In the 20th century, when Zhang Daqian was copying Dunhuang murals, he did not hesitate to uncover the surface murals in order to see more ancient pictures. However, the Tang Dynasty's outstanding brushwork he saw was quickly aging after decades and became blocks of earthen walls. Dim and dirty squad.
Disney's digging out the surplus value of Star Wars is just doing the same thing.
Since the birth of Star Wars, countless movies, TV series, books, and literary works have been woven into a huge network of symbols, and Lucas' desire to eulogize the spirit of rebellion has finally grown into an old republic-like behemoth. "How Star Wars Conquered the Universe" wrote a very interesting story: some Star Wars ashes went deep into the remote Navajo reservations, and there was no one who knew nothing about Star Wars.
But Star Wars is very old, and its first fans are no longer young. The children who were once shocked by the imperial march because of C3PO's laughter have gradually moved away from the theater. The old elements of Star Wars that once attracted countless fans to pay have become obstacles on the way to conquering new audiences, and are bound to retreat from the stage of history honorably. If Disney wants to turn Star Wars into a cash cow that will continue to thrive in the new era, it is bound to undergo a cruel metabolism. Some old movie fans can't help but worry after watching Star Wars 9: Such frequent consumption of feelings, always sit and eat. In fact, the budget-conscious Mickey has long thought about it: feelings are for consumption. Will old fans go into the theater when the next movie is released? It doesn't care.
Since this funeral is going to be utterly sad, let's just be it. Lando is here, Luke is here, Palpatine is here, Han Solo is here, even though Princess Leia has passed away, she has to use the original shooting material to cut her back. The original Jedi masters, even if they were Without showing his face, he had to brighten his voice one by one in the voice-over of the battle, thinking of the Peking opera performance on the spring evening. The tribute is stacked on top of the tribute, and the egg is wrapped in the egg. In the era of information explosion, a large number of "stalks" seems to have become a new entertainment mode. Today’s Star Wars series, no matter whether it is ideological or scientific, it has been difficult to reach the qualified line of "sci-fi works." The Star Wars that was once crazy and obsessed with it?"
Now it’s time for the Skywalker family to leave: Luke turned into the force, and Princess Leia’s heirs followed suit. He even died twice in Star Wars 9. What a pain! The Star Wars 9 title "Rise of Skywalker", but what did the Skywalker family who sacrificed everything leave for this galaxy? Did Rey inherit only a surname?
I used to believe that good and evil are distinct in the galaxy, because I believe that Jedi will not be greedy. When Obi-Wan showed the lightsaber to the young Luke, he said: “This is a more elegant weapon that belongs to that more civilized era.” The Jedi warriors carefully and religiously maintain the balance of the galaxy, using more wisdom and wisdom. Non-violent. I think the reason why the Jedi is elegant is that they never show off their ability to control the force.
But now the Force has been downgraded, becoming indistinguishable from Marvel's "superpowers" and Disney's "magic".
The profound meaning of the Force disappeared. In the old works, the profound meaning of the force comes from religion and history: the knowledge of the force has prospered the civilization of the galaxy, and civilization is also influenced and shaped by the force. The Force is parallel to the laws of physics that we (modern earth) know, and even has a certain generality to the laws of universal movement of matter. From this perspective, The Force is more similar to an Eastern philosophical concept. It will not be extremely precise, but it is gentle and generous, and broadly tolerant. In the age of maintaining the peace of the galaxy, the Jedi Order also brought this universally gentle force into the national philosophy of the Old Republic. This allows Force to transcend the sci-fi concept of "technique" as an application, and become a regular, "Tao" existence.
In Star Wars 9, the force sensing between Kyloren and Rey can not only transmit sound, video, and even objects over time and space, but the timing of the use of these forces is very bad, and it is impossible to tell the story. When speaking. The audience can't experience the magic of the Force, and it destroys the dignity of the Force. The clumsiness of the play hurts the fantasy charm of The Force. From a part of the laws of the universe, the original force has become an alien being beyond the laws of the universe. When "this is the original force" is used to try to smooth out all the deficiencies in the drama, the original force begins to become unreasonable. Because the force at this time is no longer a science fiction hypothesis that can be objectively explored, but the director's microphone and remote control. The force representing the laws of nature has become artificial, and the great Jedi has lost his demeanor, personality and wisdom. Nothing is more sad than this.
We all still remember the scene where Luke saw his father and Master Yoda, Master Obi-Wan after the end of the Battle of Endor, after the cremation of Darth Vader. At that moment, the Force and Luke’s life experience are highly unified. The small history of the Skywalker family mirrors the grand history of the Old Republic, the Galactic Empire. Luke’s personal adventures also have historical significance and transcend the present. The energy that self-action can give. The lives of Jedi knights and even Sith knights are placed in a correspondence. Luke, who saw his father's Phantom of the Force, should be surprised and surging in his heart. What he faced was as Shakespeare said: "The rapids of a long time." Star Wars gave the not-so-old American society a sense of history. The beauty that it brings, the reincarnation of inheritance and destiny. It allows people who are tired of ordinary life to look up at the starry sky and draw some thoughts from the distant sky: long, long ago, there was a distant galaxy.
The charm of Star Wars is that people have magnificent expectations and unlimited desires for another life in another world. That is a power that transcends the real world. If there is really the force, then it should be thinking about "another life". This kind of thinking always tortures, spurs and comforts human beings, and makes people take various actions from thinking to practice. These actions have shaped each other. And the Star Wars 9 I saw did not dream of another way of imagining mankind.
The Force's settings have been modified. From the wisdom of the universe that a few people could perceive through sacrificed practice, it became a placebo for the bourgeoisie that "everyone can have it." The Force no longer exists as a "dao" of the cosmic cycle, but as a "technique" that can be manipulated and manipulated by humans. This cheap, speculative comfort is something Hollywood is very good at. It is called dreaming, but it is no different from anesthetics. Abrams and his team accepted without thinking what the ideological machine of this society and this society told them—indulge in your feelings, and be prepared to pay for it—they turned around and handed over these things. To the audience. Using the touch taken from the audience's life experience to stifle the audience's most needed thinking at the moment, this kind of hidden ideological violence is more cold than Palpatine and his final order fleet.
What is even more embarrassing is that the justice of the Rebels and the Jedi came so justified, so righteous and confident, without thinking about themselves, believing that they are the hope of the entire universe, the absolute truth. This unconscious arrogance has brought countless tragedies in history, can it really bring the balance of the universe? I can't think about it anymore. But without imagination and speculation, most of the soul of science fiction works has disappeared.
In the movie, the Rebels were victorious and people flocked to the galaxy. Red flags swept across the galaxy. But in reality, the rebels that Lucas had pinned on were ended. They went to the dark side, even though the darkness looked extremely bright.
Our love and hatred will gradually fade into oblivion in the yellow sand just like on Tatooine and Luke's hut under the double sun.
This is the moment of decline of the Force.
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