at the beginning, the gods were distributed on the stage, and the mortals gathered in the square below the stage to watch. They did not descend to the earth from time to time in the Cloud Palace, but usually mixed with humans. Protoss is not mysterious and distant to humans, just like other ruling classes, except that mortals cannot become gods, and gods will not be demoted to mortals. They are like two races, like humans and gorillas, or - aliens and humans. The gods are all handsome men and beautiful women, and there are no bird-headed crocodile people. It shows that the Protoss is a race with a unified shape, not some inexplicable bird-headed kobold, or even a three-headed dog, which is in line with biology. The different forms in the myth are revealed after the transformation, which is in line with the myth.
Horus threw his spear at Set, and Set gouged out Horus' eyes after defeating him. The divine powers of the gods are given by the body parts, the eyes, and later the brain, wings, and heart. Let’s look at how the gods use their divine power: Compared with the ethereal magical power of the common fantasy series, such as a wave of colorful photoelectric smoke, etc., the power of this film is more like a black technology: when Herus throws a spear, his eyes are like lenses. Focusing; the picture of the gradual retraction of the wings when the wings are unfolded and retracted is reminiscent of Transformers (there is a clear and complete process of retracting the wings when Herus defeats Seth and landed on the ground at the end); and Seth fuses wings, brains, When it comes to the heart and eyes, the fusion process is like inserting an expansion part into a slot, and these magical parts have a non-biological texture; the most shocking is the spaceship that pulls - I almost thought he was the ancestor of the alien - but it is actually a god. Old man stick...
Of course, these sci-fi elements of the existence of gods cannot change the essence of myths and nonsense. There are still a lot of techniques in the film, which are unavoidable. But the film pioneered a form of cinematic expression that interprets mythology with technology that humans can foresee/fabricate, which is refreshing. This type of text and pictures is occasionally seen, and it was the first time I met it when it was actually put on the screen (sorry I didn’t watch too many movies), and I was very excited.
In fact, compared with hardcore sci-fi films, this film should be positioned as a superhero action film, because it does not systematically transform the entire mythology system, but only packs a few appearance characters, and fundamentally speaking, the gods Fighting still relies on physical brute force, and the power of black technology is only auxiliary. But for sci-fi fans who love ancient aliens and ancient super civilization themes, this film can still solve the itch. Anyway, I am a full feast, and I plan to brush it twice.
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