A Town Called Eureka

Susie 2022-07-30 18:29:03

Eureka, Eureka! This is a word that Archimedes screamed when he was so excited when he discovered the law of buoyancy in the bathhouse. Translated into Japanese is to sweep Idesna. Maybe later the term was extended to mean seeking knowledge or knowledge or science, of course this is my guess. The name of a small town called Eureka is not to commemorate Archimedes, although there is a statue of Archimedes that resembles a capable man; it is a small town that has gathered the most elite scientists in the United States. In this small town, there is a secret area that leads directly to the fifth floor underground (the fifth district is the most mysterious and the most important place for the military). It has the most advanced scientific research equipment unknown to outsiders, and almost all the cutting-edge technology in the United States in modern times. The results all come from here-Global Power Agency. This institution was built during World War II by Einstein persuading President Truman to put the destiny of mankind in the hands of scientists rather than soldiers.

This American drama also takes science as the theme, but it can't be called science fiction. If you think the scenes in the film are incredible, it's just because they are at the forefront of scientific research. Black holes, time flow, human cloning, brain waves, molecular regeneration, lasers, etc., are frequently involved in past science fiction films, but they are not new vocabulary, and there is no deliberate expression of them in the film. And suspense can ultimately be explained by scientific phenomena that are not too outrageous. If there are only overwhelming professional terms in "the big bang theory", then in "Eureka", you can see the real thing. In this movie, you can watch enough of the trendy toys in 007 and Batman.

"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, so is a lot." The play starts with Einstein's famous quote, which shows the screenwriter's intention: having too much scientific knowledge is not a good thing. Therefore, we can see that each episode is a relatively independent story, the core of the story is trouble, and the origin of trouble is science. Scientists’ reckless eager experiments or over-confidence and bold operations often accidentally opened the door to the unknown, opening a gap in Pandora’s Box and releasing a few moths to the world, specifically to them. The small town of Eureka where I live. So the residents of this small town are really unlucky. They often get involved in a certain chapter of Feynman's physics lectures inexplicably and put them in a dangerous situation. Sometimes, even human beings all over the world will follow bad luck and face the fate of destruction. The reason why we, the residents of Moscow, Beijing and Pyongyang, can live to this day without being sucked into the black hole or melted by the death light depends on a wise and brave sheriff in the small town.

The sheriff's name was Jack Carter, and even though he was Eureka's sheriff, he was not a weird uncle like Bresta or a Type G detective. He is one of the few normal people. He is not very knowledgeable and has a low IQ (compared to the Eureka average), so he has a sense of humor. The sheriff is very traditional. When solving the case, he adhered to Sherlock Holmes's style. He looked at each other carefully, and he was extremely backward and valuable in a small town where the technology of the instrument had reached the jaw-dropping level. Relying on his well-trained keen sense, he took the lead in finding the key to every suspenseful event by using earth methods. But he did not reject science, and his friend, Henry, a black engineer, often helped him. These two people are an organic combination of humans and technology, and they are also the two most interesting and humane guys in the town.

Like all people who focus on their career and selflessly work, Sheriff Carter, who was a federal agent, has a relationship with his wife and has a daughter who is in a rebellious period; therefore, in Eureka, he has the opportunity to divorce with the head of the Global Power Agency. The wife's relationship is ambiguous. This is the emotional line of the show. In addition, there is another mysterious organization that is secretly watching the Global Power Agency. This is a dark thread that runs through all the time, in case the plot of each episode is too loose. Technology and its situation, suspense, feelings and conspiracy are the four clues of this show. I only saw the eighth episode, and I don’t know how it will end.

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Eureka quotes

  • Nathan Stark: Good job, Carter... Wow, that didn't even leave a bad taste in my mouth.

    Marshall Jack Carter: Wait for it.

    Nathan Stark: ...Oh, there it is!

  • Marshall Jack Carter: [to Ally, about to change timeline] There is no time, no WAY that we don't end up together. You just gotta have a little faith.