spend money to dream

Loren 2022-03-20 08:01:45

Let me tell you a piece of news that I saw not long ago. A young man named Wang Gang in Hubei has been away from home for 10 years. He has stayed in Internet cafes almost all the time, focusing on online games and earning money to support himself by selling virtual equipment for games. He didn't contact his family until he was seriously ill and sent to the hospital. Then passed away. According to Wang Gang's father's recollection, Wang Gang said "it's really interesting" before he left. When his father asked what was interesting, Wang Gang replied, "You won't know."
This is yet another sad case related to internet addiction. Whether the youth's "really interesting" is to sigh about the impermanence of life, or to sum up his 10-year gaming career, it is unknown, but if there is no final illness to pull him back from the game to real life, if the youth can always focus on his own game The world will not be hungry or unhealthy. If young people do not need to consider the fetters of family affection in real life, and young people live happily in their own "really interesting" world, do you think his choice is worth it? If you take this problem to the extreme, you have the right to choose between the cruel real life and the beautiful virtual world. Where would you choose to go? The movie "Space Transport" threw out such a question.
Submerged in Hollywood's flood of space-themed movies, the title "Space Transport" doesn't sound appealing enough. The reason that attracted me at first was to find out that the film was shot in Switzerland, and it was the first science fiction film in Switzerland. When the film was released in 2009, director Ivan Engler had made two films in total. Until now, there are only two lines about the director in Wikipedia - he was born in Switzerland in 1971, and he made a film. A movie called "Space Transport" - no pictures of him yet.
(The following 4 paragraphs involve the plot, be careful!)
The story of "Space Transportation" is set in the 23rd century. The earth that has suffered from ecological disasters is no longer suitable for human habitation. Everyone is gathered in a huge space station in low-Earth orbit. Unbearable, disorderly. The provisional government claims that they are trying to find a planet suitable for human life, such as Ganymede, and some people have moved there first, of course, they are all rich people in the past. Portman's sister's family went to Ganymede first, and she always sent messages, hoping Portman would move there sooner.
To save up the money to go to Ganymede, Portman gets a job on a cargo ship that she and six others will send to the far-flung Space Station 42. It's going to be a long journey, 8 years round-trip, 8 months for each person, everyone on shifts, others dormant.
While Portman was on duty, she noticed something strange about the spacecraft. Instead of flying to the RH42 space station, they went to Ganymede, where their sister is located. The cargo in the spacecraft is nothing else, but human beings who are forever hypnotized. Like Portman's sister, they took the initiative to choose to come to Io. five. Every earthling who comes to Ganymede has a chip connected to his head. Their life is only conscious. In their consciousness is a virtual world with sunshine, rain, forest, and grass. My sister and her family live here happily. She can even connect with her real-life sister Portman, who is coming to Ganymede for a reunion.
The story ends on a positive note. Portman couldn't wake up people like her sister, so she cut off all hypnotists from earthlings, and told earthlings that Ganymede is not a real heaven, but a virtual world, we should return to earth, Build your own home.
But ask yourself, the cruel real life is still a beautiful virtual world, this multiple-choice question is not simple. Even if God does not give us such a choice, human beings have the instinct to escape from reality. Because carbon emissions can be traded, we can discharge carbon with peace of mind; because garbage has to be charged for disposal, we can make garbage with peace of mind; because sewage has to be charged for sewage, so we can discharge sewage with peace of mind... In fact, this is the same as those who spend money on Ganymede. Is there any difference between people? This year, a certain bottled water advertisement focuses on environmental protection, claiming that the plastic bottles produced now save water and electricity than before, so we can still drink bottled water with peace of mind, and then throw away the bottles one by one, and feel that we have contributed to the ecological environment. share of strength.
I always firmly believe that human beings will follow the earth sooner or later, and we should also readily accept the destruction of human civilization. Of course, continuous taking medicine is allowed to delay aging. Everyone wants to live. The packaging of this medicine reads "sustainable development". So after the movie ends, Portman may lead humanity back to earth like a hero, but that is just another beginning of ruining the earth.

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  • Laura Portmann: [from trailer] It's incredibly cold here. You could hardly imagine it.