Until a few years ago, there was news from abroad that filming was going to resume, which made me excited for a long time; but it was really painful that Taiwan did not introduce it for a long time! Fortunately, there was a "special channel" who watched it several times as
if it was a treasure. If the science fiction films led by the United States, especially the science fiction films that explore beyond the earth, are classified into a simple stage, it can have several stages: Most of the earliest black-and-white films depict the invasion of the earth by evil aliens. At the end of this film, there must be a XX captain (captian) accompanied by a beautiful vase who is always taken as a hostage and can only scream, although now It looks terribly stupid, but you can also see the classical fantasy of aliens at the time. In the next stage, the film began to discuss the status and meaning of human beings in the universe; we can see "2001: A Space Odyssey", and "Star Trek" (Startrek); a demonstration of the insignificance of human beings; The other, through the process of constant contact with aliens, is actually a reflection on the existing way of life of human beings; both are quite philosophical films.
Another genre is to describe the human nature and fear of human beings in space, such as Solaris (Solaris) and the recent Sunshine (Sunshine), which are more focused on the description of human nature.
So what about star wars? Well, although it has a huge scene and involves many characters, it is not in "Earth", so I won't discuss it; and what about ID4? That is purely entertainment...
So if we study the alien-based sci-fi films, we will find that they are more and more "people" as the main body; they are all about people's stories. The new version of StarCraft is also written in this context. Therefore, in the new version of StarCraft, the cosmic war full of rhythm and action is not described in detail, but only when necessary, and more discussion lies in the interaction between people.
The story of the whole series is based on a premise: that human beings actually came from the other side of the distant universe, and the earth is just one of the colonies of human beings. On the other side of the universe, humans are engaged in a millennium-long war with a race of robots called Cylons, whose goal is to exterminate all humans. Unfortunately, the Cylons used their tactics to deal a devastating blow to human beings. Only 50,000 people survived and dozens of various types of boats led by the battleship Galaxy. They had to escape while finding their way to the human race. The last colony of Earth.
Although it is a sci-fi album, his setting is actually very modern, not only the city is the same as the current situation of the earth city, but also the technological process is similar. The battleship is so streamlined and bright, but a rather functional, mechanically gloomy space. Even the fighter jets fighting in the universe do not shoot with laser guns, but with machine guns fired with gunpowder.
In terms of characters, in addition to the old important figures still left, the role of "President" has also been added. The original Minister of Education, who escaped the general attack of the Cylons because of his visit abroad; in the government In the case of the death of all the leaders, according to the succession procedure of the constitution, a lot of people will be skipped at once and succeeded to become the president; and in the fleeing fleet, there happens to be a prison ship with an ideal extreme terrorist locked in it. These new characters, etc., have added a lot of tension to the whole play.
There is also some kind of religious mystery in the play, and many plots directly appeal to the power of religion to develop; so we can often see such plots: the president representing the spirit of democracy and the captain of the warship with military power are suspicious of each other Distrust, the same thing produces conflicts for their own ideals or realistic views; and although there are only 50,000 people, the president has to compromise or use each other with other political enemies and even terrorists in the field of democratic politics; on the other hand, religious The power of the film often guides the process of political decision-making, and these three aspects are mutually balanced and integrated. In fact, although this series is mainly science fiction, we can see the three most important themes in the development of human civilization. : political, military and religious.
This album is also not the informal, smooth and refreshing plot of ordinary sci-fi movies, but pays great attention to the details and trivial matters; in the play, each character has his own circle of contacts, forming small groups, sometimes forced to Choose sides, and face various life problems, such as family problems! sex! Love triangles and mutual suspicion and deception for self-preservation interests. Bigger issues such as resources, power conflicts, factions, races, the pros and cons of democracy, terrorism, replicator ethics and other topics are discussed; In the modern situation, important contemporary social issues have appeared in the plot; while human beings are running for their lives to fight aliens, they are also dealing with these internal problems.
It is worth mentioning that Edward James Olmos, who plays Captain Adama, is also the producer and director of this series; in addition, in the old version, my favorite Captain Lee 'Apollo' Adama, in the new version , actually played a terrorist with a radical political stance, alas... people really get old!
Anyway, this is a sci-fi series that is a bit dark, making people uncomfortable to watch, but occasionally a bit spoofed; if StarTrek is a sci-fi series full of ideals and light, then the new version of BattleStar can be said to be a bit gloomy. The whole film image shows the unstable lens wobbly, similar to the way of shooting a documentary. As I said at the beginning, this is actually a series that discusses various human nature and social conditions, but it uses the story structure of the old series, and it is adapted very successfully, not only the old fans are happy to see it (of course also Some dissatisfied), it has attracted more new fans, and it is indeed the sci-fi series with the highest ratings in recent years.
View more about Battlestar Galactica reviews
