Second-rate sci-fi

Ernest 2022-03-27 09:01:18

Science fiction films must have exaggerated imagination of technology, thereby magnifying the embarrassment of real society, expressing criticism and protest; or guessing the possibility of the future; or providing ideas for solving problems. In short, the work of the soul must contain exploration and thinking, or express emotions, or show beauty.
And this film is very long and thin, the blank space not only can not lead the audience into the mood, but it is redundant and boring, which should not be understood as the cold feeling that the film needs.
The absurd imagination also needs to be rational. The film uses a very old-fashioned and strange assumption-human beings are faked without emotion, ruled by interest groups, people only have absolute obedience, no doubt, the emotion of the protagonist is the key part, Don't get it right, and they look awkward (not just in relation to their environment, but out of line with themselves). It seems that the satire of this film is not very clever.
Contrary to mainstream sci-fi films, with the development of science and technology, technological products will not treat people more and more as emotionless machines, but technological products will become more and more humanized, making people addicted and paralyzed. Science fiction films have long ceased to focus on the purely technological elements themselves, and this film seems to be too simplistic.

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  • Oliver 2022-03-22 09:02:38

    Three-and-a-half stars, Twilight Girl's dark circles are too serious, but the picture design is really good. As for the story, it was wonderful ten years ago, and now there are too many of the same type.

  • Emery 2022-03-22 09:02:38

    The film creates an avant-garde yet realistic sense of technology, but at the same time reduces the use of CG special effects as much as possible, and simply goes to Asia to find live shooting, such as Keppel Bay Reflection Garden in Singapore, Awaji Island Dream Stage designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, ​​etc., rather than Europe. , Take Asia, as if to correspond to the belief that the axis of the future will shift from the West to the East.

Equals quotes

  • The Collective: [voice accompanying popup on train's touchscreen workstations] This is a message from the Collective. Are you unusually tired or experiencing increased sensitivity? Maybe you have difficulties concentrating? You may have SOS, Switched-On-Syndrome.

    [display shows: Bulletin Ended. Learn More / Back To Program / Reapeat]

  • Gilead: I don't believe all the research. Feelings engender feelings. SOS isn't even a disease, that's what they say. Switched off is something they do to us between conception and birth. SOS is who we really are and the inhibitors are just another attempt to squash that.