The more sci-fi movies you watch, the more you understand the routine. There was nothing special about growth, mating, mutation, etc. It's just that in this play, the personal characteristics of the protagonist really make me feel very realistic.
Men are always the first to be rational, like Clive in the play. He has always opposed Elsa's idea of keeping Zoram, and has been trying to prevent all this from happening, including using various methods to kill Zoram. However, he eventually gave in to his wife. It may be due to character, or it may be that he really can't convince his wife, in short, he compromises, whether it is to make his wife happy, or for the bright future that his wife paints for him. It was only at the back that he was actually attracted to Zoran, and this was what he had always hoped for, since Zoren grew into a more beautiful looking female.
Let's first introduce Zoran's appearance: there is a human head and body, including limbs. However, the palms and feet are not like humans, more like rodent claws, have a tail, can quickly extend a needle, have the characteristics of amphibians (can breathe underwater), and later found that it can also grow Out of wings to fly. Its original appearance is female, and it grows very quickly.
Its growth has drawn the couple into a long-running dispute. But almost always Elsa is the winner. In the film, Clive is a typical "baby ears" and "strict trachea". Although he is an elite figure in the biogenetics field with his wife, he seems not so confident in all his decisions and always hopes to get a wife. approved or persuaded by his wife. And Elsa has also succeeded in being a strong and rational wife. Elsa has been worried that she will not be able to give birth to a healthy child because of family reasons, so she created the humanoid "Zorren" by combining her own DNA with the DNA of a certain species. In the beginning, Clive was always afraid that something would happen, saying it was illegal, unethical or something. But Elsa got him in a few words. He gave up these so-called "legal" and "moral" viewpoints, and went with her to practice the scientific exploration of "rules are meant to be broken". (It's really unprincipled...)
However, Clive has always been afraid that others will discover Zoran's existence, and he wants to kill him everywhere, but he is stopped again and again by Elsa or Zoran "lucky" (after being forcibly pressed into the water by Clive). When trying to drown it, he found that it has amphibian characteristics and can breathe underwater), and finally he gave up and followed his wife to protect Zoran's secret, but it was still a small noise for three days and a big one for five days. Quarrel. The main purpose is to quarrel and win over her wife, Zhuo Lun should not exist, it should die... Zhuo Lun should not exist, it should die... . The point is, he never wins. It's so sad, I really don't know whether to say that he loves his wife too much, or that he is too unprincipled. Clive was attracted by Zoram's femininity in the later period, had sex with it, and was caught by Elsa on the spot. That embarrassing look at that time was really in place, and he chased out with his pants on. And he righteously accused Elsa in the back that she shouldn't have kept it in the first place. Since the rules are meant to be broken, then I will break them, what's the matter? Although he is indeed a little manly at this moment, it also makes people suspicious of shirk responsibility.
Elsa is a typical scientist with knowledge, culture, rationality and dedication, and finally she dedicated her children to science. This is something. In order to make her research results more stable, she and her husband study new species in private, and dedicate their eggs to science without telling her husband. So, she almost regarded this new species as her child. And she showed great selfishness in the whole process, including concealing her husband's use of her eggs in order to get the research results she wanted; ignoring and hindering her husband's rigorous scientific attitude because of her excessive maternal love; Threatening, she retaliates, vents her anger, and warns by depriving and denying Zoram's humanity, stripping him forcibly and making him feel humiliated and helpless. Really too much. I especially dislike Elsa's selfishness, but I can't refute her theories about scientific exploration and progress. I was a little moved when I saw her sincerity when she tried to save Zhuo Lun's life.
But after the cruel thing she did to Zhuo Lun, I was thinking, it turns out that if a woman is willing to be nice to another woman, it is only possible when that woman is still a girl. When a girl becomes a woman, Between two women will inevitably become enemies, for men. And if a man is willing to be good to a woman, only after the girl grows into a woman, you understand later... And these so-called "willingness" are actually asking for something, and one side is asking for the satisfaction of being needed, One party is asking for the security to be protected. It's just that when you are "willing", it means that you can meet the needs of the other party; when you can't meet it, or the other party is already asking for more, you will only feel afraid and helpless, and you will want to escape or let The other party disappears into your world.
Woman, it's scary.
I've been wondering if this represents a relationship model, between children and adults, between people. It's really subtle. Women always seem to have endless maternal love and patience for children, while men, on the contrary, appear much simpler and cruder, so children will prefer women to men, and even fear men; women seem to be natural enemies to women, Because men, the once intimate relationship will be brutally broken and cruel to each other; the temptation of men to women seems to be completely irrational, and often at this time shows a kind of "come as soon as you come, which one is afraid of which one? "Attitude, but when the matter is exposed, he will chase his wife like a dog; and men treat men as brothers, even if they are betrayed, they will treat you as a brother.
However, everyone in this drama makes me look nasty, selfish Elsa, cowardly Clive, betrayal brother Kevin, etc. Instead, my favorite is the CEO who has always been mercenary, although she She's a woman, but she exemplifies the toughness, judgment and determination that a leader should have. And she used the subordinate's "hit a stick, give a radish" strategy so skillfully that it was invisible, which I admired so much.
Aside from the annoying characters, the title also feels cheap. Especially after watching the whole drama, I really admire how those translators can be so direct. "Thriller Alien" is actually a pretty good name, but maybe the publisher doesn't think this name is attractive enough, and it's easy for everyone to compare this film with the "Alien" series and affect the attention of the film itself. But "Beasts" really made me want to vomit, especially after watching it. It always feels like a series of very immoral (really immoral) and disgusting stories; since beasts have no self-awareness, human-animal hybridization must be artificial.
At the end of the film, Zhuo Lun will automatically undergo gender conversion after mating (that is, with Clive), and later became a male xenogeneic, and went to get Elsa for "mating" (evil, evil... ), the mating was successful in the end, and at the same time, Clive gave his strong life for his wife when fighting Zoran, and finally Elsa had a big belly (everyone knows who it is...) accepted the CEO's arrangement I will continue to complete the research journey that I started with my deceased husband. In the last scene of the film, in order to comfort Elsa, the CEO stands by the window with one hand on her shoulders behind her. Because of the backlight, the audience can only see the silhouettes of the two, and the silhouette of the CEO looks like It's more like Zoran is standing behind Elsa. Very strong metaphor.
After watching this movie, I didn't feel much except that I was very angry. Of course, it's much better now. The plot of the movie is still very exciting, and the actors have a good grasp of the characters. However, the director's skill has limited control over the movie. There are many times when I don't know what the director wants to express, or it is impossible from this point of view. Understand why the protagonist does this. Alas, but it is also a family's words, maybe I am extreme. hehe.
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