to hear about it...