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Telling stories of human nature with sci-fi gimmicks
Aubree 2022-04-22 07:01:02
I watched "Ring Messenger" today, and I didn't think it was as difficult to understand as everyone said. Maybe at the beginning, I really didn't know what to say, and I couldn't even understand what "looper" was doing and what kind of story it had even after reading the subtitles. However, when the male protagonist himself falls into the pursuit of his future self and looks for the "Rain Caller", it is actually understandable. In fact, you can completely ignore the time travel emphasized in the plot. Personally, I think that it is completely the sweat medicine given by the screenwriter to the audience. Only the hero said at the end, "I saw a mother who would rather die for her child, and a man can kill for his lover." Then the hero committed suicide. To put it bluntly, it is a story about using high technology to tell human nature.
Extended Reading
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Older Joe: My memory's cloudy. It's a cloud. Because my memories aren't really memories. They're just one possible eventuality now. And they grow clearer or cloudier as they become more are less likely. But then they get to the present moment, and they're instantly clear again. I can remember what you do after you do it. And it hurts.
Joe: So even when we're apart, you can remember what I do after?
Older Joe: Yes, but this is a precise description of a fuzzy mechanism. It's messy.
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Sara: This is a Remington 870. One blast could cut you the fuck in half.
Joe: In half. Yeah, that's telling. You're holding a gun, I say I'm not afraid, so you describe the gun to me. It's not the gun I'm not afraid of.