When I was writing "The Hunger Platform" before, a personal private letter recommended me to watch a fighting ethnic sci-fi film "Otherworld". I agreed, but I just finished watching it today. The procrastination is really serious!
I don't watch many sci-fi films of the fighting nation. What I am more impressed with is that I have seen a fighting nation version of the Avengers "Guardian: Century of War" before, and the Soviet astronauts rescued the space station based on real events. "Space Rescue".
▲The strange world in "Otherworld"
Some people say that the movie of Fighting Nation is well shot, but the story is a little weak. This may be a bit of a generalization, but it is quite suitable for the movie "Otherworld". Many netizens are slightly disappointed with the story performance of "Otherworld", but they still agree with the picture and creativity. of.
As far as my personal perception is concerned, the film "Otherworld" is generally quite eye-catching. Although the story is not too brain-burning and exciting, the details in it are also worthy of recognition.
Master's Science Experiment
The story of "Otherworld" is quite simple. It is about a mad scientist who selects a group of frustrated people in life to take them for an experiment. This experiment requires the testers to be comatose, and then use their memories to build a brand new world for immortality . But everyone's memory is biased, which makes the world a mess, and there are also amnesiacs chasing them all the way, so this mad scientist finds an architect, the male protagonist, and wants him to help him build one in the memory world. An island inaccessible to the scavengers.
▲ The scientist in "Otherworld"
Such an experiment is clearly illegal at first glance, but why is that mad scientist able to carry it out in a grand manner, and there are still many followers in his experimental base?
▲ The reason why scientists of "Otherworld" created the world
At first, his own ideas were not recognized by outsiders, and he could not find investors. Later, he learned to be flexible, and he just described this experiment as "searching for eternal life", and also had his own "religion"!
There are several details in the film that show this, such as a string of beads on his wrist, a painting of the Egyptian pyramids on the walls of the laboratory, and a statue of Sakyamuni in the memory world.
▲The classic lines of "Otherworld"
As he himself said: " To be rich, all you need is a religion. "
It's crazy how a scientist turned into a cult leader in order to conduct his own research.
However, there is a dark area between science and religion. There are many debatable points between scientific experiments in the name of religion and religious dissemination in the name of science.
▲ "Otherworld" memory world and real world
In any case, his idea can be "properly carried out", and it is also thanks to people's "beliefs" and "weaknesses" that his identity as a "hierarch" can also explain many strange little details in the film.
For example, the design of the male protagonist was selected, he came to the scientist's experimental base, and a guy who claimed to be a "servant" received him. This "servant" was not a servant in labor, but in a religious sense. Explains why the rest of the lab is so obedient to scientists. Also, those outside the lab are actually cult followers.
▲ The ending of the scientist in "Otherworld"
This scientist can actually make things bigger, but he is only content to "retire" in the memory world , which makes me a little "disappointed", you know, he has his own followers inside and outside Ah, the final fate can only be said to deserve it.
strange memory world
After talking about the identity of the scientist and what he did for a long time, what is the memory world in the film like?
▲ "Otherworld" memory world adventure
At the beginning of the film, when the hero wakes up, we follow the hero's perspective and see this wonderful world of memory, exploring and taking risks step by step. When I watched it, I found it very amazing and imaginative. These buildings were randomly discarded like waste, corroded, disorganized, and did not conform to the laws of reality. Later, the male protagonist was hunted down by the scavenger (this scavenger is a bit like a game CF's Terminator), was fortunately saved by a small group.
How was this scavenger born? When real people are brain dead, they become clearers, and the mission of clearers in that world is to find and destroy those "living people" who have memories.
▲ "Alien" clearer
There is no so-called boss in the clearer, or every clearer is a boss. They feared almost nothing, and bombs and guns only slowed them down.
As long as the scavenger is slashed with a knife, the whole person will be slowly eroded and eventually become a scavenger. The "phantom" in the film is the best example, his hand was scratched in one action Yes, it will become a scavenger in a few days, which is a bit like the infection method of "zombies".
▲ The phantom in "Otherworld" (left)
Where there is oppression, there will be resistance! Therefore, in that memory world, it was a small group of power users headed by scientists who resisted the scavenger. Each of them will have their own skills. For example, "Phantom" is good at fighting, "Ghost" is good at flashing, and he is good at healing.
Regarding the selection of superhumans, let me mention here by the way. We all know that these people selected by scientists are all "frustrated" in life. Only in that world can they feel the meaning of their existence.
▲The frustrated hero of "Otherworld"
Let's take "Phantom" as an example. In reality, he is a disabled person with broken legs, but in the world of memory, he is a brave and good team leader. He knows the truth of the matter, but he refuses to wake up. live in that world.
▲ The phantom in reality of "Otherworld"
Perhaps it is such a contrast that they regard scientists as "teachers". That scientist has the same things as them, dissatisfaction with real life, and yearning for a strange world. Maybe it's because of the lack of faith in that society that they choose to believe in a lunatic.
▲ The power user in "Alien"
Their task is not to eliminate the scavengers, but to find companions. The male protagonist is what they are looking for, because the male protagonist's abilities are very powerful. He is an architect in real life, and in the memory world, too, he can build all kinds of fancy buildings out of thin air.
▲ The ability of the male protagonist of "Otherworld"
The part in the movie where he builds an island for a scientist is so gorgeous, although I kind of traveled to the queen in Frozen a bit.
▲ "Another World" male protagonist Jiandao
The setting of the entire memory world still looks very interesting. The only shortcoming may be that the gameplay of this world is too simple. I thought it would be a battle of various strategies, but I did not expect it to be a simulation game.
The "Hunting" I watched two days ago was very good in this regard. The movie "Hunting" is about a hunting game between the elite and the civilians. The heroine was one of the hunted at first, and then she The strategy calmly responded and successfully fought back. It would be even better if "Otherworld" could add some more strategic confrontations in this regard.
Thoughts on the ending of the film
Although the plot is somewhat simple, the male protagonist escapes from the memory world and leaves his experimental base after knowing what the scientist has done. But the film does not end there, leaving a thought-provoking ending.
▲The island built by the male protagonist of "Otherworld"
The scientist's experimental base was not closed due to the male protagonist's accusation, but continued to operate normally. What's even more frightening is that more young people want to join!
The male protagonist did not find his home because of this bizarre experience. He still failed to implement his design dream. He had to do those bland buildings in order to live, and he thought he had escaped from the world of scientists. , but did not seem to forget that world. He has received an invitation letter again, and it is up to us to imagine what he will do!
▲ The last shot of "Otherworld" (architectural drawings and models)
Some people say that the ending of the film is a flashback, that is, the letter received by the actor is from the previous one, but this doesn't seem right, because the heroine also said something to the effect that they can't find us, indicating that the two of them have escaped. .
The suspense of this ending lies not in this, but in the possibility of the hero's actions.
▲The astronomers of "Otherworld" have already said the method
Judging from this suspense, I personally think that the male protagonist may go to the scientist's experimental base again, maybe blacken, and start a more crazy behavior, maybe cooperate with the "servant" of the scientist, maybe nothing happens... .
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