Sure enough, estrangement will create a clash of civilizations

Sidney 2022-09-16 09:28:00

The trailer is like this: Aliens suddenly came to the earth and ruled humanity. They killed the male protagonist’s parents in an accident. After many years, the resistance organization found the male protagonist and tried to inspire his will to resist, watching the billions on earth. Compatriots are enslaved, and with the hatred of the murder of their parents, will the male protagonist embark on a path of resistance? As soon as I saw this setting, the scene of the earth city being engulfed by fire and thousands of lives being slaughtered appeared in my mind. I was full of how the male protagonist took the burden of history to ignite the fire against alien rule, so I immediately looked for it. over.

But after watching the whole movie, I didn’t experience the epic feeling of swallowing mountains and rivers. On the contrary, I began to doubt whether it was necessary for the human rebels to do so. The biggest question is: In the nine years since aliens occupy the earth, the earth has become What's the matter? Has the earth's environment deteriorated to force human uprising?

The film aliens delineated a forbidden zone on the earth, a large amount of earth resources are exploited, the gap between the rich and the poor is widening, etc., but the situation is like the mass slaughter of human beings, the large-scale destruction of residences, and the education of human beings on alien enslavement. None of them appeared, almost can be understood as a group of introverted alien mine bosses suddenly appeared when the earth was not destroyed on a large scale?

So this can also explain that when the entire earth is occupied, the vast majority of humans still choose to live peacefully and support aliens’ rule over the earth. Only a very small number of humans will choose to resist. From this perspective, this The film’s description of the rebels is neutral (in fact, it is not absolutely neutral, at least it pave the way for the premise that the male protagonist’s parents are killed), but apart from the male protagonist’s family feud, the motives of the other rebels are not obvious. Knowing what made them willing to make such a big sacrifice.

But here comes the question again. Since everyone can live like before, why can the assassination of a city in Boston cause worldwide resistance?

The reason is probably in the way aliens get along with people on earth. In the nine years since aliens came to earth, people on earth seem to have not enjoyed the fruits of extraterrestrial technology except for identification bugs, and human life can hardly see aliens. Traces of people coming to the earth, aliens are just watching humans in a hidden place, and rarely come to actively contact with humans, let alone introduce their own civilization. They only take care of resources and don’t talk about what your home is like. Such advanced technology does not improve the lives of human beings. Can human beings not bother you?

Originally, coming to the earth from a long distance is an excellent opportunity to promote the mutual exchange of two civilizations. It is good for you, and you can be at ease when you are at ease and destroy human curiosity and desire for extraterrestrial civilizations. Then don’t blame the indigenous people for resisting. Yeah.

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Captive State quotes

  • Gabriel Drummond: [to his brother] I told you not to be a goddamn hero

  • Rafe Drummond: [repeatedly] I told you I'm already dead