As a pseudo-rationalist who likes to pick on the logical possibilities of various movies, "Edge of Tomorrow" really satisfies the multiple possibilities that I need to pretend.
I read the manga version of "all you need is kill" first. Takeshi Obata's painting is very good, I recommend everyone to watch it.
The original Japanese novel is called "Killing Samsara", I haven't read it, and I don't plan to read it.
Some film critics say that reading a comic or novel before watching a movie reduces the fun. I'm just the opposite. I suggest that you read the comics first and then watch the movie. You will have a basic understanding of the principle of the whole movie. Then you will have an endless aftertaste when you compare the two different settings, screenwriters and characters' acting skills.
[Space-time extension]
If time has dimensions, I really don't know how many dimensions it has.
The truth about this team of killing reincarnation has a fatal impact!
One-dimensional time:
If time is one-dimensional, it is a straight line with only two points (the starting point and the ending point, the starting point is the past, and the ending point is the future).
No matter how many times the aliens go back to the past and change, this starting point will have only one ending point. .
Meaning, there is only one future.
When samsara is broken, that future is the only future.
Two-dimensional time:
If time is two-dimensional, then we assume that there is only one starting point, but there will be an infinite number of ending points.
This is the so-called parallel world.
So even if the past is changed, and jumping back from a future to the past, there will always be only three creatures - the protagonist, Alpha, and Omega.
These three creatures have changed the future of countless parallel worlds in the reincarnation, but only the last to break the reincarnation That future is the world in which they will eventually exist.
That is to say, in the parallel world where the protagonist once died, human beings have been "mimicking" extinct by alien creatures countless times and dominate the earth.
Is this truth scary?
[Comic version VS movie version setting comparison]
1) The armor
{comic version}
covers the whole body, the face and hood can be opened, and the defense performance looks relatively strong
(but the alien mimetic weapons and attack power in the comics are stronger than the movie More than one crotch! So the cruel death methods of the protagonist's various armor collapse...)
{Film version}
Metal exoskeleton, large exposed body area, low defense ability, and always showing your face is a major feature
(so it is difficult for you to be in the movie. The audience who is afraid of blood is really a blessing to the director when they see the hands and feet flying and the flesh is blurred.)
{Detailed analysis}
The "auto-balance function" is only available in the comics.
In the comics, the hero and heroine finally gave up the automatic balance function.
the reason is simple.
Racers give up automatic gears and start manual gears,
field photographers give up autofocus and use manual focus,
masters use tools as their fingers, and low-hands use their fingers to use tools.
The most flexible and quickest response can be the silver lining for survival.
But in fact, "automatic balance" is more like another function, "power assist system",
which means that when you move your toes a little, the armor senses that you can easily lift a leg.
This is definitely a big deal for hitting the enemy with the weight of the armor.
But in the movie version, Tom was running in armor for the first time. I was tired of sweating for him.
Obviously, there is no automatic balance device. It is completely metal bones working under the traction of human strength.
Mobility is greatly reduced, which is no wonder the weapon settings have changed.
From armor shape to performance, although the movie version is two or three crotch weaker than the comic version!
However, in terms of the rationality of the background of the times,
the human beings in the movie version are in a hurry to develop armor and put it into actual combat. In
the case of investing a lot of metal raw materials and financial resources, and mass production, it is really commendable and reasonable to be able to achieve metal skeletons. .
2) Weapons
{comic version} Both male and female protagonists use giant long-handled alloy axe
{movie version} Female pig - medium-distance alloy hatchet and cannon, Tom - constantly shooting and unarmed
{detailed analysis}
corresponds to the armor of the comic version With the power assist , it
is absolutely possible for the protagonist to pick up a weapon that is 3 or 4 times heavier than his own body weight.
Although wielding the super axe requires a sense of death.
(I can't control the weight of the giant axe well, and the hands and feet are broken, and the spine is twisted to kill instantly.)
Then watch the movie version, it is so laborious to make the armor move, let alone learn Guan Gong to dance the big sword
(some film critics say that the delicate girl is waving The contrast of a super axe is only suitable for comics performance. The movie may not be harmonious
.
(In the comics, a gun can't penetrate the mimetic shell at all, you need a spear thicker than a thigh to penetrate the mimetic)
So the movie can use a machine gun to make a mimetic, which is also a reasonable category.
But I have to say that the comic version mentions a key issue
- there are so many mimetics on the battlefield, the bullets will run out soon, and if they run out, they will just wait for shit!
And the protagonist must fight to survive and win the war on the battlefield
(this really scratches the G-spot of the alien survival battle),
so a cold weapon with great power and no limit on the number of bullets is the Aurora to gallop on the battlefield. .
I wouldn't dare have an orgasm without it.
This point has a considerable loophole in the logic of the movie version, so the number of times Liang Lao Tang and the female pig died are really, many, many....
3) The protagonist's combat power
{comic version}
After infinite reincarnation, the protagonist cultivates the mystery of killing.
Chopping aliens is like chopping melons, and you are invincible with one stop.
The male protagonist can also dance with the female protagonist Wushuang~
{movie version}
is much stronger than ordinary warriors.
