A dog named Paul collided with an alien who crashed in a flying saucer and was scared to death, so the alien was called Paul. This is the protagonist of the movie "Paul" origin of name. In this farce, which is also extremely satirical to human beings, such a detail is submerged in many harsh jokes. It does not have any disrespect to aliens, but it also somewhat reflects that human beings are aliens. An interesting change has occurred.
Aliens have always been the strongest material for sci-fi movies, and humans have become less and less afraid of them. No matter how powerful the evil aliens in "Independence Day" are, the earthlings can at least make two moves, and finally send them back to their hometowns in despair. When it comes to "District 9", those aliens who look like big bugs, drag and hang with disgusting slime, in the aesthetic concept of earth people, the image is really dull and trivial, this is a political metaphor with extreme meaning. Intense movies, and even places with discrimination, despotism, and violence can be called the ninth district. However, as aliens, they are thrown into a discriminatory area specially designated for them by human beings. Groundbreaking.
Paul's appearance is the appearance of a standard alien, or exactly the same as the alien we imagine. This image of a big head and a small body, a horse face, eyes like two large teardrops facing each other, and completely inconsistent with human aesthetics no longer gives us a sense of abruptness. This is the alien in our minds. If one day There are real aliens descending on the earth, not this honor, we are likely to feel uncomfortable, but not only that.
Paul appeared in a pair of old Beijing-style pants, smoking marijuana, speaking foul language, seeing the world (the world of the earth), and being a little cynical, and the two senior otakus he ran into were overwhelmed, if it weren't for that look , he is already a standard earth man. "Paul" most easily reminds us of Spielberg's "Alien ET", but that's not just an understatement to say that "Paul" is an adult version of "Alien ET." "Alien ET" is not a simple children's film, it is more curious and innocent of the human beings at that time in outer space. At that time, human beings' understanding of themselves and the future of science seem to be still in a ignorant state. of childhood.
After 30 years, the aliens don't seem to have changed much. What they are talking about is still flying saucers that can't see the end, and human beings seem to be different from the former Amon.
Today, we have begun the preparations for the journey to colonize Mars, and the tentacles of our eyes have reached the depths of the vast universe, speculating on the life and death of the universe, and even searching for the possibility of low-level creatures on other planets. And the aliens who have been reluctant to come and befriend us and extend a friendly hand have exhausted humanity's patience with them. In the past few decades, the level of human science and technology has made explosive progress, and it seems that the right door has been opened. This confidence is reflected in all aspects, and this also affects aliens, especially aliens in film and television works. people. From adoration to hostility to mingling with us, we're not only making fun of ourselves, we're starting to easily make fun of aliens as well.
Funny, indecent, subverting the classics, even if Paul is like an earthman, he is quite advanced. There must be an opposite in his works, so a woman who is somewhat masked appears. She ran counter to the times, was outdated, closed, adhered to dogma, and even seemed reactionary in front of science, until Paul put his hand on her forehead. The woman suddenly became like a phoenix, reborn, not only subverting her lifelong beliefs in one second, but also becoming a standard hot girl. Of course we can smile knowingly at such a character, but can we reflect on our self-confidence as we are in our lifetime, whether we are fortunate enough to meet such an enlightening reward, subvert all our knowledge, and then face a brand new world, Can our fragile nerves take it?
Paul finally got into the flying saucer and returned to his world, but before he left, the two nerd writers asked him what he thought of their work, he was stunned for a moment, and then said, yes! Paul's hypocrisy before he left us, and his penetrating worldliness was just to please the earthly people and make us laugh. In fact, the world he knew was something we could never know, and we even knew the world around us. Life is unpredictable, that simple, idiot-like laugh is always for a movie like "Paul", and after the cast is out, we will suddenly stop smiling and become boring.
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