Actually, I didn't pay much attention to "Relative Universe" before. But after seeing the actor, JK Simmons, oh yo, it's interesting, the Oscar winner's script has one feature - interesting. The movies or series he took over before may not be good, but they must be very interesting. The lower limit is that his role is very interesting. The upper limit is the Oscar.
Therefore, "Relative Universe" is also a very interesting drama.
Judging from the details and processing methods left by the screenwriter in the first episode, as long as you don't make up your mind, don't think about a story for four, five or six seasons, and control the degree of completion to the highest level. This drama must have a seal. God's potential.
After all, the setting of a parallel universe shuttle and a German confrontation background during the Cold War is enough to attract a large number of audiences who like hard science fiction and spy war dramas into the pit. Coupled with excellent photography and superb acting skills, it constitutes a god The elements of the play are basically there, it depends on what will be said later.
At the beginning of Relative Universe, we see a workflow similar to 1984's 'Big Brother is watching you'.
The male protagonist Howard A walked into the workshop according to a very serious, rigid and ceremonial process. Like his colleagues, he was neatly dressed, serious and meticulous.
The information explained from this group of shots is one of confidentiality and the other of unity.
And these two elements are the core elements of "1984" at the beginning, they reflect the social environment at that time - a socialist capitalist world.
Two parallel universes, one is neatly dressed and has a strong sense of ritual, and the other is free and relaxed, with a strong sense of modernity. In such an environment setting of "Relative Universe", more or less reminds me of the shadow of the contrast between the "socialist" and "capitalist" worlds.
I don't know if this 'Moscow restaurant' in a certain universe in the film is intentional. If it is, plus the German they spit out, plus the background of the 30 years after the Cold War, it makes me think of a Berlin Wall. Soviet ideology and ideological Germany.
Then, the basis of the confrontation and the elements of espionage warfare in "Relative Universe" are buried.
You can completely imagine it as two ideological confrontations in the distance, and the following is the open and secret battle of each other's spies. (How to fight is the main line of this story, and it will be stripped in a suspenseful way, and I will analyze it later.)
It's great in the background, and by shrinking the details to the characters, it puts forward the theory of a parallel universe: there must be another me in the world, living a life I don't have.
Two universes, there are killers who travel between two sides, killing people in both universes. The two Howards are connected because of this parallel universe killing.
In order to facilitate everyone's understanding, we call Howard of the 'social universe' as Howard A, and Howard of the 'capital universe' as Howard B.
According to the basic setting of this play, the two people in the parallel universe are basically of the same origin and have the same 'setting parameters'. In short, their hardware values are basically the same. The hardware is determined by genes. What kind of IQ, physical fitness, physical fitness, etc., they have, the upper limit data and the offline data are the same.
This setting is like the PA (Potential Ability) value of Football Manager. Each player (person) has a total upper limit, and the cap is 200. The higher the PA (person), the stronger the player (person) is. ) possibility. Just like our current peerless double pride, Messi and Ronaldo are both 200 PAs.
Therefore, under this setting, Huo A and Huo B actually have the same PA value.
There is an old saying in China, called the same person, even if you have the same PA value, how well you practice in the future, and how much you can practice, still depends on the CA (Current Ability) value. The so-called CA value is the sum of the current ability.
This is like Huo A and Huo B, who have the same PA value, but have completely different choices in terms of CA points in life.
In his career, Huo A worked as a back office worker and did not get promoted for 30 years. As an ordinary person, he has been conscientious and dedicated all his life. It is rare for him to vacate a position and he is restricted by the leadership. He can be said to be a pure novice in the line of business he is engaged in;
Huo B, as a field worker, has already reached an important position in the same career, and he knows the details and secrets of the company well.
Emotionally, Huo A bravely chose to run away with the woman he loved deeply and married happily for 30 years; Huo B liked the same woman, facing her, he could only smile awkwardly and play dumb.
Different people have different fates, life may make different choices under the same setting, and there will also be paths and living methods under different trajectories.
There is no absolute right or wrong in life.
Some people choose a happy family and marriage (emotionally brave), and they may lose their career top; raised the corners of his mouth.
Life and destiny are not the best of both worlds and perfect choices, there will be regrets and surprises. What kind and how to choose, it all depends on yourself (and the environment that shapes your character).
Huo A and Huo B each think about the bitterness and happiness in their own lives, and each has its own taste. We cannot make a 100% judgment as to which one is better. Perhaps, each has its dross and beauty, so the world And yin and yang will be so harmonious and balanced.
