When I haven't watched the Gate of Heaven, I saw that Zhihu said that the theatrical version is not as good as TV, and that it is Watanabe Shinichiro who is more suitable for short and concise short stories. So I originally wanted to treat it as an aftertaste of the golden age of four people and one dog, but after reading it, I was completely moved.
The military and nano-weapons that seem to allude to something, and the Titan Star Wars of kickback TV, are still based on the theme of novel science fiction. But just like interstellar travel to Nolan's hard science fiction and kinship, the focus of the final discussion on the Gate of Heaven is still back to the theme of CB-loneliness.
In this TV series, the four people and one dog each have their own loneliness, and if the theatrical version is included, Vincent is the one most like Spike. I also believe his story is meant to give Spike's finale an innuendo and complement.
Vincent has been wondering whether he is in a dream after so many years on Titan. He is looking for the exit that will let him return to the world he should go to - that is, the door to heaven. I think he knew long ago that doing so was just a solace in suppressing his pain. The film has already said it through Elektra's mouth, washing away memory and death and burying the present life, what is the difference? After all, Vincent is just like Fei, but the difference is that this world can accommodate Fei and give her a main ship that can fly back; but this world can’t accommodate Vincent, in order to wash away the stigma of war , his existence is sinful. Constantly self-seeking excuses, constantly escaping from the past, and looking for an ethereal future. In the end, he died under the gun of his lover. I think, at the last moment, Elektra has become his door to heaven. At the end, he returned to his own world (by the way, the scene of the light and shadow dreaming of butterflies in the play) Also adds a lot to the imagery.)
The Gate of Heaven is to Vincent what bebop is to Spike, a place where the elusive and unattainable wishes reside. Some people want Spike to return to bebop and live out the rest of his life as a cowboy; but bebop has never been Spike's home - at least not the one he chose. Putting a period on the past and ending the dream was Spike's choice.
So, in the final analysis, Cowboy Bebop is still a romantic world with loneliness as its core forever, and its romance lies in letting everyone finally find a home. Some people say that he is cruel, but in the end, if he doesn't even have a home, can he only be like Vincent, constantly seeking his own door to heaven? (So in fact, Vincent finally found a home.)
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