I think this show has two levels of analysis.
Shallow level, on the surface, this is an anti-hero drama. I was attracted by this point and chased because there are still very few dramas of this type in the world or because I watch too few (sorry )
After I started watching it, it turned out to be a batch of superficial images that are well maintained. There are also professional group companies operating packaging, and various offline activities for publicity and advertising, almost entirely created by artists, making full use of every bit of commercial value of the seven-member group. You can also sign contracts with countries or regions, not only the image endorsement, but also the residents' sense of security has been greatly improved.
However, as we continued to watch, the mortal side of the seven-member group gradually became more prominent, and the most important information was that they were actually man-made (it was really a big hole, I opened my head and was curious about the origin setting of this superpower, also It is precisely because they are man-made that there is a conflict in the back, and at the same time, it makes the group of seven seem both sacred and sad. The sacred is that they are a god-like species cultivated by human beings, and the sadness is that they cannot get rid of the defects of human beings).
In the later stage, the personality weaknesses of each member of the Super Seven were revealed one by one. It is better to say that it is an anti-hero than a bloody satire of perfection. There is never a natural perfection that everyone fantasizes about in the world.
They have been controlled by their destiny (injection of No. 5 chemical) from the very beginning of their birth. They thought that they were born with divine power, but in fact, they had already been calculated and arranged, and there was also the survival of the fittest. I have been isolated, observed and trained since childhood, carefully packaged and marketed, and the emotional world is blank (here I have to praise the acting skills of the motherland!), the personality is actually incomplete.
They have always been a group of people who are used by consumers. Their superpowers are used to create an image for the company. Occasionally, anti-heroes have to perform in public and whitewash them. They are tools for companies to make money, and they are also kidnapped by the public in morality. on high ground. They are anti-heroes. They are not only the opposite of traditional heroes' logic and morality, but also the anti-heroes' setting. They are no longer accidental mutations or high-tech bonuses of aliens, but living experimental products. Living under the shackles of human beings, always being controlled by a group of people, and being tortured by the flaws of human nature at the same time. (So in the end, the people of the motherland went wild, and then they created a new villain themselves. The plot at the end is too exciting.)
At first, what I understood was to satirize those "halo figures" now, who are actually different in appearance and have flaws and no perfection. After seeing it, I reflected on the anti-hero. In fact, we created a contradictory complex with a sense of fate in the film and television works, which is alluding to human beings. It is we who use the abstract experimental space of film and television works to study the setting environment. In our deep unconsciousness (how to say this, it may be that those so-called creative inspirations in our deep layers are more or less related to what we already know, if we want to create a human-like image, it will be related to human beings, that is The meaning of always approaching this direction involuntarily) is about creating similar human images, they are a possibility of human beings, but what we reflect from them returns to the essence of human beings.
The more we long for what we don't have, the more we have nothing. The drama also pointed out this meaning more than once, when is it time to repay the grievances. I think that among all the characters, the happiest person who has lost the least life should be Kimiko, because she is simple, not thinking about revenge, and not constantly getting involved in it.
Why are there anti-heroes? First of all, let's talk about the concept of heroes. In the early film and television works about what kind of heroes, the characterization was very one-sided. However, as the creators study and sculpt the characters, the public's aesthetics have improved, and people are more and more fond of three-dimensional characters. There must be a lot of details, and it is best to have some characteristics, so that everyone will have an impression.
In the end, he may be flawed, or he may be either a traditional hero or an anti-hero. I think anti-heroes have come to this point, which is a reflection of human beings on themselves. Godzilla and aliens are actually like this.
In the beginning, we created the concept of God. Later, we started to create works related to God. We constantly adjusted the image of God. He is no longer high above, but somewhat similar to human beings, with more or less big or small. Defects. I don't know if there really is a God, and I don't know if there are any flaws in the real God, but in the works we photographed for ourselves, the anti-hero, I think, is the most thought-provoking direction.
Marvel's Super British series is only a cool movie, it doesn't cause people to think deeply, at most it is guessing the plot direction (no spraying, just evaluation, cool movies look cool)
I'm looking forward to the second season. Let's see how the end of the first season will be handled. I have some ideas for the pits to be dug in the second season. Let's see what will happen next, I hope it won't end badly! (I feel that the story is still a bit easy to end at this level)
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