Hummingbird Project

Kylie 2022-09-06 15:00:22

In fact, after reading the whole film, I am a little bit at a loss as to what it is trying to convey. After watching it, when I wanted to check the introduction of the film, I came across a comment saying that middle-aged people can watch it, and it is full of life philosophy, which cannot be understood until middle-aged. So, is this the reason I don't understand? A pair of cousins, Vincent and Anton, plan to build a straight fiber-optic cable from Kansas to New Jersey, allowing information to travel back and forth in 16 seconds for more money. But the journey was full of difficulties. The first is that the propagation speed has been 17 seconds, which is a meaningless 17 seconds, but the difficulty of shortening one second is unimaginable. In fact, in two of them, I thought it was a reminder to shorten this second, but unexpectedly it was not, this is a bit interesting. Then Vincent has stomach cancer, rocks that are difficult to get through, the "land of God" that doesn't allow the underground to be destroyed, etc. All kinds of reasons reflect that this is a difficult thing, and it is not easy to complete it. While watching, a friend asked me if I thought the other party could build it successfully, and I replied that it would definitely be successful, otherwise, what is the point of all the difficulties. Yes, it was indeed successful, but unexpectedly it was eliminated. Because there were 11 seconds beyond 16 seconds, at that moment I really felt impossible because it was unreasonable. I don't understand why 17 seconds to 16 seconds is so hard, and 17 seconds to 11 seconds to jump so easy, I can only attribute it to the birth of new technology. (PS: This is probably the truth of engineering women.) So, this is to tell us that the result is not important, and the process is sometimes more important, right? I especially remember a scene where Vincent stopped in the middle of the car, entered a foot massage shop, and suddenly burst into tears during a therapeutic massage. At that moment, I suddenly remembered a sentence, the collapse of adults is often in an instant. Vincent was really under too much pressure, both physically and mentally, of course, I couldn't relate to it. Vincent said this was the last thing he did in this world. It's actually kind of sad for the ending.

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  • [first lines]

    Bryan Taylor: How long does it take to drive from Kansas to New York?

    Vincent Zaleski: Uh, two days.

    Bryan Taylor: You wanna do this in 16 milliseconds?

    Vincent Zaleski: Yeah, but round trip.

    Bryan Taylor: We're talking about a lot of money here, Vincent.

  • Vincent Zaleski: Sometimes I wonder, if all the time that was given to me was, like, like, 16 milliseconds, and I had no past memory - I had nothing carved into my mind before those 16 milliseconds. And the only thing that was left imprinted in my brain were the images and the smells and feelings of those 16 milliseconds. How do you think I would process that?

    Anton Zaleski: I don't know. Hmm. I think your life would feel exactly as long as someone who lived for 100 years.