"Morgan": Violence and Reflections Caused by a Five-Year-Old

Looking back at human history, almost no one would deny the outstanding contribution of science and technology to modern civilization. However, it is interesting that the world's first real science fiction novel "Frankenstein" not only did not praise science and technology, but also praised science and technology. The resulting human crisis expresses deep fear and concern.

Recently, a small-budget sci-fi work "Morgan" is another Frankenstein-style story. It tells the story of the "artificial man" Morgan created by biological genetic engineering. However, the structure of the whole story is easier It is reminiscent of last year's high-scoring work "Ex Machina".



The director of the film, Luke Scott, sounds unknown, but he has a famous father, who directed "The End of the Wild", "Blade Runner", "Alien", "Stickman" and so on. Reiled Scott, who is a classic work, and Luke, who inherited his father's business, have performed well in this film. The whole story is highly completed, and at the level of showing hidden worries about technology, the content Also very rich.

With the development of science and technology, religion gradually gave up its position in human civilization. At the same time, human beings gradually began to yearn to become creators from believers of God, and this is often the beginning of disasters. The original intention was to fight against nature for the survival of human beings. This idea of ​​"the creator" showed a kind of arrogance and teasing of nature.



Morgan is the product of this reckless behavior. At first, she showed the advantages of physical fitness and IQ development, which verified the creativity of technology, but human beings were quickly retributed for taking shortcuts. At the beginning of the film, Morgan showed Unexpected violence attacked a researcher in the laboratory when she was only five years old.



Her loss of control immediately exposed the lack of human nature in this scientific experiment. Although scientists gave Morgan all the physiological structures that humans have, they never really regarded her as a "person", when her behavior After exceeding the "Creator"'s expectations, she was immediately deprived of basic personal freedom and imprisoned in a glass secret room. After another attack, she was sentenced to death directly.



During this process, although scientists occasionally showed some feelings for Morgan, they basically ignored her human rights. .

While scientists face a crisis of their own humanity, Morgan encounters a self-perceived confusion.

As a "person" born outside the laws of nature, Morgan has a lot of doubts about "Who am I?" This is a rather original problem. In films such as "Total Recall" and "Bourne Bourne", the protagonist who lost his memory is looking for his identity at the cost of his life, while in "Ghost in the Shell", justice Even if the body person Motoko Kusanagi is well-versed in the professional field, he will inevitably fall into the thinking of self-identity. It can be seen that this is a basic proposition that everyone can't get around, no matter how this person is born, and how he exists. .




In the film, Morgan spreads his hands, palms up, and stares at his palms. In this self-scrutiny, he ponders the reality of his own existence. As the situation develops, this thinking evolves into self-consciousness. Morgan burst out with a strong will to survive and a desire for freedom, just like the Frankenstein in Frankenstein asking for a girlfriend and friendship from Frankenstein. These "excessive" demands are not recognized, but also cannot be satisfied.



Thus, a rather bloody violence is inevitable.

The famous Chinese actress Michelle Yeoh plays Morgan's creator Dr. Cheng in the film. Morgan once affectionately called her a "mother", but Dr. Cheng's decisive attitude made Morgan love and hate, leaving behind Dr. Cheng " Now you should know what you are." After his last words, Morgan ruthlessly chose to kill his mother.



The mother-killing plot in the film is easily reminiscent of the classic scene in Reilid's "Blade Runner" where the replicator kills his father. Replicants and Morgan, after receiving brutal replies from their creators, both displayed a great desire for survival and anguish over the unnatural existence of their self, which ultimately led to a personality prone to destruction.

The final result is that both sides will suffer. When people think that everything is over, the reversal of the end of the film makes the future of the story uncertain, and the audience is left with lingering fears. It is still a traditional reflection on technology: technology Where is the bottom line of development?



Mahatma Gandhi once listed "science without humanity" as one of the seven deadly sins that destroy human beings, and human nature is one of the most difficult measures to grasp in the world. We used to think that human experiments were inhumane, but science fiction movies reveal another Possibly, that is to create "human", or it may be inhuman, because from the purpose of creation to technology, it will become extremely cruel due to the lack of humanistic consideration.

I believe that with the continuous progress of scientific and technological civilization, in addition to "Star Trek", "Gravity", "The Martian" and other films that praise the development of science and technology, we will also continue to see "Morgan". Warning works of negative stance, after all, technology itself is a thing with two sides, and why is human civilization not?


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