In the Book of Changes, it is written: Heaven is jealous of fullness, and human beings are jealous of completeness. It is impossible to occupy the whole life in one life. There must always be some regrets, so that I can more clearly understand how the current happiness and pain come, so as to let my heart Be honest and secure, and keep yourself in balance with the world.
Keeping balance is how the world works. The same is true between the two universes, I suppose. If there is no boundary between the two universes, and people on both sides shuttle endlessly through a 'broken door' in the wall, it may cause a huge war. In this case, events such as massacres may even be derived. So, is it similar to the history of all wars?
Well, the main line of this play is very interesting-the temptation and guidance of the prelude to the war, the two sides set up each other (the best), trying to break the stalemate balance that has been in place for many years, thereby provoking the invasion of one universe into another.
Since someone wants to disrupt the balance, the two sides are sneaking into each other in the dark. This kind of conspiracy and undercurrents are surging, as long as they don't make a fool of themselves, it will be a very brilliant development.
The following content contains in-depth spoilers. After watching this episode, watch the following parts for better taste:
Here's some reasoning in detail:
After all, I believe that this show will not leave a foreshadowing of bugs out of thin air, so, in the first episode, there are many details that seem unreasonable, so I will make a general sort out and guess here.
1. If you kill a person in universe A, you must also kill one person in universe B.
(The first picture is a bit blurry, but I feel that the faces and hairstyles of the two people are similar)
2. Then guess 1 and think down, so why is Huo B shuttled over? According to the cosmic correspondence, Huo B's colleague (same high-level) was killed, so logically, the killer will definitely come to kill Huo A's colleague (or even more) in the parallel universe. Then, conversely, it can be concluded that conjecture 1 is established.
As for why kill him? In Huo A's universe, this person has just been promoted, and his position is exactly what Huo A wants. Now that both are dead, how should we think about this?
Huo A has a problem! I'll tell you what's wrong with the details below.
3. Was the missing flower intentional or was it really forgotten?
We can know from this detail that Huo A has the habit of changing flowers, not just once, but every time. He couldn't forget to remind Huo B to add this detail when he played himself.
And Huo B missed this detail perfectly when he went to the hospital.
How can someone like Huo A who can even report the name of the nurse, go to buy flowers temporarily and leave out such important details? I believe this is a hint.
Prompt who? Cue the killer.
According to this logic, Huo A has more or less problems.
So, let's take a look at the dialogue between the two sides of the world at the beginning:
"It's almost spring here"
"The scent of flowers is in the air"
"Orchid Scent"
"The best blooms this season are orchids"
orchid!
Let's look again at what flower Huo A changed?
orchid!
The orchids are blooming!
And when the killer was in place, he didn't see the orchid blooming very well!
This is the transmission of a signal.
The gesture of referring to the stain on the tie is even more suggestive.
Huo A can make it round, but it can only be said that he is an extremely honest person in his world. He has no desires or desires, but no one is perfect. He still expressed his desires to his boss who was much younger than himself:
So, honest people without desires, are they really honest?
3. Is Huo A really an honest person when it comes to the technique of closing and closing in the game?
Although from many details, Huo A is indeed an honest man, his life is very ordinary, and it can even be said that he failed. (Simmons' acting skills are really awesome) However, from the first dialogue at the beginning, it shows an unusual philosophy:
Ordinary people's concept of victory and defeat is different from Huo A's concept of victory and defeat. Therefore, in the eyes of others, the life of failure and the choice of failure have completely different definitions in his heart.
If you lose, you can play a good game.
So, the game of chess in his life is nearing the end, and it seems that he has lost, but in fact how good he is, how many people will understand?
Huo A said, "Life is the sum of the choices we make (Sum). You do something, and I echo it. When the things you do accumulate enough, my reaction will change. In change, these (altered) choices define us (who we are)."
When Huo A was walking in the aisle where the light and dark changed, the camera gave him such an expression for a moment. Everything seemed to be in his mind. ' expression.
People who play Go always like to take one step, the ultimate move that you can only see after a long time.
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There is a hand that can never be grasped,
those who cannot be together,
Only in a momentary clench in another time and space.
Who can live without regrets?
It's a pity that the person you love is right in front of you
I just sighed helplessly
Maybe in another time and space
you and me
Living the life I've dreamed of countless times
rather than as it is now
cold-eyed, silent
— END —
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