True sci-fi fans don't need to be afraid of bad reviews and criticism, because we will have many, many more "Wandering Earth"

Nat 2022-04-02 09:01:09

All the bad reviews and criticisms of The Wandering Earth are trivial. real.

Science fiction fans who have experienced the era of niche science fiction will not be afraid of these at all.

Science fiction fans who have experienced the era of niche science fiction will not care about some boring bad reviews.

In the face of well-founded criticism, we can fully accept it with tolerance.

Because no criticism will stop the rise of Chinese sci-fi like the storm 35 years ago.

As a reader who started reading the world of science fiction in 2001.

We've all lived through that era of niche sci-fi.

"Street stall literature" and "make up" are synonyms for science fiction.

We have nowhere to share the experience of sci-fi reading.

We struggle Amway science fiction works are not understood.

We all know why science fiction literature was so barren at the time.

We still remember the passing of Mr. Zheng Wenguang. That era was the most debilitating era for Chinese science fiction.

At that time, Liu Cixin, Wang Jinkang and others were called "new generation authors of science fiction". I don't understand why they were called "new generation". Is there still "old generation"?

Later, I learned that science fiction literature has a heritage.

1977-1983 was the golden age of Chinese science fiction.

The sci-fi authors who have written since then are called the new generation authors.

To be honest, all the criticism and scolding that Da Liu and "The Wandering Earth" endure today are insignificant, because there will never be any criticism that can stop the rise of Chinese science fiction like the storm 36 years ago.

In 1983, the debate over the "surname Ke or the surname Wen" in science fiction literature eventually led to the decline of Chinese science fiction.

In 1983, the "Cleansing Spiritual Pollution" campaign began. In this movement, science fiction was administratively characterized as "spiritual pollution" and was directly attacked. At its worst, no place in China could publish a science fiction novel. Mr. Zheng Wenguang also suffered from cerebral hemorrhage that year, and his creative career came to an end.

Then "Science Fiction World" began to walk alone.

"Spread doubt and distrust and promote being a 'free man'.

"Bourgeois liberalism and commodification are seriously eroding some of our science fiction creations."

"There are very few science fiction novels that go beyond talking about 'science' and show a bad tendency in politics. "

"Science should be about science, not criticism and questioning."

This is the mainstream society's evaluation of science fiction literature at that time.

Until the "Three-Body Problem" won the award, this status quo has not changed.

It's okay, we can wait forever.

Then we waited until the "Three-Body Problem" won the award, and also until the "Three-Body Problem" filming began again and again in five or six years, and the copyright was sold again and again.

We have been disappointed too many times.

But that's okay, we can still wait.

In fact, before watching "The Wandering Earth", we all made the psychological expectation that it might be a bad movie.

I still remember that Da Liu said that we have to complete "from nothing" first. Then complete "Pass to Excellent".

However, "The Wandering Earth" is really good.

The spirit and world view structure it conveys are all well expressed by the film.

It's like a little boy/girl who never had a toy, suddenly got a Transformer or a Barbie.

For Wandering Earth, in fact, many people have already prepared that it may be a bad movie.

Unexpectedly, I got an 80-point answer sheet with a psychological expectation of 20 points, and we will naturally blow it up to 120 points.

For the Wandering Earth movie, I really hope that non-sci-fi fans will be more forgiving.

I also hope that science fiction fans can be more atmospheric and tolerant, because we will have more "Wandering Earth".

Liu Cixin said: In the two centuries since the birth of science fiction literature, the country that prospered in science fiction literature was often one of the most powerful countries in the world.

Yes, science fiction literature or the rise of the United Kingdom has risen, and the United States has grown stronger and stronger, and now it should also be revived with the revival of China.

We can wait forever.

We don't need to be afraid of criticism and bad reviews at all, we will have many, many "Wandering Earth".

Because no critique will stop the revival of Chinese sci-fi like the storm 35 years ago.

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The Wandering Earth quotes

  • Liu Peiqiang: Since the day The Wandering Earth project began... there was no going back.