The first to be put on the altar is our earth. Within a few minutes of the film's opening, the earth was wiped out by aliens because of the "need for peacebuilding." Later, we also learned that this earth is not the darling of God and the center of the universe. It's just a testing ground created by a computer to study an "ultimate problem." After the destruction of this test site, rats funded the reconstruction of a new earth for them to study humans. From a certain perspective, the "earth" is a symbol of human narcissism. As the "spirit of all things", human beings are the boss on the earth. Humans often say that dolphins are very smart animals. Of course, this was said by human beings from a bird's-eye view, and the subtext is just incomparable with human wisdom. But this film tells us that human wisdom ranks third on the earth. The second place is the dolphin. As for the first place, the film does not say clearly, but from the plot behind, this honor is none other than the mouse, strictly speaking, it is the mouse in the laboratory!
Next, let’s talk about the democratically elected politics that represents Western democracy. The president of the galaxy in the film was elected by the people. And the inconsistency of this election result is undoubtedly obvious. The film uses the "Guide" to speculate that this election is likely to be considered from the perspective of the most tasteless dress. The essence of elected politics is who is better than anyone else. Make the people happy. It seems that in the United States, which represents democratically elected politics, some people question this system.
Politicians and elected politics are grasshoppers on a rope, and of course they cannot escape the fate of being shaved. The two-headed president in the film probably means that as long as he has half his head, he can become a president. The president is indeed upside-down. He couldn't remember the names of people, he didn't remember the documents he had signed, he had to touch everywhere without knowing anything, and he thought he was a playboy and went around picking up girls. And it's still a standard arrogant + narcissist.
After the politicians are approved, the bureaucracy is down. The manifestation of bureaucracy is the most in the film. Because, the entire Wogang star can be regarded as synonymous with bureaucracy. At the beginning of the film, the house of the unknowing actor Arthur was pushed away because he wanted to build a road here. Only a few minutes later, the earth was pushed by the Vogans for the same reason. At the headquarters of Vogan Stars, we are more like coming to the headquarters of bureaucracy: bloated institutions, stupid clerks, and poor work efficiency. It can be said that this film is an excellent satire of bureaucracy.
In addition to these political themes, religion has not escaped the black hands of the film's directors. It is mentioned in the film that most of the inhabitants of the planets in the universe believe that they were created by gods. The exception is one planet: the inhabitants of that planet think they are sneezed out by a giant green worm. One scene on this planet that impressed me extremely is that countless people solemnly breathe in deeply at the same time before the meeting, and then-sneeze. This solemn ceremony is completely a replica of a religious ceremony. In fact, religion basically always starts with creation. So in essence, belief in God, Allah, Shakyamuni and the big green worm is no different.
Unfortunately, science and technology as opposed to religion have not been able to retreat in this film. As a sci-fi film, this film is not the kind of film in the "Star Wars" series that expresses the power of technology. On the contrary, the film has been using the computer as "the greatest invention of mankind to date". In order to get the answer to the "ultimate question about life, mankind, and the universe", mankind has created a supercomputer: "Deep Thought". This name seems to be a bit more like "Deep Blue (deep blue)". "Smell of tribute. And the shape of this computer did not live up to its good name, both hands held in thought. In fact, I think it would be great if I could put on a "thinker" look. Of course, this two-handed shape is still useful underneath. Our "thinking" really lived up to expectations. After millions of years of unremitting calculations, we finally solved the final answer to "the ultimate question about life, mankind, and the universe." The anticipation of countless generations finally ended on this day, and everyone listened quietly. The final answer is-42, yes, it is Forty-two. I believe everyone who hears this answer will faint. But from the point of view of the computer, it seems that it is not right. It was this "Thinking" that later became obsessed with watching TV. It must be a more pleasant thing to watch TV with your head in both hands. Otherwise, how could it be so happy for so many years? Another robot with a heavy role in the film is Marvin, a big-headed robot with GP (Real Human Character). Fortunately, this robot with highly developed AI does not intend to replace humans. On the contrary, he is a severely depressed patient. A frustrated pessimist who sighed all day.
Speaking of pessimism, one cannot fail to mention a mockery of optimism in the film. When the heroine was about to be executed, the execution officer said to her: "Think about the happy times before, if not, then think about it, this kind of bad life is finally over." It was truly utterly disappointing.
As a major trend nowadays, it seems to be a must-do for theatrical movies to start a movie, although the film is not as blatant as "Scary Laughter". But you can still see shadows like "Star Wars", "The Matrix", and "Terminator". Known as the "Last Marksmanship in the Universe", the Vagabond's guns and bullets rained, although it was not hit by a single shot, but the posture was full of "Star Wars" style. The company that specializes in building planets commissioned by others can remind people of "Matrix", although one is a virtual world and the other is an artificial world. At the end of the film, after the big-headed robot Marvin was hung up with a headshot, he suddenly got up to solve the plot of all the Vogan people. It can't help but remind people of Arnold's "resurrection" in "T3". In addition, the ultimate weapon used by Marvin is called the "stance conversion gun." As the name suggests, the person who is shot will consider the problem from the opponent's standpoint. This "powerful" weapon was specially developed by "Thinking" for the commission of a housewife who can win a quarrel with her husband. Unlike the brave and invincible protagonists in the above films, the protagonist of this film Arthur’s greatest ability is to see the wind. Whenever he encounters a danger, he will either slacken his beard or get rid of the relationship. White rat!
But if you use this to show that "Galaxy" is a masterpiece with great depth of thought, then it is really fooled. In essence, the film does not make any constructive comments. In short, it is a curse, and then leave. Yu Sailian's demeanor.
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