But the battlefield is the battlefield!
No matter how strong you are, you will be besieged by enemies or instantly killed by stray bullets... There
is no need to analyze at all!
The movie version is too realistic at this point.
I have left two lines of tears for the screenwriter to be able to revise such a realistic war that is not secondary and brainless.
4) Reincarnation
This is the core of the whole work! But the two versions look alike, and the actual settings are very different.
Let's talk about |the purpose of reincarnation|, which is the same in both versions:
alien biological mimicry has evolved the ability to travel through time in order to ensure that the war will be won.
As long as you have experienced battles in advance and preserve the precious memories of battles, you can set up battle plans earlier than humans and be invincible.
So human beings can only be exterminated with trembling ~ I will
talk later | The principle of reincarnation |
Comic version:
First of all, aliens are divided into three categories: ordinary mimesis, mimetic backup, mimetic host
Tachyon: The signal emitted by the mimetic host belongs to tachyons, which The time -traveling
mimetic host is different from the ordinary mimetic. It has an antenna synapse. Once it dies, it will trigger the tachyon emission. Where does the tachyon launch go?
The host's tachyon actually traveled from the future to the past and was received by the host itself.
Then, if you want to jump out of reincarnation, you must stop the mimetic host from launching a tachyon back to the past (cutting off the antenna with an axe), and then kill the host.
But aliens aren't stupid either, they've already been on guard against you.
So they kept a mimetic backup, and once the mainframe antenna was destroyed and died, they acted as the mainframe's antenna to send out a signal.
The mimetic reincarnation network is thus established. To break the reincarnation, the network must be destroyed step by step.
3 steps to destroy Samsara:
1. Cut off the mimetic host antenna to stop its tachyon transmission
2. Destroy all backup mimetics, make the Samsara network invalid, and cannot send out signals
3. Cut off the host mime, done!
So how did pig feet get involved in reincarnation?
The protagonist kills the mimetic host before he dies, and those who hit the "mimetic host" will be exposed to tachyon radiation.
The protagonist's brain acquires a qualitative change in the function of sending and receiving tachyons, and joins the reincarnation network.
So every time the protagonist dies, the brain fires tachyons, restarting time.
When the mimetic host dies, the protagonist's brain will also restart as the mimetic network receiving the host Tachyon.
The after-effect is that if the brain continues to receive signals, it will eventually become completely the same substance as the mimic receiver.
This process is irreversible.
The female pig was completely diseased, so in the end the male pig was forced to kill the female pig.
Movie version: Aliens are still divided into three categories: ordinary mimesis ,
alpha, omega
alpha There
is a pure tachyon transmitter, and Omega is a pure tachyon receiver
(the old soup is infected by the blood of omega and goes back to the past, which proves that the blood of omega also has tachyons, but it cannot be launched autonomously, and must be in other living bodies. It can be activated in the body)
Logically, to break the cycle, Lao Tang should do
the following: 1. Prevent himself or Alpha from dying
2. Destroy the omega
pair! It's that simple, much simpler than comics!
In fact, to put it more simply, in order for the audience to understand at a glance, the screenwriter set that as long as the omega is destroyed, Tom will escape from reincarnation.
So it doesn't matter if the Alpha transmitter doesn't die, as long as the omega as the receiver and starter is dead.
It does seem reasonable. but! Brother Nima, Tom, bleeds too much. If you lose Alpha blood, you will lose the ability to reincarnate. This is too much!
According to the female pig, the human body must have at least 3 pints of alpha blood in order to have the ability to reincarnate.
Alpha spilled some blood on your face and you swallowed 3 pints?
Reincarnation starts in seconds. How much blood does Alpha need to spray you in an instant to make you have enough signal blood in a few tenths of a second?
Writer, are you kidding me?
[Other elements]
Here is purely personal preference, simply write.
1) Character
heroine Rita:
{Comic Edition}
On the battlefield, she is extremely calm
and will say something irrelevant to the wounded, panicked or dying soldiers, so that they can regain their composure after being shocked.
The famous line "I heard that after a meal in Japan. The green tea is free, really?"
Prefer the comic version of Rita, and the battlefield language inherited from the captain of Rita's squad is full of charm
(the captain doesn't appear in the movie, but Tang and Rita drive to the reservoir, The person Rita doesn't want to mention is the captain)
and the male protagonist is better set by Lao Tang's advertiser.
2) The attitude of the military
For Rita and the protagonist involved in the killing cycle, the military in the comics accepted and used the attitude.
But in the movie version, being closed in a mental hospital, being dismembered for research, and Lao Tang being ambushed by the army at the end all show that the military does not trust individuals.
Such a setting! ! !
It's too good to be true! ! !
The adaptation is great, I really like the screenwriter.
Finally, regarding the ending of the movie version, it can only be said that it is a return that conforms to the common values of the public.
And I'm also a member of the public, so I'm really relieved that the hero and heroine don't have to cut each other!
However, the ending is equivalent to telling everyone that the mimetic host will inevitably migrate, and Liang Laotang has to find the host again in the non-stop reincarnation to break the reincarnation.
I have to die 200 times, hahahaha!
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