Jack♡2007.7.30
, a recent new film "The Conqueror", with the name of a war movie, it is actually a lie, and another movie not long ago is also a war movie The plot of the signature movie "Apocalypse" is similar. It tells the story of a talented person, dealing with a powerful enemy, and finally destroying the powerful enemy. This kind of plot is common in any era, whether it is a tribal war thousands of years ago or today's spies. A war can be made into such a plot, which simply does not reflect the background of the times in the Americas at that time. The other movie "New Century" is basically acceptable, but these movies are acceptable as action movies, but they are deceptively called war movies. It's frustrating, honesty.
"Revelation" is about the Aztec people sacrifice before the Spanish arrived in the Americas. There is a sentence at the beginning of the film, to the effect that "any civilization begins to perish from within", as if the sacrifice caused by human sacrifice The reason for the demise of the Aztecs, but the Aztecs have carried out human sacrifices for thousands of years, why did they not perish before, but only when the external cause of the Spaniards came?
"The Conqueror" is about the Indians who discovered that the Vikings came to America 500 years before the discovery of Columbus. Why do you say that? Because as to who discovered America first, it is now generally agreed that the Indians must have discovered America 20,000 years ago, and then came to America from Asia through the strait. Then came the Eskimos, who kept going back and forth between the two ends of the strait until modern political circumstances forced them to stay on one side of the strait or the other. Then there were the Vikings, who arrived in America 1,000 years ago, and finally the Columbus people, who arrived in America 500 years ago. Why is it said that it was discovered by the Indians? After reading the Book of Revelation, I know that it was indeed discovered by the Indians first. Just imagine, a ship on the sea and a hunter in the forest, who is more likely to find who. Those who support 'Columbus' discovery of the New World' are all racists who do not regard Indians and Asians as human beings, and advocate white supremacy.
I think the translation of the name "Conqueror" is wrong, because conquest means surrender, and the plot in the movie is only looting, killing, that is, the three-light policy. It is better to translate it into "The Looters". The film tells about a white child who has no intention of killing since childhood, was adopted by the Indians, made America his home, and resisted the Vikings. It expresses in his words that the reason why he can become a warrior of justice is because he originally had Justice, and since childhood, he has lived in a lustless, uncontested Indian tribe, not with the burning Vikings. But historically, it is not necessary to be with Indians from childhood to accept Indian life. For there was once a Spanish adult who was wrecked by a ship and came among the Indians, completely native, wearing a delicate nose plug and earrings from the tribe to which he had converted, and when Cortés met him, he refused to give up the present. some life. So it doesn't matter what concept you have in your heart, and you don't have to cultivate living habits from a young age. The key is who has the greater power on both sides of the cultural conflict, which is why the Indians were assimilated later.
Human sacrifice in the Americas is quite common, and anyone who has read the book of Revelation may be surprised and denounced the practice, in fact, it is the same as today's flying saucers, card fortune-telling, crop circles, astrology, Saucer Fairy Yes, no matter how science and technology develop, there will always be ignorant and ignorant people.
Now let's talk about the straight American history. Why did Westerners go out to the Americas? There are religious and economic reasons for this. First of all, religious reasons. Christians in the West have been fighting with Muslims for a long time. When they heard that there is a strong China in the East and that China does not believe in Islam, they want to fight with Muslims. China joins forces against Muslims. Economically, since Roman times, the economy of the West and China has been dominated by their intermediaries, the Persians and the Arabs. For their intermediary profits, they have been preventing direct trade between the West and the East, so the Westerners are eager to find A new route for silk trade with China and spice trade with India.
But why were the Spaniards the first to reach the Americas? Is it because Spanish science is the most advanced? No, it is because their science is not advanced. Spanish Admiral Columbus believed that the easiest way to get to Asia was via short voyages across the Atlantic. At that time, the most advanced seafaring technology was Portugal. The Portuguese calculated that the earth was much larger than Columbus thought, and the closest way to Asia was to bypass Africa. The final result also proved Columbus' mistake, he did not reach Asia, and his voyage was a big failure for his purpose. But the irony is that Columbus died convinced that he had reached Asia and that the next step was to find China, which is why the Native Americans today are called Indians-Indians.
There's actually a lot more to this history that could be made into a movie, and it's much better than the cheesy flick of a personal confrontation with a powerful foe. One of the most interesting is that Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca country with hundreds of thousands of troops with a team of 180 people. Pizarro attacked the Inca king first, successfully captured the king, and slaughtered several of the king's entourage. Thousands. Pizarro demanded a ransom, and when the Incas paid a whole room of gold, Pizarro did not release the king, and asked the king to make a choice: be burned at the stake as a pagan, or be baptized as a Christian, Then hanged. The Inca king opted for the latter by betraying his religion in order to leave the corpse, but when he was baptized Pizarro burned him with his customary treason. Seeing this makes us all angry. In fact, at that time, the king of Spain was also angry, because Pizarro, a civilian, illiterate, the illegitimate son of an officer, dared to commit a crime and kill the king, so the king of Spain wanted to execute Pizarro at that time.
Physical conquest is painful, but cultural conquest is tragic. When asked about the statues on the former Inca buildings, they said it was the devil. Think about it, we also have the same experience, we also shouted "Down with the bulls, snakes and ghosts" and "Down with the Kongjiadian".
'Conqueror' will remind people of two games, one is Microsoft's Age of Empires 2, his expansion is called "Conqueror", the conqueror is the name of the Spanish cavalry at that time, but the conqueror in the Age of Empires I It looks a bit bizarre, wearing a dog skin hat and holding a long spear. The distance of the gun is not far from the spear shooter. Once across a river, the enemy's spear shooter took the spear and threw it here, but I The conqueror of the game has nothing to do, and once the melee battle is powerless, I really don't know what Microsoft thinks or understands a little history. The conqueror in "The Conquest of America" is more satisfactory, wearing a white helmet, silver armor, riding a white horse, holding a firearm, and wearing a long sword. When encountering an enemy, first draw out the pistol, fire a shot at the enemy, and then draw out the saber to drive the horse forward. Once, there were too many enemies, so I ordered everyone to hide in the temple next to me, but there was a conqueror who was surrounded by enemies and could not get out. Later, there were more and more enemies, and he could not be seen. . But when the enemy retreated, they found that he was still alive, showing how powerful the conqueror was.
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